Empire/Romanelli Bros. Champions of the 2012 Worth 454/All Out Sports Memorial Day Classic

Empire/Romanelli Bros. finished the day 5-0 as champions of the Worth 454/All Out Sports Memorial Day Classic.  Check out the game results here http://www.usssa.com/sports/Tournament3.asp?TournamentID=868723.

Tournament recap and photos to follow.

Galindo, of Nissequoque, won the first GRN/USSSA Junior Golf Tournament at Smithtown Landing on Sunday, May 20, 2012.  Although winning by 14 strokes, Galindo felt he started off below his abilities.  After telling me that he “woke up” and started to play better, I asked Galindo to explain that a little further.  “My dad wasn’t there at the beginning but as soon as he got there, he got me focused and got me back on track.”  Galindo explained to me that his dad “carried his bags” and helped him read the course.  Matthew’s father, Russ Galindo has been playing golf for at least twenty years according to Matthew, and is always there by his side helping him on the course, reading the greens and the courses.  Matthew used every word except “Caddy” when referring to his father, an obvious sign on respect for the man who has taught him the game that he loves.

Matthew first remembers playing when he was about seven years old.  He hated the sport.  He thought it was difficult and it became annoying to his to even swing a club  However, he fell in love with the sport when he changed where he played.  The change of atmosphere the people around him and of course, being around his father brought a passion to the game that is still growing.

Although he won this tournament, he told me that he felt his level of play was never greater than an 8 out of 10.  Obviously tough on himself, considering he was the winner, Galindo explained to me that his focus on the first day and his putting were not up to par (pardon the pun).  He hopes to play fifteen tournaments this summer and although he won this past week, his favorite tournament was last year at Crab Meadow.  The competition drove him and he finished third in a highly competitive group.  Looking back, that was one that stood above the rest.

If you are looking for Matthew, try looking on golf courses in Suffolk County.  He practices about fifteen to twenty hours a week and he prides himself as a long hitter.  Matthew also plays soccer for an accomplished travel team on Long Island and he mentioned that it is hard to find the right balance to practice enough to reach his PGA goal.  He prefers golf over soccer.  He loves how in golf, “Everything is up to me.  If I do well, it is because of me and if I don’t I can only blame myself.”  In a team setting, although he considers himself a great teammate he does not like that failures can be because of other people.  He wants all the weight on his shoulders and the responsibility that comes with it.

To read more about Matthew Galindo and his tournament win at Smithtown Landing, click the link here to read about the tournament and to see an interview with Matthew, click this link http://globalrec.net/junior-golf/.

Schedule has been posted for the Worth 454/All Out Sports Memorial Day Supplied Bat Classic taking place Saturday, May 26th at Airport Complex in Shirley.

Check this link for the updated brackets and rules or follow @MetroLIUSSSA on Twitter or ‘Like’ Metro LI USSSA on Facebook for live updates throughout the event.

Metro Long Island USSSA presents our second annual “Memorial Day Supplied Bat Tournament.” This 5-game guarantee tournament will feature pool-play into double elimination flights. Each flight will crown a winner with select prizes for each.

This tournament will be held on Saturday and Sunday in the Town of Brookhaven and will be open to all teams.

This year we will be using the Worth 454 “Legit” as our bat of choice, so make sure to get your team in before all the spots are gone!

Worth 454 'Legit', the bat of choice for this year's event

For more information, please call Vinny at (631) 484-9447, e-mail: vinny@metroliusssa.com or check out our slow pitch page.

Register at http://globalrec.net/slow-pitch-softball-registration/

Matthew Galindo, USSSA Junior Golf Champion

13 year old Matthew Galindo of Nissequoque, captures the first GRN/USSSA Junior Golf Tournament crown.

Click here to read all the details of this weekend’s USSSA Junior Golf Tournament at Smithtown Landing

GRN to Host Charity Softball Game to Benefit the Marty Lyons Foundation

Sunday, June 24th at the Mitchel Athletic Complex

Mt. Sinai, NY (May 22^nd, 2012) – Global Recreation Network, Long Island’s newest sports & special event company, has partnered with Cablevision and the Marty Lyons Foundation to host a charity slowpitch softball game at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, NY.

