Handbook 2013.indd - Softball Saskatchewan

President’s Message
2013 is going to be another busy year for Softball in Saskatchewan. The City of
Saskatoon will be hosting the U21 Men’s International Championship from
July 9th – 14th. This event began in 2009 as a replacement for male softball no
longer being included in the Canada Games. Fortunately for our sport male
softball is back in the 2017 Canada Games. The future of male softball has
been a discussion at many National, Western and Provincial softball meetings
over the past year. Our organization has taken a lead role to ensure the future
development of male softball in Canada is an important issue that is shared by
everyone involved in the game.
Along with our Board of Directors and staff we want to thank all volunteers
involved with our great game as without you our sport cannot grow and
prosper. We are working hard to try and increase and enhance how we
communicate with our membership and need your help to ensure we provide
and share information to the athletes, parents, coaches and officials involved.
We are currently working on an exciting new initiative to assist in volunteer
and membership development. We are excited to implement our SAFE Star
Program which was started by Softball Ontario and adopted by Softball
Canada who asked us to implement the program in Saskatchewan this year.
The SAFE Star Program is designed to promote best practices in Softball
Association management and administration. The program is a quality
assurance program that will award associations with a STAR rating from one
(1) to three (3), based on a series of standards in four categories known as the
pillars of excellence. Information regarding this program is available through
our office and on our web site.
Thanks to our local organizations in Delisle who will host the Senior B Western
Canadians in Saskatoon and to Prince Albert who will host the UI14 Boys and
Girls Western Canadians. I would also like to congratulate and thank all the
officials who have been selected to work these championships.
I would like to wish the players and coaches involved in our U21 Programs the
best of luck at the Canada Games and U21 Men’s International Championship.
We are sure you will be excellent representatives of our Province.
Finally to all our members, may your 2013 Softball season be awesome.
Sincerely yours,
Gary MacDonald
President
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