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ESSEX, Vt.
Wiffle ball tournament to aid Travis Roy Foundation
Twenty teams vied this weekend for the title of ultimate Wiffle Ball Champion in a fund-raiser for the Travis Roy Foundation. The tournament is held at a small diamond in Pat O'Connor's back yard. An avid baseball fan, O'Connor built his mini-Fenway Park in 2001 and started the tournament the year after. In three years, the tournament has grown from a one-day event to include three days of ballgames, a concert, homerun derby and silent auction. Teams in this year's tournament include players from Colorado, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont, organizers said. The Travis Roy Foundation distributes grants to paraplegics and quadriplegics in financial need, and also funds research into spinal cord paralysis. Roy, a Maine native, became a quadriplegic after severely damaging his spinal cord in 1995, during his first collegiate hockey game playing for Boston University. Organizers said the hope to raise $15,000 by the end of the tournament Sunday.
Appeared in the Portland Press Herald - August 16, 2004
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