Kitchener Awarded 2026 ISC World Tournament
Blair Setford • January 29, 2025
Kitchener Hosting for Sixth Time in 2026
The ISC is excited to announce the 2026 World Tournament will be returning to Kitchener, ON!
“It will be eight years since we last visited Kitchener and we’re looking forward to returning to such a hotbed for our game,” said ISC Executive Director Larry Fisher.
This will be the sixth time as host for Kitchener, with the World Tournament previously visiting in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2018.
“All of us at Kitchener Fastpitch Promotions are happy to be able to host the ISC World tournament again in 2026,” said Jim Hallman. “We look forward to welcoming the best teams and the best fans to the Peter Hallman Ballyard complex in Kitchener.”
There will be 36 teams competing for the ISC World Championship and the ISC II Championship with another 12-16 teams playing in the ISC 50+ Legends division.
“Kitchener has been a mecca for fastball teams, fastball players and fastball fans for many years,” said host committee chair Kirk Lackenbauer. “None of these events would be possible without our key volunteers on the Kitchener Fastball Promotions committee and their knowledge and connections, the community volunteers who step up to cover all the various duties required to run these tournaments and our community sponsors who provide the needed financial and technical support to make these events a success.”
“We have an excellent group of people that are more than ready and able to put our best forward,” Hallman said. “With the help of our many volunteers and supporters, we are confident that the 2026 tournament will continue in the great tradition of the past ISC World Tournaments that we have hosted.”
The 2026 ISC World Tournament will be played from August 8-15, primarily at Peter Hallman Ball Yard.
The 2025 ISC World Tournament is being hosted at Caswell Park in North Mankato, MN July 26-August 2, earlier than usual to accommodate men’s fastball being a part of the World Games in Chengdu, Sichuan China.
For more information on the ISC, please visit www.iscfastpitch.com.
π 2025 ISC World Tournament Champions – Hill United Chiefsπ Second Place: Bear Creek Express Third Place: NorthEast Drillers Fourth Place: STK Fastball π ISC All World 2nd Team π OUTFIELD Jonathan Lynch - JDT First Energy Yusef Davis - Bear Creek Express Callum Beashel - Bear Creek Express INFIELD Lenny Villalvazo - Hill United Chiefs Manual Godoy - STK Fastball Ladislao Malarczuk - Bear Creek Gremlins Blaine Milheim - NorthEast Drillers Catcher Conredo Zanuttini - STK Fastball DP Jessin Potskin - STK Fastball Pitchers Devon McCullough - JDT First Energy Jorge Segura - STK Fastball Jack Besgrove - Bear Creek Gremlins π ISC All World 1st Team π OUTFIELD Thomas Enoka - NorthEast Drillers Bradley Ezekiel - Hill United Chiefs Alejo "Choco" Muñoz - STK Fastball INFIELD Luigar Pinto - Bear Creek Express Tony Gonzalez - Hill United Chiefs Fede Eder - STK Fastball Cam Schiller - NorthEast Drillers CATCHER Juan Zara - NorthEast Drillers DP Luchi Biondi PITCHER Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Huemel Mata - NorthEast Drillers π Best Dressed Team π Georgian Bay Giants π Frank Porth Team Sportsman Award π Kegel Black Knights π Kevin Herlihy Newcomer Of The Year Award π Ryan Bicknell - STK Fastball π Leroy Zimmerman Most Outstanding Pitcher π Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs π Cloe Coyette Most Valuable Player π Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Congratulations to all of the ISC Award Winners!
π 2025 ISC Legends Champions – Cobourg Force! π Second Place: CR Brewers Third Place: All-Seasons Patriots Third Place: Highroad Excavating North Stars π Legends All Tournament Team - Players π Trevor McCabe - CR Brewers Ales Jelmar - All Seasons Patriots Tom Berube - Cobourg Force Corey Vey - Highroad Excavating Northstars Mike Brooks - Waterdown Hammer Terry Challis - CR Brewers Bart Fenstermacher - All Seasons Patriots Pat Shannon - Canada Maccabi Chris Miljavac - All Seasons Patriots Craig Crawford - CR Brewers Jeff Detta - Cobourg Force Mark Pothier - CR Brewers π Legends Leading Hitter π Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force - AVG 0.657 π Legends RBI Leaders π 11 - Bart Fenstamaucher - All Seasons Patriots 11 - Gene Luton - Parksville Red Sox π Most Outstanding Pitcher π Grant Patterson - Cobourg Force π Ward Gosse Memorial Legends Most Valuable Player π Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force Congratulations to all winners in the ISC Legends Tournament.