Wasa 2005

Wasa Slo-Pitch tournament took place this last weekend and as always was a lot of fun!  6 teams from Cranbrook participated in this fun tournament, Boston Pizza, Tri-Mountain, Pro-Fitness, Chattanooga's, Finnegans Wake, and a combination team of Munro's and Heidi's.  This is a tournament is unlike most tournaments, teams are there for one great big party.  Beer is not only allowed in the dugout but also on the field!  One of the things that sets this tournament apart from any other is the relationship that takes place between all the teams.  Most of teams spend the weekend camping, eating, and drinking together.  If a team was short a player there is always someone from another team willing to step in to help out.   Jon Bisset, one of the organizers of the tournament opens his backyard for camping and puts on an amazing dinner on Saturday night.  There were members from every team in Jon's yard on Saturday night with enough food to feed an army.  Jon plays with Chattanooga's on Monday night and Heidi's on Wednesday, he is also a member of the Wasa Pubbers team who put on this tournament.

The winners of this year's Wasa tournament are all related.  Jamie Epp, Courtnay Berkhiem, Frank Berkhiem, Isabel Berkhiem, Carmen Berkhiem, Shelly Webber, Glen Webber, and Shawn Jensen all play Monday with Chattanooga's and Wednesday with Pro-Fitness.  They decided this year to split up and put both teams in the tournament.  Jamie Epp and Courtnay Berkhiem ran the Pro-Fitness team with Shawn Jensen and also had some more of their regular team members like Jamie's sister Connie, and her husband Ron, while Frank and Isabel ran the Chattanoogas team with Shelly, Glen, and Carmen, they also had their other daughter Amy come out for the weekend.

Both teams came out winners this weekend.  Pro Fitness won the A Division, while Chattanooga's won B.  The Famdamly from Sparwood took 2nd in "A" and Finnegans Wake from Cranbrook took 2nd in "B". Click here for more Wasa 2005 Pictures.

Congrats to Shawn Jensen one of the All-Stars from Pro-Fitness who hit a long homerun in the hall field and hit the tin roof for the first time, way to go, Tin-Tin

 


Winners of "A" Pro-Fitness

 


Winners of "B" Chattanooga's