A handpicked team of local slowpitch all stars will square off against Marty Lyons, Bud Harrelson, Freeman McNeil and a slew of local athletes & celebrities in a televised game of slowpitch softball on Sunday, June 24th at 7pm.

Admission to the game is $5 with all proceeds going to the Marty Lyons Foundation.    Interested sponsors and spectators should visit www.globalrec.net or call 631-482-3264 x701 for further details.

Global Recreation Network was founded in 2011. It is the newest special event company on Long Island.  GRN offers something for everyone.  Whether it’s one of our tournament-style youth or adult sports events or an innovative family adventure, GRN has it all!  Check us out at www.globalrec.net

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Contact: Ray Coyne

Phone: 631-482-3264 x701

Email: ray.coyne@globalrec.net

Bellport, NY – Metro LI USSSA and the B45 bat company teamed up for their second annual Wood Bat qualifier at Bellport Complex, in Brookhaven, NY this Saturday and for the second straight year, Empire/Romanelli Bros Softball came out on top against Faddy Malone’s/Elite.

This time around, coach Jimmy Hughes’ Empire squad had to battle back from a rough start, after dropping the opening game to AUIT/Kings Reign/C&S Corp/TYJA 12-5.  Empire was fortunate to get right back in the saddle as they took the field to face Pipe and came away with a 9-1 victory.    They capped off their pool play round with a 10-2 defeat of AMC/TYJA to finish 1st in Pool A.

In Pool B, Faddy Malone’s faced a similar slow start as they opened their day with a 2-1 loss to Tom Emanski’s All Stars.  They came right back to down Short Bus 8-1, and completed their pool p;lay round by defeating the surprise team of the tourney, Plumbers Local 1, 5-4 in nine innings to complete their pool play round as the top seed in Pool B.

After defeating Empire, AUIT fell to AMC/TYJA. but came back to beat Pipe in their final pool play game to advance to the single elimination playoff bracket to face Faddy Malone’s.

Although they dropped a close game to Faddy Malone’s, Plumbers Local 1 advanced to the playoff bracket on the strength of two early wins against Short Bus/TYJA & Tom Emanski’s All Stars.

In the playoff bracket, Empire & Faddy Malone’s held serve as the top seeds by knocking off their respective opponents and forcing a rematch of the 2011 finals.   Empire once again came out on top, knocking off Faddy Malone’s 10-6 and moving to withing 25 points of the lead in the Metro Super Series Standings.  CJ China was named tournament MVP.

Teams will look to our Memorial Day Weekend Annual Supplied Bat tournament sponsored by All Out Sports as their next chance to pick up Super Series points, as teams continue to vie for a spot in the Super Series championship.  Memorial Day Weekend will offer double-points for those who enter and will feature some exciting events and prizes.  Keep tuned to our website and Facebook page for all the details.

B45 Wood Bat Supplied Tournament

Looking for our First Junior Champ!

The time has finally arrived! USSSA Junior Golf has made it to Long Island and we are looking to crown our first “Junior Champion”. The champion in each category will earn a berth to the USSSA Junior Golf National Championships. The National Championships will be held in Champions gate in Davenport Florida July 27th, 28th & 29th. Champion’s gate course is home to David Leadbetter’s Golf Academy and is a spectacular resort. For more information about the course check out the website: http://www.championsgategolf.com/

The opportunity is there for junior golfers of all skill levels to be part of something big. Since the first few tournaments will be new to the island, the pool of players will be small and manageable. We will have several staff members on location to pay close attention to each golfer and assess their skill level. The 2012 inaugural season will serve as the greatest opportunity to reach the Junior Golf National Championships.

Global Recreation Network was established in 2011 with one goal in mind, to treat aamateurs like professionals and ensure each participant has an experience they will never forget. As with our youth baseball tournament, GRN will have a professional photographer and videographer at all of our junior golf events and will follow each participant throughout the tour. Each golfer will be interviewed that will stream live on the internet and a pre and post tournament story will also be streamede on our website. Each player will be treated and feel like a professional golfer.

