Toronto IBM Club - Activities Banquet and Casino - November 6, 2010

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Sheraton Parkway Toronto North, Grand York Ballroom
Located at 600 Highway 7 East (Leslie & Hwy 7), Richmond Hill
Reception at 5:00 p.m. / Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Semi-Formal Attire Required
Join us at the elegant Sheraton Parkway for the Gala Event of the season.
Enjoy an evening of Celebration of all the Toronto IBM Club Activities for 2010 - Fine Dining, Dancing, Fun Casino Games and an opportunity to share in OVER $10,000 worth of prizes!

This year's special guest is 3-time Olympic medallist and 49-time Canadian champion in Sprint Kayaking : Adam van Koeverden. He is a former Canadian Athlete of the Year and flag bearer at the Beijing Olympics. Adam has found some time while preparing for the 2012 Olympics in London to provide us with some of his other ongoing humanitarian efforts in the field of athletics and disadvantaged youth.

So join us this year for THOUSANDS of DOLLARS in prize giveaways. Also, you can test your luck at the expanded casino for your chance to win even more prizes! Last year's prizes included: Raptor's Suite Tickets; Romantic Weekend getaway for 2; Golf package for 4 and many more!

Toronto IBM Club Members (and Retirees) pay the low price of only $45 (incl HST) for this special night of celebration!

Limited number of tickets are on sale starting at noon on Oct 5th at the TIC Office and from all TIC Directors.
For more information about this fantastic evening, please visit the Toronto IBM Club web site at http://w3.can.ibm.com/tic

I hope to see you there!

Ellen Kim
President - Toronto IBM Club

Tomahawks Clinch A Pool Title (Video)

2010 IBM Canada Co-Ed Recreational Slo-Pitch Award Winners

2010 A Pool Champion: Tomahawks



2010 A Pool Finalist: x86ers

2010 B Pool Champion: Directors



2010 B Pool Finalist: Build Breakers

2010 Regular Season Champion: Generals 18-1
2010 Regular Season Male MVP: Phil Speed
2010 Regular Season Female MVP: Carol Duransky
2010 Silver Slugger Award Winner: Shane Moore (23 HRs)
2010 Most Improved Team: Code Blue (7-8 in 2009 to 15-4 in 2010)
2010 Most Sportmanlike Team: RISC Takers

Male Team MVPs:

Build Breakers - Chris Riddell
Code Blue - Nick Welby-Solomon (aka Nick Solo)
Directors - James McKay
eForce Fusion - Shane Moore
FIDO - Shehan McLelland
Foundations, The - Matt Durst
Generals - Dave Seymour
Hard Hitters - Daniel Effendi
Honey Nut Ichiros - Kieron Ragoo
RISC Takers - Preston Koo
Shooters - Stephen Wong
Silly Bats - James Tang
Tomahawks - Henry Chen
Trojans - Randy Fong
Wrath, The - Rick Siewierski
x86ers - Lee Maunu

Female Team MVPs:

Build Breakers - Devon Turcotte
Code Blue - Jessica Harshaw
Directors - Kristin Wellsbury
eForce Fusion - Sandy Hustler
FIDO - Carol Duransky
Foundations, The - Jessica Thoong
Generals - Sharon Cashman
Hard Hitters - Mallory Chrysler
Honey Nut Ichiros - Melissa MacDonald
RISC Takers - Quyennie Hoang
Shooters - Nicole Huang
Silly Bats - Tracy Smith
Tomahawks - Julie Taylor
Trojans - Helen Maric
Wrath, The - Yeena Peng
x86ers - Stephanie Conley

Male Most Improved Players:

Build Breakers - Steven Schwartz
Code Blue - Jorden Ozoli
Directors - Pete Swieton
eForce Fusion - Neil Jenkins
FIDO - Dave Vago
The Foundations - Mike Lam
Generals - Ian Wight
Hard Hitters -
Honey Nut Ichiros - Eugene Park
RISC Takers - David Yu
Shooters - Alex Melville-Laborde
Silly Bats - Ron Subnath
Tomahawks - Jason Sham
Trojans - Trush Zaveri
The Wrath - Anthony Dias
x86ers - J.P. Lovecky

