GFABSA BUICK CITY HEATWAVE Mid MI Lumbermen

Coaches,

We look forward to hosting you June 19-21 at the Buick City Heatwave baseball tournament. Below, you will find some helpful information about the tournament that may assist you. Feel free to forward to your parents.

ALL TEAMS MUST FOLLOW / LIKE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR IMPORTANT UPDATES REGARDING THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES. ALL WEATHER UPDATES, TIME & RULE MODIFICATIONS, SCHEDULE CHANGES, WILL BE POSTED TO THESE ACCOUNTS.

If a coach does not have or use our social media platform you will need to designate a parent or person responsible for following our updates.

Twitter: @GFABSA
Facebook: @GFABSATOURNAMENTS

COOLERS, GRILLS & PETS:
Teams are allowed to bring coolers and grills to the parks; however, grills are not allowed through the main gates of the field complex at Whaley Park. They will need to remain in the parking lot/team areas.

Pets are not allowed at any of the parks unless they are licensed service animals.

GATE FEE: 14u-18u GATE FEE is $5 per day (12 and under free)

RESTROOMS:
There are fully functional indoor restrooms at Clio Sports Complex and Broome and Whaley Parks while portables will be at other locations.

ROSTERS and INSURANCE:
All teams must submit their rosters prior to the opening pitch of the tournament; Friday, June 19 at 4pm. You shall submit your team roster via email at Flintbaseballsoftball@gmail.com

Teams are required to have their own insurance in order to play in this event. By agreeing to play in this event, you have indicated that you have team insurance. A copy or screenshot of your insurance certificate shall be carried with you at all times.

RULES:
All rules can be found at www.GFABSAtournaments.com under the Rules tab. We will follow these rules unless otherwise noted. Tournament and/or site directors may need to adjust rules as needed. I have provided the links to the rules below.

14u-18u Rules
Tournament Policies

Rules may also be found on the exposure events app.

SCHEDULES: Exposure Events App

Buick City Heatwave Tournament Schedule Link

WEATHER:
In the case of the weather/game issues that cause the tournament to get off schedule. Time limits may be altered for divisions or fields. This will only be used in an emergency situation in order to make sure the tournament concludes before dark.

If there is an elevated chance we experience short periods of bad weather this weekend. We will make every attempt to play every game on the schedule. Please know that we would use the tiebreaker formulas to seed championship games and/or announce winners, in the event we cannot play all pool or bracket play games.

Order of procedure on weather delays:

1. Postpone games until field conditions improve
2. Shorten time limits in order to play all scheduled games
3. Eliminate pool play games and advance to bracket games
4. Use tiebreaker formulas to play a championship game only
5. Cancel all games and use the tiebreaker formula to determine champion and runner up.

COACHES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERSTANDING ANY/ALL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS COACHES PACKET.

Drew Johnson
Tournament Director
GFABSA Tournaments
flintbaseballsoftball@gmail.com
(810) 397-8574