The All Teams schedule originally posted on December 18 has been updated.

The venue for the Miners game on January 21 has been changed from Viewpoint to Canyon Vistas. The revised schedule now reflects this adjustment.

Hello Everyone.  I decided to take the time and put together a common schedule for all of our teams.   1 page and you can easily print this out if you like.   I will do my best to have the same thing for February games also.  You can also see this common schedule by clicking on “Upcoming Games”

Dear Members,

Each season, our softball association hosts a series of pancake breakfasts to raise funds for essentials like bats, equipment, and league fees. This year, we have scheduled five events on the following dates: January 4, January 18, February 8, February 22, and March 8.

These breakfasts are a team effort, with players and their spouses working together to ensure smooth operations—and they’re actually a lot of fun!

Food Handlers Certification Requirement
To comply with state regulations, anyone working in the kitchen must obtain a Food Handlers Certificate. This can be completed online at eFoodHandlers for $10. The process involves passing a basic food safety test. The association will reimburse you for this cost.

If your assigned role is outside the kitchen, a certificate is not required. However, we encourage all members to obtain certification promptly so we can finalize assignments ahead of our first breakfast on January 4.

Questions or Assistance
If you have any questions or need help, feel free to contact me at 530-448-1552.

Thank you for your cooperation and support. Let’s make this season’s fundraisers a success!

Best regards,

Steve Charlton (530-448-1552)  Head Pancake Guy

We’re pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Winter season Player Draft and team rosters.  Unfortunately, due to many more players age 70+ than under 70, coupled with the fact that some players are electing to play only 1 day a week, there were not enough players to field the former Prospector team on Thursday.  Your team manager and/or coach will be contacting you about team schedules, venues, etc., soon.

Let’s have a fun, healthy and cooperative season!

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The batting cage will be unavailable from 8am to 1pm this coming Saturday, Nov. 30,  since the pitching machine will be gone during this time. It will be back up and going by 1pm.

We need 2-3 volunteers for bingo this week to serve popcorn, sodas and water. Arrive at 6:30, leave by 8:30 ish.

Please think about volunteering some of your time to help sell concessions, it would be greatly appreciated!

If you want to commit to volunteering some time, just send an email to [email protected] with the dates and times.

Thanks in advance!

1. Weekly gatherings at “The Pit”.
2. Weekly Friday Golf Outings
3. Fundraising Activities such as the Pancake Breakfast
4. Winter Potluck Dinner
5. Spring Golf Outing
6. Inter-Squad game and after party
7. Year-end awards banquet

Good day everyone!

There is a new page on the web site for members to look at, that has the Bingo Concessions volunteer schedule.  Click here to see the page –>  Bingo Concessions Volunteer Schedule .

We need 2-3 volunteers for each bingo event to serve popcorn, sodas and water. Arrive at 6:30, leave by 8:30 ish. We need volunteers every Wednesday from Nov 13 through March 19(with the exception of Dec 25, & Jan 1).

Please think about volunteering some of your time to help sell concessions, it would be greatly appreciated!

If you want to commit to volunteering some time, just send an email to [email protected] with the dates and times.

Thanks!

Just a reminder to all who volunteer for the Pancake breakfast fundraisers to check your E-HANDLER Basic Food Safety cards to see if they’ve expired.  If so it’s time to take the test again – EFoodhandlers.com.

Sorry, made a mistake on the fees yesterday.   Below are the correct fees

Fees:

• November & April Rates
  • Walking (18 holes): $49.00
  • Riding (18 holes): $63.00
• December 1 – March 31 Rates
  • Walking (18 holes): $60.00
  • Riding (18 holes): $74.00

The following message is from Tony Zimmerman.

We’re excited to announce the start of our Golf League, beginning Friday, November 15th, with the first tee time at noon. Our last league play date for the season will be April 18th.

Sign-Up Process: Please confirm your participation by the Wednesday evening before each Friday play date. You can reach out to me via cell/text(847-642-5532), email([email protected]), or in person. We have six tee times available each week, as per our agreement with the course, and I need to confirm the final count with the course by Thursday.

I’m generally available at the “Pit” on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. if you prefer to let me know in person. Once the tee times are set, I’ll follow up with a text or call to confirm.

Fees:

• November & April Rates
  • Walking (18 holes): $49.00
  • Riding (18 holes): $63.00
• December 1 – March 31 Rates
  • Walking (18 holes): $60.00
  • Riding (18 holes): $74.00

Looking forward to another great season of golf with everyone!

There might have been a little confusion when I wrote “bring a potluck dish” to the 1st Pit gathering of the year.   The 1st gathering will be the typical “bring an appetizer to share” event!  Sorry for the confusion.

Also, if you are able, please bring your own place settings to this first one – we’ll be a little more organized after this!  See you Tuesday at 4:00!

Everyone is welcome – players, spouses, significant others, and associate members!

Reminder: Join us for our first weekly social gathering at “The PIT” on Tuesday, November 5th, at 4:00 PM! We’ll meet at the pergola behind the Clubhouse near the pickleball courts.

Please bring a potluck dish to share and, of course, your favorite libation!

Everyone is welcome – players, spouses, significant others, and associate members!

The Thursday Fall League game schedule has been posted on the website, except for the final two games on December 5th and 12th. For these last two games, the league officials plan to match the top teams against each other and the lower-ranked teams against each other to create more balanced competition.  As soon as I receive the info, I’ll post the last two game opponents.

I’ll be receiving the Monday Fall league schedule on Monday and should have those online shortly thereafter

You can find the schedules in two places on the website.  The first place is on the main page(thegcsa.org),  on the right hand side about half way down the page under the heading “Upcoming Games” .  The second place would be on the page ( thegcsa.org/upcoming-games ) titled “Upcoming Games.

Thanks to all the members that showed up to get the batting cage ready today!  It is GREATLY appreciated.

Dave Charlebois did some scouting today and found that the fields at Prospector Park are closed for reseeding until November 4th, and the soccer fields are also unavailable due to significant work being done on the light fixtures.

However, he located an alternative park previously used by GCSA. It’s situated on Southern Avenue between Signal Butte and Crismon. The park features a spacious grassy field with a small backstop, and parking is available on Cheshire.

We’ll still be meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the post office and will carpool to the park.

Two softball practices have been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct 22nd and Tuesday October 29th. at Prospector park in Apache Junction for ALL players.

We’ll meet in front of the post office on both of those days at 10:00 AM.

Also if enough able bodied players are here in the park, we are tentatively putting up the baseball batting cage net this coming Saturday at 10:00 AM.   If you can help PLEASE text me(717-926-4325) so I know if we have enough people to do this.   If we don’t have enough people for this Saturday, we’ll reschedule.

This is a reminder that member dues have been increased from $30 to $35 beginning this year.  As a courtesy to Dave Charlebois, if you’re paying with cash please have exact change.

Also, member dues and uniform pickup can be done anytime starting Wednesday October 16.  Dave Charlebois will be out of town until that date.

Several members have asked me the beginning and ending dates of the fall leagues, so I figured I’d just put them on the blog.

Monday Fall League      Starting date- Monday, November 4th      Ending date- Monday December 9th

Thursday Fall League    Starting date- Thursday, Oct. 31               Ending date- Thursday, December 12th

The schedules will be coming out soon.  As soon as I get them, I’ll post them on the web site.

You can find the schedules in two places on the website.  The first place is on the main page(thegcsa.org),  on the right hand side about half way down the page under the heading “Upcoming Games” .  The second place would be on the page ( thegcsa.org/upcoming-games ) titled “Upcoming Games.