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with the over-the-top hospitality he CORNWALL’S #1
receives from the Kiwis and any FISHING & HUNTING STORE
other team he plays for. Fastball has
allowed Jim to travel the world while SHOT GUN HEAVIEST BUCK
continuing to enjoy the sport he so EVENT LOCATION! ST PLACE ND PLACE RD PLACE
loves. Jim maintains, “The minute SEASON $ 1,000 $ 700 $ 500
I’m not contributing to a team getting NOVEMBER 3 TO NOVEMBER 16, 2025 CASH CASH CASH
wins, I’ll get out.” CORNWALL CIVIC COMPLEX BOW 1 2 3 NORCON
So far, it doesn’t appear that Jim Lower Level Salon A, B & C TH $ 400 TH $ 300 TH $ 125
will be letting go of his bat anytime 100 Water St E SEASON 4 PLACE CASH5 PLACE CASH6 PLACE CASH
soon! NOVEMBER 17 TO DECEMBER 30 • NOON TH $ 125 TH $ 125 TH $ 125
Part Two WILD MUZZLE 7 PLACE CASH8 PLACE CASH9 PLACE CASH
UP TO
t’s now been well over four years GAME LOADER $25,000 TH $ 125
GIVEN OUT
Isince we last spoke with Jim IN PRIZES WILL BE 10 PLACE CASH
Martell; at that time, the world was Spaghetti DECEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 7 HEAVIEST DOE RD PLACE
ND PLACE
ST PLACE
$
$
500
300
just pulling out of the Covid Pandemic Feed 1 2 3 $ 125
and athletes were beginning the CASH CASH CASH
return to their respective sports.
Picking right back up where he left UNLUCKY $ 100 3X
off in 2019, Jim has continued to (COYOTE) CASH
KIOTI
find success at the highest levels of NORCON
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fastball. Most tournaments are in STAND $ 300
the USA these days and for several DRAW BRIAN SEGUIN
years Jim had been playing with
the Lancaster Merchants, a team
out of Pennsylvania. In 2022 the G K
Merchants won the NAFA World
Series Midwest Masters with Gord
Flannery, an old friend of Jim’s from
Mercier, Qc, playing a key role. Gord
had played with Jim’s four man team RESCHEDULED!
“The Prince and his Knights,” back Hunter’s Ball 2025-2026 EVENT DATE TO BE DETERMINED!
in the 1980’s. “Gord was a very big
part of that 2022 championship,” REGISTRATION
Jim stated. “He came in with the EARLY BIRD A REGISTERED
PARTICIPANT
bases loaded and struck out the next $ DRAW WILL RIDE-A-WAY
three batters. In the final two innings PER REGISTER BEFORE WITH A
he allowed one hit and struck the 50 PARTICIPANT OCTOBER 15, 2025 NEW ATV PACKAGE NO CASH
rest out.” In the nine years that Jim $ 10,000 EQUIVALENT
• Entry to Big Buck Prizes chance to win
played with the Lancaster Merchants • Entry for 4-Wheeler Draw *MAY NOT BE
• Entry to Hunter’s Ball 2025 YAMAHA EXACTLY AS SHOWN
several Cornwall area players • Hunter Registration Gifts INCLUDES 4 FREE REGISTRATIONS
joined him, forming a “Canadian • Door Registration Prizes KODIAK 450 ATV
• Music & Snack
Connection” on the team. Brian • Wild Game Dinner at 5pm For 2026 Hunting Season ($200 value)
NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH
613-933-4600
O’Neil, Frank Marceau, and Bryan 423 Tollgate Rd. W
REGISTRATION ONLY AT FENCE DEPOT Cornwall, ON
Lamarche all spent some time with
the Merchants. All good things come HUNT STARTS NOVEMBER 3, 2025 • HUNT ENDS DECEMBER 30, 2025 • NOON
to an end eventually and last year
the Lancaster Merchants folded due
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