Our full line-up of events for the 2019 season is now posted (aside from a possible Winter Dome Tournament). We have our usual events lined up again for 2019 but please make note of some weekend changes for next season. We have also added a new event over the Canada Day weekend, one that offers a large game count over the holiday weekend. Super Max, is a drivable event for many teams, and for those that would need accommodation, there are no shortage of hotels in the Mississauga area. We thank everyone for considering a UTM weekend, and should you choose to participate in any of our tournaments, we are committed to ensuring your team has good experience.

Here is a link to an article on the new Ace pitcher for the Michigan Wolverines. The article and its content come from Flo Softball.com

Summer of 2019, the Waterloo Warriors Softball Club will be hosting a tournament to help off-set some of the costs of playing in the Ontario University loop. The team will be hosting Bantam, Midget and Intermediate Divisions June 7 – 9 in New Dundee/Wilmot Township. The event will feature a 6-game guarantee for the Bantam & Midget categories and a 5-game guarantee for the Intermediate division. Registration is open, the Waterloo Warriors hope to raise enough money at this event to reduce the fees required to participate in their 2019 season.

Softball Canada and the National Pro Fastpitch have reached a deal to add a new franchise into the league for the 2019 season. The link here will take you to the article as published on flosoftball.com

The Durham Lords women's softball team reached a pair of milestones on Saturday in winning the 2018 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championship. Durham not only became the first program to win a 20th OCAA league sport championship, it became the first women's softball team to win four straight OCAA gold medals. The Lords went undefeated in the four-team competition, defeating Humber 8-3 before defeating St. Clair twice by scores of 4-1 and 6-2. St. Clair earned silver for the third straight season.

One team is looking to establish a new conference milestone. Another is looking to shed its bridesmaid label. Two more teams are aiming for a return to the podium. The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Women's Softball Championship presented by belairdirect takes place this Friday and Saturday at Budd Park in Kitchener, Ont. The three-time defending OCAA champion Durham Lords are targeting an unprecedented four-peat in women's softball, while the six-time reigning regular season champion St. Clair Saints look to reach the top of the mountain for the first time since 2014. The Saints have settled for silver medals the last two seasons.

The linked article is from FloSoftball.com Dr. Kaila Holtz is a Canadian Olympian turned NCAA Pitching Coach turned Sports Medicine Physician. She is currently in her last year of medical residency (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) at the University of British Columbia. Her clinical interests are in shoulder health with a particular focus on overuse throwing and pitching injuries. She recently published a paper in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine looking at arm health in youth softball pitchers. Follow her on Twitter @kailaholtz

The Ontario Intercollegiate Women’s Fastpitch Association (OIWFA) makes history this weekend at the 2018 Championship hosted by the University of Ottawa Gee Gees. Hosted at the Carp Fairgrounds, the top eight university teams will convene in a double elimination tournament to be crowned Ontario Champions.

The Kentucky Wildcats are becoming a softball powerhouse in the SEC. Here is an article on how that's all come about from Flo Softball. University of Kentucky softball coach Rachel Lawson's love affair with softball began by attending rodeos with her family as a kid. The adult softball field was in shouting distance from the rodeo ring, so when it wasn’t her turn, she’d go out and watch the games. 

Here is the updated Top-10 team list for Ontario College and University ball as of October 3, 2018

The Softball Skills Camp is being launched this fall/winter to provide families with local options for improving their softball skills & performance on the field. The camp will deliver training in areas of demand locally in the Eastern Ontario Region. The goal of the Softball Skills Camp is to raise the level of play in Eastern Ontario by providing quality instruction to players of all ages and skill levels

After a busy weekend of ball in the college and university loops we have updated the UTM First 10 as the two leagues head into the stretch run, and teams fight for playoff positioning. No change to the #1 spot, Western Mustangs went a perfect 6-0 on their weekend homestand, with relatively little fight from Waterloo, Guelph or Laurier.

Sunday, marked the first on field events for the new look UTM program. Our UTM 002, and UTM Brantford teams participated in a play-day alongside BT Fastpitch out at one of our favourite diamonds in Princeton, ON. UTM Brantford finished the day with 2-ties, both ending with scores of 8-8. UTM 002, played to an 0-1-1 record on the day earning a tie with Brantford, and showing well in a 10-3 loss to the Tier 1 BT Fastpitch group. UTM Brantford continues their fall schedule Monday, when they travel to Exhibition Park for a night game vs the Guelph Gators.

Here are the latest UTM Ontario First 10 Rankings for Ontario Colleges & Universities this fall. Good luck to all teams this weekend as they all make the push for a playoff berth.

his weekend marks a big one for some fall-ball action as we have many newly minted Ontario teams either playing some exhibition games or heading across the border some various US events taking place this weekend. The weather might be a bit iffy Friday night, but after that all should be good for weekend play.

Here is a timely article regarding the mental health benefits of sport, taken from Healthline.com

What are the player’s strengths and weaknesses and why are these strengths and weaknesses signals of a successful or unsuccessful player? (from Flo Softball.com)

Here are the athletes selected to the Team Canada Jr Women's National team. Congrats to all the Ontario players!!! (photo from Softball.ca)

Check out this 3rd party article about 10 interesting softball facts...

If the local boys could have a tournament team in baseball, why couldn’t the girls have a tournament team in softball? Camille Hayes didn’t need to hear the answer. She was going to make it happen regardless. link to Flo Softball article