- Jun 1, 2015
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Howdy all - my local youth baseball/softball group had an idea in past years to organize/run a 12U softball tournament near the end of June for area teams/community programs to participate in. They haven't taken up the task, and so I am contemplating it for my 16U team to do as a fundraiser.
I'm curious if anyone has ever done anything like this and, if so, what suggestions you may have. This is SOLELY in the infancy stage - just an idea kicking around. My local rec. field has 3 fields available - a 4th could be found about a 2 minute drive away (it's in a "triangle" field bordered by 3 roads - no dugouts, roadside parking where foul balls would cause trouble, etc.) The rec. field has bathroom facilities, a playground, and a concession stand, and would be usable from 9am to dusk.
I'm looking at information like cost per team, format of tournament (likely pool play depending on # of teams/fields available, then single elimination playoffs or something appropriate), cheap field insurance, trophies, etc. Basically ANYTHING that would be associated with an undertaking like this. Any help/ideas would be wonderful to have going through this thought process.
I'm curious if anyone has ever done anything like this and, if so, what suggestions you may have. This is SOLELY in the infancy stage - just an idea kicking around. My local rec. field has 3 fields available - a 4th could be found about a 2 minute drive away (it's in a "triangle" field bordered by 3 roads - no dugouts, roadside parking where foul balls would cause trouble, etc.) The rec. field has bathroom facilities, a playground, and a concession stand, and would be usable from 9am to dusk.
I'm looking at information like cost per team, format of tournament (likely pool play depending on # of teams/fields available, then single elimination playoffs or something appropriate), cheap field insurance, trophies, etc. Basically ANYTHING that would be associated with an undertaking like this. Any help/ideas would be wonderful to have going through this thought process.