Friday May 17th

Games are on. 

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Tuesday May 14th

Games are on. American League on Field B. National League on Field C. It's starting to get hot in the morning.  Bring your water bottle and fill up at our new water bottle filling stations. They work great. Thanks to Janie Powell for providing the water bottle stations.

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 TOURNAMENTS IN LAKELAND - MAY 22ND

Hey everyone, If you are interested in putting a team together to play in a tournament in Lakeland at the Southwest Softball Complex on Wednesday, May 22nd at 9:00 AM, let me know. There will be a 60's tournament, a 70's tournament and a 78's tournament. The competition will be from Lakeland Senior Softball, Brandon Senior Softball, Kissimmee Senior Softball and Solivita Senior Softball. 

I will have the sign-up sheets at the ballpark tomorrow. JD Davis is coordinating the Lakeland Tournaments. His phone number is 313.405.3348. Call him if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Don Witmer  

 TOURNAMENTS IN LAKELAND - MAY 22ND

Hey everyone, If you are interested in putting a team together to play in a tournament in Lakeland at the Southwest Softball Complex on Wednesday, May 22nd at 9:00 AM, let me know. There will be a 60's tournament, a 70's tournament and a 78's tournament. The competition will be from Lakeland Senior Softball, Brandon Senior Softball, Kissimmee Senior Softball and Solivita Senior Softball. 

I need to know something by May 15th so plans can be made. 

Thanks.

Don Witmer  

Tuesday May 7th

Games are on.

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American League Update

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the Winter Haven American League travel team traveled to Solivita for a two-game match-up. Winter Haven came out strong, scoring five runs in each of the first four innings while holding Solivita to only eight runs. Solivita struggled to find their rhythm, resulting in a final score of 28-14 in favor of Winter Haven.

The second game was more competitive, with Solivita scoring fifteen runs by the sixth inning. However, Winter Haven stepped up their game and scored nineteen runs by the bottom of the sixth. The final score was 19-15, with Winter Haven winning both games of the day.

We look forward to our next game in a few weeks.

Some notable hits:

Johnny Ojeda 7/7

Mike Vaccaro 5/8

Dana Ferrande 6/7 (3 HRs)

Victor Aviles 4/7 (2 HRs)

Rob Aponta 6/6 (3 HRs)

Jose Rodriguez 5/6 (3 HRs)

Tommy Hamilton 6/6

Write up from LGG. 

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Friday May 3rd

Games are on. The Florida National Guard annual softball tournament is scheduled for Saturday, May 25th. We support the National Guard by providing umpires for their tournament. The sign up sheet will be available today. Please help the National Guard by volunteering to umpire at this tournament.

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 RECENT CHANGES AT THE DIAMONDPLEX

I hope everyone has noticed the recent changes at the Diamond Plex. There have been fans erected in every dugout. The pavilion that we usually sit under has two new benches. The two water fountains at the concession stand are new and have the added feature for water bottle filling stations. These improvements were made possible by Janie Powell, wife of Larry Powell. Janie asked the City of Winter Haven if she could do something in honor of her deceased husband, Larry Powell. Larry was involved in every aspect of Winter Haven Senior Softball. Larry was a Board member, a Hall of Fame member and managed teams every year at Winter Haven as well as managing numerous teams in the Florida Half Century Softball League. Larry was instrumental in Softball being a part of the Polk Senior Games which are named in honor of him and Janie.

I would like to thank Janie Powell for her generous donation to fund these improvements and thank the folks at Winter Haven Parks and Recreation for providing the labor to install these improvements.

THANKS.

Don Witmer, Commissioner

Winter Haven Senior Softball  

 ELECTION RESULTS

The Votes from Tuesday's Election have been tabulated and Chris Constantine and Chris Lynch have been elected to the Board for another two-year term. 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote on Tuesday and thanks to Juan Toro for running for the Board even though he did not receive enough votes.