Olde Tymers Softball of Delmarva

Congratulations to the Diamondblade Tileworks team, managed by Pat Carey and Gene McCloskey and sponsored by Joey Royster, for winning the 2017 Tournament.

For the first time in OTS history, the same team won the regular season and the tournament.

The other players on the team were:

Dave Archer 

John Bennett

Bill Bowser

George Caban

Brant Collins

Dennis Dezelon

Andy Duhon

Mike Mahon

Terry Shifflett

Congratulations also to runner-up Ocean View Family Restaurant and 3rd place All Out Sports.

Only 3 teams remain in the end-of-season tournament. The last games are scheduled for Tuesday, 9/12.

All Out Sports and Ocean View Family Restaurant will battle it out in the 1st game to determine the winner of the Loser's Bracket and who will get to face the top-seeded Diamondblade Tileworks for the championship. 

You can downlaod a copy of the backet below.

Congratulations to Manager Pat Carey, Assistant Manager Gene McCloskey, Sponsor Joey Royster and all the Diamondblade Tileworks players for winning the 2017 Season Championship. They finished with a record of 23 and 7.

Now it's on to the double elimination tournament which begins Tuesday, 8/29. Here's the bracket. It can also be downloaded below.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

August 1, 2017

In attendance: Bo Wood, Dick Mullins, Keith Purdy, Tom Wendorf, Carl Pierce.

• The meeting was called to order at 12:00 by Bo.

• Bo reported that the end-of-season picnic is set for Tuesday, September 12th at 1:00 p.m. at American Legion Post #24. Price is $5 per person. Each person (or couple or family) is asked to bring a side dish or dessert enough for six people. The last day of the tournament is on the same day.

• Gary Meredith’s Memorial Service was discussed. The service is at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, 8/17. In order to make is easier for some of the players to attend if they are interested, it was decided to move game times up one-half hour and use hot weather speed-up rules. Game times will be 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30.

• Plans are underway to sell advertising space on the homerun fences. An individual sign will be made for each company wishing to advertise and will be mounted to the fence. The first sign has been ordered. More details to follow once the first sign is installed.

• Contractors will be solicited to fix and maintain the field irrigation systems. It was acknowledged that a properly working irrigation system is a top priority. • About a dozen tickets are left for the Shorebirds game on OTS night (8/10). (UPDATE: no tickets left.)

• Seeding the outfields was discussed. This should be accomplished this fall.

• Possible changes to the By-Laws were discussed. At least two will be presented at the next Board of Directors meeting.

• Fall Ball will start after the tournament is over. All players that want to play Fall Ball will need to fill out a registration form. The fee for Fall Ball will be $10 per person. Registration forms will be available in the next couple of weeks. Volunteers will be sought to be managers of the fall teams.

• The process for updating all player ratings based on 2017 season performance was discussed. More on this later.

• The annual OTS Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday, 10/18. Details and forms will be available next week.

• Plans for a dinner for significant contributors to the success of OTS over the last 20 years are firming up.

• The Executive Committee approved a $100 donation to the Dagsboro Fire Department for letting OTS use their facilities for several meetings.

The meeting adjourned at 1:35 PM. 

Respectfully submitted,

C. Pierce, Secretary

Almost time to start playing softball. The first games are on May 2.

Team rosters and the schedule can be downloaded below by clicking on the Handout link.

There will again be 13 teams this year. OTS extends a special thanks to our 2017sponsors and team managers, with a special shout out to our new team sponsors. 

NEW TEAM SPONSORS:

Atlantic Physical Therapy - Steve Unger 

Bin 66 - Dave Sroka

Community Bank Delaware - Don Hillock 

RETURNING TEAM SPONSORS:

All Out Sports - Keith Purdy

Atlantic Orthopaedics - Eddie Sternberg

American Legion Post #24- Johnny Allen

B & E Tire and Alignment - Grady Meredith

Colonial East - Dave Lovelace

Diamondblade Tileworks - Pat Carey

Dynamic Physical Therapy - Bo Wood

Edward Jones Investments - Paul Litwin

Fox's Pizza Den - Harry Gowl

Ocean View Family Restaurant - John Mancuso

More info on the sponsors can be found on the Sponsors webpage. Here are the rosters for 2017: