WELCOME ALL GUESTS!

A big welcome to all guests of Atlantic Canada's Fastpitch Web Portal!  We would like to send our greetings to all teams, players, coaches, managers and especially the fans!  Our new and exciting initiative is all about promoting fastpitch softball here in the Atlantic Provinces and also to share in our excitement about the new direction that the International Softball Congress (ISC) has given to our Atlantic Region.

For many years, we have worked hard to send teams to compete at one of the highest levels of softball in the world to date, the International Softball Congress.  We have also worked hard to create other opportunities in the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) as well as sending teams to the Eastern Canadian Championships as well as the Canadian Nationals in the various age levels from youth to Senior teams.

As with the start of any new website, we are trying to find a way to make this as simple and easy to use as possible.  We want to bring quality and up to date information to fastpitch softball teams, players, coaches, managers and fans so that there will be a better sense of information sharing happening within our Atlantic Region.

We will strive to include as much detailed and up to date information as we can in the numerous divisions, tournaments and leagues that will no doubt find interest in our website and work towards creating an informative web site for our visitors.

We thank you for taking the time to visit our Atlantic Fastpitch Information Portal and encourage you to send your suggestions, comments and information as much as possible in the effort to improve the communication between teams, organizations and championship events that will occur throughout the run of each year.

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INTERNATIONAL SOFTBALL CONGRESS (ISC) APPOINTS NEW ATLANTIC REGION COMMISSIONER

The International Softball Congress (ISC) has appointed a new Atlantic Area Commissioner, 
Mr. Robert Bernard, to rejuvenate opportunities for fastball teams interested in qualifying to attend the ISC World and ISC II tournaments that will be held each summer.  This year, the ISC World and ISC II Tournaments are being hosted in Kimberley, Wisconsin from August 8th - 16th, 2003.

One of the key first steps to increasing these opportunities is getting information out on what we are trying to do... start an ISC Travel League and qualify one team in both the ISC World Division and the ISC II (Intermediate) Division.

We will do this by working hard to inform teams in the Atlantic Region on a qualifying tournament for both divisions to be held at a central location, either in New Glasgow or Halifax, Nova Scotia or Moncton, New Brunswick.  Dates for this event are to be announced as we are working on hosting agreements with these locations.

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MAIN OBJECTIVES

We will be striving to work together with all teams interested in broadening their horizons on where they would like to play, how they would like to play and who they would like to play fastpitch softball with in terms of level of play.

We want to create an information portal through the creation of this website for fastpitch softball players from Atlantic Canada at the various levels that exist in the communities and regions.  We realize that we cannot be everything to everyone and therefore we would like to say that this is an initiative that will be starting out small with realistic goals for Year 1 (2003-2004).

In this website, we will be providing information on a number of different initiatives that promote fastpitch such as the International Softball Congress (ISC), the ISC II as this will mostly a site that will contain ISC information but will also provide visitors with basic information on other initiatives such as NAFA (North American Fastpitch Association), as well as information on the Canadian Championships, Travel Leagues in the Atlantic Canada Region that are either set up or are in the process of setting up and other information on Eastern Canadian Championships in various divisions.

We will also provide linkages to fastpitch softball websites such as Softball Nova Scotia and Softball NB, Softball PEI and Softball Nfld.  We will be contacting these organizations to establish up to date information flow for the visitors of this website.

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VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS FOR REGIONS WANTED

We are currently searching for volunteer directors in the various regions of the Atlantic area.  We are looking for dedicated people that have a vast background of knowledge in the promotion of the sport, ability to make opportunity happen in your area through the many contacts that they should have and a strong ability to communicate with the Atlantic Commissioner and other Deputy Commissioners in the Atlantic Provinces that will be appointed.

The Atlantic ISC Commissioner is looking to fill the following roles/positions:

(NS) Cape Breton ISC Deputy Commissioner - FILLED:   SHANE MARKS, SYDNEY
(NS) Mainland ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open

(PEI) PEI ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open

(NB)  NB South/East ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open
(NB)  NB North/West ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open

(NFLD)  Newfoundland West ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open
(NFLD)  Newfoundland East ISC Deputy Commissioner - Open

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Please note:  Each ISC Deputy Commissioner will also be asked to take on a role such as promotions/public relations, website development/maintenance, statistics, travel league supervisor, etc...  For an outline of duties and responsibilities of these ISC Deputy Commissioners, please contact us by using the information provided on the contacts page.

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