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2007 ISC II Rules & Eligibility Changes

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

The International Softball Congress is announcing special operating rules for the 2007 season for the ISC II division.

For the 2007 season, following the completion of the Canada East regional qualifiers on June 24, teams from outside the Canada East region may sign one (1) pitcher from the Canada East region (defined as Ontario east of Thunder Bay, Quebec and the four Atlantic Canada provinces) provided that they remain in compliance with the ISC II out-of-region (OOR) rules which limit teams to a total of three (3) OOR players, only two (2) of whom can be pitchers. The signing deadline for this special cateogry is July 16, 2007. Fees and completed OOR forms must be mailed to ISC Executive Director Ken Hackmeister with a postmark no later than that date. Filing deadline for regular OOR players is May 1, 2007.

Restrictions on pickups of Canada East region pitchers will remain in place for 2007. Qualified or invited teams that have a pitcher on a restricted list cannot pick up any other pitcher from that list, but can pick up any other eligible pitcher. Qualified and invited teams from within the Canada East region that don’t have a pitcher on the restricted list may pick up one pitcher from the list if they choose to do so.

The restricted list will be released in the first quarter of 2007 following additional consultation with Canada East teams.

Also, ISC II teams are now permitted to sign two pitchers from the international region as OOR players. Previously, they had been limited to one.

At this time, no changes are being made to the ISC II pitcher eligibility list, pending any appeals. The ISC will continue to monitor pitchers’ performance throughout 2007 and reserves the right to reclassify pitchers it deems to be above the caliber of the ISC II division.

The ISC also reminds all ISC II teams that the procedures for filing eligibility appeals are spelled out in the ISC II section of the ISC web site at www.iscfastpitch.com. The ISC II Ineligible Pitchers List can be found in the same section.

For further information, please contact:

Bob McGowan
ISC II Vice President
Canada East Vice President
jbob99@allstream.net

ISC ANNOUNCES CONDENSED SCHEDULE FOR 2007 TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

The International Softball Congress is pleased to announce that the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions (ToC) is being shortened from a 6.5-day tournament to a 4.5-day tournament and will run from Tuesday August 14 to Saturday August 18, 2007 in Kitchener and Cambridge, ON.

This condensed schedule will help make it more affordable for teams to attend the premier intermediate championship in men’s fastball.

The tournament will be contested among 35 teams split into seven pools of five. Each team will play four round robin games with the top three in each pool along with three wild cards advancing to a single elimination playoff bracket.

Games will be played at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in nearby Cambridge with the semi-finals and championship game scheduled to be played Saturday morning at Peter Hallman Ballyard in Kitchener. Provided that the ToC and the ISC World Tournament are on schedule, we are working to have the ISC II championship game, for the first time, both video and audio streamed for fans across North America.

Qualifying for the ToC will be conducted regionally with berths available as follows:

U.S. East 10
U.S. Central 8
U.S.
West 4
Canada East 6
Canada West 4
2006 Champion
2006 Finalist
2007 Host Team

Unused berths from any region will be filled by Canada East teams.

As per a motion passed by the ISC Board of Directors at its 2006 meeting, the top two finishing teams in the 2007 ISC II ToC will receive automatic berths into the 2008 ISC World Tournament in Kimberly, WI.

Additional information on the ISC and the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions is available on the ISC web site at www.iscfastpitch.com.

For further information, please contact:

Bob McGowan
ISC II Vice President
jbob99@allstream.net

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs@rogers.com

2007 Qualifiers for ISC and ISC II

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Here is an updated list of 2007 ISC Qualifying events for both the World Tournament and the ISC II Tournament of Champions.

More updates will be released as the information becomes available.

Canada East Region – Bob McGowan, VP jbob99@allstream.net

June 8-10 – Torbay, Newfoundland
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Bob McGowan 519-941-6767
Local Contact – Harold Kelly 709-727-9871 harold_kelly@hotmail.com
Umpire In Chief – Keith Pender keithpender@esdnl.ca

June 22-24 – Innerkip, Ontario
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Bob McGowan 519-941-6767
Local Contact – Howie Brown 519-421-6334 floorcreations@bellnet.ca
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk@earthlink.net

June 22-24 – Sydenham, Ontario
Berths: ISC II ToC
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Bob McGowan 519-941-6767
Local Contact – Adam Lake 613-484-1313 paullake@kingston.net
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk@earthlink.net

Eastern Canada Travel League Tournament
July 27-29 – TBA
Berths: World Tournament for 2008
League only teams
Tournament Director – Colin Smith905-790-8226 colinsmith@look.ca
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk@earthlink.net

Eastern Ontario Home League Tournament
August 24-26 – TBA
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2008
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk@earthlink.net

Western Ontario Home League Tournament
August 24-26 – TBA
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2008
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk@earthlink.net

US West Region – Chris Santos, VP jcsantos25@msn.com

May 19 & 20
So Cal Bombers Invitational
Palm Springs, CA
Berths: 1 WT and 1 ISC II
Contact: Ralph Trejo ielooking@yahoo.com 909-841-0462 C or 909-889-3700 W
UIC – Roy Stout umpire5@verizon.net
Note: Any team can play but only US West Region teams that play with their ISC roster are eligible to win a berth.

