PLANT CITY, FLORIDA USA - Competition in the ISSA/ISF World Tournament of Champions concluded on Sunday, January 29, 2012 with 15 division winners. Fifty-four of the World's best senior slowpitch softball teams had enterred the event to challenge for the Champion of champions. All of the senior teams who had won a National Championship in 2011 in all associations were invited to participate. In addition an invitation was extended to each of the 124 member countries of the ISF to send a team(s) to represent their Country. After three days of competition the Division Champions were:
50 Major TSC/Howard's Construction Winnsboro, SC Henry Flint
50 AAA Eagle Tile 50s Stevensville, MD Earl Tilman
50 AA ILA Fifty Plus Norfolk, VA Melvin Evans
55 Major Minnesota Grayhounds Little Canada, MN Don Bowman
55 AAA Who's On First Stevensville, MD Bob DeCarlo
55 AA Sneaky Pete Sports Silver Spring, MD Peter Pinkham
60 Major PSL Construction The Villages, FL Beaver Burch
60 AAA Hamel's 60s Silver Spring, MD Randy Moses
60 AA Doc Martens 60s Plainwell, MI Joe Orr
65 Major Florida Thunder Melbourne, FL Ed Rose
65 AAA Levin Financial Wellington, FL Lou Urbinati
70 Major Human Kinetics Ormond Beach, FL Rainer Martens
70 AAA Walnut Street Securities The Villages, FL Gregg Foster
70 AA Ospreys Cape Coral, FL Pete Cecchini
75 Major Joseph Chevrolet 75s Fort Wright, KY Jack Hatter
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and to all the participating teams for an outstanding senior softball championship tournament. The ISSA will again be partnering with the ISF and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission to hold the event again next year in the Tampa Bay region on January 26, 27 & 28, 2013. Teams that qualify at a 2012 ISSA Tournament or win a National Tournament by others are invited to enter. Photos of the 2012 Chammionships are being posted to the Photo Gallery (and on the home page). Anyone with digital photos they would like included in the album can email them to the ISSA Office.)