FIRST PRIORITY: Our first priority is the safety of all the league members. Our next priority is the continued success of the league.
LEAGUE FEES: We will try to reduce league fees as much as possible and offer delayed payments in order to ease the financial burden on the team reps and the players. I know that many teams will lose players due to financial constraints. And I know that many company sponsored teams will lose their sponsorship and I would like to work with them to see their continued registration.
FIRST RSPA LEAGUE MEETING FOR TEAM REPS:
The first RSPA league meeting will be scheduled for a Tuesday night sometime in May (hopefully and not too optimistically).
The second and final RSPA meeting will be scheduled a week later on the following Tuesday night, with the season schedule starting the next night on the Wednesday night.
Both meetings will be drop-in style, anytime from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm at The Irish Shebeen Pub, 5555 Eglinton Ave. W., Etobicoke.
If the virus is still active, we will take every precaution to limit possible exposure. It will be more important than ever to support not only our sponsor Irish Shebeen, but all local businesses and businesses that support and sponsor RSPA league.
RSPA SEASON: Please do not ask questions about lost games and making up lost games. We will look at all the options to offer as many games as possible - extending the season, more double-headers, more Friday make-up games, Monday long weekend games for Monday teams, etc.
RSPA OPEN PRACTICES FOR NEW PLAYERS:
Decisions for RSPA open practices will be made at a later date, and may be made on a week-to-week basis.
RSPA/SPN UMPIRE CLINIC: All SPN umpire clinics have been cancelled and the RSPA/SPN umpire clinic will be rescheduled to a later date, tentatively a Wednesday night in May at Diamond Beach. RSPA needs SPN carded umpires for recreational coed slo-pitch league. We will train and card. You will be eligible to umpire any SPN league or tournament. RSPA pays: $45 single game; $70/$80 double-header; $100 3-gamer 6:30-11:00 pm. Get out get some exercise, have some fun and earn some extra cash.

Looking forward to a season where the only Corona is in a cold bottle!
Randy Warren, President, RSPA.

RSPA 2020 REVISED CALENDAR:

You will become a fully sanctioned SPN umpire, eligible to umpire any SPN league or tournament in Canada.
Clinic cost is $110 and includes: SPN umpire card, rulebook, hat, instruction clinic and umpire test.
If you have already written the SPN test you may attend the RSPA umpire clinic for free.
If you attend the RSPA umpire clinic, we will guarantee umpire bookings of at least double your clinic cost
    (we cannot guarantee parks or nights).
RSPA is an adult recreational, coed league, with parks in Mississauga-Etobicoke, Monday to Friday, weekend tournaments available.
Contact Randy Warren, accent@slopitch1.com

• Team Rep Appreciation Gift & Appreciation Draw • Team Draws • Free Pitcher •

RSPA Coed Slo-Pitch League did another Food Bank Drive

RSPA Slo-Pitch 2019 Banquet & Awards Dance

Updated January 25, 2020
RSPA first banquet - Saturday, October 19, 2019


RSPA Halloween Banquet - Saturday, October 26, 2019


RSPA Banquet #3 - Saturday, November 2, 2019


RSPA Banquet #4 - Saturday, November 9, 2019

Krista and umpire RichardP and Ian manned the barbecues. We missed Mario and his special basil sprinkled tomatoes.

Home run contest (male & female), base running (male & female), pitching contest, outfield throwing, games, draws, etc.

Mens home run contest: EricV from Bonecrushers started out strong with 4 dingers in the first round but fell apart in the eliminations. Junior from Ruff Riders came on strong to win the event. Amit from Free Agents was second and Chad from Wrecking Crew was third.

Ladies home run: CORRECTION: Michelle from Honey Badgers beat out Cassie from Shark Fionns to win.

Mens baserunning: Ethan from Loaded Bases won with a time of 12.47 seconds, Junior from Ruff Riders secone 12.72,
Ryan from I'd Hit That 12.76, Davian from Wrecking Crew 12.89.

Ladies baserunning: Lilian from Blaze Jays finally won because Leah took a year off.

Pitching: Danny from Honey Badgers won the pitching competition.

Outfield throwing: Tuan from Last Assassins won.

Deby Alvia from Massive Hits won $435 in the 50-50 draw and donated $100 back to the Kidney Foundation.

We raised $2579.90 (no dog tag this year) from the events and donations, $720 just from the male home-run contest, $435 from the 50-50 draw, $485 from the bat draw, won by ???. The league will round it up to donate $3000 to the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

REMEMBER: We are also looking for donations to the Kidney Walk which will be held in September.
I would like to see every team make at least a small donation.

The All-Star Night this year was a fund-raiser for Owen Dakins (son of Mike Dakins, Last Call) and the Kidney Foundation
donating $3000 (not that we are forgetting Chris Allen and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.)

The RSPA All-Star Night is a result of a lot of work and cannot be successful without the help we get from the amazing crew of volunteers! KristaC and umpire RichardP and IanB on the barbecues, TerryJ doing his usual, anything that could be done from the comfort of his chair, EdG running all the events, Robbo and BriPie manning the beverages, Margine and Irene stepping in wherever needed, and all the people who stepped in to run and judge the events, etc.

Photos are posted. PLEASE SEND ME ANY PHOTOS YOU HAVE OF ALL-STAR NIGHT.