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2011 – our 21st year

2011 marks our 21st year of hosting the Osgoode Family Ball Tournament.

This year the tournament will be on Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6th. Continue reading

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Bring on our 20th anniversary!

Schedule’s ready! Click here to download it: http://www.familyballtournament.com/2010Schedule.xls —————————————————————————————————————————————————- 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 … Continue reading

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The results!

Well, we will be doing a full tournament analysis sometime over the next couple of days, but for those of you who are wondering how the tournament ended up … We had a record year for profits, due in part … Continue reading

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The Schedule is Posted!

The 2009 Schedule is ready … great games in store, as always. Click on the following link to view or save a copy: http://www.familyballtournament.com/2009TournamentSchedule.xls As well, we are having a Home Run Derby on Saturday. Details are in the post … Continue reading

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Our home online … permanently!

Here we are at our permanent home – www.familyballtournament.com – I hope you enjoy finding your way away around, and definitely point any questions at all to us via email. Be sure to join our mailing list, and invite your … Continue reading

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Well, well, well …. a RECORD year!

We could not have asked for better weather. Seriously, we do not know how the rainy weather passed us by during the ball tournament weekend, but we sure are glad that it did! We had record crowds all weekend long, … Continue reading

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2008 Schedule Ready!

FBT 2008 Schedule (Right click on link and select ‘save target as’ to save the spreadsheet to your computer.)

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17th Year is in the Bag!

Well we couldn’t have asked for better weather or better crowds this year. Final Results: A Division John Downey Memorial Trophy: Thompsons over the Downeys 12-9. (thanks to Mick Thompson for such a terrific speech..) B Division Dick Blanchfield Memorial … Continue reading

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How Did We Begin?

The Family Ball Tournament is a fun, fund-raising tournament that began 17 years ago in the village of Osgoode. Marty Kelly and his family established the John Downey Memorial Family Ball Tournament after John ‘s fatal car accident following a … Continue reading

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