GBL Commissioner Jeremy Ratajczyk announced this morning the league's plans to host one of the 2016 NWLA Regional Tournaments at Sheppard Park.
"The GBL is growing and developing into one of the country's premier wiffleball leagues, and we feel that the time is now to make an even stronger presence both nationally and locally," Ratajczyk stated.
On the national level, the GBL is probably already known by many wiffle enthusiasts, as the league has competed at the NWLA Tournament in all four years of the tournament's existence. The GBL is also one of the original eight leagues that jump-started the tournament in 2012.
On the local scene, the GBL is also becoming a hot topic in Northwest Indiana. "I had complete strangers approach me this past summer and say things like 'Hey, you are the Griffleball commissioner, right?' It seems like our presence at Sheppard Park every Sunday has started to leak around the town of Highland and the surrounding cities," Ratajczyk said.
Here is the blueprint of what the GBL proposed to the NWLA on how they would host a regional tournament next summer:
As shown in the picture above, the GBL is proposing that the NWLA constucts its two required playing fields in the grassy area next to the Janke Cage.
The 2016 NWLA Tournament regional rounds will be held every Saturday in June (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th).
If the GBL gets approved by the NWLA to host a regional next year, hopefully Sheppard Park would be filled with not only current GBL players, but also local wiffleball junkies who would like to witness some of the country's most talented wiffleball players.
