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Richmond Islanders won bronze at the provincial Intermediate A championships Sunday.
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Best in B.C. gather for softball glory in Richmond
It was double the fun last weekend as the Richmond Islanders hosted the B.C. Senior and Intermediate A women’s softball championships.
It was double the fun last weekend as the
Richmond Islanders hosted the B.C. Senior and Intermediate A women’s softball
championships.
The weekend also ended positively for the
Richmond Islanders, as the team coached by Al Groff, placed third in the
Intermediate A group behind Strawberry Vale (from the Victoria area) and South
Surrey-White Rock Thunder.
Delete Heat 98 edged out New Westminster
Kaos for top spot in the Senior A group, followed by Surrey Storm.
Wins over the Thunder on Friday evening and
the Legends early Saturday morning put the Islanders second after the two-game
round robin. In the playoffs, a come-from-behind victory over the Delta Spirits
in extra innings lifted to locals to the semifinals. Richmond fell short of its
gold medal bid with an early Sunday loss to Strawberry Vale and a subsequent
loss in a high-scoring tilt with the Thunder.
In the Senior A Division, after a year not playing, Kaos
coach Deb Tidy put her uniform back on to pitch in pair of games to lead her
team to the final. Tidy is a Hall of Fame player who can still throw at the
Senior A level, noted Islander coach Groff. The Heat, in fact, is made up of
several former minor softball players who won national titles with the Heat in
the late 1990s.
This weekend (July 26-28), the Richmond
Islanders (Strohan) and Mustangs will compete among 11 teams in the provincial
Senior B women’s championships at London Park.
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