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MORE PLAYERS LEAVING GROWLERS

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    The Newfoundland Growlers are going to look a lot different next season. They have already lost Brady Ferguson who is going to play in Sweden.  Now two more players are headed overseas. Marcus Power and Zach O’Brien both of St. John’s will be playing in Germany and have signed with Landshut of the German League. Power had 50 points last season good for fourth spot in team scoring and O’Brien was sixth with 46 points. …

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MT. PEARL SLO PITCH SOFTBALL HAS CANCELLED SEASON

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The Mount Pearl Slo Pitch Softball League won’t be operating this season .  Teams and players were notified Sunday of the league decision. Some of the reasons given are  – Bats have to be cleaned between innings.  Balls changed after each inning.  Gloves to be worn.     – Bathrooms have to be cleaned after every games     – Players cannot hang out before or after games     – Financially we have no revenue coming in, but would have to pay player fees, cleaning materials, field lights, etc.     – How many teams could we field as there will be players…

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FERGUSON WON’T BE BACK WITH GROWLERS

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  One of the leading scorers with the Newfoundland Growlers won’t be back with the team next season. Brady Ferguson who had 30 goals and 28 assists with the Growlers in 201-19 has signed with a team in the Swedish Elite League Nyforvarv.  Before the 2019-20 season was stopped Ferguson had 24 goals and 39 assists for 63 points…

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SOCCER CANADA CANCELS MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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  Canada Soccer has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 edition of the Toyota National Championships scheduled to take place in three locations 7-12 October. The annual club competition for close to 2,000 male and female players, coaches, officials and volunteers was scheduled to take place in Halifax, NS (Challenge and Jubilee Trophy); Kitchener-Waterloo, ON (U-15 Cup); Moncton, NB (U-17 Cup). In light of the ongoing impact of COVID-19, Canada Soccer in close collaboration with its Member Associations, took into account the regional realities of the requirements to host the competitions, as well as the challenges of completing…

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LOCAL BASEBALL HAS NEW GUIDLINES

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Because of the covid 19 various sports organization have had to adapt to guidlines set down. Here are some guidlines established by Baseball NL. There will be no pre-game plate meetings for lineup exchanges. Lineups should be exchanged with opposing teams and umpires before the game, in a safe way that respects physical distancing as much as possible.   No mound visits by catcher or coach. If the coach wishes to change a pitcher or other position, he/she may call time, walk out to the foul line closest to their dugout, and make changes from that position.  No congratulatory gestures –…

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