Ed Walsh Wiffle Ball Tourney Arrives Monday

Photo Credit: edwalshfoundation.org

Billings Field in West Roxbury will be host to a new Wiffle ball tournament this coming Monday in honor of Fallen Boston Fire Lt. Edward Walsh, who passed away in March while battling a fire in Back Bay.

The first Ed Walsh Wiffle Ball Tournament will take place Monday, Oct. 13 (Columbus Day), with an 8 a.m. check-in for players. A dinner will be held at the Irish Social Club of Boston on Park Street in West Roxbury following the event.

The tournament is being organized by the Ed Walsh Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at helping families in the greater Boston area in the memory of Boston Fire Lt. Edward Walsh, a West Roxbury resident who died last March while battling a nine-alarm fire in Back Bay alongside Boston Firefighter Michael Kennedy, also an area native. In July,Boston officials named the playground in Billings Field after the fallen firefighters, dubbing it the “Lt. Edward Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy Tot Lot.”

For more information on the Ed Walsh Foundation, click here.