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NWSA announces 2009 NWST to be
held in Milwaukee, WI Update: 2009 NWST Registration
packet available in
Adobe
pdf or
MS Word
doc. Update: June 5, 2009 2009 NWST Junior Registration
Packet in Adobe pdf or
MS Word Doc. The 2009 NWST will be held in Milwaukee, WI on August 5th – 7th
(Wednesday through Friday). The NWSA Executive Committee approved
the proposal from Al Neu of the WPVA Warhawks manager on it’s
conference call on Thursday, April 30, 2009. No other proposals for
hosting the 2009 tournament had been received to date. The Wednesday
through Friday format was necessary to meet requirements of the
Milwaukee Zoo, host site for this year’s tournament.
Below is an excerpt from the proposal to host:
On behalf of the Wisconsin Paralyzed Veterans Association and the
Wisconsin Wheelchair Sports Association, I would like to formally
offer to host the NWSA National Softball Tournament this summer,
Wednesday Aug 5- Friday Aug 7 with a possible Saturday option. We
would also host the Junior nationals on Friday or Saturday. We would
hold the event at the Milwaukee County Zoo, with all players and
support people getting free admission and parking at the Zoo. This
is similar to the setup used by the PVA for their wheelchair games
in Milwaukee in 2007. Allen Neu, WWSA Board President, WPVA Warhawks
manager.
NWSA’s Executive Committee would like to Thank Al, the WWSA Board,
and the Warhawks for offering to host the national championship
tournament for NWSA.
Please regularly visit NWSA’s web site for updated information about
the season and results from tournaments. Please pass this
information to your team’s members.
Let’s Play Ball!
Bruce Froendt
President, NWSA
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2009 Schedule of NWSA Team Tournaments
The 2009 NWSA regular season is about to
commence and below is a schedule of tournaments that have been
announced. If you are aware of any additional tournaments or
clinics please send me the information so it can be broadcast to
team representatives and posted to NWSA’s web site. Additional
information on each tournament can be obtained from NWSA’s web site
if the information is sent in by the team rep for posting, or
directly from the host team.
- May 16-17 Ray’s Spring Training
Tournament, Tampa, FL
- May 30 Clinic – Methodist Rehab Center, Jacksonville, MS
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June 6-7 Nebraska Barons Invitational (Full) Omaha, NE
- June 6-7 Windy City Warriors Junior Tournament Roselle,
Illinois
- June 20-21 RIC Cubs Invitational Chicago, IL
- June 27-28 WPVA Warhawks Milwaukee, WI
- July 11-12 Courage Rolling Twins Invitational
Minneapolis, MN
- Jul 11-12, Columbus Pioneers Tammy Harbaugh email:
thl72@juno.com,
- July 18-19 Nebraska Barons DII Invitational Omaha, NE
- July 18-19 Nebraska Barons Junior Tournament Omaha, NE
- July 18-19 Midwest Cicero Flyers Tournament Illinois
- July 25-26 Rollin' Red Sox Tournament Brockton, MA
- August 5-7 National Wheelchair Softball Tournament -
Adult Milwaukee, WI
- August 7 National Wheelchair Softball Tournament -
Junior Milwaukee, WI
- September 11-12, Major League Wheelchair Softball
Tournament, Citi Field, New York.
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2009 Columbus Pioneers Tournament July
11-12, 2009
The Columbus Pioneers would like to schedule a tournament for Jul
11-12, 2009 and have it added to the NWSA web site schedule. Points
of contact for this tournament would be Tammy Harbaugh email: thl72@juno.com,
pone number 740-814-7128, and/or Dave Ander email: david.anders@dla.mil
phone numbers (w) 614-692-3690, (h) 740-522-2988, or (cell)
740-405-5980. If there is anything else you need please let me know.
Dave Anders
Shared Services Branch Chief
DSCC-FMSA
DSN 850-3690
COM 614-692-3690
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Junior Teams and Programs
The NWSA is teaming up with various organizations to develop
wheelchair softball teams and programs for children with physical
disabilities. The NWSA is currently seeking individuals to help
build this fledgling program. Our ultimate goal is to help foster a
program that provides the same confidence and team-building
techniques for children with disabilities that their able-bodied
counterparts enjoy through the participation of school-sponsored
team sports. For more info see
Juniors
Teams and Programs. For pictures
see
2008
Juniors Division Tournament.
If you have an interest to help promote a program for children in
your area, please
contact us.
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Softball 360
 NWSA
would like to express its gratitude to Softball 360 and its producer
Matt Houchin for the excellent coverage and overview of wheelchair
softball. And thank you to Natalie and Doyle Mann for notifying Softball
360 about the tournament and asking for coverage. Please visit
softball360.com or to see the video
click here. Video credit to producer Matt Houchin. |
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