President's Welcome
President’s welcome 2026
Greetings fellow slopitchers, and welcome to the 2026 edition of the Peterborough Men’s Senior Slopitch League. This past winter has felt particularly long (and snowy), which makes this time of year that much sweeter!
Sadly, our biggest change this season will be the absence of our longtime scorekeeper, head groundskeeper, and all-around league contributor, Peter Flemons. Peter passed away unexpectedly in January, and although he had retired at the end of last season, we were holding out hope that we might talk him into another comeback at some point in the future. Things won’t be the same without you, Peter, and you won’t soon be forgotten.
If you are one of our many new players coming into the league, welcome. I look forward to meeting and playing with you, and hope you enjoy the league as much as the rest of us do. We are also welcoming a new sponsor to the league this year. Mike English’s company, Uncover The Risk, will be on board for the first time and we thank Mike for his support.
For returning players, you will see a few small changes this season, including a new safer base arrangement at first base to further reduce potential collisions, a livelier bat for use only by players 80 or better, and a one umpire system we are trying largely because there are just not enough guys willing to step up and do it. So, if you don’t like having only one umpire in your games, you know the solution!
Wishing everyone a safe and fun season. We’ll be out there on May 12th, field conditions allowing. Join us for our official opening ceremony after the first game if you can.
Cheers!
Sean