Shamrock Showdown

Teams,

Thank you for participating in the Shamrock Showdown at Chichester Park earlier this month. We hope that it was an enjoyable experience for all of the teams.

We will be hosting another tournament the weekend of May 3rd - 4th. We hope you will come back and play ball with us. Please register at the link below.

Stafford Derby - May 3-4, 2025 - Stafford, VA

Coaches,

We have been monitoring the weather on Sunday. It looks like its going to be very wet in the mid to late afternoon around the time we were initially wrapping things up. I know this is a late change, but we have use of the fields on Saturday and can play an additional game on all of them. We have decided to play the 4 v 5 matchup for 12U, 14U, and 16U at 7pm. 10U semi-final games will be played starting at 5pm with the 2 v 3 matchup and the 7pm with the 1 v 4 matchup.

We have also modified our schedule on Sunday. 14U and 12U will play their semifinal matchups at 9am. 16u will play their semi-final games at 11am. 10U and 12U will play their championship game at 11am. 14u and 16u will play their championship at 1pm.

Sunday if it looks like our window is getting smaller, we may shorten game times to 1 hour 15 minutes (finish the inning). Teams need to be there prepared to play in case game times start early. We will roll into the next game to attempt to get them all in.

Our league policy if there is lightning in the area, games will be suspended for 30 minutes after the last lightning strike. If this happens, it could be a long day. We will play until the county closes the fields due to unsafe playing conditions or it is determined by the tournament director. Please consider having a towel to dry balls if necessary.

If we have to call the tournament we will award medals based on the following tiebreaker rules. If more than two teams are tied, once the first tie is broken, it will go back to the top of the list for the remaining teams.

1) # of Wins.
2) Head to Head.
3) Runs against.
4) Runs scored.

We look forward to getting all games in and playing fun and meaningful games for all players and teams. If you have questions please look for the tournament director, they will be at the table near concessions. Steve Cohn will be our director on Saturday and Samantha DiCola will be the director on Sunday.

Coaches,

Dick's Sporting Goods is a sponsor of ours. As part of that sponsorship they offer 20% discount weekends at their store at Spotsylvania Towne Center. March 14-16 is one of those weekends. I have linked our coupon below, please share with your teams.

Dicks Sporting Goods 20% off coupon

Coaches,

We are looking forward to a fun and exciting weekend of softball. I have attached the house rules for the tournament. The schedule has also been posted for all to see.

SBL Tournament Director

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