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Event Format: 4 GAME GUARANTEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Age Cutoff Date:
Entry Deadline: 9/19/2008 (Event Could Sell Out Prior to Deadline!)
Event Awards: 1st place teams will receive a Team Trophy and Individual awards (15 per division), 2nd place teams will receive a Team Trophy and Individual awards (15 per division), 3rd place teams will receive a Team Trophy and Individual awards (15 per division), 4th place teams will receive a Team Trophy.
A tournament `MVP` and a tournament `Outstanding Player` will be selected from the 1st and 2nd place teams (MVP from the 1st place team, Outstanding Player from the 2nd place team). For Mixed, there will be both a male and a female MVP and Outstanding Player selection. There will also be 11 `All American` team selections per division of the tournament. The 1st place team will have 5 selections, the 2nd place team will have 3 selections, the 3rd place team will have 2 selections, and the 4th place team will have 1 selection. The MVP, the Outstanding Player, and the All Americans will be selected based on coaches, umpires and Directors input.
TOM MOATES MEMORIAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD established for Triple Crown Fall Nationals Event -
In honor of Tom Moates, Coach of the Florida based `Hot Shots` Womens softball team, who passed away recently, the `TOM MOATES MEMORIAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD` has been established and will be awarded at the Triple Crown Fall Nationals Event in St. Augustine, Florida to the Manager / Team displaying the highest level of Sportsmanship throughout the Event.
The Event Staff and Umpires will cast their votes for the Managers / Teams of ALL Divisions that they feel are most deserving of this award.
The Award will be presented on Sunday to the winner by Nancy Dillon, Tournament U.I.C., and the members of the `Hot Shot` team.
ALL teams in ALL Divisions have the opportunity to win this award, so COME PLAY and show that Sportsmanship and Winning go together and to honor TOM MOATES.
Championship Berths: None
Equipment Required: UNIFORM RULE will be strictly enforced! All shirts/jerseys must be the same color or colors, have like logos or printing and have at least a 6 inch number plainly visible. Pants and shorts can be mixed, however, all must be of the same BASE color. For example, gray pants/shorts, gray pants/shorts with red braids and gray pants/shorts with blue pin stripes are all considered to be gray. White is not gray, light gray is not dark gray, light blue is not dark blue, any color faded enough to look like another color is not the original color. Pants or shorts that have one color on the front and another color on the back are considered NOT to have a base color and may NOT be worn unless worn by the entire team. Visors and caps can be mixed (or no head gear need be worn), however, ALL caps MUST be baseball style caps and must be EXACTLY alike and worn correctly. Visors, if worn, must be only one color and must be the same color as the bills on the caps worn. Uniform Rule may not be protested.
Make Checks to: Triple Crown Sports, 3930 Automation Way, Fort Collins, CO, 80525
Sanctioning Body: This will be a non-sanctioned event played by USSSA rules plus Triple Crown Specialty rules. The list of legal bats for this event can be found at www.usssa.com/usssa/usssa-general/LegalBats.asp
Game times available at? We will draw for game times at 9:30 pm on Thursday night, Oct 2th at the WORLD FAMOUS OASIS. Teams will not know exactly what field they are playing on until the blank brackets are posted to the Triple Crown web site, which will be Tuesday, September 30th after 6pm MST. Teams and divisions will rotate fields from day to day during the tournament. The number of teams in each division also determines where your games will be played.
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Revised: March 15, 2008
Triple Crown Slow Pitch Softball announces 2008 Farewell Tour
It is with our utmost respect, dignity, and honor for the game of slow pitch softball, that after 26 years of serving America with the best we had to offer in tournament play, the corporate office of Triple Crown Sports announces its 2008 Triple Crown Slow Pitch Farewell Tour. The tour kicked off in Las Vegas, Nevada in March, with over 70 teams from all over the country attending the Triple Crown Spring Nationals. The tour will include stops in Aurora, Grand Junction, Fort Collins, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fall of 2008 will bring the Triple Crown Fall Nationals in St. Augustine, Florida and the final stop will occur in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in November of 2008 with the Crown Jewel of Softball. The full schedule, including tournament dates and details can be found at this link: www.triplecrownsports.com.
The decision to remove ourselves from competitive adult slow pitch softball (beginning in 2009), did not come easy for key management at Triple Crown Sports. Our overall business is stronger than ever and includes a diverse mixture of premium, "must attend" events in the sports of women's college basketball, men's college basketball, youth girl's basketball, youth baseball, girl's fastpitch softball, and adult slow pitch softball. Our corporate mission statement calls for us to create and develop premium, "must attend" events in each of the above mentioned sports, while taking care to meet and exceed the customers’ expectations as we create and develop these events.
For the past 26 years, we've dedicated key resources of our company towards meeting and exceeding the slow pitch customer's expectations in competitive slow pitch tournament softball. We've provided tournament series' in over 30 states, NIT's all over the country, National tournaments, World Series tournaments, tournaments in Mexico, Canada, and Europe. We've taken care of all classifications in the game, including all levels of men's, women's and coed tournament teams, including competitions at the "senior" level. We've adjusted, adapted, and implemented rules as the game evolved to compensate for technology that changed the face of the game. We've run All Star games, skills competitions, fashion shows, fireworks shows, concerts, banquets and countless other "spins" to our premium, "must attend" events. We've built relationships, partnerships and friendships with host cities, sponsors, teams, officials, and facilities all over the country. In retrospect, we would not change a thing. However, change is inevitable as market demographics come into play and product cycles run their course. Change is not a bad thing, but the changes taking place in the world of slow pitch softball are no longer in line with the Triple Crown corporate mission statement and strategic plan. Again, as a corporation, we provide premium, "must attend" events that are run professionally, predictably, and consistently. Our customer can always count on historic date, destination location, and then special quality in each of the slow pitch events that Triple Crown provides. This is our motto; this is what we stand for in today's marketplace. For this, we charge a premium price, and for this, the customer can expect professionalism, predictability, and consistency in the Triple Crown brand.
