The Elmwood Giants excelled in the Winnipeg Senior Baseball League, Manitoba playoffs, and Western Canada Senior championships from 2000-2005. The Giants were Winnipeg Senior League champions in 2000 and 2005, and Manitoba Senior AA champions in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The Giants represented Manitoba in Western Canada tournaments in Saskatoon 2001 winning a silver medal, and captured Gold medals in 2002 at Winkler and 2004 at home.

 

Elmwood Giants Senior AA Baseball Club

2002, 2004 Western Canada Senior AA Champions

2001, 2003 Manitoba Senior AA All-Stars Champions

2000, 2005 Winnipeg Senior Baseball League Champions

(pictured: 2002 Western Canada Champions)

After winning three straight Pembina Valley Baseball AA League championships from 2003-05 the Wawanesa Brewers switched to the Southwest Senior AA Baseball League for the 2006 season. They continued their dominance in their new surroundings by winning pennants in four of six seasons, from 2006-11 and finishing second the other two years. They went on to win the Manitoba Senior AA provincial crown two years, 2007 and 2011, while also twice being Senior AA finalists and semi-finalists once. The Brewers were managed and coached by two Manitoba Baseball Hall of Famers, Ron Seafoot and Wayne Gullet. The team also featured two Manitoba Senior AA Player of the Year, Cutis Seafoot (2007) and Mark McGregor (2011).

The Waskada Orioles dominated the Southwest Baseball League in the six years from 1984-89. They captured the league championship five of those years and were finalists in the sixth. In Manitoba playoffs the Orioles were almost as good as they won three Provincial “B” Championships and were finalists twice. Over the six years the team was comprised of 27 local players as well as five extra players from the SWBL that were added for provincial playoffs.

Manitoba’s All-Star Dream Team of players was selected by a special MB Baseball Hall of Fame committee for inclusion in the book “The Northern Game, Baseball the Canadian Way” written by Toronto Sun baseball columnist and 2015 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Bob Elliott and published in 2005 by Sport Media Publishing, Toronto.

The 17 members are as follows,

• Almer McKerlie
• Cliff Seafoot
• Bill Carpenter
• Lloyd Brown
• Ian Lowe
• Bill (Snake) Siddle
• Gerry McKay
• Ken Little
• Mark Fisher
• Gord Ledochowski
• Cory Koskie
• Glennis Scott
• Don (Pete) Rettie
• Gerry Falk
• Orville Minish
• Shane Moffatt
• Terry Hind

• Born in Reston, MB in 1954
• A significant player, coach, and builder in the history of Manitoba Baseball
• Perennial South West Baseball League All-Star in the 1980s as a slugging first baseman and pitcher
• At the Provincial Championships, Ross hit five home runs including three grand slams and three doubles en route to the Deloraine Royals Championship
• As a coach, Ross’s teams have made 17 provincial playoff appearances since 1991
• Manitoba Baseball Association’s High-Performance Coach of the Year 2003
• Three-time Manitoba Senior Baseball League Coach of the Year
• High involvement in promoting and reviving baseball across Southwestern Manitoba
• South West Baseball League President for 10 years and President of Reston Minor Baseball for 12 years
• Manitoba Baseball Association Director and Vice-President of High-Performance for three years
• Inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Association Honour Society in 2012

Ross Tycoles Newspaper Article 1980

 

These articles were gathered from the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Collection