Sign up today! Click here to register for the 2012 Junior Golf Season. (Includes a free USSSA Golf Wind Shirt).

Click here to register online for the April 28-29 Golf Tour at Mill Pond

Click here to register for the May 19-20 at Smithtown Lading

Click here to register for the June 2-3 TBD

BillyBattsB&G/TYJA - Champions

Commack, NY – As Long Island is experiencing severe drought conditions, one of the worst things you can do is start a fire outdoors. Don’t tell that to the crew of BillyBattsB&G/TYJA softball though, as they looked to scorch the fields of Flynn Park in Commack.

After sitting out Day one of the Metro LI USSSA Kickoff Qualifier(s) weekend, Coach P.J. Periera and his squad hit the field with a first round bye and got a quick start, chasing their first tournament championship of the season. Their first game was against a surprise opponent in the Rusty Dawgs.  A relative newcomer to the tournament sect, the Rusty Dawgs came out and shocked Abeetza Pizza/Tooschmals with a 12-5 win in the first round, before running into the BillyBatts boys.  BillyBatts knocked off the Rusty Dawgs 12-6 to setup a matchup with what looks to be a developing rival in Iced/TYJA on the Blue Field.

Iced was coming off two big wins, the first, a run rule of Dirty Laundry/Ken Korthright Agency, which was followed by a surprising 15-13 upset of one of the tournament favorites, Empire/Romanelli Bros. Softball.  Following those two early victories, Iced came up against BillyBatts and both teams battled back and forth in a low scoring affair, with BillyBatts emerging with a 10-9 extra inning win courtesy of a bases loaded walk to Artie Larocca.  The loss took the steam out of the Iced squad, who couldn’t regroup and found themselves being knocked out by the K of C Royals  11-6.

Meanwhile, in the top half of our bracket, AMC/TYJA was busy squeaking out wins from two of the hottest teams around.  After a first round bye, AMC was able to squeak by the Short Bus/TYJA team with a 15-14 win, to setup a rematch of the semifinal from the previous day versus Faddy Malone’s/Worth/Elite.  AMC was able to take down Coach Leon Curiel’s Faddy’s squad with a 14-12 win moving them into the Winner’s Bracket final to face BillyBatts.

At the same time, on the Yellow field, the Empire squad was facing a disappointing 0-2 finish as they headed into the bottom 7^th down 5.  Empire looked to be running out of time, after All Out LFer Andrew Caramico made a sliding catch to secure the 2^nd out of the inning.  However, Empire eeked out a one run win 15-14, to move on to face Faddy Malone’s in the Loser’s Bracket quarterfinals.  Empire carried their momentum from the win over All Out, and easily knocked off Faddy Malone’s and the K of C Royals to move their way into the Loser’s Bracket finals, to await the loser from the BillyBatts, AMC game.

As the winds began to kick up, defense and timely hitting became key with the remainder of the games being on the Red field at Flynn. The young BillyBatts squad managed to hold down the veteran AMC team, and win 8-7 as the #3 & 4 hitters came up with the tying run on base for AMC in the last inning.

This moved AMC into the Loser’s Bracket final to face longtime rival Empire.  AMC shook off the rust that felled them in their previous game as they cooled off the Empire bats with a 20-12 win setting up a finals rematch with BillyBatts.  The one game break didn’t seem to affect BillyBatts as they came out hot and held off a late AMC rush, thanks to a big two run single by MVP Kevin Stanton in the bottom of the 6^th and helping BillyBatts pull out a 12-10 win.

One thing is for sure, 2012 looks to be a tremendously competitive season and the chase for the Metro Super Series Championship is sure to be tight all season.  We’ve already witnessed a variety of winners and wonder what might be in store for us at the next few events.  We hope to see you all at the B45 wood bat qualifier on May 12^th, and of course don’t forget the upcoming Memorial Day Supplied Bat tournament, sponsored by All Out Sports.

For a look at today’s complete bracket, check out this link

Check back later in the week for the updated Super Series Standings