Ed Quinlan, left, new president of the retructured Baseball Ontario takes over from David Huctwith. Quinlan is show here with Dennis Ryan, who won his Lifetime Achievement Award for umpiring a few years ago. Photo: Dennis Ryan

Baseball Ontario continues its vision to grow the sport

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. _ A two-year project to restructure the operations of Baseball Ontario culminated at the 102nd Baseball Ontario Annual General Meeting with the election of members to the 2020 Board of Management, Rep and Select Councils.

Ed Quinlan takes over as president of the Board of Management from David Huctwith who guided the organization for the past five years. Huctwith, (Mississauga, Ont.) now past president also takes on the duties of treasurer.

“We have a vision to continue to grow the sport with the immediate focus on Safe Sport initiatives, member services, female baseball, and strong financial management,” says Quinlan. (Stoney Creek, Ont.) “The organization is in a good position to reaffirm its commitment to be leaders in the amateur sport community and will work with sports and corporate partners to deliver quality programming for our members”.

A 20-year member of Baseball Ontario, Quinlan says “the councils along with the Board of Management are dedicated to our unified goals, and 2020 promises to be a very successful year for the organization.”

Those in charge at the Board of Management, Rep and Select Councils levels in 2020.

Board of Management:

President: Ed Quinlan (Stoney Creek, Ont.).

Vice President: Allan Ebert (Sarnia, Ont.)

Past President & Treasurer: David Huctwith (Mississauga, Ont.)

Elected Directors: Aaron Dunlop (Belle River, Ont.), Frank Fascia (Brampton, Ont.), Annette Hoggarth (Goderich, Ont.), Cathy Lamarucciola (Vaughan, Ont.), Glenn Ostrosser (Stoney Creek, Ont.), Brent Peltola (Sweaburg, Ont.), David Black (Toronto, Ont.), Scott Manson (Ajax, Ont.) and Barb Henry (Flesherton, Ont.).

Appointed Directors: Dirk Drieberg (Vaughan, Ont.), Linda Lewis (Chatham, Ont.) Ray Merkley, Mark Orton (Oshawa, Ont.)

Rep Council:

Commissioner Justin Snively (London, Ont.), Vice-Commissioner Dirk Drieberg (Vaughan, Ont.)., Huctwith (Mississauga, Ont.).

Directors: Aaron Dunlop (Belle River, Ont.), Annette Hoggarth (Goderich, Ont.), Steve Koziel (Bradford, Ont.), Cathy Lamarucciola (Vaughan, Ont.), Glenn Ostrosser (Stoney Creek, Ont.) and Allyn Ward (Listowel, Ont.).

Select Council:

Commissioner: David Black (Toronto, Ont.),

Vice-Commissioner: Scott Manson (Ajax, Ont.)

Directors: Garry Diotte (Brampton, Ont.), Glenn Ostrosser (Stoney Creek, Ont.), Barb Henry (Flesherton, Ont.), Chris Kowalewski (Milton, Ont.), Patrick McConnell (Etobicoke, Ont.), Petery Haynes (Muskoka, Ont.), Bernie Wong (Markham, Ont.), Randy Reid (Brampton, Ont.)

Life Members: Ted Williams (Newmarket, Ont.), Tom Moy (Mississauga), Ont).

Quinlan takes over Baseball Ontario top spot from Huctwith