Don't forget to come by and pick up your folders at the tournament desk before you leave!

Please pick them up after all your games have completed!

Shane 

There were some slight schedule changes for today  - please check the Tourney Machine App

There should not be any move ups - only move outs!

Shane

Barring any unforeseen changes  - all games will be on time for Sunday Mornimg  

Good Morning!

Games are on time today 

if you have an 8:00 game - please do not warm up on the fields

Thank You!

Hi everyone   the bridge is closed for repair see link below  - please seek alternate route  to park

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4:21 - 7/6

Some adjustments were made to the schedule.  Please check the schudule to make sure your time and/or team was not changed.

Pool Play Schedule for Friday and Saturday..  I had to start us at 9:30 on Friday to be able to get done for the Parade of Teams.

ALL games will be at RichEllen for the weekend!  I am excited that the USGF family can be together in this beautiful park!

I will now go to release the schedule on Tourney Machine.

8U Division - 8U Pool

 Hotel Link

Country Inn & Suites

https://www.radissonhotelsamericas.com/en-us/hotels/country-inn-clarksville-tn

Rate Code is: USGF

T-Shirt and Pin link is below:  

Order cutoff for Thursday Delivery to the fields is Tuesday at Midnight.

Any orders after that will be delivered to the fields by Friday. 

NOTE:  ORDERS WILL BE ON-SITE AT THE PARK TO PICK UP.  PLEASE CHOOSE "LOCAL PICK UP" ON THE ORDER.  

https://www.tkobg.com/product-category/usgf/world-series-gear/

there are 4 colors of shirts 

NOTE:  ORDERS WILL BE ON-SITE AT THE PARK TO PICK UP.  PLEASE CHOOSE "LOCAL PICK UP" ON THE ORDER.  

Photography will be done by
Jennifer Ellis with Beyond Wonderland Photography

For action shots and Team Photos
Please make an appointment @ 615-512-7783

Tournament Details and Itinerary

When: July 7, 2022, Open Ceremony
           July 8-10, 2019 Pool and Bracket Games (Pool games will begin on 10:00 am Friday,                 July 8th

Where: RichEllen Park, and St Bethlehem Civitan Park

Fees: 6U-8U - $400 - 10U-18U - $450 - All tournament fees must be remitted before being drawn in brackets.

World Series Open Ceremonies: July 07 will be held at RichEllen Park, Highway 149, Clarksville, TN.  

All check-in activities will be located in the breezeway, coaches meeting will be in the breezeway, skills games will be located on Fields 3,4 and 5.

Gate Passes: One day pass $15.00 (For Friday and Saturday)  Sunday will be $10 (No passes needed for Thursday events).
Children 10U do not need a pass. Coaches passes will be included in the Team Packets (picked up on Thursday). All players will receive a souvenir pass (picked up on Thursday). Players will need their souvenir passes to be served at the ice cream social.

Tournament Schedule: will be posted on this page July 5, 2022, by 9:00 pm unless announced for a different time at the top of tournament page.

WS Opening Ceremony Itinerary

July 07 (Thur) All Thursday activities will be held at RichEllen Park, 1466 Highway 149, Clarksville, TN 37043

Team Check-In: 

• When:  11:00-2:00 pm,
• All teams must send a representative to check their team in on Thursday, July 07, 2022, at RichEllen Park breezeway, (center entrance).
• At team check-in, a team representative will remit a folder or notebook that contains:
• an official USGF signed and completed roster,
• copies of birth certificates [do not remit original documents],
• a current picture of each individual player attached to their birth certificate. A team picture is not acceptable. 
• copy of your team insurance certificate.
• If you are a recreational team you must include a letter from your league president stating all the players on your roster signed up for and participated in your league and or interleague program.
• It is the responsibility of the team representative to collect the notebooks as they exit the tournament. All notebooks that are not collected will be shredded the following Monday. No notebooks will be mailed after the tournament. 
• All teams participating in the Skills Games must register at check-in.

Team Packets

• All team packets will include:
• Manager or coach's gifts
• Clarksville's welcome package, filled with family discounts for Clarksville's restaurants, attractions, and businesses.

