The Board of Directors of Calgary Senior Men’s Slo-Pitch 55 Plus has executed an electronic board meeting (via emails) and has approved the postponement of all upcoming Board of Directors meetings and the spring AGM until the current coronavirus outbreak is less of a risk to our members and those they come into contact with.

In making this decision, the Board considered the age of our members, the advice of our government health agencies and the demographics present at the venue where we hold our meetings, (Canadian Legion).

Our President Ernie French will, after approval of our Board, announce the future dates for the Board meetings and AGM, and any changes to the dates of our planned activities such as the umpire’s clinic, the evaluation day, player draft and start date of the 2020 season.

Your understanding of the due diligence of your Board taking this action is appreciated.

Hello all,

Our President, Ernie French, has a new email address. From now on you can contact him at:

bigern1010@shaw.ca

Please update your records.

Cheers,

Gary Paukert

Dear League,

I’m very sorry to report that Cory Veldhoen, a long-time member of our league, has passed away. Through my work in archiving the history of the CSMS League, I’ve seen Cory’s name all over the documentation, including multiple years on the Board of Directors. He was clearly a huge influence in building and maintaining what we have.

I have received the following from Cory’s daughter Laurie Irwin:

Cory passed away March 3, 2020 at the age of 92 years and 11 months. He will deeply missed by his daughter Laurie (Lyndon) Irwin, and son Donald (Sheila) Veldhoen, his four grandchildren, and his nine great grandchildren.

Cory was one of the original signers of the CSMS constitution in 1993. He pitched for many of the teams in the A and AA divisions during his 30 years of participation in the league.

Cory was also known as the guy who rode his bike everywhere, a practice he continued well into his 90’s.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday April 5, 2020 at 1:30 at the Triwood Community Centre, (west door), 2244 Chicoutimi Dr. N.W. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Society would be gratefully accepted.

The family wishes to thank all the wonderful staff at Agape Hospice for the exceptional care during his brief stay there.

Regards,

Gary Paukert
Director, Communications

From John Schmidt, CSMS Registrar:

Provided in a link below is a list of the players who have registered as of 1:00 pm March 8. If your name is not on the list, you are not registered.

To download the list in .pdf format, go to this link:

https://www.teampages.com/organizations/3209/documents/527155

I’ve also included some other information about your registration. Please let me know if any of it is incorrect at registrar@grandslamslopitch.com.

Column 1: Regular player – blank
Replacement – R
Alumni – A
Other – O
Column 2: Your Zone
Column 3: New Player – N
Played before – P
Column 4: F – I need proof of AB 55 membership
– applies to Zone 2 or new players only
– you need to fill out an AB55 form
3: – payment missing the AB55 fee
- OK if you know you’re an AB55 member
Column 5: No payment received yet
- cheques picked up on March 6

Because of a bug in Team Pages, registration will not be available on March 16.

Remember, there is ONLY ONE WEEK left to save $25.

John Schmidt

Hello all,

Brian Brown invites you to come out to the Trifecta Indoor Training facility (104 – 3916 – 56th Avenue SE) on April 11th between 3:00 and 5:00pm to try out the 2020 lineup of USSSA and Senior bats. See the attached poster.

Gary Paukert
Director
CSMS League Communications