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| March 19, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 FOURTH REVISION • Same story, different division ... Forecast-panic has claimed another victim, this time in the 65-Major division (Scrap Iron High Octane) at The Canyons Complex ... Changes impacted the combined 65/70-Platinum group and included collateral damage in the Men's 65-AAA seeding and bracket play for both Tuesday and Wednesday ... All of the revisions have been posted ... Good luck! |
| March 19, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 • ADDITIONAL 70's TEAMS FORFEIT OUT • Two of the three remaining 70-AA teams (Scrap Iron Diamonds and Top Gun Olde Dawgs) have forfeited out of the tournament on Saturday ... They caused the collapse of the former 70-AA division ... The Git-R-Done 70 team was merged into a new six-team 65/70-AA division ... Changes affected both The Fields at Little Valley and the Canyons Complex and those revisions are available now online ... As before, we apologize on behalf of the forfeiting teams for the major inconveniences, despite the fact they are completely outside of either our causation or control ... Good luck! __________ UNRELATED NOTE • In the Session #3 Men's 50+ division, there was a team initiated roster composition rating change that resulted in a team being moved from AAA to Major ... That change as been posted ... |
| March 18, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Cleats NOPE (in SSUSA sanctioned events) |
| March 18, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 MAJOR REVISION • Due to the late withdrawals of two teams (Duke City Dynamite 70-AA and General Equipment 80-Major+) significant changes were required at The Fields at Little Valley for Session #2 ... The Duke City withdrawal reduced that division from four to three teams and affected The Canyons on Sunday, too ... The General Equipment withdrawal casused the collapse and elimination of the 75/80-Platinum division, forced the 75-Major+ championship to expand to a Best 3 of 5 Championship Series and resulted in the replacement of the 75/80-Platinum bracket with a 75/80-Major Best 2 of 3 Series ... We apologize for the inconveniences, despite the fact that they were completely outside of our causation or control ... All changes are now online ... Good luck to all! ... |
| March 18, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City Here's the actual Rule Book provision on point (at page 56) ... Historically, it's been an effective method for adverse weather recovery ... __________ SECTION 10 - ADVERSE WEATHER §10.1(1) • TOURNAMENT PLAYED OR MODIFIED SSWC qualifiers and World Masters Championships may be played in adverse weather conditions, much like a football game. Teams accept these conditions when entering. If it becomes necessary in the judgment of the tournament committee, playing procedures may be modified. If game times must be reduced because of time limitations due to inclement weather, or other acts of God, the following methods may be implemented, in priority order: A. Games may be reduced to five innings, with the 5th inning being the open inning. A game reduced to five innings becomes official only after the completion of five innings, or 4½ innings with the home team ahead.... |
| March 14, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Tournament is come up Your team manager (if that's not you) fills that out online ... If you're the manager, please call Sacramento Office at (916) 326.5303 and ask for a roster department person ... They'll be happy to help you through it ... |
| March 14, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Tournament is come up Entries are pushing up to the tournament record of 55 teams in 2021 ... The 60-Major division is a free-standing division that won't require merging with other teams ... Team list will be released late Wednesday ... Good luck! |
| March 13, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 REVISION • Due to the Sunday night withdrawal of a Men's 80's team (Top Gun 80's Gold), changes were required at The Fields at Little Valley for Session #2 ... Revisions affected all 75+, 80+ and 85+ divisions playing at Little Valley and have been posted here ... Good luck to all! ... |
| March 11, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 2023 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS BANDITOS180 ... We look at it more like you have 3½ months to plan, so here's a simple alternative for your consideration ... Book a hotel room in an acceptable nearby place for both venues, and when the TENTATIVE Field Assignments are released, cancel the one you don't need ... Lots of people do this ... |
| March 10, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 2023 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS The entry deadline for the SoCal State Championships is June 6, 2023 ... Tentative field assignments will likely be released shortly thereafter ... |
| March 9, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets Session #3 (Men's 50+ and 55+) is posted and available now ... Same caveats mentioned above for Sessions #1-2 apply here as well ... Good luck everyone! • Men's: 50's | 55's • Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Large file: 37 pages] |
| March 9, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets Session #2 (Men's 65+ through 85+) is posted and available now ... Same caveats mentioned above for Session #1 apply here as well ... Good luck everyone! • Men's: | 65's | 70's | 75's thru 85's |
| March 5, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's SPRING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for SESSION #1 (Men's 60+ and 40-Masters Men and Women) of the the SSUSA's Spring World Championships 2023 in Mesquite, NV, St. George, UT, and Bullhead City, AZ, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... The Master Planning Grid and Participating Teams List have also been posted ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)• Men's: 60's • 40-Masters: Men & Women Tournament Administration (PDF's)• Master Games & Field Grid: Spring World's 2023 • Participating Teams List: Spring World's 2023 |
| March 5, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Spring Nationals The internal database is currently showing 46, not counting what may have been received over the weekend in the various mails (e-, voice, snail) ... Should get refinement on that tomorrow ... |
| March 3, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's ALOHA BOWL QUALIFIER 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets MAJOR RE-WRITE FOR FRIDAY RAIN-OUT • All divisions of play were affected. Online files have been revised for: • Bracket changes for Saturday (only) • Sunday schedule UNCHANGED • Teams were seeded into the revised brackets by BLIND DRAW • The Women's Best 3 of 5 Championship Series remains intact, but game times are slightly different • Any weather related decisions over the weekend will be made AT THE FIELDS OF PLAY AT GAME TIME • Be present at the park and ready to play thirty (30) minutes before schedukled game time. Good luck everyone! |
| March 2, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 5gg spring championships AJC • You're correct that the ONLY Thursday starts are in the World's for teams under age 60+ ... And on topic, here are the number of teams who WILL be out at 0-2 in a 4-game-guarantee bracket for divisions between 4 and 20 teams ... NOTE: "Bye" teams can get their bye, then fail to protect themself and lose two, but winning just ONE bracket game converts a 4-Game-Guarantee to a 5-Game-Guarantee for your team ... That's on the team ... (Total • Min. 0-2's) 4 • 1 5 • 2 6 • 0 7 • 1 8 • 2 9 • 1 10 • 2 11 • 1 12 • 0 13 • 1 14 • 2 15 • 3 16 • 4 17 • 3 18 • 3 19 • 4 20 • 4 |
| Feb. 25, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 5gg spring championships Noted. There will be a contract Tournament Director on site who will listen and report back. Assuming this is an annual T.O.C. qualifier, it should be a 5-games format in 2024. |
| Feb. 25, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 5gg spring championships The Aloha Bowl (Hawaii), Spring Worlds (Mesquite/St. George/Bullhead City) and Spring Nationals (Polk County) are all going to be 4-games minimum scheduled events at their originally posted entry fees ... At this late time, and with the number of teams who have already paid the lesser rates, it didn't seem fair to ask them to pay more ... The 5-games minimum scheduled events will commence with the Tidewater Classic in Virginia Beach, VA, in late March ... |
| Feb. 23, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's ALOHA BOWL QUALIFIER 2023 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the the SSUSA's Aloha Bowl Qualifier 2023 in Waipahu, HI, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... The Master Planning Grid has been posted and the Participating Teams List tab is active ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)• Men's: 40-Masters (Men and Women) and 50's | 55's, 60's 65's and 70's • Complete: All Ages & Divisions [11 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's)• Master Games & Field Grid: Aloha Bowl 2023 |
| Feb. 19, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Brackets for TPA Yuba City Nope ... Not an SSUSA event ... Contact TPA (?) ... |
