GFI 2012 Wrap-Up
The 2012 GFI was blessed with perfect weather and featured many close and exciting games, resulting in an atmosphere at James Donaldson Park which was special for the ballplayers, spectators and volunteers. It was a memorable and captivating week.
Thank you to the Sponsors and Advertisers for their generous support; to the approximately 300 volunteers, including the Board and Committee. We are grateful to the teams for accepting the invitation to participate and providing us with great baseball; and to the loyal fans of the GFI – thanks for being part of this year’s event.
Congratulations to the following teams who won part of the $54,000 purse.
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1st |
Lewiston Paffile Truckers |
$20,000 |
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2nd |
Team Canada |
$12,000 |
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3rd |
Seattle Studs |
$5,000 |
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4th |
Thurston County Senators |
$5,000 |
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5th |
Kamloops Sun Devils |
$3,000 |
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6th |
Trail Orioles |
$3,000 |
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7th |
Langley Sr. Blaze |
$3,000 |
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8th |
San Diego Stars |
$3,000 |
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The 2012 GFI All-Stars
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C |
Cody Doyle |
San Diego Stars |
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1B |
Shane Schoeneberg |
Thurston County Senators |
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2B |
Nike Wagner |
San Diego Stars |
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3B |
Andrew Firth |
Team Canada |
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SS |
Tyson Popoff |
Team Canada |
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OF |
Landon Briscoe |
Kamloops Sun Devils |
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OF |
Kyle Knigge |
Lewiston Paffile Truckers |
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OF |
Julien Pollard |
Seattle Studs |
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DH |
Parker Guinn |
Thurston County Senators |
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P |
Chris Kissock |
Trail Orioles |
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P |
Anthony Armanino |
Lewiston Paffile Truckers |
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MVP |
Kyle Knigge |
Lewiston Paffile Truckers |
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2012 Teams and Schedule are now posted for this year
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THANKS
TO EVERYONE
This sincere expression of gratitude comes from our hearts. Without the support and commitment of the following the 2012 GFI could not happen.
*The approximate 300 Volunteers who donate their time, energy and talents. Three Cheers for all of them!
The Generous Sponsors:
Diamond: ROXUL
Gold: Community Futures and Grand Forks Credit Union
Silver: CIBC
Bronze: Toronto Blue Jays, Extra Foods, Interfor, Overwaitea, Pharmasave, John Slater MLA, Selkirk Paving and Vicom Design Inc.
Media Partners:
EZ ROCK; Gazette; Mountain FM; The Boundary Sentinel.
Friends of the GFI:
City of Grand Forks; AM Ford; Grand Forks Station Pub; Rawlings; Grace McGregor, RDKB Area C Director and Irene Perepolkin, RDKB Area D Director.
Our many Advertisers:
* The athletes, coaches and personnel from all The Teams – we are honoured to have you. *YOU Super and Supportive Fans.
Special Sponsor Days:
EZ ROCK – August 30th; Community Futures – August 31st; Roxul - September 1st;
Grand Forks Credit Union – September 2nd; Mountain FM – September 3rd. |
