Well, now I see why I was not able to respond to your quote, honest1.......You have already deleted it.......
But for those that seen it - I will respond to some of your claims & some are not worth it.
First off, we did list some of our newest reasons why we chose to change our organizational name. But here are the main reasons it has been in discussion for a couple of years - Team Fundraising & Public opinion - we started with 2 teams in 2010 that came out of MYO Rec leagues. Even then, we had players from surrounding areas. When a Player/Parent would go to a business regarding hosting a fundraiser, giving towards a raffle, etc. If they were outside the Mason area, people would flat out say - They support their local teams. didn't matter that there may be more girls from the Lakota area on the team than Mason. We have quite a few Lebanon girls now - best 2 softball communities in this half of the state. Just another small reason for the decision. So there are many, many reasons that added up to being the time to make this change.
We are very proud of the fact that we have built our teams up from 8U-9U up, when many, many organizations do not have this quality system in place! We have had several organizations work hard to combine with us, because of this success! We have always felt that we Only have 1 team per birth year, unless the teams are strong enough to support a 2nd.....we have only attempted 2 teams in same birth year twice.
We have a lot to offer! With our system, fields, indoor facility, direction & such. That is why there have been several who have tried to either be a part of it, or make us a part of them. This is the first year we have EVER added a team from outside our organization!!! The coaching staff approached us & they were looking for what was best for their DD's. They were leaving their previous org. no matter what - So it was good for Thunder & good for these young ladies! 2 years ago, a team who had lost most of their players combined with one of our existing teams who were low on numbers that year. It was what was best once again for all of those involved at the time.
I am very, very proud of Mason/Ohio Thunder & what Randy Lewis & myself started just 5 years ago! And yes, I will pat myself on the back, cause I think we have put a very high quality product into SW Ohio softball! Everyone hits rough patches, no matter what the group - But we are very proud of Ohio Thunder!!!
My email, phone number, name is all over this site. If anyone would like to know anything about our organization, please PM, email, call/text me 513-623-9187 to discuss.