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Fastpitch Gains Council Status March 2000 Girls Faspitch Softball has gained direct representation on the Fairfax County Atletic Council (FCAC). The FCAC is a policy and advisory citizen board to the Department of Community and Recreation Services. Nearly three years ago, Fairfax Athletic Inequities Reform (FAIR) requested fastpitch representation on the FCAC. It is expected that at the March 20, 2000 Board of Supervisors Meeting that the BOS will formally recognize fastpitch as a voting member of the FCAC and that Mike Congleton (BRYC) will be appointed as the first Fastpitch Softball representative. Congleton was elected President of the recently formed Fairfax County Fastpitch Softball Council. The council will serve as a liasion between girls fastpitch softball and the FCAC/Department of Community and Recreation Services. Local Tournaments Fill Slate February 1999 FCGSL Teams will have a rare opprotunity this summer to (partly) fill their summer tournament slate with local fastpitch tournaments. In addition to PONY Nationals which returns to Sterling for the fourth year, several other local tournaments are available to summer teams. Leading off the tournament schedule is the BRYC Cherry Blossom Classic (PONY Qualifier) to be held April 17th for 10&U, 12&U and 14&U teams. The Mt. Vernon Booster Club will again host three Fastpitch Tournaments, including the "Earlybird" May 1st and the Mt. Vernon Classic the weekends of May 29th and June 5th. FCGSL will host a PONY National Qualifier on July 17th. All of the above are PONY National Qualifiers. In addition to locally held ASA Metros, an 18&U National Qualifier will be held the weekend of July 17th. The ASA Northeast Zone Nationals will be held in Fairfax from August 10-15th. Contact Rich Haver for additional information on the ASA Tournaments. With the Sterling "Firecracker" Tournament the week of July 4th in Loudoun County, a PONY qualifier in Prince William and several tournaments in nearby Maryland ... Fairfax County Fastpitch Teams enter a new era in girls softball. The cost of playing summer softball has potentially been reduced significantly for Fairfax teams now that several opprotunities to play local tournaments are available. Local, Regional & National Archives East Zone PONY Softball News Washington Post Softball Oakton's Sullivan Steps Up Oakton v. Centreville Gonsalves, Hayfield End Slump O'Connell Runs Streak to 40