May 25, 25 & 27
Joe Santos Memorial
Pueblo, CO
Berths: 1 WT and 1 ISC II
Contact: Chris Santos jcsantos25@msn.com 303-419-7352 – cell or 303-690-4847 – home
UIC – Ginger Rendon gingerrendon@hotmail.com 719-564-5575
Note: Any team can play but only US West Region teams that play with their ISC roster are eligible to win a berth.

June 16 & 17
Best of the West Tournament
Santa Barbara, CA
Berths: 1 WT
Contact: Dave Blackburn daveb@virtvent.com 310-266-7803
UIC – Roy Stout umpire5@verizon.net
Note: Any team can play but only US West Region teams that play with their ISC roster are eligible to win a berth.

July 14 & 15
US West – ISC Qualifier
Portland, OR
Berths: 1 WT and 1 ISC II
Contact: Brian Ree bree10@comcast.net
UIC – TBD
Note: Any team can play but only US West Region teams that play with their ISC roster are eligible to win a berth.

US East Region – Bill Howell, VP – william.f.howell@navy.mil

April 20-22
War Eagle Fastpitch Classic
Auburn, AL
Berths: 1 ISC II berth to champ, regardless of region
Contact: Robby Carter rcarter@auburnalabama.org (334) 501-2976
UIC:

May 25 – 27
Bahamas Invitational
Abaco, Bahamas
Berths: 1 WT to champ, regardless of region
Contact: Haziel McDonald whyworry@coralwave.com (H) 242-365-6436; (W) 242-359-6449; 242 359-6449 (Cell)
UIC – To be determined

May 25 – 27
George Baumann Memorial Tournament Note: This is a tentative qualifier.
Erie, PA
Berths: 2 WT to top two highest finishing US East teams. If not 2 US East teams, highest finishing team(s) from any region.
Contact: Bruce Baumann BaumannTourney@hotmail.com
UIC – George Ambrose geoasa@velocity.net

June 8 – 10
Midland Invitational
Midland, MI – Emerson Park
Berths: 2 WT to top two highest finishing US East teams. If not 2 US East teams, highest finishing team(s) from any region.
Contact: Kyle Beane kbeane8@yahoo.com
UIC – Joe Squires heyumpy@yahoo.com 989-631-7043

June 23 & 24

Ashland, OH
Berths: 1 WT 2 ISC II to any team from any region.
Contact: Mike Van Dine magicn2@yahoo.com 419-496-8496
UIC – Garry Kline gram41cob@aol.com 419-651-2992

June 29 – July 1
Croghan, NY
Contact: Charlie Walseman or Jon Walseman
Berth: 1 ISC II berth to highest finishing US East team
UIC: Chris Tehonica

US Central Region – Dave LeBlanc, VP farm32@aol.com

May 25, 26 & 27
Walcott Memorial Day Qualifier – 8-10 team round robin – single elimination
Walcott, IA
Berths: 1 World Tournament berth available to any team from any region
Contacts: Sean Marten ssmarten@aol.com 563-391-8307 or Ron Foster 563-650-2837
UIC: TBD

June 8, 9 & 10
Wisconsin Qualifier
Circle Tap & Denmark, WI
Berths: 1 World Tournament and 1 ISC II berths available to any team from any region
Contact: Dave LeBlanc farm32@aol.com H 920-830-2128 or C 920-851-2349
UIC: Dave LeBlanc

June 8, 9 & 10
Liberty Bank – Albaugh, Inc – DSM Hall of Fame Tournament
Elkhart, IA
Berths: 1 World Tournament berth avaiable to any team from any region
Contact: Tom Owen owentom@johndeere.com
UIC: TBD

July 13 – 15
AFSA Classic
Aurora, IL
Berths: 1 World Tournament berth available to any team from any region
Contact: Dave Perkins dperk10@gmail.com
UIC – Les Novak bestumpln@aol.com

Midwest Softball Congress League
Berths: 1 ISC II berth
Contact: Wayne Fisher wpfisher@mchsi.com
UIC: Cathy Crayton (563)388-9503

Wisconsin Travel League
Berths: 1 World Tournament berth
Contact: Dave LeBlanc farm32@aol.com
UIC: Dave LeBlanc farm32@aol.com

Canada West Region – Ferdi Nelissen, VP ferdi@mts.net
Qualifier Coordinator – Craig Donaldson cdonalds5@shaw.ca

Qualifier list not provided

Information courtesy of:

Als Fastball List – ISC II News
*Email: fastball@pmihrm.com
NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/
NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball

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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

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