The Gwinnett Senior Softball League remembers the players and the spouses who have passed away by hosting a Memorial Tournament each year in honor of these individuals. Only 12 teams are invited to play in the Tournament, and all profits go back to GSS or to GSS sponsored charities.

The 2012 Memorial Tournament was held on Saturday, April 7, at Bethesda Park. The ceremony honoring players/spouses started at 8:45 a.m. with the games starting at 9:30 a.m. - last games were scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m. - all games were finished by 5:45 p.m.

For information on the 2013 tournament, contact Howard Wilcox (678.469.1083) - 50 Teams, Bill Grimes (678.577.2811) - 60 Teams, Ed Davis (1.706.540.7495) - 70 Teams, or Doris Warpole, League Secretary (770.447.8592).

Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy Cow...What a ride!"

Jim Smith Sportsmanship Award

JOHN ADAMS - 2011 Award Winner

2012 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2011 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2010 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2009 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2008 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2007 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2006 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2005 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures
2004 Memorial Tournament Results and Pictures

Les Boswell Prayer

Around the Corner Poem

In Memory of Tom Kramer (1947 - 2011)

In Memory of Elton Lewis (1931 - 2011)

In Memory of David Drapp (1932 - 2011)

In Memory of Wilson Whatley (Bear) (1924 - 2011)

In Memory of Larry Wilson (1932 - 2011)
 

In Memory of Stan Kelly (1926 - 2011)
1986 GA Peaches

In Memory of JW Austin (1949 - 2011)

In Memory of Cecil Bice (1939 - 2011)

In Memory of Jim Smith (1944 - 2010)
 

In Memory of Robert Wood (1958 - 2009)

In Memory of Ray Bearden (1928 - 2008)

In Memory of Don Miolla (1932 - 2006)

In Memory of George DeMore (1917 - 2006)

In Memory of Les Boswell (1927 - 2005)

In Memory of Charles Cook (1937 - 2005)

In Memory of George Dilbeck (1944 - 2004)

In Memory of John Eifert (1925 - 2004)

In Memory of Floyd Garner (1933 - 2003)

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Les Boswell's Prayer

Dear God:

Help me be a good sport in this game of Life. I don't ask for an easy place in the line up. Put me anywhere you need me. I only ask that I can give you 100% of everything I have. If all the hard drives seem to come my way, I thank you for the compliment.

Help me remember that you never send a player more trouble than he can handle. And help me, Lord to accept the bad breaks as part of the game. May I always play on the square, no matter what the others do. Help me to study the book so I'll know the rules.

Finally, God, if the natural turn of events goes against me and I am benched for sickness or old age, help me to accept that is part of the game too. Keep me from whimpering that I was framed or that I got a raw deal.

And when I finish the final inning, I ask for no laurels. All I want is to believe in my heart that I played as well as I could and that I didn't let you down. Amen

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Around The Corner
Poem by Charles Hanson Towne

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.

And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.

And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.

"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him",
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

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Bethesda Park
225 Bethesda Church Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30044

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