NO
DRINKING OR SMOKING RULE
REGISTRATION FORM
SNOWFLAKE/TAYLOR 2011 LABOR DAY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
Men's
-
Slow Pitch - Teams can register as an A, B or C team. Teams
will play a single seeding game within the division they
register for, for placement into a double elimination
tournament. Teams are required to give themselves a ranking
according to the division in which they usually participate
(A, B, C etc.). Teams that are organized just for this
tournament should use these guidelines for their team ranking:
Use the highest ranking of the best five players who play in
the same division. (Example: A team with 5 A Division players
should enter as an A Division team.) A team with 3 players
that can hit homeruns consistently should also be in the A
Division. A C Division team should not have any player that
consistently hits home runs. B and C Division rosters will be
reviewed to confirm their proper placement in the tournament.
The Recreation and Parks Department shall have complete
authority to change any inappropriate team ranking. Teams and
their members, in the judgment of the field supervisors and
umpires that sand-bag will be suspended from tournament play
for 1 years. Teams will be accepted (first come first serve)
until individual tournament limits have been reached. Teams
are guaranteed 3 games.
Women's
-
Slow-pitch - Same as above except only 1 division.
Dates
–
Saturday – September 3rd and Monday – September 5th.
Times
-
Games start Saturday
morning. Teams should be prepared to play Saturday and
Monday
Entry Fee
-
$225.00 per team
payable to the Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks
Department. A team will be registered when both entry fee and
registration form are received. The deadline is Friday,
August 26th by 5:00 pm. Fees will pay for game
balls, officials, trophies, and scorekeepers. ENTRY FEES ARE
NOT REFUNDABLE.
Awards
- 1st
Place: Team trophy and individual T-shirts.
2nd
Place: Team trophy and individual T-shirts.
Rosters
- Team
rosters must be turned in by Friday, August 26th.
Team rosters will be frozen at the beginning of the double
elimination tournament. Any changes to a team’s roster must
be made before the start of the team’s first double
elimination tournament game. Players may not be added to a
team roster if they have played for another team during this
Labor Day Tournament. Team rosters can not exceed 15 players.
League officials will take action on roster violations in
accordance with protest procedures.
Playing Fields
- Men's
A: Centennial Fields. Men’s B: Centennial Fields and Taylor
Field. Men’s C: Taylor Field and Snowflake Field. Women’s:
Taylor Field and Snowflake Field.
Insurance
-
Medical insurance is the responsibility of the team or
individual. The Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks
Department does not carry medical insurance for teams or
individuals.
Conduct
1.
There
will be a display of good sportsmanship at all times.
Players, coaches, managers or other team members will not make
disparaging or insulting remarks to or about opposing players,
officials or spectators or commit other acts that could be
considered unsportsmanlike conduct. The penalty for
violations is prompt ejection of the offender from the game,
dugout and area around the dugout. At the discretion of
the umpire, a player committing a first offense, may be
benched from the point of the infraction and then for the next
complete inning. A coach may be asked to leave the dugout and
the area around the dugout from the point of the infraction
and then for the next complete inning. A player/coach
committing a second offense will be ejected from the game,
dugout and area around the dugout. A player/coach who
continues with unsportsmanlike behavior shall leave the
grounds for the remainder of the game or the game will be
forfeited. The tournament supervisor/umpire may forfeit a
game if team players or their supporters exhibit excessive
public abuse in any form.
2.
Players, coaches, managers or other team members involved in a
flagrant unsportsmanlike act will be ejected and must leave
the grounds immediately
and the plate umpire should not restart the game until the
ejected player/coach is gone. Flagrant acts include but are
not limited to:
·
Fighting – Offenders are ejected for all further tournament
play. (Minimum event suspension – one year) Length of
suspension in all future programs conducted by the
Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks Department to be
determined according to the offender’s involvement in the
incident.
· Pushing
- Offender is ejected from game. (Results in a fight-see
Fighting)
· Swearing
– Offender is ejected from game.
· Intimidating
an umpire – Offender is ejected from the game.
