Lee County Hotels for May 50s and 65s

Dec 18, 2024 ·   Hotels

Lee County Sports Organizing Committee has created a lodging link for the Florida Half Century Senior Softball 50’s & 65's – May 17-18, 2025.  We will continue to secure lodging accommodations in order to provide participants with more options and to meet demand, so this housing link will update periodically. Our Organization has teamed up with a local non-profit, Lee County Sports Housing, to offer discounted hotel accommodations for this event. A team of local reservation specialists will share their knowledge of ...

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Chairman's Notes - November 2024

Nov 27, 2024 ·   Chairman's Notes

  Managers, it has been my great pleasure representing you on the FHC Board of Directors for the past 10 years.  Wow, did that go fast.  Some 10 years ago, I was asked to take over the Area 2 Director's position, and was re-elected the next year.  In the fall of 2015, I was elected as Chairman, and have served in that capacity for the past 8 years.  FHC Senior Softball has grown to be the largest Senior Softball League in the country, and I am proud to have been a Player, a Manager, a Sponsor, and of course a Bo ...

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False accusations during election

Oct 21, 2024 ·   Voting

Managers, sadly we have learned that a former Board Member has gone on Facebook and called Mike Knowles dishonest, and accused him of taking some 10-12K of money away from FHC every tournament.  Don't you think that is quite convenient just before an election is taking place?  I, as the Treasurer of FHC, handle virtually all money that comes into our treasury.  Also, it is impossible because we do not take in that kind of money anyway.  We pay for umpires, awards, Hotel rooms, Director fees, and so on.  Man ...

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2025 Team Registrations and Rosters

Oct 21, 2024 ·   General

Managers, it is that time of the year to submit your 2025 Team Registration and Roster.  Go online to print the proper forms.  Your application and fees go to Al Melendez, and your Rosters go to Bob O'Brien.     Good luck,     Coach Mike KnowlesFHC Chairman

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November 60s Tournament Moved to Lee & North Collier Counties

Oct 16, 2024 ·   Tournament News

Guys, we lost Polk County due to the last Hurricane, so we will be moving the November 60+ Tournament to Lee County and North Collier County.  As soon as I get the Hotel link it will be posted on the tournament page.     Coach Mike KnowlesFHC Chairman

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Chairman's Notes - October 2024

Oct 11, 2024 ·   Chairman's Notes

  Managers, I have a couple of things for you:   There seems to be some confusion on our experiment to play the 65 Teams on the same weekend of the 50 Teams.  Each person does have the opportunity to be on 2 different Rosters because of this change.  But, you can only be on one Roster on a tournament weekend.   Example:  If you are 65+ in age you can play on 65 Team, but can also play on a 60+ Team.  If you are 70+ in age, you can play on a 70+ Team, but also a 65+ Team.   The only age group l ...

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Chairman's Notes - September Part 2

Sep 19, 2024 ·   Chairman's Notes

Manager's,  please make a great effort to get these notes to everyone on your team.  I am sure someone on your team has the ability to get everyone's email and get these out, just in case you don't.   I have several things for you:   Weather  -  We seem to talk about the weather quite often because it is Florida and we get a lot of rain and wind, especially in the summer and fall.  We check the forecast continually starting at least 2 weeks prior to each tournament.  We want every tournament to ...

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Chairman's Notes - September Part 1

Sep 01, 2024 ·   Chairman's Notes

Manager's, here we are on the last day of August hoping for good weather in what we know is the height of the Tropical Storm and Hurricane season.  We certainly have had our share of wet weather enough where we have had to cancel tournaments or go to 'shortened games' in several instances.  I want to mention the 'shortened games' one more time this year leading up to the December State Tournaments.  Our Tournament Committee does that only when there has been a lot of rain leading up to a tournament or there is a great poss ...

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FHC HOF Member Dick Kanyan has Passed Away

Jun 27, 2024 ·   Players

To our FHC family:   I am deeply saddened to tell you our good friend and FHC Hall of Famer Dick Kanyan has passed away.  He died on June 23 from complications of cancer.  He lived in The Villages and started one of the first teams to join FHC in the early 2000's.  Dick was a great player and a great manager for many years in our league.  Two of the best known teams he played and managed from The Villages were Beef O Brady and the Frankie Brin Teams.  He will be missed.  Personally, Dick and I became ...

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Chairman's Notes - June 2024

Jun 23, 2024 ·   Chairman's Notes

At the last 50's Tournament, I was visiting with Hal Hatley, our Vice Chairman, and he mentioned the number of kids and grandkids running around, and it brought a big smile on both of our faces.  When I was elected almost 8 years ago, I  noticed that there not many kids around.  When I was 30, my wife Sherry and I loved bringing  the kids.  Later on, we loved bringing the grandchildren.  You get the picture.  Back to my first year.  I told the Board Members we had to change the atmosphere, and we d ...

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