From July 18 to 20 the Palmerston Marlins were host to the Novice provincial qualifiers, with 12 teams competing in this area for a seat in the provincial finals next weekend in Guelph.
Games began Friday evening with Palmerston facing off against Kitchener. The girls’ bats were smoking and a win put them on to play Waterloo Black early Saturday afternoon.
The Marlins upset Waterloo here to move on to play Waterloo Gold. A win was just not in the cards for this game, but the girls came back on Sunday morning to battle against Guelph II.
The Marlins were not ready to go home and seriously defeated the Gators to put them out of the round robin play. Continuing with back to back games Palmerston and Waterloo Black rallied again. The Marlins were on fire with another exciting win over Waterloo.
Advancing to the next game the Marlins came up against the very strong Guelph 1 team.
The girls held their positions both offensively and defensively but could not surpass the Gators, who went on to earn gold.
However the 2014 Palmerston Novice Marlins are the first novice team to medal at qualifiers and be seeded in the A division for provincial finals.
Next weekend they continue their quest in Guelph at the provincials with the best 12 teams from across Ontario.
From Aug. 15 to 17 the Marlins are hosting the Intermediate (II) Provincial Grand Championships at the Barb Wright Diamond in Palmerston and the Kinsmen Diamonds in Drayton.
