Rich Lunney gloves honours for CNE tourney participation

Longtime Newmarket Baseball Association player and volunteer (president, executive board member, coach) Rich Lunney will be among six former players honoured Aug. 31 for contributions as players and coaches in the CNE’s Bulova Watch softball and Lions baseball tournaments.

The CNE’s softball/baseball committee announced recently the inclusion of Lunney, who played in the tournament over several seasons as a member of the Newmarket Ray’s Gulf and Newmarket-based Chubb Security senior A fast-pitch softball teams in the 1970s.

The men’s tournament no longer is played although a novice and bantam tournament for girls is slated for Sept. 3 and 4.

Lunney, 70, also coached a Newmarket Hawks peewee team including his son, Doug, to a finals berth and served as an assistant coach on the Newmarket entry which won the 59th CNE-Lions tournament last season.

With the 2016 additions, more than 100 women and men will have been recognized for their participation in CNE tournaments during and beyond their playing days.

(John Cudmore, Newmarket Era, July 30, 2016)