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Live Music Fundraiser!!!
Wilmington Senior Softball Association Announces
Live Music Fundraiser at the Flying Machine Brewing Company, Benefitting the WSSA 25th Anniversary Events, Saturday, November 16, from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM. The food truck supplied by T'Geaux Boys. This is a community, family-oriented event and all are invited to attend. There is no cover charge for attending the Fundraiser.  WSSA will receive a donation from Flying Machine based on sales made by Flying Machine during the Fundraiser. The general public is invited (i.e. friends, family, neighbors, etc.). Music will be provided by the Rusty Bumpers Band. This is an inside event!
Team News
Attention Fall Ball Players
The weather forecasted for the week of November 11 may not be optimal for softball.  Temperatures are expected to drop and there is a chance for rain.  We have 4 play dates remaining and then the field will be 'off limits' to us per the Ogden Park staff.  
Please check this site for information if it's decided we will not play.  If there is nothing noted on the site for each scheduled play date, then assume we will be playing. The fall ball managers have determined that if the temperature at 9 am is predicted to be 45 or below, we will not play.  Our weather source is the WECT-TV weather app.  If you have any questions, please contact your team manager.
Legacy League Updates... 9/19.
Congratulations to the Carolina Bay team on winning the Legacy Division League Tournament for 2019!
Atlantic League Updates... 11/7.
Informal practice sessions to end 11/21.
The Atlantic league have scheduled Ogden park on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30 for informal practice sessions through the end of November.
Come out and take batting practice and/or play a pick-up game.
  • Congratulations to O'Briens for winning the Atlantic Division league championship for 2019.
Coastal League Updates ... 9/24.
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WSSA News & Events 
2019 Hall of Fame Inductees
(Annual Luncheon Pictures)
Team Wilmington 80+ took first place in the "NC State Senior Games: Senior Games By The Sea" Softball Tournament. Team consisted of several WSSA players, [FredAltman, Dwight Crainshaw, Robert Dempsey, Ken Denne, Lenny Edge. Ron Grooms, Duane “Batch”. Batchelor, Donald Galvin, David Gardner, Joe Glasson, Robert Perry, Richard Price, Howard Voorhees]...[link]
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A Special Congratulations:
Our own Donnie Morton has been elected and will be inducted into the  NC USSSA HoF. The induction is in January 2020 and will take place in Raleigh.
Team Pictures!
League Sponsors
Wilmington team members from the local area included; Jerry Dowling, Mike Dolan, Vinny Gentile, Bob Bonner, Ron Lafond, Terry Peters, Richie Price, Jerry Shaw, George Scelzi, Merle Barnett, Donnie Morton, John Allen, Jerry Johnson and Santee Colloca
The 80+ men's senior softball team succeeded in bringing Gold back to Wilmington! The Wilmington 75+ men's senior softball team also won the Gold medal at the recent North Carolina Senior Games held in Cary on Oct 7 & 8..  The 75+ team was sponsored by Sea Coast Physical Therapy with the registration fee paid by New Hanover County Commissioner Rob Zapple.
Carolina Sports Medicine sponsored the 80+ team.  By winning Gold, each team has an invitation to attend and compete in the National Senior Games held next year in Albuquerque, NM.  Scroll down to see photos of the GOLD winning teams.   CONGRATULATIONS!
Front row:  Charlie Elliffe- Bob Perry- Bob Faehner- Ken Denne-Dave Sommerville; Back Row:  Dwight Crainshaw- Duane Batchelor- Fred Altman-Howard Voorhees- Ed Scott-Hank Dozier-Bob Dempsey-Dave Gardner-Eugene Johnson (Not shown:  Ed Scott)

"You don't stop playing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop playing."
We hope you will consider playing ball with us

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