Eh Team Vancouver 2019 Provincial Champs

Advertising Softball World Series 2019 – awards

Igloo of Fame inductees Jason and Carri.

Kevin McRoberts – 2019 Character of the game

Vancouver MVPs JC and Carri.

The Advertising Softball World Series – 2019

The Eh Team finished with a 6-6 overall record at the 37th annual Advertising Softball World Series in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The tournament was held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at the Regional Sports Complex.
On Day one, Eh Team went 2-2 with an 18-14 win over $1 Slices from New York City, an 18-15 win over Menace 2 Sobriety from Dallas, a long-time division rival.
Game three saw the Eh Team battle upper division 9th Wonder from Houston with Eh Team losing 11-7.
The final game of the day saw Eh Team drop a 10-4 decision to WTF.
Monday night was mystery party night with the teams at the hot air balloon museum.
On Tuesday for day two of the tournament, Eh Team played upper division Los Cocktails first thing in the morning coming away with an 18-2 loss.
Things improved for game two with a thrilling 9-8 win over WTF Happened and a 12-3 win over Craic Addicts.
Game four, the final game of the day, saw Eh Team lose a 16-15 walk-off decision to Cocktails Brew Crew.
The teams stayed at the park for the evening, treated to a buffet barbecue dinner and a great skills night competition.
Final day of competition saw Eh Team start the day with a 22-8 loss to upper division Motor City Chaos from Detroit.
Game two was a 15-10 win over Menace and a 13-4 win over Cocktails Brew Crew.
The final game of the tournament was a 15-3 loss to WTF.
The closing night banquet saw Kevin (Mac) McRoberts win the Character of the Game award adding to Eh Team’s impressive list of tournament individual awards.
Cari Ellison and Jason Merriam were chosen as team MVPs and in a wonderful and touching moment from commissioner Mike Meiches,  Pat Jacques was honoured with a Hall of Fame award joining husband Ron and son Ian in the tournament hall of fame.
Pat passed away in early 2019, so to be honoured this way was a very special moment for Ron and Ian as well as the whole team.

Preparations are now underway for 2020 as the 38th annual Advertising Softball World Series will be held in Las Vegas (https://www.adworldseries.com).

WELCOME TO 2019

Eh Team Vancouver is gearing up for its 21st season of competitive slo-pitch.
The roster is starting to take shape and planning for the upcoming season of local tournaments is well underway as the Eh Team gets set to defend another title at the 37th annual Advertising Softball World Series, which will be held Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Langley – March 23/34
The Eh Team opened its new season on the March 23/24 weekend at the Ice Breaker tournament in Langley.
After an 0-3 round robin on Saturday, the bats came alive and the defence was sound as Eh Team picked up three wins on Sunday to win its division.
Weekend MVPs were Paul and Courtney.
Up next is a return trip to Langley for another Ice Breaker tournament the weekend of April 6/7.

Langley – April 6/7
The Eh Team returned to Langley for another early season Ice Breaker tournament.
A slightly different squad was out with the Eh Team going 1-2 in Saturday round robin action.
Sunday was a different story, with three impressive wins and the second division tournament win of the season.
MVPs were Niki and JC.
Up next is a trip to Abbotsford for a tournament over the May 25th weekend.

Abbotsford – May 25/26
The Eh Team headed out to Abbotsford for a rainy weekend in late May.
After playing one round robin game on Saturday, the day was called due to poor field conditions.
All teams were awarded a tie in its second round robin game and a third round robin game was played on Sunday morning, which Eh Team won to finish 1-1-1 in round robin play.
The first playoff game saw a pitchers’ duel with little offence with Eh Team losing 4-3 ending the tournament.
MVPs – Courtney and Paul

VCS Mid-Season – Riverway – Burnaby – June 22/23
The Eh Team was in familiar territory playing at its home field for the VCS League Mid-season tournament.
After a 1-2 round robin on Saturday, Eh Team won its first playoff game Sunday in the double knock-out event.
But the bats were quiet in the next two games with Eh Team losing 11-9 and 14-7 ending the weekend.
MVPs: Carri and Mac

The Advertising Softball World Series – 2018 – Orlando

It was another memorable week for Eh Team Vancouver at the 2018 Advertising Softball World Series.

This year’s edition, the 36th annual (Sept. 30 to Oct. 4) in Orlando, Fla., brought together teams from Dallas, New York, Chicago, Detroit, London and Vancouver for a week of softball, parties, great times and memories.

This year also marked the 20th anniversary of Eh Team Vancouver, who joins with Chicago Bad Apples as the two longest continuing franchises at the Ad World Series.

Eh Team Vancouver brought a veteran squad to Orlando this year and for the first time since it’s opening tournament appearance in 1999, no rookies were on the squad.

Eh Team opened up day one of the tournament with a 12-8 loss to Who Cares?!

They rebounded with wins over WTF Happened (16-5), Menace 2 Sobriety (10-8) and Shenanigans (28-6) to finish the day at 3-1, including a 3-0 start in division play.

Day two brought about more of the same – an opening game loss – followed by three wins.

