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Defibrillator (AED-Automated External Defibrillator) Update
Effective May 4th, 2026, there will be an AED located near the service counter at the Ciociaro Slo-pitch pavilion or in the ladies washroom.In the absence of a Medical person , if you feel confident enough to use the AED, instructions to use the model available to us can be seen in the links below.
WECSSO Board Members 2025-26
April 2026 Update
| We are just a few weeks away from the 2026 Slo-Pitch Season! We will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of WECSSO this year. More information to follow.
A reminder that the Annual Spring Meeting is Wednesday April 15th at 1:00 p.m. at Ciociaro Club in Salon C. Come out and check out any changes and updates for the Summer Slo-pitch season. Looking forward to seeing everyone! Recent posts to the website include the Red and Blue Rosters and Players Rules. Please familiarize yourself with the rules before the season. Green Division will be having their pre-season Orientation on April 20th and 22nd at St. Clair College Sports Park from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Players will be drafted by April 24th and the team rosters will be posted thereafter. Umpires are meeting Wednesday April 22nd to get ready for the season. Many thanks to these volunteers! Anyone interested in becoming an umpire or would like additional information, please Contact Barbara Sanders our UIC (Umpire In Chief). If you are new to the league…WELCOME! We hope you have an enjoyable season. The website is our main communication tool. Please check it out for more information regarding the season and the WECSSO organization at: https://www.wecsso.com/
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| Batting Practice and Clinics
2026 marks the 3rd year batting practices and clinics were organized by WECSSO for WECSSO. These are again held at Riverside Minor Baseball Centre in 2 sessions from 12:00pm to 1:00pm and 1:00pm to 2:00pm. A huge shout out to the volunteer instructors, pitchers, first aid and organizers. Blue Division – April 29th Green Division – April 13th Red Division – April 27th |
| Important Dates for 2026
April 13th – Green Division Batting Clinic –Riverside Minor Baseball (RMB) April 15th – Annual Spring Meeting – Ciociaro Club, Salon C – 1:00 p.m. April 20th & 22nd – Green Division Orientation – St. Clair College – 9:30 a.m. April 27th – Red Division Batting Practice April 29th – Blue Division Batting Practice April 30th – Last day for Indoor Slo-pitch May 4th (Green/Red) and 5th (Blue) – Season Start (Practices only) July 13th (Green/Red) and 14th (Blue) – Appreciation Luncheon (Rain Dates – July 15th and 16th) July 20th to 23rd – Canned Food Drive August 15th – Day of Remembrance – Dieppe Gardens – 10:00 a.m. August 21st – WECSSO Golf Tournament September 24th – Last day of the Season October 7th – Annual General Meeting – Ciociaro Club, Salon C – 1:00pm October 22nd – Annual WECSSO Banquet – Ciociaro Club, Salon A – 4:00pm November 3rd & 5th – Indoor Slo-Pitch Season starts |
| 2025 Teams and Managers:
Blue Division – 7 Teams Convenor – Rob Ceschan Norsemen – Manager – Dan MacPherson Ancients – Manager – Mike Palenchar Fossils – Manager – Elaine Lalonde Remnants – Manager – Mark Duguay Broncos – Manager Aldo Bertucci Relics – Manager – Brian Schauer Rockers – Manager – Jack Bump Green Division – 5 Teams Convenor – David Lariviere Vintage – Manager – Mark Duguay Run Like The Winded – Manager – Donna Turner Thunder & Lightening – Manager – Bob Westlake Elbows Up – Manager – Ray Piche Silver Sluggers – Manager – Patti Mouland Red Division – 5 Teams Convenor – Dave Haesler Gladiators – Manager Gord Beaudoin Dinosaurs – Manager – Terry Johnston Vikings – Manager – John Carpenter Leisures – Manager – Dave Haesler Cavemen – Manager – Brian Doan We have a total of 17 teams playing at the Ciociaro Softball Complex. This is the same as last year. But the league has grown from 233 members to 240. Red and Green Teams play on Monday and Wednesday Blue Division plays on Tuesday and Thursday. Daily Game Schedule: 8:45 – 9:00 am – Individual Stretching and Ball Throwing 9:00 – 9:45 am – Batting practice 9:45 – 10:00 am – Infield practice 10:00 – 11:40 am – Game Total Enrolment – 240 members Total Roster Positions- 261 (29 members playing in 2 divisions) Welcome to the 13 new players in WECSSO this season. |
| Volunteer Week! (April 14 – 20)
It is with sincere gratitude that we recognize and thank our WECSSO volunteers for: Bingo, Summer/Indoor Season Convenors, Managers, Assistant Managers, Umpires, and First Aid Batting Clinic: Instructors, Pitchers, First Aid |
| Indoor Slo-Pitch