In recent years, the slow pitch market has changed. Again, change is inevitable. The changes that have occurred involve market forces that are out of our control, and out of your control. Demographics show a diminishing population of competitive slow pitch players. The once booming industry involved players that now have to make choices between playing slow pitch on a weekend, and watching their kids play ball. The obvious, and the right choice, is to watch their kids play ball. The economy shows that the average American has less discretionary income to spend on recreation. The job market is more demanding and competitive than ever and "time off for softball" is not as easy to come by as in past years. The bat technology is hotter than ever. There seems to be no end in site as to the creation of a "weapon" out there on the field versus the creation of a piece of equipment that allows the defensive beauty of the game to be played out when highly skilled players line up against one another. All of these changes add up to a well thought out decision by Triple Crown Sports to leave the game of competitive slow pitch softball while our mission statement is still aligned with the marketplace and while our customers have a final opportunity to play Triple Crown Slow Pitch Softball at the level they expect and deserve. The year 2008 will mark our final effort at bringing you the premium, "must attend" slow pitch events that you have come to expect and appreciate over the years and will be our "Farewell Tour".
We understand that our decision will significantly impact many of you, and we assure you that our decision is also significantly impacting many of our staff who have dedicated a lifetime of time, energy, and passion to the game. However, we prefer to leave the game with pride in what we've built and executed throughout the years, and we prefer to leave on our own terms, as a high end provider of premium product to a market that absolutely deserved the best. Please join us for whatever portion of the 2008 Triple Crown Slow Pitch Farewell Tour fits your life and your budget, as we celebrate 26 fantastic and memorable years of Triple Crown Slow Pitch Softball. This is our personal invitation to come out and enjoy Triple Crown's last year in the game that we all love.
With our heartfelt best regards to you and your team and our deepest appreciation for your years of support,
Patty Harsch, David King, and the entire staff at Triple Crown Sports
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO TO THE TOP OF THiS WEB PAGE AND HIT THE ICON THAT SAYS "VIEW/PRINT PACKET", THEN READ THE PACKET IN ITS ENTIRETY SO THAT YOU WILL BE FULLY PREPARED FOR THIS EVENT!!!!
This premier slowpitch softball event has attracted the best of the best teams from all over the country for the past 14 years. This highly competitive post-season event played host to over 80 teams in 2007. Historic St. Augustine is a city where Triple Crown teams are welcomed with open arms and treated with respect and dignity as they continue their quest for a National Championship in the Fall of each year. Many thanks and much appreciation to St. John's County Tourist Development Council, St. Augustine, Florida for their continued support and sponsorship of this event.
-UNIFORM RULE!!! Make sure you read the packet and make sure that every single person on your team is in compliance with our uniform rule. Thank you!
-LEGAL BATS!!! Make sure that you study the legal bat list that you pull from the USSSA web site and that you comply with the bats on this list. http://www.usssa.com/usssa/usssa-general/LegalBats.asp
- TOURNAMENT ROSTER INFORMATION!! Once your entry fee is paid, you will be sent a confirmation by e-mail. You are then required to either update (if you have previously built a roster on the Triple Crown web site) or build (if you have never created a roster on the Triple Crown web site) your roster on the Triple Crown web site. This can be done by clicking on "team rosters" on the Triple Crown web site. The instructions there will take you through the process of building your roster (you do NOT have to put in a birthday for your players). For those of you that have already built a roster for this year, you can add/change 5 players if necessary. ALL ROSTERS MUST BE COMPLETED ON THE TRIPLE CROWN WEB SITE BY FRIDAY SEPT 19TH AT 5PM MST. NO EXCEPTIONS!!! Your roster will then be pulled from the Triple Crown web site by a Triple Crown staff member, and we will be bringing this roster with us to St. Augustine, to check your team into the tournament. We will pull your roster, bring it to the tournament, and then your players will sign the roster as they check-in to the tournament. ABSOLUTELY NO PLAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADDED TO YOUR ROSTER ON-SITE AT THE TOURNAMENT!!! ALL PLAYERS MUST BE ON YOUR ROSTER BY FRIDAY, SEPT 19TH AT 5PM MST!!! Again, all of your players must be ON your roster to be allowed to sign the roster and be checked-in to the tournament. Once your player signs the roster, her/his picture ID will be checked against the roster, and the player will be wrist banded as "checked in" to the tournament!!! The wrist band must be worn throughout the tournament, or until your team is eliminated from the tournament. REMEMBER, THE ROSTER DEADLINE IS FRIDAY SEPT. 19TH AT 5PM MST!!! Please DO NOT call our office and ask to add players after this date, as our staff will be "on the road" to St. Augustine, and unable to accomodate these additions. We'll be able to tell if you added them after the deadline, and they will not be allowed to check-in to the tournament. THANK YOU VERY, VERY, MUCH FOR FOLLOWING THE ROSTER PROCEDURES.
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