Female Most Improved Players:

Build Breakers - Cathy McArthur
Code Blue - Lina Walters
Directors - Kristin Wellsbury
eForce Fusion - Christa Herzog
FIDO - Julie Wiggins
The Foundations - Tu My Ong
Generals - Sharon Cashman
Hard Hitters -
Honey Nut Ichiros - Melissa McDonald
RISC Takers - Annabelle Lee
Shooters - Grace Wong
Silly Bats - Lisa Lam
Tomahawks - Heather Horsley
Trojans - Sonia Pereira
The Wrath - Leanne Clarke
x86ers - Krystal Ziola

2010 B Pool (Consolation) Tournament Schedule

B Pool (Consolation Tournament)

Diamond 2 (B1)

8am: RISC Takers (#16) vs. Directors (#9)
9:15am: Hard Hitters (#13) vs. The Wrath (#12)
10:30am: The Wrath (#12) vs. Directors (#9)
11:45am: RISC Takers (#16) vs. Hard Hitters (#13)
1:00pm: Hard Hitters (#13) vs. Directors (#9)
2:15pm: RISC Takers (#16) vs. The Wrath (#12)

Diamond 3 - the baseball diamond (B2)

8am: Trojans (#15) vs. Shooters (#10)
9:15am: Build Breakers (#14) vs. Silly Bats (#11)
10:30am: Silly Bats (#11) vs. Shooters (#10)
11:45am: Trojans (#15) vs. Build Breakers (#14)
1:00pm: Build Breakers (#14) vs. Shooters (#10)
2:15pm: Trojans (#15) vs. Silly Bats (#11)

B Pool Semi-Finals:
Diamond 2 at 3:30pm: Build Breakers (2-1) at Hard Hitters (3-0)
Diamond 3 at 3:30pm: Directors (2-1) at Silly Bats (2-1)

B Pool Championship Game:
Diamond 5: Build Breakers at Directors

2010 A Pool Championship Tournament Schedule

A Pool (Championship Tournament)

Diamond 4 (A1)

8am: FIDO (#8) vs. Generals (#1)
9:15am: eForce Fusion (#5) vs. Tomahawks (#4)
10:30am: Tomahawks (#4) vs. Generals (#1)
11:45am: FIDO (#8) vs. eForce Fusion (#5)
1:00pm: eForce Fusion (#5) vs. Generals (#1)
2:15pm: FIDO (#8) vs. Tomahawks (#4)

Diamond 5 (A2)

8am: The Foundations (#7) vs. Code Blue (#2)
9:15am: Honey Nut Ichiros (#6) vs. x86ers (#3)
10:30am: x86ers (#3) vs. Code Blue (#2)
11:45am: The Foundations (#7) vs. Honey Nut Ichiros (#6)
1:00pm: Honey Nut Ichiros (#6) vs. Code Blue (#2)
2:15pm: The Foundations (#7) vs. x86ers (#3)

A Pool Semi-Finals:
Diamond 4 at 3:30pm: x86ers at Generals
Diamond 5 at 3:30pm: Tomahawks at Code Blue

A Pool Championship Game:
Diamond 4: Tomahawks at x86ers

Boston Pizza League Banquet Information - Evening of Sept. 18, 2010

Banquet Information (Boston Pizza at Warden and Steeles - Northwest corner)
Team names to be placed on tables throughout restaurant and potentially in some parts of the bar area
Between 6:30-6:45: Appetizers to be provided at tables
7:30: Buffet (Pizza, Pasta, Salad) to start - Two lines of food available, teams to be called up to get into line
8:30: Trophy award winners announced, presentation of awards, 4 pairs of Blue Jays Tickets for September 29th game against the Yankees to be given away
9:00: Dessert made available

If you order any food off the Menu that you will need to pay for that. If you order any drinks you will need to pay for that. Please ensure to tip on anything you buy separately from what is included in the buffet.

Note: Pop and water to be included for free.

