SPA UMPIRE CERTIFICATION AND TRANINING - COSSA has arranged for Ohio softball umpires to be SPA certified. A certification class is being held on June 16, 2007, at the Drury Inn, Grove City, at 9:00 A.M. The class is for men and women who wish to be first time umpires, SPA certified, or for those umpires who are already certified ASA, NSA, etc., and wish to be SPA certified. The class will be conducted by Joe Lysaght, SPA Umpire in Charge. The total cost to receive an umpires shirt, hat, bag, rule book, umpires guide, and certification is $50.00. Anyone interested in attending this class can e-mail: seniorsoftball@columbus.rr.com for further details or just show-up at the Drury Inn at 9:00 A.M., June 16th.
BIG NEWS FOR THE LADIES - COSSA has selected Judy Andrews as "Director Women's Operations" with responsibility for forming a women's senior softball program in Central Ohio. Judy plays softball on several "younger" Central Ohio teams and has been very successful while competing in the softball "wars". She is presently playing tournament softball with the "Michigan Medical Miracles" and travels nationally to compete in scheduled tournaments. Any ladies who are interested in playing senior softball please call Judy: (614)466-5474 or E-mail her: jca_andrews@yahoo.com. To be eligible to play senior softball a woman must be at least 40 years old sometime during the year that she first joins a senior team or league.
FLASH - Charlie Collins, CEO & Chmn. of COSSA has been appointed to the Pioneer Category Advisor Committee of the "National Senior Softball Hall of Fame". The "Pioneer" Division is for those senior players past 69 years of age, who have contributed so much to Senior Softball in the United States. For more information go to the "Senior Softball Hall Of Fame" web-site where you will find the criteria and information required, as well as the format for nomination, and submission of an application for entry into the "Senior Softball Hall Of Fame". Click: http://www.sshof.com.
SCOOP - COSSA is proud to announce that Charlie Collins has been selected to serve on the "Board of Directors" and the "National Tournament Directors" committee of the Softball Players Assn., (SPA). The SPA is a national senior softball oranization formed for the purpose of administering national rules, training and certifying umpires, overseeing senior tournaments, both qualifying and national, rating teams and player skills for competitive purposes, testing and approving softball equipment, etc.
The 2007 Columbus Classic Senior Softball Tournament being held July 20-23, 2007will be sanctioned by the Softball Players Assn. (SPA).
