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Just letting you know the 2009 Wiffleball World Series at Farm Field is scheduled for August 1st and 2nd. This tournament is held every summer in Saline, MI. Hope you can get some teams recruited and I hope some of you  can come out and see the great event we run. We were featured on the front page of the Ann Arbor News last summer so we look forward to having a bigger and better tournament. Please write me back if you have any questions or requests. Thanks

Matt Guenther
matthew.l.guenther@wmich.edu

The Downriver Wiffleball League has scheduled their first tournament of the season for April 4th in Woodhaven, Michigan.

This is a fast pitch tourney, open to 16 teams of all ages. Cost is $20 per team.

Contact Carl Coffee at 734-818-7910 or visit their SITE for more information.

The Machester Wiffle League has plans to challenge the best teams in Michigan to a playoff tournament.

Commissioner Evan Bortmas writes, “(We) will be challenging each of the 8 best teams in Michigan to face each other in an 8-team, best of 3-5-5, 5 on 5 wiffleball tournament. How it will work is each league will have a qualifying tournament, which at least 6 teams must enter. The winner will then be selected to go to the Michigan Wiffleball Classic. That will leave 8 of the top teams in Michigan to face each other in a battle for a cash prize, a trophy, and serious bragging rights.”

They’re planning a weekend July event in Manchester, located between Jackson and Ann Arbor. Their players are high school age, but the tournament is open to all ages. Their rules are fastpitch and baserunning, using only the official wiffle bats & balls. For more information, contact Evan at “manchesterwiffle (at) yahoo.com”

GREENVILLE - The west Michigan based Fatties are once again hosting their “Winter Fiasco” indoor wiffle Tournament in Greenville. Play is open to anyone aged 21 and over and is open to the first 48 players to sign up. Teams are drawn at random. Cost is $25 per person.

For more information, or to sign up, hit up their website at www.thefatty.com

There will be a wiffle ball tournament held September 13th at Flat Rock Community Fields, 22500 Gibraltar Rd, Flat Rock, MI 48134. Teams can be coed and up to four players. Cost is $50 per team.

For more information, contact Mike Dembicki at 586-202-8376 or mike-usssa-ump1@wowway.com.

KALAMAZOO - The KWL will be hosting their first tournament on September 13th. Teams are welcome to check out their information page. LINK.

Several tournaments will get underway in Michigan in the next few weeks.

The 9th Fat Bastard Wiffle Ball Tourament, in Harvard, near Grand Rapids scheduled for August 1-2 as it now moves to a two day format. 28 teams are scheduled to compete.

Curves for the Cure #5 will also take place on August 2nd, near Frankenmuth, with 33 teams scheduled to participate in three different divisions.

The 6th Pete Wyzanski Open, from Great Lakes Wiffleball Association, also returns to Midland after a multi-year hiatus on August 2-3.

Pittsfield Yards, in Saline, near Ann Arbor will also host their third Wiffleball World Series on August 2nd. They are planning on a 22 team field.

Traditionally, the WiffleHouse Invitatational is normally scheduled for late August in Essexville, near Bay City.

You can check out each league’s website to the right for more details.

A hearty MWA welcome to a new “MWA,” Manchester Wiffleball Assocation! They’re a new league, located just southwest of Ann Arbor, led by Evan Bortmas.

Check out their newly formed website HERE.

They’re looking for participation, so any local players should contact them to get involved.

The Fatties annual Winter Fiasco Indoor Wiffle Ball Classic, will be held this upcoming Saturday, February 23rd at The Pavilion, on M-57, just west of Greenville. The tournament will run from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Director David Ringler reports that the have space for a few more players. “We can take up to 48 players, and we have 35 registered as of Friday.”

The tourney is a random draw, 3-on-3 event, open to men and women over the age of 21. To register or for more information, contact them through their website. Playres must register in advance and the deadline is Wednesday, February 20th.

Fast Plastic, a national tournament organization, has added a Michigan Region for 2008, which will host four National Qualifying Tournaments throughout the state. See their link at the right for more sign up information or contact their state director. Regional qualifiers will advance to their national championship, held most recently in Texas. An MWA squad most recently earned a berth in 2004.

For more information on Fast Plastic, hit their website at www.fastplastic.net