For Tickets
Send a note to Chris and me with how many you need. We would like to collect the money before the Sat so that we can pay Boston Pizza

Subway Sub 20% Off on Day of the tournament (Sept. 18, 2010)

Subway Sub offer (Located just south of 14th Avenue on the west side of Kennedy Road):

The players in our tournament will receive a 20% discount on Saturday (say IBM Chris and Mike when you are about to pay for your order to get the discount)
Subway will not be able to deliver any subs to the field.
However, you can submit your team's orders in advance (by 5pm Friday afternoon - September 17th) and provide a projected pick up time.
The person picking up the order at the store on Saturday will get a 50% discount on their personal meal (any sandwich/drink/side) with orders over 10 sandwiches.

Form to be used when submitting an order in advance (please ensure to mark the name of your team, name for each sub, provide details such as sub size, bread type, toppings, sub type, sauce, etc.) - Also mention IBM Chris and Mike on the form when you fax it to 905-940-6615 (Store phone # 905-940-8987)
http://www.sssubway.com/location/catering%20order%20form%20.pdf

September 15th game between Code Blue and Honey Nut Ichiros moved to Berczy Park from Victoria Square

Milliken Mills parking info

Parking for Milliken Mills Park can be accessed off of 14th Avenue (West of Kennedy Road, East of Birchmount).

Due to construction on the Southeast side of Milliken Mills park, most of the available parking will be found near diamonds 4 and 5.

Diamond 2 - Milliken Mills (Taken 9/11/10)

Diamond 3 - Milliken Mills (Taken 9/11/10)

Diamond 5 - Milliken Mills (Taken 9/11/10)

Diamond 4 - Milliken Mills (Taken 9/11/10)

Updates to PITCHING section of rules - Updated September 13, 2010

PITCHING:
2. If a batted ball hits a pitcher, the ball is dead, and the runners return to the last base legally possessed at the time of the pitch. When the pitcher is hit by a batted ball, the ball is dead and counts as one of the batter’s pitches unless it is the third (male) or fifth (female) pitch as the batter can’t strike out on a batted ball that hits the pitcher (Updated Sept. 10/10).

9. Any ball that comes to a stop within the dead ball zone is a dead ball and counts as a pitch (Updated Sept. 13/10)
· If a fielder grabs a grounder before it comes to a stop within the dead ball zone, the ball is considered live and the fielder can attempt to record an out.
· If a fielder drops a pop up within the dead ball zone (in fair territory), it is a live ball and the batter and the runners on base can attempt to reach the next available base safely.

Rule clarification - Sept. 7, 2010: Commit Line, Safe Line, tagging runners out between 3rd and home

The commit line is 21 feet from home plate. The safe line is drawn from the 3rd base edge of the plate to the backstop. The runner cannot be tagged between the lines, the ball must go to the plate before the runner crosses the safe line to record the out. This was done so there would never be any contact around home plate. I hope I was able to help.

Rules update/clarification - August 25, 2010: Runner/fielder interference interpretation

The runner has to get out of the way of the defensive player.

Any contact or interference by the runner is immediately called dead ball and the runner is out, all runners are returned to the base previously held at the time of the pitch unless forced by the batter being awarded first.

If the umpire rules the interference was intentional, they should also call the batter out.

Rules update/clarification - August 25, 2010: Pitched balls are dead once they hit the ground

Pitched balls that hit the ground or on home plate can't be hit after bouncing on the ground.

In fastball you can hit a ball that makes contact with the ground first,not slo-pitch. In slo-pitch the ball is dead the second it contacts the ground ,mat etc.

