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| Thirty (30) Softball Associations Ready to 'Get In The Game'! | |
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Participating Associations include... Read More |
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| Hespeler Minor Softball Association Registration | |
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NEW FOR 2012 - REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE! |
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| Community Event Kits Available For Your Association’s Registration Events | |
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| Grimsby Amateur Baseball Association (GABA) Awarded Tobacco-Free Grant! | |
 Grimsby Amateur Baseball Association (GABA) President Jen Lawson accepted a grant from Niagara Region Health Promoter for the Tobacco Control Program Gillian McDonald to help develop, implement and promote a tobacco-free sport & recreation policy for Grimsby Amateur Baseball Association (GABA).“GABA is excited to partner with Niagara Region Health on this important project. Not only is being tobacco-free part of our mission and vision statement but the timing fits perfectly with the exciting initiatives we’re pursuing for the 2012 Season.” Said Lawson.... Read More |
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| GET IN THE GAME 2012: LET'S MAKE SOFTBALL BETTER TOGETHER! | |
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Softball Ontario is proud to announce the sixth annual Get In The Game Symposium on Saturday February 25, 2012 at the Sport Alliance Building in Toronto. The Symposium is a great opportunity for Softball Associations across Ontario to come together and work towards improving softball in Ontario. The 2012 Symposium will feature many valuable sessions, including sessions on: How to Retain, Reward and Recognize Volunteers; Technology...Friend or Foe?; Retaining Junior Umpires; Using Long Term Player Development Skills Testing to Create Fair and Balanced Teams; and much more! For a complete overview of the 2012 Symposium schedule, visit the Softball Ontario website at www.softballontario.ca! |
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| Two (2) Week Extention for SAFE AWARD Applications! | |
 Twelve (12) Softball Association Fundamental Excellence (SAFE) Awards are available to qualifying Softball Associations between January 9, 2012 and January 23, 2012!What is a SAFE Award? A Softball Association Fundamental Excellence Award is an award of $500 for Softball Associations to use in one of four (4) categories:
How do I apply for a SAFE Award? Applying for a SAFE Award is easy... Read More |
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| Learn to Market & Promote Your Softball Association at a CSAP Workshop in Scarborough! | |
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Scarborough East Minor Softball Association is hosting a Certified Softball Administrator Program (CSAP) Workshop, titled “Marketing & Promoting Your Association 101” on Saturday, January 21, 2012. |
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| Halton Hawks & Peel Halton Girls Softball Association host Marketing CSAP Workshop! | |
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| WHERE IS SPORT? WE NEED A MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR SPORT! ACT NOW! | |
 Sport has still not officially landed within a portfolio in the Government of Ontario. We hope that someone in government is having second thoughts about burying Sport in a large Ministry, without our name on the masthead, especially when Ontario is the next host of a major, multi-sport Games – 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.When Canada hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, British Columbia changed their Ministry of Healthy Living to the Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport. We thought that Ontario travelled down the same road with Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport. Now the need to reduce the size of cabinet after winning a minority government has resulted in... Read More |
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| Batting/Pitching Machine Safety | |
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This spring, we suffered a small tragedy in Arthur. A ball lodged in the chute of our batting machine and an Arthur Minor Softball player put their hand in to retrieve it, when the machine in motion. Fortunately, a few moments earlier, the machine had been turned off. Had the machine been turned on, they may have found themselves grabbed again and again by the machine. Two fingers & a thumb were crushed. Tendons terribly stretched (not severed though). The bone across the back of the hand broke. Nerves were damaged. Surgery, pinning and a very long recovery period were required. No law suit resulted, as it was the President’s (Arthur Minor Softball) child. This ‘child’ was 16 years old. Yes, we have policies in regards to the use of our machine... Read More |
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Softball Ontario is thrilled to announce that thirty (30) Softball Associations have committed to sending representatives to the 6th annual Get In The Game Symposium on Saturday February 25, 2012 at the Sport Alliance Building in Toronto! Participants in the Get In The Game Symposium will have the opportunity to have a voice in the development of grassroots softball in Ontario, while also learning how to better their own Association.
Hespeler Minor Softball Association announces Registration Dates for the 2012 Softball Season! Dates include:
The Halton Hawks and the Peel Halton Girls Softball Association are hosting a Certified Softball Administrator Program (CSAP) Workshop, titled “Marketing & Promoting Your Association 101” on Sunday, December 11, 2011.
