Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2011.021.004 |
Object Name |
Badge, Merit |
Description |
Fabric softball team crest. Shaped like a shield. Beige pile background with "NWRSL/Champs" in burgundy pile lettering along the outer edges. In the centre is a softball with two crossed bats. In black pile lettering around the softball are the years "51-52", 53-54", "55-56", "57-58", and "59". White cotton backing on the reverse. |
Date |
1951 |
Date |
1959 |
Dimensions |
H-12 W-12 cm |
History |
The North Waterloo Rural Softball League operated from 1931 to 1991, and is considered the oldest continuous organized softball league in Canada. All of the players had to be residents of or employed in the community for which they played. Teams from the following villages and towns were members of the league- Bloomingdale, Breslau, Bridgeport, Conestogo, Elmira, Maryhill, St. Clements, St. Jacobs, Waterloo, West Montrose, and Winterbourne. The Breslau Merchants were the North Waterloo Rural Softball League champions in 1945, 1948, from 1951-1960, 1971, 1972, and 1978. |
Search Terms |
North Waterloo Rural Softball Team Breslau Merchants Softball Team |