{"id":19699,"date":"2013-07-12T10:52:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19699"},"modified":"2013-07-12T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T18:52:35","slug":"pioneer-days-tournament-is-back-salt-lake-city-july-12-14-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19699","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Days Tournament is back ! (Salt Lake City, July 12-14, 2013) * Updated with Pools and Schedule *"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update: Pools and Schedule<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Courtesy of Ken Hackmeister<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pioneer.2013.Pools-Schedule.pdf\">Click here for PDF of Pioneer Days Pools &#038; Schedule<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pioneer_days.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pioneer_days-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"pioneer_days\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pioneer_days-300x98.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pioneer_days.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastpitchwest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2FPioneer.2013.Pools-Schedule.pdf&#038;embedded=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"780\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Information courtesy of Rick Manzanares and Jacob Huff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good news! Thanks to the Larry Miller Companies, SLC is bringing back the world renown Pioneer Days Tournament.  This tournament in the past would draw some of the world\u2019s best teams to compete for great prizes and of course payouts.  Details below.<\/p>\n<p>Dates \u2013 July 12-13-14, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $450 per team (tentative)<\/p>\n<p>Location \u2013 Larry H. Miller Softball Complex \u2013 4400 S. 13th E. \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nFormat \u2013 Round Robin into playoff round<\/p>\n<p>Guarantees \u2013 Each team is guaranteed 5-games and each team must play a Friday night game. Championship game is Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Financial \u2013 For each non-Utah based team, we will guarantee either a Utah entrant in your local tournament in 2013 or a payment of $800 per team to offset your travel expenses. You choose preference but final decision is ours.<\/p>\n<p>Motel Recommendations \u2013 Will be provided upon paid and accepted entry.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier Status \u2013 ISC Qualifier for 2014 ISC World Tournament to the highest finishing team from ISC\u2019s US West Region.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament Rules \u2013 2013 ASA playing rules with 2013 ISC pitching rule.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament ball \u2013 Worth C120WISC (official ISC ball)<\/p>\n<p>Planned Media Exposure \u2013 Internet results after each round plus Twitter, Facebook and You Tube. Local SLC newspapers and TV stations.<\/p>\n<p>Statistician \u2013 A statistician will compile individual and team stats throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ken Hackmeister<br \/>\n153 E. 200s. #10<br \/>\nFarmington, UT 84025<br \/>\n801-381-0961 cell<br \/>\n801-447-8808 home<br \/>\niscken [@] comcast.net<\/p>\n<p>Pete Meredith<br \/>\n3627 Capstone Ave<br \/>\nSalt Lake City, UT 84121<br \/>\n801-550-0685 cell<br \/>\nsalesforce23 [@] gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pioneer Day Tournament Trivia, courtesy of Ken Hackmeister:<\/strong><br \/>\nPioneer Days was first held in 1974 (32-teams) to help our local organization prepare to host the 1975 ASA Women\u2019s Major national tournament.  Prior to 1974, the tournament was exclusively local teams and was half fastpitch, half slowpitch (ugh!) and called Days of \u201947 which is the Utah designation for when Pioneers first settled Salt Lake valley.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> Ken Hackmeister and Peter Meredith ! Ken was behind the original Pioneer Days tournaments, among the best I ever attended.  It was 1992 and computers were just coming into everyday use.  The Larry Miller Complex was just the Cottonwood Complex then, but it hosted the best teams of the day, including Peter Meredith&#8217;s Larry Miller Toyota.  After the games, the players and fans would line up under the bleachers and wait for the posting of the stats that were pulled from the buzzing dot matrix printers on perforated paper. (young players, ask your folks about those ;-))  Top teams, top facilities, and plenty of information on the games and players. Trademark Ken Hackmeister.  I&#8217;m very much looking to the the return of this tournament.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note II:<\/strong> Did July 12-14 just become the biggest tournament weekend of the summer?<br \/>\n-Pioneer Days, Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>\n-Boys of Summer, Denmark, WI<br \/>\n-Cephas Roth, Tavistock, ON<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-Quick-Facts-1.pdf\">Click here for Quick Facts on the 2013 Pioneer Days Tournament or view below.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastpitchwest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2F2013-Quick-Facts-1.pdf&#038;embedded=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"780\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Pools and Schedule Courtesy of Ken Hackmeister Click here for PDF of Pioneer Days Pools &#038; Schedule Information courtesy of Rick Manzanares and Jacob Huff Good news! Thanks to the Larry Miller Companies, SLC is bringing back the world renown Pioneer Days Tournament. 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