Hi League,

Just wanted to keep everyone in the loop regarding our registration status.

As of a few moments ago, we now have
162 Registered Players, (Larry W, I’m only counting you once, even though you signed up twice)
including
15 New to the league players,
5 returning back to the league after an absence of more than 1 season players.

And Hey you guys still left to register be sure to check the spelling of your names and emails !!
The registrar has to work extra hard correcting those mistakes !
So Owen Melenka and Paul McNeil (wait that’s me) smarten up you guys!!
( I guess I was in a hurry, and it was probably after my bedtime)

Cheers Everyone,
Paul McNeil ( see that looks right)

And here is a Quote for the Occasion,
“Spelling is dificault, Spelling is challaenging, ugh….. Spelling is Hard”
-unknown

Hi Everyone,

When everyone is registering, after clicking on the Click Here to Register line, we are all seeing a little pop window
that has a message about an embedded page.
Just ignore that and click OK. And you move on to the registration as normal.

Nothing to be alarmed about. No little gremlins or widgets will be unleashed into your computer.

Cheers Everyone,
Paul M

Hi Everyone,

Our Search for a new Manager in our AA Division is still ongoing.

We need someone to step up and volunteer for this open position, as time will start becoming a factor in the very near Future.

As I’m sure everyone knows, this league pretty much runs on help from our Volunteers, from your League Board Members, all the different Committee Chairs and the committee members, and all of our awesome Coach’s and Manager’s.
So this might be your time to help the League by deciding to Manage one of our Teams.

Please send me a message or just respond to this message and I will pass your info along to our AA Division Rep, Bruce Hall and to our Evaluation and Draft Chair, Wayne Nelson.

Come on Guys, lets put this outstanding issue to Bed !!
And who knows, maybe your first year as a Team Manager, your team wins the Pennant and the Championship
and you get carried off the field by all your happy players (or dragged off the field if you lose by all your angry players, but thats only ever happened once………well maybe Twice) But Hey, what a Great Experience that would be either way !!

Cheers Everyone,
Paul M

And here’s a quote for the Occasion,
" A Baseball Manager is a Necessary Evil"
- Sparky Anderson

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the Status of our 2023 Registration.
As of this morning, we have,
138 Registered which also includes 13 brand new players and 4 returning back to the league after an absence players.

And as of this morning, all new to the league players and returning back to the league players have had their info
added to our Leagues Database and they should all now be receiving any and all League Messages.

Welcome to the League you Rookies !!

Cheers Everyone,
Paul M

And here are a couple Great Baseball Quotes for Everyone to Enjoy
and to Help put us all in the Softball Frame of Mind,
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.”
– Bob Feller
“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did the same thing in one afternoon on the golf course.”
– Hank Aaron

Hi Everyone,

I am sending out a Very Big Thank You to all of our Volunteers that attended our recent Casino nights this Past
Tues Feb 14th and Wed Feb 15th. Great Job Everyone !!

The Following Message comes from our Casino Co-ordinator Ron Williams.
(Ron also deserves a Huge Thank You for helping to put this all together. Great Job Ron, awesome Effort !!)

“Thanks to All the Volunteers for Helping out at this Years Fundraising Casino. A great effort and a great time by all involved.
Volunteering this Year were,
Graham Brockway, Goeff Weiss, Pat Methuen, John Konno, Howard Northcott, Michael Fitzsimmons, Rick Jolie, Larry Bisson, Allen Howard, Len Seib, Brian Caouette, Tim Story, Alan Vandersteen, Ross Lauri, Curtis Buck, Kirk Collins, Ralph Gardeski, Maurice Lakness, Roger Bolton, Ed Thurmeier, Guy Fortier, John Schmidt, Dan Muhlbach, Murray Cumming, Wayne Nelson, Jim Christensen, Joe Elder and Owen Melenka.

Also volunteering for two shifts were Don Jorgensen who worked the 6:45 pm to 3:30 am shifts both days and also managed the contractual responsibilities for our league for our casino advisors, the Cowboy’s Casino contract and AGLC financials and reports (spending our money). Don Cheveldayoff also worked the same two shifts and finally a special thanks to Bill Aitken who stepped up at the last minute to work both nights and manage the 11:15 pm to 3:30 am shifts in the count room. Bill took this responsibility on short notice due to an unexpected circumstance and his generosity was greatly appreciated.

I personally enjoyed working with all the above and thank them again for their time and generosity in volunteering.

Last but not least a big thank you to Norm Hurley who stood by his phone both days as the emergency call out. Fortunately his services were not required as all volunteers reported on time. But, he was available if necessary.

The earnings from this casino with be pooled with the earnings from all Calgary casinos in the first quarter of this year and divided equally among all groups holding those casinos with the funds distributed probably sometime in the second quarter of this year.

We have already requested another casino at the earliest possible date. It should be noted that our casino advisor has informed us that our next casino will probably be in approximately 22 months which would put it in the final quarter of 2024 "

Thats Great, thanks for the update Ron !! The League Appreciates the Effort !

And we also want to send a really big Thank You out to our newly registered, Brand New Player, Tim Skory. Tim registered with our League on the 11th and volunteered on the 12th for our Casino. Thats great League support Tim. It’s really appreciated by all. ( but we will still throw you out at 1st base if we can)

And I also want to personally thank Bill Aitken once again for stepping up on short notice when I had to step away from the Casino on very short notice. Thanks Bill, I really appreciate you filling in !!

Cheers Everyone,
Paul M
CSMS 55+