· Use
of an illegal bat is considered a flagrant unsportsmanlike
act. Offenders will be ejected from the tournament on a 2nd
offence.
3.
There will be no drinking of alcoholic beverages and no
smoking/chewing of tobacco on the premises. Violating teams
will be ejected from the tournament and no refund will be
given. There will be no warnings!
Protest
- Must
be resolved at game site. Umpire decisions, with possible
consultation with tournament supervisors, will be final.
Ties
- Will be
played off in all play. Each team at bat will place their last
out on 2nd base.
Rules &
Regulations
A.
Game time will be one hour long or 7 innings. No new innings
will start after 55 minutes. Games will be called after 5
innings if a team is ahead by 15 and after 3 innings if a team
is ahead by 25. Semi-final and final games will not have the
55-minute rule.
B. Batters come to bat with a one-ball/one strike count.
Fouls count as strikes. Strikes will be awarded if pitched
ball hits any part of the base or mat and has a 6' to 10' arch
from the ground.
C. Singles or doubles will be awarded to players hitting the
ball over the right field fence in Snowflake. An out will be
declared on the 5th over the right field
fence single and/or double – (combined total).
D.
Substitution is allowed. A player can only come back in once
for whoever took his or her place, (in the same batting
order).
E.
Batting order must be submitted in writing to the field
supervisors prior to the game.
F.
In case of inclement weather, playing conditions will be
decided at the game site by league supervisors.
G.
NO METAL CLEATS ALLOWED IN ANY PLAY.
H. A minimum
of 9 players can start a game. However an out will be
declared whenever the 10th position in the lineup
is scheduled to bat. A 10th player may be added in
the 10th position anytime before the end of the
game. Any team that starts with 10 players may drop down to
the minimum of 9 players to finish the game. Any team that
starts with 11 players (“EP”) may drop down to a minimum of 10
players to finish the game. If a player is ejected
from the game for any reason, the ejected player’s team must
have a substitute available to replace the ejected player or
that team will forfeit the game. If a team starts with 9 or
10 players, they may not add an 11th player “EP” to the
lineup.
I. Extra
player is optional. If used he/she must remain in the batting
order the entire game. "EP" can play defense and be
substituted for by a player who has not yet been in the game.
The starting "EP" can reenter.
J. Teams will be allowed one courtesy runner per inning, which
must be the team’s last out. The same batter can have another
courtesy runner if the team bats around.
K. Pitchers will be allowed to pitch from the 50’ to 55’
pitchers plate or anywhere in-between. All other pitching
rules are in effect. Mat size has been increased to
accommodate extra pitching distance.
L.
Equalizer Rule:
All
division games are equalizer games where no team can be more
than 2 out of the park home runs ahead of an opponent. A
third out of the park home run would count as an out. In the
Men’s A Division this rule can be waved if both teams elect to
go with a 10 out of the park home run limit with singles being
awarded thereafter.
M. Bats
must be ASA certified and must not be included in the ASA
Banned Bat List. List will be at the fields.
N.
If third strike is fouled, the batter is out and the ball is
dead, no advancing.
O. A base runner is not required to slide at home plate,
however if there is ANY contact between the base runner
and the catcher then the base runner is out. Catchers can not
deliberately cause contact in an attempt to subvert this rule.
P. A batted ball that hits the pitcher is dead and the
batter is out. Exception to the rule would be if a pitcher is
attempting to make a play on the ball. A pitcher that goes
beyond their normal pitching delivery point and gets hit is
making a play on the ball.
Q.
In the event of rain or any other cause, which prevents a game
from continuing, the game will be completed at the first
opportunity and will resume from the point of departure.
R. Authority: League
Supervisors and the Director of the Snowflake/Taylor
Recreation and Parks Department shall have complete authority
in all situations not herein covered.
MOTELS
Osmer D. Heritage Inn Bed & Breakfast (928) 536-2512
Taylor Silver Creek Inn (928) 536-2600
Snowflake Comfort Inn (928) 536-3888
Town of Snowflake
81 West 1st South
Snowflake, Arizona 85937
(928) 536-7103 ext. 4
(928) 536-2539 FAX