Coaches Meeting

• Begins at 2:00 pm in the breezeway of RichEllen Park, Every team must have a representative present. 
• The meeting will include:
• Introduction to the park staff, UIC and Tournament Staff
• Welcome from Clarksville's visitors center
• Technology information
• Agenda
• Completed Schedule
• Emergency Protocol
• World Series Rules and Procedure for Appeals
• Zero tolerance for aggression outline: includes artificial noise makers
• Ejection rules, guidelines and enforcement (coaches, fans, and players)
• Guidelines for official appeals
• Coach's Q&A, rule clarification, line-up clarification
• Recreation qualifications paperwork for due diligence

Skills Games will be from 2:30-5:30

• Sign your players up at check-in
• Awards will be announced and handed out at Parade of Teams on Friday Night at RichEllen
• Round the Horn - Field 4
• Mother Daughter Relay - Field 5
• Home Run Derby - Field 3

Skills Games will include

Home Run Derby
Each team can enter no more than 3 players, each team must supply their own balls, pitcher, and catcher, each participant will receive 5 pitches, the batted ball will be measured from home plate to the first bounce. Each age group will have a winner, not each class. Will receive a trophy.

Mother Daughter Relay
Each team can enter two moms and two players from their team to participate. (Must be a mom from the team but does not have to be a mom to the players participating). Moms are placed at home and 2nd base, players are placed at 1st and 3rd base. The ball must be relayed from home to first, to second, to third, to home. Team with the best time wins. If a participant drops the ball they have to retrieve the ball (not the participant waiting for the relay) and complete the relay. Each age group will have a winner, not each class. Will receive an individual trophy for each participant of winning team.

Around the Horn
Each team will use 6 players, P, C, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and SS. The ball must travel: P to C, C to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 1st, 1st to SS and SS to C. Each team can complete two rounds, record the best time. Each age group will have a winner, not each class. Will receive a trophy. Will receive an individual trophy for each participant of winning team.

Friday Night /Parade of Team /
World Series Pin Exchange / DJ / Ice Cream Social

Friday Night Events will be held at RichEllen Park

• Team Photos will be scheduled at your team's convenience with Jennifer Ellis photographer 615-512-7783
• Parade of Teams will begin at 7:30pm, start lining up teams at 7:00pm. Teams are encouraged to bring banners and signs. 
• Skills Games Awards will be announced and awarded at the parade of teams
• World Series Pin Exchange will follow the parade of teams
• Ice Cream Social will be open from 6:00-8:00 pm in Breezeway 

8U

Lady Dodgers - Smyrna, TN
Rockets 2013 - Greenbriar, TN
Lady Bears - Mount Juliet, TN
Lady Devils - Lebanon, TN
Stars - Smyrna, TN
Fearless Elite 13 - Mt Juliet, TN
Diamond Diva’s - Wayne County, TN
Xtreme '14 - Lexington, TN
Synergy - Clarksville, TN
Tri-Star Legends - Murfreesboro, TN

10U

TN Chargers 11 - Murfreesboro, TN
TN Smoke - Mount Juliet, TN
TN Elite 2011 - Rockvale, TN
TN Bomb Squad - College Grove, TN
G1 Fastpitch 12 - Clarksville, TN
G1 Fastpitch 2011 - Clarksville, TN
TN Patriots - Dickson, TN
Xtreme 12 - Lexington, TN
Grassland Girls - Franklin, TN
Intensity - Green - Murfreesboro, TN
Lady Dodgers - Smyrna, TN
Hotstyx - Brodhead, KY
Lady Copperheads 2011 - Greenbriar, TN
Hendersonville Select - Hendersonville, TN
Clutch Angels 2012 - Cristiana, TN
G1 Fastpitch 2K13 - Clarksville, TN

12U

Synergy - Clarksville, TN
Pleasant View Heat - Pleasant View, TN
MJ Rage 09 - Mount Juliet, TN
G1 Fastpitch 09 - Clarksville, TN
G1 Fastpitch 10 - Clarksville, TN
Storm 2010 - Newbern, TN
Lady Dodgers - Smyrna,TN
TN Power 2010 - Hendersonville, TN
Lady Patriots - Lexington, TN
Southern KY Static 2010 - Bowling Green, KY
Dirt Divas '09 - Shelbyville, TN
Unionville Dirt Dobbers - Unionville, TN
Columbia Storm - Columbia, TN
Strikezone Elite - Mt. Juliet, TN
Rockets 09 - Greenbriar, TN
TN Clutch 09 - Dickson, TN
TN Clutch 10 - Dickson, TN

