18 Teams to Compete for Wifflefest 10 Crown!

Wifflefest 10 Registration now open!

The Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest 10 is now open and accepting registrations for our great event. This year, the event will be held on September 19, 2015. Teams will compete in a double elimination, coed, wiffleball tournament made on custom designed wiffleball fields.
Over the past few years, we have had as many as 14 teams sign up for wifflefest, with the minimum five players per team (2 girl minimum), but founder and good guy Justin Osborne feels that they could handle more. "Wifflefest has room to grow. We could easily handle 16 teams. We have another field site close to the others that we could utilize." More people would also mean that there is a better chance at raising money for the charity Wifflefest benefits.

This year Wifflefest will benefiting the Hope Children's Home of Jackson, MO. This is an awesome opportunity for Wifflefest attendees to bless a local organization. A raffle and cash donations will be taken during the tournament.

There is no cost to enter a team at Wifflefest.

To sign up, just click the sign up now link on the side of this blog and someone will be in contact with you. Start practicing!

Wifflefest 10: Event date announced

The Best Wiffleball Tournament you will ever play in!

This is the one you have been waiting for: The Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest is pleased to announce that this year's event will take place on September 19, 2015, at the Martin Tree Farm near Gordonville, MO. Teams of five or more players (2 girl minimum) are encouraged to participate in this double elimination wiffleball tournament. Games will start at 9:30 am, with all games being played in one day.

Participants of the tournament will compete on homemade wiffleball fields, complete with announcers, scoreboards, and batting theme music. This year's tournament will be limited to the first 16 teams to sign up.

Spectators will be able to participate in a wide variety of activities beyond the wiffleball, such as free food and drink, bounce houses, hay rides, fishing, paddle boats, nature trails; all in a family friendly atmosphere.
There is no cost to participate, as donations are accepted on behalf of a local charity, the Hope Children's Home in Jackson, MO.

Contact:
Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest
225 W Main
Jackson, MO 63701
573-579-0898
yellowbatwhiteball@hotmail.com

Wifflefest to benefit Hope Children's Home

Just under a month ago my wife and I welcomed our fourth child, Will, to our family. He is the healthy, strong, bouncing baby boy that our entire family hoped and prayed for. The night before his birth, my wife and I lay in bed talking about what was going to happen the next day, as she was scheduled for her fourth C-section. Needless to say we were both very nervous. C-sections are amazing things for the simple fact that if doctors would not perform them, or if we lived in a place or time where we did not have access to them, our family would look extremely different (in a bad way). Fourth C-sections are the so-called ‘worst’, so we were told, and that thought had weighed heavily on our minds.

There, as we talked and prayed, I opened up about my thoughts about the next day. I was worried, but told my wife this comforting thought: All my life, God has treated me with kindness. He has dealt with me so gently and lovingly, that our lives have always worked out for good. God’s goodness and grace are always present, and have been present, even when I was so undeserving. In my mind, the next day would not be any different… and as God would have it, it wasn’t.

Going forward and also looking back, I do realize that my family is truly blessed. We have four beautiful children, good health, food, shelter, clothes, friends, and the love and support of family. As many of you know, that is not the case in every family.

Through my work as the children’s minister at Fruitland Community Church we have begun to make connections with area foster children. Some of these children have a connection with the Hope Children's Home in Jackson, MO. It is a foster home for about 12 children, but also is a connection point for other children and parents who are in the foster care system in the Southeast Missouri area. Members of our church have reached out to the Hope Home and some foster children are now playing in our Upward Soccer program. Our church has also been given the opportunity to host monthly birthday parties for the area foster children.

As coordinator of Wifflefest, I would like to announce that we will collect donations for the Hope Children’s Home at Wifflefest 9. Over the past eight year’s we have been able to collect roughly $3500 for various children’s charitable organizations. It is my hope that the blessings we have shown can also bless others in the area foster system. Please join us at the Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest as we support this great cause! 

Wifflefest 9 Registration Now Open

The Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest is proud to announce that registration for Wifflefest 9 is now open. Teams of 5 players or more (2 girl minimum) can register at www.yellowbatwhiteball.blogspot.com or via our Facebook page: Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest, in order to participate in the one day, double elimination wiffleball tournament.

The last day to register will be October 1^st. 

Please provide name, address, team name and phone number. There is no cost for this event.

After the registration period has ended, teams will be notified of the Wifflefest schedule of events and first game time.

Questions? Please contact:

Justin Osborne

579-0898

yellowbatwhiteball@hotmail.com