Fairfield County Fastpitch Softball League: Welcome

Since 2003, the FCFSL is the home for travel softball teams from town leagues and elite programs throughout Fairfield County. About 750 girls from approximately 60 teams take part in FCFSL competition. Our season begins in April for 10u and 12u teams, June for 14u and 16u teams, and concludes with a season-ending tournament at at the end of July.

Remember, you have to register your team to play. Here are the teams registered in the CT USSSA as of this Monday:

1. Register your team with the CT USSSA. Contact David (see the news story further down the front page). Insure your team/players and have proof of insurance with you at all games.

2. Pay your $100 deposit to the host tournament town for your age group (again, read more below).The names of paid teams will be posted to this webpage.

3. Enter your scheduled games into this website (see how to schedule games by reading the news story below). Failure to do so means your are not playing in the year-end tournament.

4. Create/update your team page. You must have an ID/password to do so. This info has been sent to you. If you have forgotten it, contact me and I will re-send.

5. On the front page of your eteamz team website, list your roster (first names and uniform number only!)

6. In order for your players to be eligible for the FCFSL tournament, they must appear on your website, have played regular season FCFSL games (as evidenced by your scorebook), and be listed as a registered CT USSSA player. 

1. Login with your ID for first time users (or email addresses for old pros) and password.

2. Click "calendar" in the left-hand menu.

3. Click "games."

4. Find and click on your age group (10u, 12u, 14u, 16u)

5. Once inside your age group site, make sure you see a red tab that says "FCFSL (e.g., 10u) 2011." Right underneath this tab, click "add game."

6. Here are the items you must enter after clicking "add game:" a) select home and away teams; b) game date; c) game time; d) game location; e) under display options at the bottom, make sure that all options are clicked "yes," including "display on home page;" f) at the very bottom of the page, click "add game" when you have entered all of the above info.

7. Repeat ad infinitum...

Listed below are the teams that paid their deposit to the host towns. By making the deposit, these teams have solidifed their intent to commit to, and play the games they have scheduled. Teams that have not made this deposit have not made this commitiment to their schedule. This site will be updated as host towns receive deposit checks and report them to the FCFSL.

10u: CT Seahawks, Westport, Xtreme Chaos, Newtown, Monroe (Host town: Wilton)

12u: Brewster Rockets, Wilton, Newtown, Fairfield Fury White (Host town: Southbury)

14u: Newtown, New Milford, Fairfield Light, Trumbull Seahawks, Stamford Storm (Host town: Bethel)

16u: Norwalk (Host town: Ridgefield Rebels)

Based on your feedback from the survey, here is what the FCFSL has out in place for 2012:

1) Each team pays $100 to the host tournament town in their age group before the scheduling meeting (April 2).

10u Host (Wilton): "WBSA" or "Wilton Baseball Softball Association." Mail checks to: Pam Nessel, 3 Cora Lane, Wilton, CT 06897

12u Host (Southbury): “SGS.” Mail checks to Southbury Girls Softball, PO Box 162, Southbury, CT 06488.

14u Host (Bethel): “BSA” or Bethel Softball Association. Mail checks to: Mike Garcia, 24 Green Pasture Rd., Bethel, CT 06801

16u Host (Ridgefield): “Ridgefield Rebels Softball.” Mail checks to Cary J. Nadel, 524 Bennetts Farm Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877

2) The host tournament town alerts the FCFSL that the fee has been paid.

3) The FCFSL posts “paid” team names to the website.

4) Teams can schedule both “paid” and “non-paid” (at their own risk) teams/games. No new teams will be allowed to join and schedule games in the FCFSL after June 1st.

5) The season starts and all teams are required to re-confirm games prior to 72 hours before game time. At this time, teams must provide advance warning of any “dire situation” that they know of or anticipate (e.g., fields are not draining water well, several players injured/ill). There is a grace period if this dire situation gets worse and the game must be canceled – in other words, you can cancel 24 hours before a game, but not any less warning than that.

6) If a team is a no-show, or cancels the day of the game (for reasons other than active weather), the penalty kicks in following this step: The team who was “canceled on” sends an email to the FCFSL, the host tournament town, and the canceling team, notifying the request for compensation. All details are provided.

7) Once approved by the FCFSL, the host tournament town credits the “canceled on” team by $50, taking the money from the “canceling” team. This reduces the “canceled on” team’s year-end tournament payment by $50. A second instance by the same canceling team results in an additional transfer by the host tournament town for the remaining $50.

8) A notice is posted to the FCFSL website that this transfer has taken place. Serial offenders will be noted as such. The FCFSL will contact the serial offender about further action.

9) The “canceled on” team gains a win by forfeit. However, in the spirit of sportsmanship and what is good for the girls, the FCFSL strongly encourages teams to replay the game. If the game is replayed, the outcome on the field takes precedent over the forfeit result.

