{"id":2346,"date":"2008-02-14T19:51:01","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T03:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2008-02-14T22:59:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T06:59:13","slug":"2008-nafa-world-series-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2346","title":{"rendered":"2008 NAFA World Series Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dayton, Oregon<br \/>\nNAFA Executive Director Benjie Hedgecock is please to announce the following dates for all NAFA World Series events.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe Farm\/NAFA &#8220;Open&#8221; World Series &#8211; 16 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Middleton, Wisconsin (Near Madison)<\/p>\n<p>July 25-27, 2008, Friday evening to Sunday early afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; NAFA 3-game guarantee bracket with no &#8220;If&#8221; game<\/p>\n<p>First Game &#8211; no earlier than 4 PM Friday with the championship<br \/>\ngame at 1:15 PM on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $415<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNAFA Men&#8217;s &#8220;AA-Major&#8221; World Series &#8211; 32 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>August 14-17, 2008, first Game either Thursday evening or Friday<br \/>\nMorning through Sunday Morning (all teams can fly out on Sunday<br \/>\nafternoon or earlier)<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; NAFA game guarantee bracket<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier Thursday evening at 7 PM or 9 AM Friday<br \/>\nwith championship game on Sunday at 11:30 AM with if game to<br \/>\nfollow if necessary<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $410<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNAFA Men&#8217;s &#8220;A-Major&#8221; World Series &#8211; 48 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>August 14-17, 2008, Thursday through Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; NAFA 3 game guarantee bracket<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier than Noon Thursday with championship game<br \/>\nSunday at 1:15pm with if game to follow if necessary<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $395<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p><strong>NAFA Men&#8217;s 23-and-Under World Series &#8211; 12 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>August 15-17, 2008, Friday night through Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; 4 game guarantee, 3 round robin that seeds all into<br \/>\na single elimination<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier than 7 PM Friday night with championship<br \/>\ngame Sunday at 1:15pm with if game to follow if necessary<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $395<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p><strong>NAFA Men&#8217;s &#8220;A&#8221; World Series &#8211; 64 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>August 21-24, 2008, Thursday through Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; NAFA 3 game guarantee bracket<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier than 10 AM Thursday with championship game<br \/>\nSunday at 1:15 PM with if game to follow if necessary<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $395<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p>NAFA Men&#8217;s &#8220;AA&#8221; World Series &#8211; 40 Teams<\/p>\n<p>Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>August 21-24, 2008, Thursday night through Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; NAFA 3 game guarantee bracket<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier than 4 PM Thursday with championship game<br \/>\nSunday at 1:15 PM with if game to follow if necessary<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $395<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNAFA Wood Bat World Series &#8211; 32 Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Denver, Colorado<\/p>\n<p>August 30-31, 2008, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Monday will be a rain day or travel day Format &#8211; NAFA 3 game guarantee bracket<\/p>\n<p>First Game no earlier than 8 AM Saturday with championship Sunday<br \/>\nat 3 PM<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $405<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNAFA Masters Eastern Zone World Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>55-and-Over, 50-and-Over, 45-and-Over, 40-and-Over, 35-and-Over,<br \/>\nWomens&#8217; 35-and-Over<\/p>\n<p>Rockford, Illinois (near Chicago)<\/p>\n<p>September 12-14, 2008, Friday evening to Sunday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; 4 game guarantee, 3 round robin games that seed all<br \/>\nteams into a single elimination (If the number of teams is significant<br \/>\nin any age class, teams will break into the single elimination<br \/>\nportion in Upper and Lower Brackets on Sunday)<\/p>\n<p>First game Friday evening 5 PM with the championship at 3 PM<br \/>\non Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $415<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNAFA Masters Western Zone World Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>50-and-Over, 45-and-Over, 40-and-Over, 35-and-Over, Womens&#8217; 35-and-Over<\/p>\n<p>Carson City, Nevada (fly to Reno)<\/p>\n<p>September 20-21, 2008, Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Format &#8211; 3 game guarantee, 2 round robin games that seed all<br \/>\nteams into a single elimination (If the number of teams is significant<br \/>\nin any age class, teams will break into the single elimination<br \/>\nportion in Upper and Lower Brackets on Sunday)<\/p>\n<p>First Game Saturday Morning at 8 AM with the championship game<br \/>\nat 3 PM on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee &#8211; $400<\/p>\n<p>Ball &#8211; the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover, white stitch, cork<br \/>\ncenter 47 core, .375 compression<\/p>\n<p>Information has been posted on the general NAFA website at www.nafafastpitch.com,<br \/>\nwith World Series-specific websites being updated in the near<br \/>\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Bresnahan<br \/>\nNAFA Webmaster<br \/>\nbreshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.nafafastpitch.com<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.minnesotafastpitch.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayton, Oregon NAFA Executive Director Benjie Hedgecock is please to announce the following dates for all NAFA World Series events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}