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Eligibility:
This is a
Class I CYSA-S/USYSA-sanctioned international tournament for boys
and girls teams U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 &
U19. Ages are for the 2006-2007 playing season as determined by
oldest-player birthdate falling within:
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U-9 |
8/1/97 -
7/31/98 |
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U-10 |
8/1/96 -
7/31/97 |
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U-11 |
8/1/95 -
7/31/96 |
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U-12 |
8/1/94 -
7/31/95 |
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U-13 |
8/1/93 -
7/31/94 |
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U-14 |
8/1/92 -
7/31/93 |
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U-15 |
8/1/91 -
7/31/92 |
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U-16 |
8/1/90 -
7/31/91 |
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U-17 |
8/1/89 -
7/31/90 |
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U-18 |
8/1/88 -
7/31/89 |
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U-19 |
8/1/87 -
7/31/88 |
Some critical guidelines and rules:
Information
availability and updates: All tournament information including field locations, rules, hotel
accommodations, accepted teams and playing schedules, will only be
posted at our tournament Internet web site. On occasion, a very
important and/or late change will occasion an e-mail to an
individual team or a whole bracket to look for a change on the
website, but be aware that the Website is the Final Word on
decisions, superceding even a phone call or e-mail.
All entries
must include an e-mail address. because all formal tournament communication with the teams
will be via electronic means.
The e-mail
address you put on the application should be very clearly readable, since that will be your formal
means of notification. You would be wise to send an e-mail to the
Registrar (fcsbtourney@hotmail.com)
at the time you apply so we can be sure to have an accurate, working
e-mail address for you. Every year our registrars receive a few
e-mails from addresses that can't be replied to, or printed ones
that can't be read. They have to make phone calls to try to fix
this, so simply sending an e-mail to them saying you are applying
easily resolves most of these miscommunications.
A roster must
be submitted with the application so we can verify the age bracket in which you intend to
play. It does not matter that it be accurate to the nth degree (the
one you submit at your Friday-night Check-in will be the final one),
but just enough to show us that you have not made a mistake
bracketing yourself (wrong sex or age).
Teams not
accepted
will receive a full refund.
Teams
withdrawing after posted acceptance will suffer a fee forfeit. Acceptance will be dated from posted
appearance of the team on the website acceptance list, or on the
web-posted game schedule, whichever occurs first.
The visiting teams are critical to our success,
but the tournament as a whole (and the integrity of the brackets)
takes precedence over a suddenly-changed, often-last-minute
situation for the individual team. At our tournament, food and
accommodation costs far exceed the tournament fee itself for nearly
all teams, so we focus on a total perspective when we make decisions
on adjusting individual needs to total bracket or tournament needs.
Our approach to dealing with FCSB teams is to try to not place them
at a competitive disadvantage, but to sacrifice them first in making
brackets work well (playing up, etc) and arranging comfortable play
times (playing at 8am, etc). Our primary goal is to have each
visiting team feel this is the best tournament it ever applied for
and/or attended.
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