Rome Men's Softball Association

July 2, 2009

Oneida 4th Annual Softball Tournament

Tournament will be held at Harmond Park, Oneida, NY This is a ASA Class D & E Double Elimination Tournament. ONLY ONEIDA LEAGUE BATS WILL BE ALLOWED.

Date: Saturday & Sunday July 11th & 12th
Rain Dates: July 18th, & 19th

(Based on 10 teams)

1st Place $400.00 and Trophy

2nd Place $300.00 and Trophy

3rd Place $200.00 and Trophy

All Proceeds to Benefit the Oneida Softball Association and Scholarship Fund. Entry Fee is $200.00 per Team. a $100.00 deposit must be paid by June 25th. Balance due by team tournament drawing Wednesday July 8th at 8:00pm Veterans Memorial Park.

(Deposit is non refundable unless another team takes your spot)

Oneida Softball Teams will have first option to play tournament, After June 25th if we do not have a total of 10 teams assigned with deposits, we will open the tournament to surrounding area class D & E teams. Any question please contact David Trexler at e-mail address dtrex@twcny.rr.com or call (315) 264-0901.

July 1, 2009

**THURSDAY SCHEDULE FOR JULY 9 and JULY 16**
Games that were rained out in week 6 will be made up during the week 9 and 10 schedules. Teams that were originally scheduled to play at 6:00 during week 6 will make up their games at 4:45 on July 9. Teams that were scheduled to play at 7:15 during week 6 will make up their games at 9:45 on July 9. Teams that were originally scheduled to play at 8:30 in week 6 will make up their games at 9:45 in week 10.
Please make every effort to have your teams available to play these games. If you know that your team cannot make it for a scheduled time, please advise the board in advance so that we are not paying for umpires for games that are not played. The schedules for weeks 9 and 10 are posted below. Please make note of these times and inform your teams. We have to schedule games at these times in order for us to get a full 12 games in on Thursday nights.

Thanks,
Kohls

THURSDAY JIM KORPELA LEAGUE (July 9)

4:45 Rhine Haus v. Palisades/PBA (Field #1)

4:45 Mac Construction v. McKie's Sports (Field #2)

6:00 Mac Construction v. Rhine Haus (Field #1)

6:00 Midnight Mike's/Federated Ins. v. Bottini Funeral Home (Field #2)

7:15 Anson Construction v. Firemen (Field #1)

7:15 Don's Auto/Korp's Korner v. McKie's Sports (Field #2)

8:30 Palisades/PBA v. Bobraymond.com (Field #1)

8:30 Casey's v. Oriskany Mfg. (Field #2)

9:45 Oriskany Mfg. v. Midnight Mike's/Federated Ins. (Field #1)

9:45 Anson Construction v. Casey's (Field #2)

* 4:45 and 9:45 games are make-ups from week 6 rainouts.

THURSDAY JIM KORPELA LEAGUE (July16)

6:00 Bobraymond.com v. Casey's (Field #1)

6:00 Mac Construction v. Bottini Funeral Home (Field #2)

7:15 Rhine Haus v. Don's Auto/Korp's Korner (Field #1)

7:15 Firemen v. Midnight Mike's/Federated Ins. (Field #2)

8:30 Anson Construction v. Oriskany Mfg. (Field #1)

8:30 McKie's Sports v. Palisades/PBA (Field #2)

9:45 Bottini Funeral Home v. Firemen (Field #1)

9:45 Bobraymond.com v. Don's Auto/Korp's Korner (Field #2)

*As always, home teams are listed on the left.

June 25, 2009

MAKE-UP SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT LEAGUE

The Thursday Night Jim Korpela League will make-up their week 5 schedule on Thursday, July 2nd. The Don's Auto - Bottini's game was completed on the original rained-out night therefore, that game WILL NOT need to be made up. Those two teams have July 2nd off. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Menter at 219-3240.

Week 5 Make-up Schedule (July 2nd)

6:00 Oriskany Mfg. v. Palisades (Field #1)

Mac Const. v. Midnight Mikes (Field #2)

7:15 Firemen v. Casey's (Field #1)

7:15 BobRaymond.com v. McKie's (Field #2)

8:30 Anson Const. v. Rhine Haus (Field #1)

June 18, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT - Tonight's Games have been Cancelled

All games tonight have been officially cancelled due to inclement weather. The Thursday Night - Jim Korpela league will resume play next week on June 25th playing the WEEK 7 schedule.

FINAL REMINDER - RMSA to hold Last Roster Finalization Meeting Tonight

The RMSA Board will be at Haselton Field tonight (June 18th), between 5pm - 6pm, EVEN IF GAMES ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT, to assist teams with making final changes to their current rosters. This will be the last opportunity for teams make any changes. Please note that changes will result in the new participant(s) sitting out 2 regular season games (week 6 and week 7). In order to be eligible for a playoff roster, new participants must play in 3 “official” games.

May 7, 2009

ASA Insurance Policy

Bollinger Insurance Solutions has issued the Rome Men's Softball Association it's Certificate of Insurance Policy. To review our certificate(s) of insurance and related forms, please visit the documentation link below:

>> Rome Mens SB Assn. - 2009 Certs.pdf

May 5, 2009

The RMSA needs your contact information

The Rome Men’s Softball Association needs correct email addresses for the following team captains:

Captain/Team
Matt Vorhees - MVP
Mickey Armstrong - Regulators
Dan Vescio - Brew Crew

Please email Brandon Lovett your email address A.S.A.P. 90% of our correspondence and business is conducted electronically (updates, schedules, etc...) so we need your contact information.

