Wednesday, May 2, 2018
I initially met Liz when she was playing for her father’s Accurette junior team of the East Toronto Ladies League. Coxwell Stadium was few blocks north of Accurate Distributing , Pat Roach’s business location. With her encouragement and assistance, we managed to enter a predominantly Japanese Canadian Girl’s team. Initially she was our player/manager and later managed both our senior and junior teams. Our last 3 championship junior teams were sponsored by Liz’s dad, Pat Roach, a great benefactor of this league for many years. Unfortunately, the league folded after our final championship year and Liz and I followed divergent paths. That’s when she started her career in judo with Frank Hatashita’s dojo. Liz was an incredible talent with endless energy. In addition to managing the softball team, she was raising her family at their Vaughn Rd. Toronto home. We enjoyed many team functions there. On behalf of all the players and coaches and sponsors of our teams through those memorable years, Thanks Liz.
