Monkton, Ont
After another night of very little sleep, I awake this morning to an
absolutely gorgeous sunrise, complete with fresher cooler air and glorious
blue skies - what a great way to start a fastball tourny!
Good morning all!
I began to compose this posting at approx 5:30am, and have somehow managed
to burn an hour and a half of time doing all of my last minute "computer,
web, email, and press" related business. How time fly's by when you need it
the most.
Late yesterday, and into the night, Southwestern Ontario had a few
thunderstorms roll through and we antipated getting some much needed help
from Mother Nature in having some rain fall on our very dry, hard lawns and
fields. In various areas nearby, they got the rain they needed - for now.
But in Monkton, we were (unfortunately) spared the rains and our lawns may
turn a little more "sun dried yellow". BUT - the outfield grass at the
ballpark looks fantastic - as does the entire park, as it has been abuzz
with an army of people preparing it for the thousands of fans who will
decend upon our little village for the greatest week-end in fastball!
The weather forecast for Monkton:
Thurs night - partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, 21 degrees
Friday - sunny, 0% chance of rain, 23 degrees
Saturday - sunny, 10% chance of rain, 22 degrees
Sunday - sunny, 0% chance of rain, 22 degrees.
The weather system that rolled through last night has definitely cooled
things off, as we were stuck in some awfully hot, humid, sticky days here.
I must get going, but I once again want to re-iterate a few words of thanks:
-to Labatt's, Sun Life, Coke, Easton, CKNX and a list of hundreds more
business who support and assist with our tourny.
-to the approx 200 volunteers who make our event happen
-Al Doran for his on site reporting
-the press and media for their promotion and coverage leading up to the
tourny
- all the teams - players, coaches, managers, owners.
- the umpiring crew
- our scoring and announcing crews
- the set-up and tear-down crews
- the kitchen and bar crews
- our parking and gate attendants
And of course - our Executive!!! Please thank any or all of these people
you see this week-end. As I said in an earlier post, good things don't
happen without good people, and in Monkton, we have the best!!
See you all at the park!!!
Brian Baillie - Chairman
World Fastball Invitational
theace012@hotmail.com
www.monktonfastball.com
www.alsfastball.com