April 27, 2009

Monday Night Burt Smith League still has openings
Sunday Night and Thurday Night leagues are full. No more teams will be accepted

The Rome Men’s Softball Association is still accepting team registrations to round out its Monday Night league schedule. Teams interested in playing on Monday night can email Brandon Lovett or attend our final organizational meeting on Thursday April 30, 2009 at 6:00pm in the banquet room of Aquino’s Restaurant on Floyd Ave. in Rome.

Floyd has one opening left on Tuesday Night

If there are any teams that are unable to register with the RMSA, the Town of Floyd is looking for a team to round out its Tuesday Night schedule. For more information, please contact Dave Parsons at 336-6730 (Day time) or at 865-8964 (Evening).

April 21, 2009

The RMSA is holding its final organization meeting on April 30th

The Rome Men’s Softball Association will be holding its final organizational meeting on Thursday April 30, 2009 at 6:00pm in the banquet room of Aquino’s Restaurant on Floyd Ave. in Rome.

The RMSA plays games at Haselton-Wright Park on Riverview Parkway North in Rome on Sunday, Monday and Thursday evenings. Currently there are openings left in the Monday and Thursday leagues. No additional teams are being accepted for Sundays at this time.

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April 9, 2009

RMSA Registration Update

The deadline for all waivers/rosters and payment is April 30th. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS AND/OR PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. PERIOD!

The final league meeting will be held on April 30, 2009 at 6 pm in the back room of Aquino’s Restaurant. Again this is your last opportunity to make payment in FULL and submit your league forms. TEAMS THAT DO NOT SUBMIT THE REQUIRED FORMS WILL BE BOUNCED FROM THE LEAGUE!

Burt Smith League - Monday Night

Paid
Black River Ale House - Joe Brawdy
Bostwicks Liquours - Deshane Damore
Brew Crew - Mark Vescio
Performance Wire - Todd Bengamin
TBA - Matt Voorhees

Not Paid
A and P Images - Frank Jacobs
Aquino's - Tom Utter
Supplement Central.com - Brian Costello

Jim Korpela League - Thursday Night (League is full, No more teams will be accepted)

Paid
Anson Construction - Brandon Purdy
BobRaymond.com - Bob Raymond
Bottini Funeral Home - Mike Bottini
Casey's - Dion Fields
Don's Auto - Mike DeStito
Firemen - Canio Sabia
Mac Construction - Paul Abreu
McKie's - Bob Taylor
Midnight Mikes- Eric Kieffer
Oriskany Manufacturing - James Burch
Palisades - Stew Rood
Rhine Haus - Dave Maggio

Community League - Sunday Night (League is full, No more teams will be accepted)

Paid
Advanced Auto - Rich Mansfield
Aquino's - Mike Aquino
B-52's - Steve Jones
Bravo's Evolution - Matthew Bloomfield
Dreamers - Rodney Studer
R&S Steel - JR Mittower
Rhine Haus/W.H. - Shawn Wilcox
State Farm - Brian Chase
Taylor Construction- Rich Tenent
Titan Home Security - Jim Rizio/Anthony Ritchie
Waste Management - Robert Garrabrant
Westernville Legion - Dave Leonbruno

*** The registration deadline is April 30th, 2009.

Captains that have not submitted a mailing address and/or a email address need to forward that information to Brandon Lovett ASAP. 90% of our correspondence and business is conducted electronically (updates, schedules, etc...) so we need your contact information.

March 4, 2009

RMSA Organizational Meeting Scheduled
1st Meeting: March 12, 7:00 pm. @ Aquino’s Restaurant (Banquet Room)

Team Fee: $550.00 per team (breakdown)

If they want to pay via pay pal we have to charge them $575.00.

First Come, First Serve basis, first 12 teams to pay in full secure their spot for night they request. No exceptions!

12 team leagues each night. (Monday, Thursday and Sunday)

Updated League Forms and Rules will be available at meeting and/or website on March 12, 2009.

Team Captains that submitted the $50.00 insurance fee last year will be credited $50.00 towards this years league fee.

Registration Deadline is April 30, 2009. There will be a final meeting on the 30th of April.

Time: TBA

Location: TBD

All waiver release forms, rosters, and associated paperwork must be signed by the 30th of April, so we may submit proper documentation to the City of Rome. If a participants name and signature does not appear on this waiver release form by April 30th than that player is ineligible for the first 2 regular season games.

There will be two chances to change your roster, waiver release forms. The 1st opportunity will be from 5pm – 6pm at Haselton Field before week 1’s games. Remember changes made in week 1 will result in that participant sitting out 2 regular season games (week 1 and week 2). The 2nd opportunity will be from 5pm – 6pm at Haselton Field before week 6’s games. Again changes will result in the participant sitting out 2 regular season games (week 6 and week 7). In order to be eligible for a playoff roster all participants must have played in 3 “official” games.

2009 RMSA Budget Breakdown