{"id":24148,"date":"2014-08-04T13:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T20:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24148"},"modified":"2014-08-06T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T16:26:00","slug":"2014-guernsey-mens-fastpitch-tournament-september-13th-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24148","title":{"rendered":"2014 Guernsey Mens Fastpitch Tournament \u2013 September 13th & 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:<\/strong> Where is Guernsey, you ask? Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey, is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. More here.<\/a> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nOur friend Bernie Lopez has been to Guernsey, and is heading back next year: “The Island of Guernsey is a wonderful place and you cannot help falling in love with the place and it’s people! Next summer they will have an “80 years of softball” celebration.” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Click logo for official Guernsey Softball Assoc. website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Click here<\/a> for the draft fixtures for the fastpitch tournament taking place on the 13th and 14th September.<\/p>\n

If there is a 4 team entry, games will be capped at 90 mins, allowing the next teams to warm up prior to their game.<\/p>\n

If there is a 5 team entry, games will be capped at 1 hour 15 mins. This will allow teams to warm up, and also create the time to fit in all the games.<\/p>\n

General Rules<\/p>\n

All players wishing to enter the tournament must be registered with the GSA. This can done by filling out a registration form<\/a> and stating the team they wish to play for during the tournament.<\/p>\n

All players must wear batting helmets whilst batting and running to 1st base. No Exceptions!<\/p>\n

There will be a team entry fee of \u00a330.00 to cover the cost of the softballs.<\/p>\n

All teams must provide base umpires\/plate umpire when stated in fixture list.<\/p>\n

The 10 run rule will count after 5 innings.<\/p>\n

The GSA will take a relaxed view on pitchers, who are relatively new to fastpitch, to encourage them to \u201chave a go\u201d!<\/p>\n

Players are encouraged to wear \u201clong pants\u201d when playing fastpitch, as you may find yourself in a position where you will be required to slide to a base \u2013 as we all know this can \u201cpick a bit\u201d when only wearing shorts!<\/p>\n

Balls that are hit \u201cover\u201d the perimeter fence will be an automatic home run.<\/p>\n

Teams will be able to make as many subs as they like during a game.<\/p>\n

The GSA has kindly allowed teams to use the batting machine on the two Sundays (31st August & 7th September) prior to the tournament. Anyone wishing to use the machine will need to be a registered GSA player. Those who are not signed on can sign a registration form; this will also confirm what team players will be playing for during the tournament. Once this has been completed, players will be able to have use of the machine.<\/p>\n

Batting helmets are to be worn during the practice sessions.<\/p>\n

Sessions will be on the top diamond between 14:00 and 16:00 hrs.<\/p>\n

For any further information, contact Paul Seamman<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: Where is Guernsey, you ask? Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey, is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. More here. Our friend Bernie Lopez has been to Guernsey, and is heading back next year: “The Island of Guernsey is a wonderful place and you cannot help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9,23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-europe","8":"category-international","9":"category-tournaments","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24148"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24159,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24148\/revisions\/24159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}