Durham Regional Slo-pitch Association

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News: Rain outs

Posted by David Thebeau, Last Updated: Thu May 29, 2025

May 29th update.

All Diamonds cancelled

News: Drinking/Smoking/Vaping Policy

Posted by David Thebeau, Last Updated: Tue May 6, 2025

Again for the 2025 season the DRSA Umpires will be enforcing the no smoking & no vaping rules at LFW (Anything within the home run fences is considered LFW), this does not apply to the parking lot:

Any player who is seen smoking or vaping by the umpire will be ejected for the night*. If the player verbally abuses the umpire in any form, the player will receive an additional minimum 8 game suspension. If there is a non-player who is associated with the team, ie. non-playing coach, score keeper, or fan associated with the team. The umpire will eject the coach, if it is a non-playing coach, the umpire will eject the next batter who is due at the plate.

*If the ejection is in the first game the player is still ejected for the second game as well.

If there is a spectator who is not associated with either team, the umpire will halt the game until the spectator has left the field.

If an umpire is found to be smoking or vaping at fields, they will be asked to not return to umpire the DRSA for the 2025 season.

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If a player or team receives a by-law fine, their team will also be fined by the DRSA for the same amount that the DRSA is fined.. ($490.00 per player)

Teams will have 10 days to pay a fine, if the fine is not paid then the team will be removed from the schedule until the fine is paid..
Any member of the DRSA who is fined will be suspended for 2 additional games..

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As stated in your permit, it is the responsibility of the permit holder to assist in enforcing these laws during your permitted time.

The Smoke-Free Ontario Act, combined with the regional Smoking and Vaping By-law, prohibits smoking and vaping on municipal property, including publicly-owned outdoor sporting areas, spectator areas, playgrounds, public areas, and parking lots. The Permit Holder is responsible to ensure that no smoking occurs on municipal property for the duration of this permit and to ensure any person(s) smoking and/or vaping leave the property or extinguish the cigarette. The Permit Holder’s failure to fulfill this responsibility under the law could be subject to an offence charge and face a fine.

News: Schedule is up and how to integrate to your phone

Posted by David Thebeau, Last Updated: Sun Apr 30, 2023

integrate team calendar/schedule into your own Google Calendar, Outlook 2007, or any other calendar that supports internet calendar subscriptions.

How to Import Your Schedule into Google Calendar

Ensure the export links are enabled for the schedule.
Navigate to the export links on your team calendar
Right-Click the Subscribe link and choose Copy Shortcut from the menu.
Open a new browser window and log into your Google Calendar.
Under Other Calendars choose, Add -> Add By Url
Right click on the Url field, and choose Paste to paste in the shortcut you just copied
Click the Add Calendar button to add your team calendar.

How to Import Your Schedule into Outlook 2007 (or newer)

Ensure the export links are enabled for the schedule.
Navigate to the export links on your team calendar
Right-Click the Subscribe link and choose Copy Shortcut from the menu.
Open Outlook 2007 and go to:
File Menu -> Data File Management... -> Internet Calendars tab
Click the New... button
Hit Ctrl+V keys to paste in the calendar url you just copied
Click the Add button to add your team calendar.
Click OK
Click Close

How to Import Your Schedule into your iPhone

Ensure the export links are enabled for the schedule.
Navigate to the export links on your team calendar using your iPhone
Tap and hold the Subscribe link until the “Copy” box appears, Tap Copy (You might have to do this to the ICAL link instead)
Go back to the home screen on your iPhone and select Settings
Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Select Add Account… under Accounts
Select Other at the bottom
Select Add Subscribed Calendar
Select the Server box and tap Paste
Select Next
Optionally modify the description

**Note** - If you are seeing the following error message "Unable to verify account information", we're not exactly certain what it means. We suspect that this may happen if you are already connected to an Outlook or Google calendar using iOS4. You can try the following workarounds:

Subscribe to the calender via Outlook & then sync through Outlook.
Subscribe to the calendar via Google Calendar & then sync through Google Calendar.
Try Resetting your Network Settings ** NOT TESTED - DO AT OWN RISK**
You can try the following steps to reset your network settings, be warned we're not responsible for what happens. If you are willing to take the risk, please let us know how you make out.
Go to:
Settings -> General -> Reset (all the way at the bottom) -> Reset Network Settings

How to Import Your Schedule into your Blackberry Device

Blackberries currently do not provide direct integration for subscribing to online calendars. However, there are two ways to get around this limitation: Method 1 - Sync your Blackberry with MS Outlook, or Method 2 - Sync your Blackberry with Google Calendar

Method 1 - Sync your Blackberry with Outlook

Ensure the export links are enabled for the schedule.
Ensure the Blackberry Desktop Software 6.x is installed on your computer
Connect the BlackBerry smartphone to the computer and open the BlackBerry Desktop Software.
Click Organizer.
Click the Configure Settings button.
Select/Check Calendar, and click Setup.
Select the desktop application Microsoft Outlook, and click Next
Select synchronization options and click Next.
If applicable, select Microsoft Outlook options, and click Next.
Click Finish
Click OK to close the Select Device application window.
Ensure that at least one type of organizer data has the check box is selected, and then click the Sync button
Follow the instructions above for How to Import Your Schedule into Outlook