Thursday, April 30th will be the last day for the indoor season. Many thanks to the Convenors, Coaches, Umpires Bob and Chris, and Donna for First Aid. To all the players that participated, thanks for the good times! See you next season. |
| BLUE DIVISION SUMMER SLOPITCH 2026 ROSTERS | |||
| 11-Norsemen | 12-Broncos | 13-Bat Attitude | 14-Rockers |
| Dan MacPherson (M) | Aldo Bertucci (M) | Brian Schauer (M) | Jack Bump (M) |
| Don Balkwill (AM) | Jim Knudsen (AM) | Dan Hennessey (AM) | Brian Adlam |
| Johnnie Bacon | Al Setterington | Ralph Bonelli | Rick Benkendorf |
| Jeff Badgley | Doug Bissette | Maxine Chretien | Jody Baynton |
| Ron Breault | Tom Bois | Susan Dunbar | Adrian Belanger |
| Rob Ceschan | Terry Boissonneault | Ed Grondin | Shirley Brennan |
| Cathy Collier | Frank Carducci | Paul Laforet | David Brooker |
| Joe Dupuis | Ed Gazerek | Sal Quaglia | Pat Dool |
| Mike Gagnier | Mike Markham | Neil Reaume | Ken Drew |
| Barry McBride | Randy Meloche | Tex Reaume | Shawn Dufour |
| Scott McDowall | Patti Mouland | Barbara Sanders | Tom Goebel |
| Terry Renaud | Chris Renaud | Todd Simm | John Jubenville |
| Steve Sabina | Paul Schuurman | Rob Soccini | Dave Lamarsh |
| John Sheremeta | Gregg Scratch | Wes Stott | Mario Quaglia |
| Pat Sutherland | Andrew Smith | John Topolie | Jim Rovere |
| Tim Westfall | Dave Strang | ||
| 15-Remnants | 16-Ancients | 17-Fossils | |
| Mark Duguay (M) | Mike Palenchar (M) | Elaine Lalonde (M) | |
| Joe Varacelli (AM) | Ron Ottogalli (AM) | John Lalonde (AM) | |
| Bryon Banks | Greg Bensette | Barry Carriere | |
| Mike Bertrand | Glenn Gedge | Tony D’Andrea | |
| Dan Dool | Mark Gelinas | Joe Deisbourg | |
| Ken French | John Goerzen | Ian Fry | |
| Ted Griffith | Jim Graveline | Pat Gaudette | |
| Norm Kennette | Dennis Kitely | Mike Hamlin | |
| Michelle Lauzon | Paul Laidlaw | Mickey Hergot | |
| Anna Linnel | Dave Lariviere | Bill Lamb | |
| Jill Maden | Tom McNorton | Gary Maissonville | |
| David Platt | Rick Oliver | Jerry Meloche | |
| Brian Renaud | Bud Renaud | Ron Pillon | |
| Wayne Roussell | Mike Tomek | Terry Scott | |
| Dennis Yurke | Kevin Wood | Wayne Smith | |
April Birthdays
| RED DIVISION SUMMER SLOPITCH 2026 ROSTERS | ||||
| 1-Gladiators | 2-Dinosaurs | 3-Cavemen | 4-Vikings | 5-Leisures |
| Kevin Sivell (M) | Terry Johnston (M) | Brian Doan (M) | John Carpenter (M) | Dave Haesler (M) |
| Gord Beaudoin (AM) | Tony D’Andrea (AM) | Rick Anderson (AM) | Butch Maisonneuve (AM) | Dean Ataman |
| Bryon Banks | Gary Beach | Dave Baribeau | Ray Beneteau | Adrian Belanger |
| Rick Chittle | Aldo Bertucci | Jody Baynton | Tim Bondy | Bob Dahl |
| Joe Donlon | Jim Bondy | Curtis Damphouse | John Cecile | Dan Dool |
| Al Dupuis | Terry Burney | Tony DiPasquale | Roy Costa | Mike Farah |
| John Frabotta | Rob Ceschan | David Lariviere | Tim Gelinas | Craig Garant |
| Al Garant | Glenn Dalgleish | Rick Marentette | Gerry Laliberty | Ron Lyons |
| Glen Gorrick | Roger DenBoer | Kerry Marshall | Steve Marinovich | Rick Monaghan |
| Dale Martin | Billv Kaschak | Scott McDowall | Don Miller | Gary Norman |
| Roy Oke | Martin Schuurman | David Nicodemo | Dave Morneau | Doug Parent |
| Dale Renaud | John Sheremeta | Mark Oliver | Don Parks | Terry Renaud |
| Gary Rocheleau | Andrew Smith | Scott Penney | Jim Paseka | Al Setterington |
| Rick Taylor | Roger Tofflemire | Dave Smith | John Rudak | Al Timmins |
| Jim Wakeman | Steve Travis | Bob Taylor | Danny Sawchuk | Mark Tuson |
Danny Roberts
In Loving Memory of Danny Roberts
Passed away peacefully on February 23, 2026 at the age of 88. Beloved husband of 51 years to Pearl Roberts. Loving father of Danny Roberts Jr., Brenda Roberts, Jamie Roberts, Wendy and husband Rick Charboneau, late Ronnie Roberts (2003), Cathy Casier, Cindy and husband Ron Whitfield, Mark and wife Kim Labute and Sherri and husband Ed Winter. Cherished Grandpa to 19 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Survived by dear brother Stanley and sister Linda. Predeceased by parents Hector and Gertrude Roberts, sisters Judy, Barbara, Elaine and brothers Victor and Arthur. He will be missed by many nieces, nephews, family and friends. Danny retired from Huron Steel in 1998 and during his retirement he enjoyed travelling and spending the winters in Texas. He also enjoyed playing baseball in WECSSO Slo-Pitch league for 20 years. The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to staff at the Dialysis Unit at WRH-Ouellette Campus.
March Birthdays
2026 WECSSO Slo-Pitch League Playing Rules
Click on the file below once to reveal information about the Playing Rules for the 2026 Season. Once it appears Click on it a second time to enlargen it. Changes for this year appear in highlighted in yellow.


