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UMPIRES SELECTED FOR ATHENS OLYMPICS
The twelve umpires who will work the softball competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics were named today. International Softball Federation (ISF) President Don Porter announced that the ISF Executive Council affirmed the appointment of the group nominated by ISF Umpire-In-Chief Merle Butler. The appointments include six female and six male umpires. There will also be three alternate umpires in the event that any from the initial selection become unavailable. Mr. Butler, who at various ISF events including World Championships, World Cups, regional games, and other major international competitions, has observed all the umpires nominated, said, "I feel we have provided to the ISF the very best umpires available, who have extensive experience at the international level." Those chosen are as follows: Haruhi Goto, Japan (female) Kelly Hunter, Canada (female) Debbi Lauderback, United States (female) Neville Lawrence, Australia (male) Marty Makar, United States (female) Vincent Maoeng, South Africa (male) Leilani Okuda, United States (female) Leanna Pacini, Canada (female) Wayne Saunders, New Zealand (male) Santos Vasquez, Puerto Rico (male) Pavel Vychodsky, Czech Republic (male) Yang Yi, China (male) Alternates Augustine Brea, Dominican Republic (male) Weng-Meng LIN, Chinese Taipei (male) Nicola Ogier, New Zealand (female) There will be a total of 32 games played in the softball competition, which runs from August 14-23, 2004. The full schedule is available on the 2004 Olympic Softball page of the ISF website Tickets remain available for the softball games. Details for purchasing tickets are also available via that same webpage. http://www.internationalsoftball.com
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Fri Oct 31, 2003, 04:07pm
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Thanks for the information Mike.... Glad to see the
US placed three on the squard. Would have like to see your name on that list glen
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Fri Oct 31, 2003, 05:01pm
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Fri Oct 31, 2003, 07:00pm
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Slowpitch would not be a bad thing to start in the
Olympics. Would probably generate some interest from all around. When I was in the military, it was big all over other countries. I did umpire slow pitch back then. Have completely given it up now Oh, I do some benefit fund raisers, but nothing that counts towards any State or National tournaments. glen
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Sat Nov 01, 2003, 09:34am
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Mon Nov 03, 2003, 10:57am
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Over the weekend, I have traded emails with one of the umpires listed.
That person has told me that they have received no official notification yet from Merle or anyone else.... Interesting....
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Mon Nov 03, 2003, 01:12pm
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Thanks for the congrats! All of this has not quite sunk in yet but this is such an honor to represent the USA. This is the greatest competition in the world and the Olympic spirit and camaraderie between the participants (athletes and sports officials) is like no other. And humbly, I feel very blessed to be a part of it!
As for special plans, Merle said that there will be information to follow about tournaments and games that I will work in the months beforehand. He had no specific agendas or schedules of yet. Maybe the Canada Cup in June. ********************* Andy, This is part of a response I received from one of those selected. Unless misstated, it seems apparent that Merle has talked to someone about it.
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