August 25, 2010 Schedule if the season ended (8.5.10)

August 25, 2010 6:30pm First Pitch (Field Locations TBA, Visiting team from first match up between the teams is the Home Team for the rematch)

Code Blue (#2) at Generals (#1)
x86ers (#3) at Tomahawks (#4)
Honey Nut Ichiros (#6) at eForce Fusion (#5)
Directors (#8)* at The Foundations (#7)

FIDO (#9) at Build Breakers (#10)
Hard Hitters (#11) at Trojans (#12)
The Wrath (#13) at Shooters (#14)**
Silly Bats (#15) at RISC Takers (#16)

* Directors hold tie breaker over FIDO as of 8.5.10 due to their 10-9 win
** Shooters hold tie breaker over Silly Bats as of 8.5.10 due their 15-4 win

If the season ended today (July 30 edition)

The tournament pools for the first 3 round robin games would be as follows:

A Pool (League Championship Pool)

A1

#1 Generals
#4 Tomahawks
#5 eForce Fusion
#8 Directors

A2

#2 Code Blue
#3 x86ers
#6 Honey Nut Ichiros
#7 The Foundations

B Pool (Consolation Pool)

B1

#9 FIDO (Currently hold Tie breaker over Build Breakers)
#12 The Wrath
#13 Shooters
#16 RISC Takers

B2

#10 Build Breakers
#11 Hard Hitters
#14 Silly Bats
#15 Trojans

August 25, 2010 Game Schedule

On Wednesday August 25, 2010 at 6:30pm, the following teams will play each other based on the standings through the first 15 games of the season:

1 vs. 2
3 vs. 4
5 vs. 6
7 vs. 8
9 vs. 10
11 vs. 12
13 vs. 14
15 vs. 16

Note:
Home and away designation to be determined (visiting team in original match up will be the home team for the rematch)
Field locations of games to be announced

June 2nd cames that were postponed to be made up on June 30th

All games that were cancelled on June 2nd due to rain will be made up on June 30th (weather permitting).

Check out our league's website for schedule details:

http://www.leaguelineup.com/schedules.asp?sid=78124038&url=coedrecslopitch&divisionid=467306&teamid=99999

Toronto IBM Club News (June 1, 2010)

The Toronto IBM Club invites you to 2 exciting summer events coming very soon!

A pre-screening of the Twilight saga movie, "Eclipse" on Tuesday, June 29th and our annual Summer Family Picnic on Saturday, July 17th!

Ticket sales will start Today on Tuesday, June 1st at 11:00am.

For more details on both events, please log onto our website at http://w3.can.ibm.com/tic

Ticket Information
For the Summer Family Picnic, save $1 on each admission by purchasing your tickets on or before Friday, July 9th!
Purchase your Picnic tickets before Wednesday, June 30th and be entered into a draw for the early bird prizes.

Tickets may be purchased from the following locations:
The Toronto IBM Club Office
The TIC Office is located in the solarium off the employee cafeteria, Module E2, at 3600 Steeles.
Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 2pm


Internal Mail (*Only for Summer Family Picnic event)
Ordering Instructions:
With your request, please include a cheque made payable to "Toronto IBM Club".
On the back of the cheque write TIC Picnic, provide your IBM Serial Number and indicate the number and type of admission and lunch tickets that are required.

Send your request to:
Toronto IBM Club Office
E2/TIC/3600/MKM


TIC Directors
Tickets will be on sale from all TIC Directors.

Cafeteria Sales
Tickets will be on sale outside the cafeterias of most IBM locations in the GTA in the weeks prior to the picnic. The schedule will be posted on the TIC web site shortly.
(Note: Consumers road location will have ticket sales avail in the 2nd floor lunchroom and 3500 by the IBM Security office)

Volunteers Needed (* Only for Summary Family Picnic event)
We need generous people like you to make this event a success! If you would be willing to volunteer
your time, please contact Julia Lao (julialao@ca.ibm.com).

Addition to softball rules - No leading, leaving the base early

This has been added to the section of the rules titled RUNNING:

7. Runners are not permitted to leave the base before a subsequent batter hits the softball.
a) Base runners are not permitted to leave the base they are on until the pitched ball makes contact with the batter’s bat.
b) If a base runner comes off their base prior to the batter making contact with the pitch, the base runner’s team will receive a warning as long as the batter did not put the ball in play at the time the runner left their base early.
c) If the team receiving a warning has a base runner leave their base a second time, then the runner who left the base early will be called out.
d) Any future base runners that leave their base early will also be called out.
e) If a base runner clearly leaves their base prior to contact being made with the bat and the ball is put in play, then play is live and will continue BAU, but the base runner who left early will be declared out upon completion of the batter’s turn at bat (ie. All other runners who did not leave early can still advance and the batter can still attempt to reach base safely unless the auto out for leaving the base early is the 3rd out of the inning).

