2016 Tournament Rules

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2016 Tournament Rules May 27th – 29th, 2016 1. Warm – Up: No infield warm ups 2. Metal Cleats: No metal cleats will be permitted for play. 3. Home/Visitor: teams will be designated either home or away by a coin toss at the plate meeting at the start of each game. FOR PLAYOFF GAMES ONLY – the higher placing team from the round robin standings will be the home team. In the event the two teams were tied in their age division a coin toss will take place at home plate prior to the start of the game by the plate umpire. 4. Line Up Cards: Must be completed in full prior to the game starting. White copy goes to the plate umpire, one copy goes to the other team and one copy stays with your team. Universal Substitution Rules in effect (please see page 2). 5. Player Pick Ups: if teams are picking up players for this tournament – players must be present on your roster; players not on team’s official rosters may be disqualified from playing. Also, teams are not allowed to pick up players from higher divisions (division 2 teams picking up division 1 players; pee wee teams picking up bantam players). 6. Game Time Limits: Mite/Squirt 1 hour 30 minutes; Peewee/Bantam/Midget 1 hour and 45 minutes (unless altered due to weather), with no new inning to start after 1 hour 15 minutes (Mite/Squirt); 1 hour and 30 minutes (Peewee/Bantam/Midget) – Umpire to monitor the scheduled start and finish. Once the game is 1 hour and 45 minutes old, the umpire will call the game regardless of circumstances. The score will revert to the last completed inning. When the home team is leading while at bat in the final inning, the game is complete and will not “finish their bats” ALL GAMES MUST START AND END ON TIME. 7. MITE AND SQUIRT ***MAXIMUM 4 RUNS PER INNING*** ; PEEWEE/BANTAM/MIDGET ***MAXIMUM 5 RUNS PER INNING*** 8. Mite and Squirt - No Dropped third strike / infield fly / charged conference. 9. OPEN INNING (N/A for mite and squirt division): Prior to the 1hr and 30 minute point, the umpire will make every effort to predict and declare a final open inning which should be in progress at the 1hr and 30 minute mark. Once the final inning has been declared, there will be no subsequent innings played regardless of the time remaining in the game. If the umpire fails to declare an opening inning prior to the 1h and 30 minute mark, there will be no open inning and the inning in progress becomes the final inning. 10. Dugout Etiquette: Upon completion of your games, please vacate the dugout immediately so that the teams playing after you can get prepared. We would also ask that you keep the dugouts neat and tidy for the next team to use. 11. Games Called by the Umpire: if an inning cannot be completed because of weather conditions or time limits, the final score will be the score recorded for the last complete inning played unless the home team has the lead at while at bat, and is thus declared the winner. If the home team has won the game, it is the score at completion of the game that is used for Runs For and Against calculation. 12. Tie Games: For round robin games – games tied when a game is completed will be considered complete and tie will NOT be played out. For play off games – games tied at the completion of the allotted number of innings or the time limit must be played out to declare a winner. The next inning and any subsequent inning will be played under the international Tie Breaker rule as per the Softball Canada Rulebook. 13. Protests: ABSOLUTELY NO PROTESTS; THE PLATE UMPIRES DECISION IS FINAL 14. Mercy Rules: (Same as Softball Canada) 1 After 2 and /2 complete innings – 15 runs 1 After 4 and /2 complete innings – 7 runs If the home team is the specified number of runs ahead after the completion of the visitors at bat, after the required number of innings have been played, the game is over. The score is recorded is limited to the specified number of runs at that time. 15. Points for Games: Round Robin games – Win: 2 points, Tie – 1 point, Loss no points

16. Scoresheets: BOTH teams are to bring their scoresheets immediately following their games to either of the two Tournament Administration areas. One area is located at Vista Heights Fields (Tournament Headquarters) near the food bus, the other area is located in the Deerfoot Park open area. All results will be posted in this area. 17. Advancing to the Playoff Round: If teams are tied in the standings at the completion of the Round Robin games a tiebreaker game will NOT be played. Ties will be broken using the following method in order: a. Win – Loss Record between tied teams. b. The difference between runs for and against of all games played by the tied teams. c. The total runs scored by the teams in all games played by the tied teams. d. A coin toss. 18. Confirming Teams Advancing to Playoff Rounds: Please check your draw carefully to determine whether your team is advancing. Playoff games will be 15 minutes longer then round robin games. Teams will NOT be phoned to confirm whether you advance to playoffs. a. FINAL GAMES ONLY: IF AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTICIPATING TEAMS, UMPIRES AND TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE, FINAL GAMES ONLY MAY START AT A TIME OTHER THAN WHAT IS POSTED ON MAIN SCHEDULE. 19. Other Playing Rules: The Softball Canada Rulebook will cover any rules not covered by Tournament Rules and Regulations. The Tournament Committee shall have final say on all unsettled disputes. Unlimited Substitutions; Everyone bats RAIN OUT OR OTHER UNFORESEEN CANCELLATION OF THE TOURNAMENT: the Tournament organizers have yet to determine a way to control weather in Calgary for the Tournament. EVERY effort will be made to complete the event!!! Regardless of weather conditions your team should always go to the diamond for your scheduled games. Where possible, your team will be contacted where any rescheduling is known in advance. Only the Tournament Committee will cancel the Tournament due to weather conditions. Tournament Refund Policy th

In the event of a tournament cancellation prior to 12:00 noon MST May 27 , 2016 your team will be notified as per your entry form contact person and you will receive 100% of your registration fee back. In the event the tournament th is cancelled prior to 12:00 noon on May 28 , 2016, your team will receive 80% of its registration fee returned. In the th event the tournament is cancelled after 12:00 pm on May 28 , 2016, no refund will be issued.

UNIVERSAL SUBSTITUTION is the rotation of players into the field such that ALL players participate in EVERY game. In any given game, unless due to injury or illness, each player will be present in the batting order. In any given game, no one player shall sit out more than one consecutive inning of play.

 Defensive rotation is defined such that no player shall sit more than one inning until all players have had an inning on the bench (strictly enforced). 

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Batting order – all players present are listed on the score sheet and bat in the order listed. Players arriving late are added to the end of the batting order, and will have their designated bench order inning assigned or arranged as necessary (strictly enforced). Players are designated with the order in which they will have their bench inning on the line up card/score sheet (use best effort) Player Coding Adjustment – bench inning designation may be changed to allow for substitution in the event of an injury, ejection, discipline, pitcher substitution. In the event of player ejection or removal, the player is removed from the batting order and may not re-enter.

At SBR Softball we govern ourselves by a Mission Statement which follows. We would ask that ALL teams and their spectators recognize and respect our Mission Statement in their play and attendance at our tournament.

MISSION STATEMENT

To develop community softball with a competitive spirit in a respectful, positive and fun environment. We believe in:  Honesty and integrity  Team pride, fair play, sportsmanship and ethical behaviour  Respecting yourself, your team, your opponent and the officials  Transparency and accountability  Player and coach development both personally and athletically  Acceptance of all persons  Promoting and growing the sport Through these guiding principles we will develop life skills through the sport of softball.

Developed by: LEADERSHIP TEAM SBR Softball FEBRUARY 2013