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2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the Osgoode Family Ball Tournament.
This year the tournament will be on Friday, August 6th and Saturday, August 7th.
We had our first planning meeting on June 25 and here are the details thus far:
City Site Rental & Other City Info: will only be $395 this year plus liability insurance. Balance is due July 26. Each year, we need to notify the City Clerk, the health department, the police department, the fire department and the building department that we are having an outdoor event. We need to have running water and a handwash unit for the staff. We will be renting the inside washrooms again this year. Job Jar: City Liaison: (Tracey & Marty)
Charities:
Our major charity this year is the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation. We are donating the majority of our proceeds to the hospital foundation this year. Normally we donate in honour of a specific family, but for this year we know that the Winchester Hospital has touched the lives of many, if not all, of our team families, and we are donating in honour of all of us.
Their motto is:
“The Friendship of Those we Serve is the Foundation of our Success!”
Job Jar: WDMH Foundation Liaison: (Debbie and Kim Churchill)
We will also be donating to at least two smaller charities this year: the Township of Osgoode Care Centre and the Osgoode Youth Association. The Care Centre will be manning our barbecue Saturday and O-YA will be staffing our kids’ corner on Friday and Saturday this year, each in exchange for a donation. Job jar: Care Centre liaison (Brenden Holmes); O-YA liaison (Tracey).
Teams:
Confirmed teams: Blanchfield, Bracken, Brogan, Brophy, Chambers, Churchill, Clingin, B. Dewan, W. Dewan, Downey, Holmes, Kelly, McEvoy, Quinn, Rowan, Thompson. (Moloughney family is out for this year)
Entertainment:
Friday night will be karaoke with the Thompsons (bring your courage and your best singing voice!), and Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4 pm we will have The Two Paddys (Kelly and Maher!) and Saturday evening from 8 to close we will have Brandy n Port (yes, TWO bands this year!). Looking forward to having everyone present for our 20th anniversary party!
Food:
We will be getting the food order from Osgoode Foodland again this year. Phil will be in touch with Andy at the store. We will get the barbecue items, pop, water and other miscellaneous items including ICE.
We will have sandwiches for Friday night and over the weekend as well, thanks to the Brackens (Fri) and the Clingins (Sat). We will have the barbecue Saturday from 11 to 7. We are also going to have hot pulled pork sandwiches late Saturday night again this year courtesy of Tony D’Aviero.
Job jar: Foodland liaison (Phil); Sandwiches (Fri – Bracken; Sat – Clingins); Pulled Pork & Buns (Tony D’Aviero).
Other Food:
Christine will try to get the chips and pop donated from the Humpty Dumpty rep and the Coca Cola rep in Metcalfe, as she did last year.
Coffee & Donuts: We have coffee Friday and Saturday nights, as well as on Saturday morning. Sharron Dewan is picking up a Tim Hortons coffee kit for Saturday morning, so finally those who play the 8 a.m. game will have something to look forward to! Tooti will be bringing us our annual fix of Timmys donuts Saturday morning as well. Job jar: Coffee (Sharron Dewan); Tim Hortons Donuts (Tooti).
Bar:
We will be picking up our beer from the Beer Store in Manotick again this year. We are sticking with our tall boy cans this year as they cooled much faster than bottles. We will be focusing on recycling cans again this year (they are returnable). We will get our liquor from the Manotick Liquor Store as well. Job Jar: Beer Store (Marty); Liquor Store (Tracey)
Paul has been in contact with Martin Ballard, our local beer company rep, for prizes. Anyone else with prizes should contact Paul as well. Brenda Brogan will help Paul acquire prizes from the beer rep.
Kids’ Corner:
Ozzie’s Corner will be set up near the kids corner again this year, in addition to the regular colouring, face paint, balloons and candy. Job Jar: (Cathy Quinn)
Prizing:
Each team is to bring a prize valued at $20-$25 for the team MVP draw. Each team will win one prize for their MVP. Job Jar: (prize coordination: Ellen).
Extra Revenue:
We will have the regular 50/50 draw as well as some raffle items. Mary will coordinate this for us again this year. We may have a silent auction this year, as well as a new fundraising item that is to be announced once details are worked out. We will seek out advertising from Daley Family Funeral Home and Riverside South Mini Storage again this year.
See the job jar page for the complete list of things that we need help with.
If you know someone who can donate anything at all, please get in contact with one of the committee members. If you are able to take care of any of the ‘job jar’ items, please be sure to get in touch with us as well. Much of the job jar was divvied up at the last meeting, we appreciate that! Every little bit helps.
HOME RUN DERBY
We will have the Home Run Derby again this year on Saturday night at 7:15 p.m. sharp, right before the final games.
Details forthcoming about rules and regs for the home run derby.
ALUMNI GAME
We will also be hosting an alumni game for our 20th anniversary. It will take place Saturday afternoon.
Details forthcoming about the alumni game.