2009 Banquet and World Series

• Good Fellowship Dartball League
• 2009 Banquet
• Officers and Captains
• Schedule
• Standings
• Shooting Straight
• League Stars (A-K)
• League Stars (L-Z)
• Single Leaders
• Double Leaders
• Triple Leaders
• Home Run Leaders
• RBI Leaders
• Balmville
• Bethlehem
• Crusaders
• Flames
• Gardnertown
• Little Britain
• Guards
• Marlboro
• Moulton 1
• Moulton 2
• Rec-King Crew
• Shepherds
• World Series
• Hall of Fame

BANQUET AND WORLD SERIES

 - THE 75^TH ANNUAL GOODFELLOWSHIP DARTBALL LEAGUE BANQUET & CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WERE HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 4^TH AT THE MOULTON MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH . A FINE CROWD OF 210 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE BANQUET.

PRESIDENT TOM FLAGLER GAVE A WELCOME AND PRESENTED A TOAST, TO WHICH ALL PARTICIPATED. THE REV. PASTOR LOPEZ FROM MM BAPTIST CHURCH DELIVERED THE INVOCATION.

FOLLOWING THE DINNER, AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR WAS HELD. PRESIDENT, TOM FLAGLER, VICE-PRESIDENT, ARNOLD GRIFFIN, SECRETARY, DICK COLEMAN AND TREASURER, VINNY GORDON.

2008-2009 MVP Awards

Balmville- Latt. - Al Timperio;   Bethlehem Church - Leif Syvertsen;   Little Britain -  Ronnie Coleman; Marlboro - John Lutz;   Moulton Mem. Church -  Staurt Moses;  Guards -  Rich Arginio;   Rec-King Crew - Mark McEntee;  M M Crimson Knights -  Tim Brink;   Bethlehem Shepherds - Chris DiCesare;   Flames - Butch Faricellia; and Gardnertown -  Arnie Griffin.

50/50 winners: Mike Tweed - $75, Chris Mitchell - $50, Al Timperio - $25, Patrick Barton - $25, and Phil Giarrizzo - $25.

THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF GIVING OUT TROPHIES IT WAS DECIDED TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND GIVE IT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. LITTLE BRITAIN GRANGE, FIRST PLACE IN THE STANDINGS, CHOSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ($150) AND BALMVILLE- LATTINGTOWN, THE WORLD SERIES WINNER CHOSE TWO CHARITIES: THE ST .FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY ($75), AND MEALS ON WHEELS ($75).

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS THE TWO PLAYERS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. CHRIS DI CESARE, CHAIRMAN, GAVE A NICE PRESENTATION OF SOME EARLY HISTORY OF THE DARTBALL LEAGUE, THEN ANNOUNCED THE TWO RECIPIENTS FOR THIS YEAR: JAMES HENRY OF BETHLEHEM CHURCH AND JOEY ROTUNDA FROM THE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH AS THEY WERE CALLED FORWARD AND PRESENTED WITH A HALL OF FAME PLAQUE.

JIM NELSON, FROM MM CHURCH THEN PRESENTED TOM MARCINAK FROM LITTLE BRITAIN WITH A JACKET, HONORING HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE LEAGUE AND HIS BEING PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FOR 26 YEARS.

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M FLAGLER, PRESIDENT, PRESENTED A SPECIAL "SPIRIT OF DARTBALL" AWARD TO GENE LAWRENCE FROM THE FLAMES FOR HIS COURAGIOUS BATTLE WITH SOME SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES. THANKS, GENE FOR KEEPING THE FAITH DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN YOUR LIFE. YOU SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US.

FINALLY AFTER ALL THE FESTIVITIES WERE OVER, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS HELD TO DECIDE WHO WOULD BE WORLD SERIES CHAMPS FOR THIS YEAR. AFTER ALL THE DUST SETTLED FROM THE PLAYOFFS, 8^TH SEED MARLBORO AND 5^TH SEED BALMVILLE-LATTINGTOWN CAME OUT ON TOP. ALL THE TEAMS THAT FINISHED IN THE TOP FOUR SLOTS IN THE STANDINGS WERE UPSET IN THE PLAYOFFS AND ELIMANATED. SINCE 1945 THIS WAS THE 5^TH TIME THAT BALMVILLE-LATT HAS BEEN TO THE WORLD SERIES AND WERE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY. FOR THE MARLBORO MEN THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME TO THE BIG DANCE.

BALMVILLE-LATTINGTOWN -  IN A TWO GAME SWEEP - WON THEIR VERY FIRST TITLE BY BESTING MARLBORO 4-0 & 8-5 IN 12 INNINGS.

BELOW  -  JOE ROTUNDA, OF THE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS, GIVES HIS HALL OF FAME ACCEPTANCE SPEECH