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Winter Fastpitch Tournament in Santa Barbara CA – Nov 19-20, 2011

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Elings Park, Santa Barbara, CA
Elings Park, in Sunny Santa Barbara California, home of the Best of the West Men's Open Fastpitch Tournament and Clyde's Winter tournament (click to enlarge)

November 19-20 at Elings Park in Santa Barbara
4 game guarantee $350 entry fee
first 12 teams to pay entry fee will be in
Clyde Bennett 6600 Stagecoach Rd Santa Barbara Ca. 93105
805-964-2114 805-895-9007 clydebennett50 (at) yahoo.com

Comments

  1. Why do so many tourney’s limit the amount of teams?
    If we can have more teams it helps the sport. We put on a Fathers day tourney in Texas and the more the better!

    • I think sometimes it’s a limit imposed by the number of fields and time slots available. With longer airport security lines to deal with, a number of tournaments are scheduling championship games earlier on Sunday. The “first 12 in” also encourages teams to get their entry fees in early to guarantee a spot in the tournament, and provides an element of fairness for “first come, first served”. The popular AAU Int’l tournament is a good example of that, with a waiting list of teams wanting in every year. But many agree with you, more is better, if there is a way to get them in. Last year’s Best of the West filled up its slots, but expanded to accomodate additional teams. The AAU tournament started in 2000 with 8 teams, went to 16, then 24, 32, 36, and 40 for the past few years, and is stretching to 48 this year, though the trade-off is another day of work missed and increased costs to sponsors. How many teams did you have for last year’s Father’s Day tournament? How many fields did you use?

      -Jim/FPW