14U

Xtreme 08 - Lexington, TN
G1 Fastpitch - Clarksville, TN
Nashville Cruisers 2025 - Harter - Nashville, TN
HV Elite - Greenbriar, TN
TN Impact - Mt. Juliet, TN
Clarksville Klutch - Clarksville, TN
Lady Bullies - Clarksville, TN
Bombers 08 - Pleasant View, TN

 16U/18U

Xtreme 05 - Lexington, TN
Tomahawks - Murfreesboro, TN
Knoxville Explosion 22 - Knoxville, TN
Kaos Softball - Greensburg, KY
Clarksville Katz - Clarksville, TN
CF Fastpitch - Shelbyville, TN

Format: 3 Pool Play/ Seeded into the double elimination bracket

Tournament Discount Packages

All balls are furnished
Top Two places will receive team and individual awards
All teams need to submit a signed and completed USGF roster
All teams need to submit a copy of your team insurance
All teams must sanction your team online at www.usgfp.com
Team managers need birth certificates in your possession throughout the tournament

Online payment at www.usgfp.com through team account

Make sure your players are age-eligible for your age group. The age eligible date is Dec 31, 2022. The age a player is on this date is the age they will play through Aug 01, 2023.

Tournament Schedule: will be posted on this page the Tuesday before the tournament by 9:00 pm UNLESS announced at the top of the page.

Rules and Standards

Rules

Batters: Each team can bat up to 12 batters for pool and tournament games.

Unique rule to USGF: is the courtesy runner: A courtesy runner can be used at any time once per inning. A courtesy runner does not burn your sub. However, if your courtesy runner is on base and has to come up to bat, she must take an out at bat. Please be aware of where your courtesy runner is in the lineup.

The Official Game Time: begins at the flip and the plate umpire is the keeper of the time.

Pool Play Guidelines on One Day Tournaments: Time limit will be 55 minutes, finish the inning. The game can end in a tie. If seeding, in the case of a tie, both teams are awarded one-half (.5) a win and one-half (.5) a loss in the seeding stats.  Most one day tournaments will be warm-up game/ coaches draw into brackets. Home team is considered the official score book for each game. Parents/fans are welcome to keep scoreboards.

Tournament Play Guidelines on One Day Tournaments: Time limit will be 65 minutes, finish the inning. No drop dead. International tiebreaker rules apply for all elimination games if necessary. Home team is considered the official score book for each game. Parents/fans are welcome to keep scoreboards. If the park has a lights out policy and we need to declare a winner. We will enter ITB to complete the game.  For IF games that start after 10:00 pm - they will be decided by ITB until we have a winner.

RULE 15. 6U AND 8U RULES

1. The game will consist of 5 innings or 55 minutes on the clock, drop dead in pool or warmup that does not seed into the brackets. Tournament bracket play will consist of 5 innings or 55 minutes finish the inning. Run Rule being declared if a team is ahead by 12 runs after 3 innings two and a half innings if the home team is ahead, or 10 runs after 4 innings three and a half innings if the home team is ahead...
2. Each position in the batting order will be at bat a maximum of once per inning, the end of an inning will be declared when either 3 outs are made or all batters have batted one time whichever comes first.  (No more than twelve (12) batters per inning with no one batting twice.) It is not an advantage to have more than 10 batters. 

DP/Flex Rule: The DP/Flex rule is available for coaches that want to take advantage of it. The rule can be visited at Sec.4.ART1.  DP/Flex in the online rules. There is no DP/Flex in 6U and 8U divisions.

Rules:   https://usgfp.com/files/rules.php

Metal Cleats: Metal cleats are approved for the use of 14U-18U.

Rain Policy: If no games are played entry fee is returned. If one game is played one-half of the entry fee is returned. If two games are complete there are no refunds issued. No refunds for gate passes.

Park Rules:
No pets,
No Smoking inside gate
No cooler policy