ASA Open in MA 8/14/11

[massimo]

Folks,
the SCC will celebrate 10 years of activity in August with an ASA Open on Sunday 8/14.
The tournament should be played in Salem, MA (1st choice location) or CT.
Details will follow.

Also, a 2nd ASA Open (not approved yet) could be held in CT on the last Sunday of August, the 28th, possibly as part of WASPA circuit.
I'll keep you posted.

Cheers!

[massimo]

Ok let's update this thread a little..

The ASA Open of 8/14 will be played in Salem, MA.

The CM, Andrea Gasparini is currently in Italy for the FISCT Civitas Theater Extreme Works Cup in Chieti this weekend and the FISTF World Cup next week. He has plenty of "floor" space at his house for those in need of a place to stay; he's available for shuttle service from/to the Logan Airport; and he'd be happy to take his guests to a touristic tour of Boston and/or Salem on Saturday.

The list of players interested in the ASA Open (name to be announced soon) includes, but it's not limited to, Philly's Andrew Zunino & Todd Weber, NYC's Demetri Theodosiou and Manny Karagiannis, NJ/NY's Burak Tansug and Yusuf Yazici, the Towson SC, the SCC.

To contact Andrea, please email him at sbongalo @ hotmail .com or check with me through email, Facebook or this thread.

Hope to see you all in Massachusetts!

[massimo]

The event will take the name of 2nd ASA Salem Cup, 7 years after the 1st edition which passed to history as the only competition won by certain Jim Taylor: www.sc-connecticut.com/salem.html
Hopefully the talented Mr Taylor will join us and defend his title.

[massimo]

Ugo Capeto (MA) and Miguel Marques (CT) confirmed their presence.

[massimo]

A small field of four is scheduled to play the first ever ASA Open in MA.
Matches will start at 10:30 AM and the players will be probably playing a two-leg robin round.
Live updates on this thread will be tentatively arranged.

[batabomber]

Bravo Massimo I love the Round Robin format, you all have a good time ....for next year I will come to play too.

[batabomber]

At least we have someone that is going to play this weekend....

[Daniel Cranston]

Nice Mass. Good luck to everyone playing on Sunday!

[massimo]

ASA Salem Cup, first round

Andrea-Miguel 3-2
Massimo-Ugo 6-1

Pitches: 1 Astropitch, 1 Extreme Works

[massimo]

Round 2

Massimo-Miguel 1-1
Andrea-Ugo 5-0

[massimo]

Round 3

Miguel-Ugo 5-0
Massimo-Andrea 2-0

Pizza break, in company of possible newcomer lady Cheryl..
Standings:
Massimo, 7
Andrea, 6
Miguel, 4
Ugo, 0

2nd leg to start shortly. A final between the top 2 should decide the title (TBD)

[massimo]

After a restoring lunch break, action is about to resume.. Change of format, to accommodate a couple of games for Cheryl.

Round 4
Semifinal 1v4, Massimo-Ugo (Migue ref)
+ Andrea v Cheryl

Round 5
Semifinal 2v3, Andrea-Miguel (Massimo ref)
+ Ugo v Cheryl

Round 6
Final

Also, the next Halloween Cup in its original location is getting discussed. Tentative date for a possible ASA Open: Sunday 10/30. Keep that in mind.. Halloween in Witch City is something to experience!

[Daniel Cranston]

Sounds like a fun day so far. Some pretty even matches in there!

[mpfox]

It is awesome to see the game being played!!!!!!!!!!

Good stuff

[massimo]

Solid practice session for Cheryl.

Semifinals:
Massimo-Ugo 6-2
Andrea-Miguel 2-1

Andrea is on fire! The EW bases and his world tour are paying off. It's going to be a tough game!