Senate Bill sb0632

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                       SR 632

    By Senator Saunders





    37-92-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the Ospreys 70-plus

  3         Softball Team on their championship victories

  4         in the International Softball Federation World

  5         Cup title in Manassas, Virginia.

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  7         WHEREAS, on June 19, 2005, the Ospreys, one of Cape

  8  Coral's oldest softball teams, defeated Moe's Raiders of

  9  Sayreville, New Jersey, by a score of 18-9 to win the

10  International Federation World Cup title, and

11         WHEREAS, over the course of five games the Ospreys

12  played to clinch the championship, the team scored 65 runs,

13  made only five errors, and had only 22 runs scored against

14  them, and

15         WHEREAS, the Ospreys have been organized since 1990 and

16  were World Champions in 1998 in Aurora, Colorado, as a 65-plus

17  team; were State Champions in 2000 in Lakeland, Florida; and

18  were participants in the Easton Winter Nationals at Cape

19  Coral, Florida, in 2004, and

20         WHEREAS, the Ospreys' team members participating in the

21  2005 International Softball Federation World Cup were George

22  Barnes, Hugh Brotherton, Pete Cecchini, Robert D'Amadio,

23  Sherwood Hutcherson, Jack Ostrander, Richard Perkins, Robert

24  Rogers, Richard Spencer, Herb Thal, Bucky Winfrey, and Stanley

25  Young, and

26         WHEREAS, the Ospreys are an inspiration to the people

27  of the State of Florida and signify to us all that age need

28  not impede determination, athleticism, or the competitive

29  spirit, NOW, THEREFORE,

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31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                       SR 632
    37-92-06




 1         That the Senate congratulates and commends the Ospreys

 2  70-plus Softball Team on a magnificent sustained performance,

 3  and wishes them continued success in their future endeavors.

 4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 5  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to each

 6  member of the Ospreys Team as a tangible token of the

 7  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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