BATTLE AT LANIER
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FORMAT: 2 pool Double Elim
FEE: 275.00
Tournament Guidelines
- Coaches are responsible for maintaining contact with the tournament director concerning game times and field assignments. Weather or other circumstances may result in schedule changes and/or changes in field assignments.
- Teams must be ready to play at the scheduled (or rescheduled) times. If a team is not ready at the scheduled start time, then a forfeit may be declared. Forfeit is recorded as 7-0.
Each game is responsible for providing a new ASA approved, red stitched, optic yellow ball for each game played.
- Birth certificates of all players and proof of insurance must be available for examination upon request.
For all games, the home team will be the official scorekeeper. Visiting team will operate the scoreboard.
- Teams can use two EP’s in their line-up. If there are no subs available, the last batted out will be the courtesy runner.
Pool Games:
- Two pool games will determine seeding for double elimination play.
Seeding for bracket play will be determined at the end of pool play by:
- Win/Loss record; then if necessary by
- Total runs allowed; then if necessary by
- Total runs scored; then if necessary by
- Coin flip.
Teams listed first in the pool pairings will occupy the 3rd base dugout. Home teams will be declared by a coin flip just before the start of the game.
- Mercy Rule – 15 runs after 4 innings, 10 runs after 5 innings.
Time Limit & Tiebreaker – Timer starts immediately after the coin flip. For pool games no new inning will begin after 1 hour and 15 minutes. Pool games may end in a tie. Ties will be recorded as ½ win and ½ loss.
Bracket Play:
- Bracket play is double elimination. (weather permitting)
The higher seeded team (lower seed number) will occupy 3rd base dugout. Home teams will be declared by a coin flip just before the start of each game.
- Mercy Rule – 15 runs after 4 innings, 10 runs after 5 innings.
Time Limit & Tiebreaker – Timer starts immediately following the coin flip. For bracket games, no new inning will begin after 1 hour and 30 minutes. International tiebreaker rule will be in effect after 7 innings or when time limit is reached.
Directions to Lanier Point Softball Complex
From the Dalton, Georgia
Area Take I-75 South to Canton, Exit on Hwy. 20. Take Hwy. 20 East to GA 369. Take 369 to intersection of 369 & 306. Turn left on Hwy. 306. Follow 306 TO GA 53. Turn right on GA 53 toward Gainesville. Go approximately 5 miles. The road becomes a four lane divided highway. After the road becomes a four-lane go to the first traffic light and take a right onto Lanier Valley Road. This will dead-end into Lanier Point Park.
From Atlanta
Take I-85 North to Suwanee. Turn left onto I-985. Go to Exit 20, turn left onto Queen City Parkway. Queen City Parkway will cross Jesse Jewell Parkway and become John Morrow Parkway. Stay on John Morrow and follow out of town. You will pass McDonald's on your left. There will be a BP Station on the right. Turn left onto Lanier Valley Road. This will dead-end into Lanier Point Park.
From Greenville, S.C.
Take I-85 South to Jefferson, Georgia. Exit at US 129. Turn right onto US 129 North. This will take you into Gainesville. When you get into Gainesville, turn left at the Best Western Lanier Centre Hotel onto Jesse Jewell Parkway. Follow Jesse Jewell to John Morrow Parkway. Turn right onto John Morrow Parkway. You will pass a McDonald's on your left. There will be a BP Station on the right. Turn left onto Lanier Valley Road. This will dead-end into Lanier Point Park.
From Birmingham, Ala.
Take I-20 East to Atlanta. Before you get to Atlanta, take I-285 toward Chattanooga. Follow I-285 to GA 400. Take GA 400 North to Exit 17 (Hwy. 306). Turn right on Hwy. 306. Go straight for about 8 miles until you dead-end into GA 53. Turn right onto Hwy. 53. Go until the road becomes a divided four-lane highway. After the road divides go to the first traffic light and turn right onto Lanier Valley Road. This will dead-end into Lanier Point Park.
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