Eh Team lost 11-5 to Motor City Chaos, beat Chicago Bad Apples ins a walk-off thriller 7-6, beat New York Cocktails – Brew Crew 12-1 and Thundercats from Jersey U.K. 18-2. Eh Team sat with an overall record of 6-2 and 6-1 in division.

On day three and the final day of competition, Eh Team once again dropped its first game of the day, then reeled off three-straight wins.

The opener was an 11-10 loss to New York Cocktails – Booze Crew, the eventual division one champions. Wins over Cocktails Brew Crew (19-6), Shenanigans (26-4) and WTF Happened (14-4) pushed Eh Team’s record to an impressive 9-3 overall and 9-1 in division.

The record resulted in a division championship and another city title for Eh Team, its first division title since 2015 and first city title since 2013.

See more photos below and in our gallery section from this year’s tournament.

World Series awards:

Team MVPs: John Gledstone and Carri Ellison

Coaches Bill Rough and Andrew McLaughlin with team MVPs John and Carri

Eh Team celebrates its division title

Eh Team celebrates its city title

Coaches Andrew McLaughlin and Bill Rough with the division championship

Eh Team award

Bill Rough (left) and Ian Jacques (right) welcome Andrew McLaughlin into the Igloo of Fame

The Advertising Softball World Series 2017 – Myrtle Beach

The Eh Team has returned from the 35th annual Ad Softball World Series.
The Eh Team finished with an overall record of 10-15 with Team Hayes finishing at 6-6 and Team Drew at 4-9.
See our gallery section for photos from the tournament.
Below you will see more photos of our award winners:

Ian Jacques and Carri Ellison were both inducted into the Softball World Series Hall of Fame. Eh Team Vancouver now has six members in the Hall: Ron Jacques, Tom Shipman, Bill Rough, Helen Fisher, Carri Ellison and Ian Jacques.

Team Hayes MVPs Carri Ellison and Ryan Scott with coach Ian Jacques.

Team Drew MVPs Elisa Lok and Fraser MacKinnon with coaches Andrew McLaughlin and Bill Rough.

14th annual Field of Dreams

Relentless – A-Division Champions

A little rain on Sunday, (OK, more than a little) didn’t put a damper on what was a highly-successful 14th annual Field of Dreams Slo-pitch Classic presented by Eh Team Vancouver and the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club.
The 48-team tournament saw lots of great round-robin games and an equally good playoff round Sunday.
Eh Team Vancouver wishes to thank all the teams for their support, Fireball for some great swag and the Vancouver Canadians who, through their generous support, allows us to host the top slo-pitch tournament in the Lower Mainland at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Playoff results:
A Champions: Relentless over Soul Crush
A Consolation: Bayside Tigers over Off Constantly
B Champions: D I K over Shockers
B Consolation: Aces over Son’s of Pitches
C Champions: Homers over Moonrakers
C Consolation: Bat Intentions over Kaos
D Champions: Tailgators over KHawks
D Consolation: Team Amigos over Bats Outta Hell
E Champions: One Night Slams over The Sandlot 2
E Consolation: Angels over TGL
F Champions: Where’s Waller over Fireballz
F Consolation: L & A Tigercats over Beer Pressure

DIK – B-Division Champions

Tailgaters – D-Division Champions

One Night Slams – E-Division Champions

Where’s Waller – F-Division Champions

Andrew Pereman Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament

The 2017 edition of the Andrew Pereman Memorial was a huge success with 16 teams battling it out in Squamish.
It was fitting that Team 95 and Drivers from Squamish ended up in the A-side final won 11-9 by Team 95.
Crows won the B-side beating Trolls in the final while Radicals bested Balls in the C-finals.

Welcome to 2017!

Eh Team Vancouver having fun poolside at the 2016 Advertising Softball World Series in Tucson with some of our friends from Ireland!

The 2017 softball season is here!
Eh Team Vancouver will be embarking on its 19th season with tournaments starting in late March culminating in the 35th annual Advertising Softball World Series in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Oct. 1 to 5!

2016 Advertising Softball World Series

The 2016 Advertising Softball World Series, held in Tucson, Arizona, marked a year of transition for Eh Team Vancouver with several of the core management team not attending for various reasons and a new management team taking over. The team also featured 10 rookies between Eh Team Drew and Eh Team Hayes.
With smaller rosters, both teams would be in tough competing against strong division opponents, but the squad put in a great performance.
Team Drew finished with an overall record of 5-3 and just missed out on a division championship playoff game with the eventual division champs Hazbenz from Dallas.
Team Hayes finished with an overall record of 3-5-1 with several one-run and close losses in day one and two. Overall, Eh Team Vancouver finished .500 at 8-8-1.
The tournament marked the first time that Eh Team Vancouver played against each other at the tournament with Drew winning 13-11 on day one of the tournament.
Other tournament highlights were the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, a spectacular hotel setting and one of the best in the tournament’s history; a great opening night outdoor party, jersey contest and skills event; a cool mystery party night at an off-site cattle ranch venue and some great days of ball and drinks by the pool. We want talk about the rain though!

Eh Team World Series MVPs: Corey Petalik and Loretta McLaughlin from Team Drew; Justin Robertson, MA Havas and Loreal Paus from Team Hayes.