The Home Run News will be going on hiatus. This is the last issue until the fall.

Provincials Results

Stars 98 win gold and Avalanche win silver at provincials.

Congratulations to all of the teams representing North Shore Fastpitch at Provincial Championships in July. We are very proud of you!

You can read more about their tournament experiences in the following write-ups submitted by the teams:

• Stars 98 Win Provincial Championship
• Avalanche Win Silver at Provincials
• Stars 92 Provincials Recap

The North Shore News featured the accomplishments of the Stars 98 and the Avalanche in their July 25 issue (see pages 25-26 or read the article online at www.nsnews.com/sports/stars+finish+perfect+fastpitch/3320316/story.html).

Additional Results

Congratulations to the Stars 98 (Squirt B), Stars 93 (Midget B), and Devils (Jr Ladies) who won their league championship tournaments!

Congratulations also go out to the District 5 (Vancouver-Squamish) Girls Softball team for placing 6th at the 2010 BC Summer Games. Eight North Shore athletes were selected to this team.

Stars Rep Tryouts

All girls fastpitch softball players are invited to the Stars Rep team and Supermites Rep development team tryouts. This is your opportunity to show the Rep coaches your stuff and earn a spot to play at the highest level North Shore Fastpitch offers.

Players who do not attend tryouts will not be eligible to play on a Stars team.

When:

Saturday & Sunday, September 11-12, 2010

Where:

Loutet Park, Rufus & 18th St, North Vancouver

Tryouts are open to all female athletes, regardless of whether you played House, Rep or in another association last year. There is a $20 tryout fee which will be credited to your 2011 registration fee. Players must register for the tryouts so that we can ensure we have enough evaluators and time in the schedule for all players to participate. Register now using the using the Tryout Registration form, nsfastpitch.ca/rep/tryout-registration.

Note: Only players entering second year Mite are eligible for the Supermites Rep development team. Younger players may not participate in tryouts.

Players must arrive 30 minutes before their scheduled start time to sign in and take part in a warm-up. In the interest of fairness, please do not wear any Rep or Stars clothing.

Saturday Schedule

9:00 - 11:30 Midget
12:00 - 2:00 Bantam
2:30 - 4:30 Pee Wee

Sunday Schedule

9:00 - 11:00 Squirt
11:30 - 1:30 Supermites

Equipment To Bring

Mouth guard
Batting helmet
Glove
Hat or visor
Water bottle
Slider (optional)
Bat (optional)

Please read the Rep Guidelines (nsfastpitch.ca/rep/NSGFA-RepGuidelines-v02.pdf) for detailed information on the Rep program. Players must register for the tryouts so that we can ensure we have enough evaluators and time in the schedule. Register now using the using the Tryout Registration form, nsfastpitch.ca/rep/tryout-registration.

Rep Coach Applications

The July 31 deadline for Rep coach applications is days away.

Please submit your application using the Rep Coach Application form at www.nsfastpitch.ca/rep/rep-coach-application. Please read the Rep Program Guidelines (www.nsfastpitch.ca/rep/rep-program-guidelines) for information about the Rep program. Successful applicants will be involved in the planning and running of the Rep tryouts in September.

Feedback Survey

We are conducting a survey to gather feedback from players and parents in order to improve our association.

Parents, please take a few minutes to complete this survey with your child. There are two sections, one for feedback about the association and another for feedback about your team's coaching. Your feedback will be anonymous unless you choose to include your name and/or contact information. The aggregate results of this survey will be used by the executive to plan how to improve our association for next season and will also be forwarded to the coaches.

Feedback Survey: www.nsfastpitch.ca/executive/season-evaluation

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts!

Regards,
North Shore Fastpitch Board of Directors

Farewell To The 2010 Season

Thank you to all of the volunteers for their hard work making this such a successful season!

We had a wonderful season with many great memories from both on and off the diamond, thanks to all of you dedicated volunteers who were coaches, managers, field liners, concession workers, umpires, division Coordinators, Executive members, and Directors on the Board. We hope to see you all again next year for the 2011 season of fastpitch softball on the North Shore.

Submit your news and photos by email to marketing@nsfastpitch.ca. Let us know if you have a team website and we'll link to it.