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Sweet life for Kirkland
Sian Bradwell Tourney
Team Kirkland 9
Dolce Vita 2
By Mark Lidbetter, The Suburban
Photo by Rob Taussig, The Suburban
Team effort: Three players from Team Dolce Vita crowds second base to get the out.
It was an all-Kirkland final in the men’s 35 and over division at the
18th annual Sian Bradwell Softball Tournament last Sunday afternoon at
Meades Park.
Team Kirkland took a 9-2 decision over their Dolce Vita rivals to earn the bragging rights for this year.
“They hit and we didn’t,” Neil Semenchuk of Dolce Vita said. “They also played solid in the field.”
Team
Kirkland had a handle on the hitting, building each inning to pad their
lead while it appeared as if the Dolce Vita squad was going to be shut
out with the score 9-0 in the top of the ninth.
“We played a strong positional game to keep them off the bases,” Derek Dooley of Team Kirkland said.
It
was in their last at bats when Dolce Vita staged a mini-comeback but it
was too little too late. Semenchuk stretched a single into a double in
his turn at the plate and then scored on Pierre Huppe’s blast to right
center for a home run, making it a 9-2 contest.
“It
was nice to win the event,” Dooley said. “But the important thing is to
participate and help make the tournament a success in raising money for
the Sian Bradwell Fund.”
Sharon and Ken Bradwell, who founded this event 18 years ago can’t believe how the volunteers have kept this event flourishing.
“We’ve
been gone (to Ontario) for nine years,” Sharon said. “I feared this
(tournament) would have faded away. Thanks to the tireless work of the
volunteers for the softball and basketball (West Island Lakers) the
oncology wards of the Children’s Hospital have continued to benefit
from the fundraising efforts of the team here in Quebec.”