To Spike in or not to spike in...that is the question

Summary of feedback from team captains re: issue of spiking in bases

5 of the teams in the league support having bases spiked in at all times.
The 8 teams support either the home team deciding whether to spike or not or had no specific preference.
2 teams said that bases should never be spiked in.

As such, I would advise that the home team (responsible for placing the bases down) has the choice to spike in or not spike in the bases.
If the captain of the visiting team has a concern with the spiking in or not spiking of the bases, the two captains should review the issue before the start of the game.
The home team has the final say re: spiking in bases if the two captains can't come to a mutually agreed upon decision.

Note: If a home team does not have bases with spikes (as many teams in the league do) and the visiting team has a set of bases with them that has spikes and they want their bases to be used in that game, the home team can agree to use the visiting team's set of bases for the game.

Boston Pizza Pics - May 5, 2010

After a night of playing in the rain, several teams came back to Boston Pizza for some food and refreshment.

Boston Pizza 2010 after game relationship - Week to week and year end banquet after tournament on September 18, 2010

Boston Pizza Menu (Warden/Steeles): http://www.bostonpizza.com/en/menu?sid=447

• The Patio and bar area will be closed to the public as of 7:30pm on Wednesday nights between May 5th and September 15th,2010
• On Wednesday nights from May 5th to September 15th, each team ( 6 ) that comes back to Boston Pizza will receive one free pitcher of domestic beer, or the first Team Pitcher for $20 ( Team Pitcher is like 2 1/2 Pitchers ). One free pitcher of pop (Diet or Regular), and one assorted plate of appetizers ( look to change this up, some news food)
• Our league members will receive a 15% discount off their bill (food and pop, not including alcohol) any time they eat at Boston Pizza (Warden and Steeles location only) on Wednesday nights from May 5th to September 15th (whether games are played or rained out)
• 10% of all expenses that are attributed to the league (spent at any time during the season, not just on Wednesday league nights) will be made available to the IBM Canada SloPitch league to help pay for our year end banquet (Sept. 18/2010)
• Each team should write their team name on all receipts (from any visit to Boston Pizza, game nights or not) and drop the receipts into the league’s plastic box along one of the railings at BP.

20% Discount on Food and non Alcoholic on Rain outs.

New Stuff Summary
Receive one free pitcher of domestic beer, or the first Team Pitcher for $20 ( Team Pitcher is like 2 1/2 Pitchers )
Team parties in the Summer. Non Wed Night - Family and Friends, organize up front with Harry, Same Deal as Wed Night.
Will have Weekly Specials that we can post on the Website ie , Deals on Pitchers, Pizza's etc - Just available to us
New TV Outside
The Team that attends the most , need to spend at least $100 each time will get a Sampling Party. Will include 6 large Pizza, 5 Appetizer - No Drinks. On a Monday, Tue, Thur Friday after 3pm

May 5, 2010: All games currently still on. Chance of rain for this afternoon/evening.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/hourlyfx/caon0409/hourlytable/1?ref=qlink_st_hourly

Randall Park

1. Head north on Esna Park Dr toward Telson Rd - 650 m
2. Take the 2nd right onto Denison St - 3.1 km
3. Turn left at Kennedy Rd/Regional Road 3 - 500 m
4. Take the 1st right onto Highglen Ave Destination will be on the right - 1.6 km

Elson Park

1. Head southwest on Esna Park Dr toward Steeles Ave E - 350 m
2. Take the 1st left onto Steeles Ave E - 1.0 km
3. Turn left at Regional Road 65/Warden Ave - 900 m
4. Take the 2nd right onto Denison St - 6.0 km
5. Turn right at Coxworth Ave Destination will be on the right - 240 m

Park in Parkland Public School parking lot