The Colonial Days WiffleŽ Ball Tournament Hall of Fame has become a Painted Post institution.  Formally organized in 1988, by the Tournament Commissioners, the Hall of Fame has seen 29 of the game's greatest inducted and passed into local legend.   Once set at every five years, the Hall of Fame Winter Banquet celebrated each era's new inductees with plenty of food, beer, live music, and dancing.  Canned goods were collected for a local food bank, and coverage of the event was carried in the The Leader, the area's hometown newspaper.  The banquet became a time to honor our best, renew friendships, have a good time, and fill the void of a yet another long, upstate New York winter, until the crack of the plastic bat could be heard again.  Since 1999, the Hall of Fame induction announcements have taken place at the end of each year's tournament, with induction ceremonies occuring every three years at various events including the Buzzy Dobson Memorial Golf Tournament, and the Wiffle Ball Tournament itself.

Colonial Days WiffleŽ Ball Tournament Winter Banquet 1998
From left: Poet Laureate Kurt Burmeister, Co-Commissioner Bob Turner ('95), Steve Durkin ('98)
Bryan Griffin ('98), Andy Hayes ('98), Pat Madden ('98), Dan Parillo ('98), Co-Commissioner
Chris Ruocco ('92), High Priest (ex officio) Rich Vang.

Each member of the Hall of Fame is listed at left, along with their year of induction.   The links go only to JPEG images of the members' plaques, and each image is between 100K and 125K, so be patient while they download -- it's well worth the wait.