WELCOME TO THE SITE OF THE

AUNT ROSIE'S

INTERNATIONAL FASTPITCH TOURNAMENT 

The AMHERST GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE is proud to host the Aunt Rosie's International Fastpitch Tournament. We are located in Amherst, NY, which is a suburb of Buffalo, at the Audubon Complex (formerly known as the PEPSI CENTER), 1615 Amherst Manor Dr, Williamsville, NY 14221.  Amherst is located in the western portion of New York state and is only 18 miles from Niagara Falls.

Our grounds crew has kept our tournaments running when other tournaments have thrown in the towel! We have clean, permanent bathrooms, and a full service concession stand. All of our diamonds have covered dugouts and are  completely fenced in, and our signature diamond is lighted. Amherst has been consistently recognized as one of the safest towns of its size by a National Research Company.

REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN!

INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR "REGISTRATION" PAGE! 

THE AMHERST GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE 2011 AUNT ROSIE'S INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT SERIES.

****SPECIAL REGISTRATION OFFER****

We had our first team from Rhode Island in 2011. The R. I. Thunder played for free!

          More than 1000 teams have attended Aunt Rosie's over the years, representing 17 18 states and Canada. They have come from: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, as well as the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. We enjoy having teams from states who have never attended before. We feel that they will enjoy themselves and spread the word about our tournament to even more teams. Also, the other teams playing in our tournament always enjoy seeing new teams, players, coaches and possibly new strategies. Our SPECIAL OFFER is for any team that registers from a new state or province. They register for FREE. Teams should still send in their registration and check. If you are the first team from that state or province to register  for our tournament, we will give you a full refund when you sign in at the time of our tournament.

During the course of the tournaments, issues come up, and decisions need to be made. We have decided to explain the process that does into these decisions. The underlying principle is that there should be fairness and consistency, and the games should be decided on the field by the girls. You may not agree, but hopefully you will understand why they were made. Bear in mind that they needed to be made on the spot.

- 10U/12U: This was our first tournaments of the year, and there was some confusion with the umpires. They had allowed games to continue after time expired and a winner was determined. It was brought to our attention after several games played by those rules. This was never our intention, but we had to continue the tournament with the rulings that had already been made. 

-16U: We tried a Saturday-Monday tournament. Unfortunately, a few teams that knew they'd be missing players on Monday due to family vacation plans had injury issues. We allowed them to play with 8 players without taking an out in the batting order. Our reasoning was that the games should be decided by the girls on the field, and the short-handed team was already at a disadvantage.

-18U: An allogation was made against the Hunt's Hurricanes regarding player eligibility. Some details were provided, and an internet search supported some of the allogations. The coach was asked to provide proof of age as stated in our rules. He could not provide proof of age for the girls in question, and the team was disqualified. We expect our teams to be honorable, and we will never tolerate cheating.