I want to first express my sincere appreciation on behalf of USSSA for putting your confidence in us. We will work hard to provide your league and teams the best possible service and offer your players the most opportunities possible.  So here is the information all teams need to know. First everything you will need to know about USSSA Fastpitch in CT is found at our website at http://www.ctusssafastpitch.com/

Team Registration
The online process to register is very easy. We are offering all teams a discount on team registration. However this only applies if we register your teams for you. USSSA does not allow us to discount the national process which is online and credit card only. That process is only $30. To create and ID and a team go to this link: http://www.usssa.com/sports/ISTSLogin.asp?Sport=16. If you want us to register your team we can do this for $20 per team. I am attaching a spreadsheet. Just fill in the mandatory fields, email me the file and mail a check to CT USSSA to the address below by name at the bottom of this email. I will also be at Scheduling Day, April 2, and you can register your team with me and pay there as well.

Once your team is registered you will get an automated email from USSSA with your ID. Then you can log-in and enter your roster into the system. There you can also enter any  tournaments as well.

Tournaments
As I explained to all teams when I met with you, the majority of your teams would be considered "C" teams in USSSA. Some of your teams may be considered B teams. One thing to know is if you classify yourself as a B you cannot play in a C tournament. However, is you classify yourself as C you can play in C, B, A or Open tournaments. You can see the definitions of A, B and C at  http://www.ctusssafastpitch.com/teams/team-classification/  If you have registered as a B team and want to change your classification please email me. C teams are classified as follows.

Class C: Any team that typically only plays in a local league, a town league, an all star team from a local league or a team that might only play in one or two tournaments a year.  A "C" team is also any team considered to be an entry level or new travel team and lacks the experience and number of skilled players and pitchers to compete on a National or State levels with the higher skilled Class “A and B” teams. If you're a newly formed team that plans on playing in a number of competitive tournaments or an existing team that consistently finishes in the middle or at the bottom of the pack in most tournaments, then you are a "C" team.

State Championships - USSSA has CT State Championships for all levels this summer.  Open (A, B, C (not suggested for C) and C Championships. Here is what is available still for the state championships. To see a full list of tournaments, Click Here. <http://www.usssa.com/sports/FindTourn2.asp?optSelection=2&WTD=Tournament&ParkID=0&ClassID=1000&ClassID=1081&ClassID=1015&ClassID=1016&ClassID=1051&ClassID=1058&ClassID=1083&ClassID=1020&ClassID=1021&ClassID=1052&ClassID=1059&ClassID=1084&ClassID=1085&ClassID=1060&ClassID=1093&ClassID=1025&ClassID=1026&ClassID=1054&ClassID=1061&ClassID=1086&ClassID=1087&ClassID=1062&ClassID=1094&ClassID=1030&ClassID=1031&ClassID=1056&ClassID=1063&ClassID=1088&ClassID=1092&ClassID=1064&ClassID=1082&ClassID=1089&ClassID=1096&State=6&StatureID=0&TypeID=0&SeasonID=16&BeginDate=9/24/2011&EndDate=>

6/16-17 - 12U Open Championships - full availability -  cost is $550
6/16-17 -  C Championships for 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U -  full availability - cost is $395
6/23-24 - 14U Open Championships - 8 slots available - cost is $550

"C" Summer Ender Tournament
CT USSSA is offering a season ending C tournament  Aug 4-5. Cost is $395.

OPEN Tournaments
There is still availability in many OPEN class tournaments between April and August .

Insurance
USSSA has a variety of insurance options for your teams. You are not obligated to buy USSSA insurance to play in a USSSA tournament. However USSSA insurance offers better coverage. They also offer lower costs. USSSA offers half year policies which save you significant money. This insurance can be used for your league play, and USSSA, PONY, ASA or other tournaments. You can buy your insurance online at http://www.usssa.com/sports/insurance.asp

FCFSL Scheduling Day
I will be on hand at your April 2 scheduling day to answer any questions, sign you up for any tournaments or register your teams.

USSSA World Series
USSSA offers a variety of national tournaments called USSSA World Series. There are a multiple World Series in Ocean City/Salisbury Maryland.

10U -18U "C" World Series July 18-22
10U-12U Open World Series July 18-22
14U-18U Open July 23-29
http://www.usssa1.com/

There are also A and B World Series at  ESPN Wide World of Sports in Disney World.
10UA, 10UB, 11U Open, 12UA, 12UB, 13U Open, 14UA, 14UB, World Series July 28 - Aug. 4
16UA, 16UB, 18UA, 18UB, World Series July 21-28
http://usssaroadtoorlando.com/

You can see all the world series locations at http://www.ctusssafastpitch.com/tournaments/

Once again welcome to USSSA and please contact me with any question.

rgds,

David Rocha
CT State Director USSSA Fastpitch
david.rocha@usssa.com
www.ctusssafastpitch.com <http://www.ctusssafastpitch.com>
PO Box 1192
Simsbury, CT 06070
860-658-6329 Office
860-883-3729 Cell