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SOFTBALL CENTRAL

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Registration

Facts

Rules

Schedules

Teams

Standings

Photos

Team of the week

Contact

Registration

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Coach's Agreement

Roster Form

 

Return Registration & Payment to:

Parks & Recreation Department

1932 Calhoun St Columbia SC 29201

 

Facts   

Registration Begins	February 23, 2009
Registration Ends	March 31, 2009
Organizational Meeting	March 31, 2009 @ Pacific Park 6:30pm
Coaches Meeting	April 7, 2009 @ Pacific Park 6:30pm
Event Dates	Tuesdays & Thursdays beginning April 14, 2009
Event Time	Games are played @ 6:30, 7:30, 8:30
Location	Games played @ Earlewood & Pacific Park
Fee’s	$240 per team

 

 

Rules

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Team Members

Team members must be employees, family members or spouses. (Including boyfriends and girlfriends).

A team can start and play a regulation game with nine players. If a game is stated with nine players, and the tenth player arrives later, he/she must be inserted into the lineup in the tenth position in the batting order.

Teams must have a minimum of three women and three attorneys / court staff on the field to start a game. A team may finish a game with nine players provided they have a minimum of three women on the field.

An 11th player can be used as a designated batter in any position in the batting order.

Players must play in a minimum of three regular season games to qualify for tournament play.

Players may leave and re-enter the game one time. Player must re-enter in the same position in the batting order.

Equipment

No double wall, triple wall or titanium bats will be allowed. Game ball must be .44 core, blue stitch ball. Each team will need 11 and 12 inch balls.

Baseball shoes with metal spikes are not permitted.

Home Runs

The home run limit is three per game. All home runs after three will be counted as an out.

Walks

If a team walks a male batter and the next batter in the lineup is female, the female has the option to walk or bat. The female batter must indicate her intentions before being pitched to.

Mercy Rule

If after five complete innings of play, the visiting team is winning by 10 or more runs, or after 4 ½ innings of play, the home team is ahead by 10 or more runs the game will be terminated.

Regulation Game

A complete game is 4 ½ - 5 innings. If a game is called before it meets the requirements for a complete game, the game will resume where it was stopped.

Rained Out Games

If it rains the night before the game or the day of the game, call 545 – 3100 after 3:00 pm. If it rains after 4:30 pm the teams scheduled to play the 6:30 pm game must show up at the field.

The fitness of the ground for beginning a game shall be solely decided by the umpire, and / or the Parks and Recreation Department.

Rained out games will be rescheduled by the City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department. Each team will notified as to the time and place of the game.

Schedule

 

Check back April 7, 2009 for league schedule  

 

Teams

 

Check back shortly for a listing of teams registered and participating in the City of Columbia’s softball league.

 

Standings

Standings will be posted and updated weekly during the season.

 

Photos

 

Email your teams softball photos or links to your photo site to cetaylor@columbiasc.net

 

Team of the Week

Get to your know your teams!!!

 

Each week a new team will be highlighted so that way everyone in the league will get to know who they are playing. Captains can submit a team photo and biography for a chance to be in the spotlight.

 

Contact

City of Columbia Parks & Recreation	545-3109	www.columbiaparksandrecreation.net
Bobby Goodwin, Athletic Supervisor	545-3088	bogoodwin@columbiasc.net
Corinn Taylor, Athletic Specialist	545-3109	cetaylor@columbiasc.net

Webmaster , Meg Richards - marichards@columbiasc.net

E-mail large files to meg@megrichards.com

 

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