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Carruthers Honoured with 'President's Award'
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Carruthers Honoured with 'President's Award'
August 24, 2009
The North Dufferin Baseball League held its annual Awards Night and Dance on Saturday night at the Lisle Legion with Secretary and Statistician Scott Anderson acting as Master of Ceremonies. He was joined by his colleagues, President Allan Brownridge, Vice President Pete Kinghan, Past President Myles Morrish, and Treasurer Dan Gowan in the presentation of regular season awards. There were two special presentations made during the evening, including a plaque of recognition to Dan Gowan, who has served as treasurer for 25 years. The second presentation was the President's Award to Paul Carruthers. Carruthers is only the sixth person to be awarded this esteemed honour since the award was created in 1984. Carruthers has served on the executive, as President for four terms and York-Simcoe Representative for 16 years. He has also coached minor and senior baseball in Stayner and area, plays for the Dufferin-Simcoe Rockers Oldtimers team and is currently the President of the Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Federation. After receiving the award, Carruthers noted it is not for rewards to get involved. Rather, he said it is "to help baseball - keep baseball alive - do whatever you have to for your different teams, your different towns and the organisation." Other awards included a commemorative plaque to outgoing Past President Morrish for his three-year term on the executive and the Most Valuable Player awards from the League All-Star Game on July 5 were presented to Brett Chater of the Bolton 'B' Braves and John McNabb of the Ivy Leafs. Team awards went to the Orillia Royals juniors for a first place finish in the regular season with seven wins and 14 losses and one tie record. In the Senior East division Barrie Red Sox 'B' finished the season with 15 wins and seven losses for the top spot, and the Creemore Braves finished first in the Senior West division with a 19 win and three loss record. Senior Awards Individual awards included the Creemore Star Trophy for the Best Batter, which was awarded to Mike Wallace of the Bolton 'A' Brewers with an average of .510. Wallace would also walk away with the Bob Doner Memorial Trophy for the Best on Base Percentage with a percentage of .657 and the Evan Jamieson Memorial Trophy for most runs scored. Wallace shared this award with Brett Chater of the Bolton 'B' Braves in scoring 23 runs. Creemore Brave Todd Gowan was the recipient of the Bill Lennox Memorial Trophy for most home runs. Gowan had eight in the regular season. Brad Grieveson, also of Creemore was awarded the Lloyd Patton and Bill Gowan Memorial Trophy as the Best Pitcher for the fourth consecutive year. Bill Patton on behalf of the families made the presentation. The final three awards in the senior division were voted on by teams. The Carl Gowan Memorial Trophy for the Best Catcher was awarded to Todd Patton of the New Lowell Knights. Jesse Ragazzon of the Mansfield Cubs was the recipient of the Past President's Trophy as the Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Bruce Jenkins Memorial Trophy was awarded to Todd Gowan as the Most Valuable Player. Junior Awards In the junior division two players, Jordon Albaum of Bolton Braves and Craig Speers of Midland Twins received the Reg Westbrooke Memorial Trophy as the Best Batter with averages of .327. Albaum would also receive the trophy for the Best on Base Percentage with a percentage of .455 and walk away with two other awards including the Vice President's Trophy for the Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Statistician's Trophy as the Most Valuable Player as decided by junior team votes. The most runs scored award was to Orillia Royals' Corey Halbert with 14 with his team mate, Wes Van Luven the recipient of the Best Pitcher trophy. The Most Home Run award was given to three Midland players, who had one home run a piece this year, including Speers, Alex MacDonald, and Greg Wilkey. |
