John Benzinger - Commissioner

Williamstown    - President John Benzinger, Tournament Director Jeff Stripp
Lee             - President Ted Brown
Lenox           - President Mellisa Tharion
Cheshire        - President Linda Alibosek
Lanesboro       - President Dan Macwhinney
Pownal          - President Rhonda Caron
South County    - President & Cal Ripken State Commissioner Jim Edelman 

Tim Conroy - Commissioner

Frontier       - President T.J. Conroy
Greenfield     - President Butch Martin
Mohawk         - President Laura Earl
Turners Falls  - President Frank Campbell
Northampton    - President Rob Ostberg
Hadley         - President Christine Pipczynski

Brian Bowen - Commissioner

Hudson - President Jim Rivela, Tournament Directors - Jim Rivela and Rick Karlson
Ayer
Shirley
Groton
Dunstable
Littleton

Bob Doyen - Commissioner

Douglas
Marlboro
Milford - President Steve Doyle, Tournament Director Gene Papula
Sutton
Uxbridge
Northbridge
Upton

  Tournament Checklist for Districts AND States
High quality field conditions
  - 240' ft. for 12-U 50-70 tournaments
  - 200' min. fence for 11-U and 12-U 
  - 175' min. for 10-U and 9-U 
Minimum of 2 fields available---Do not need to be next to one another

Adequete facilities
   - restroom
   - concessions operation
   - Ability to control entrance to venue so $$ can be made by 
     hosting league on admission sales---This can be done by "Gate" or parking fees.

Other Tournament requirement Information 
   - Basic Tournament Book or brochure produced for fans (can be sold).
   - Adequete volunteer staff to help run tournament 
     (field groomers, concession and ticket staff, parking staff, 50-50 raffle
      sellers. Tee shirt sales, etc.)

   - Host team will supply umpires -- Ripken Organization will help in this part
     with organization, scheduling, etc.

   - Trophies and/or awards will be supplied by host.

--Things required at State Tournament but can be optional at District Tournamrent--
-Availability of nearby moderately priced hotel rooms.
  A host hotel--Preferably a Marriott affiliate--Not absolutely necessary, 
  but Marriott does provide $$ to local leagues for being used as "official" hotel.

- At State Tournaments, host league will cover cost of lodging (no food) for State
  Commissioner and an assitant if necessary---No more than 6 nights maximum in TOTAL.
  Often the host hotel will absorb this as part of the consideration for being named
  host hotel.

- Commemorative Tee shirt will be provided to each player on each team for state
  tournaments.

- An events competition for players at state tournament level. This is usually a
  part of opening ceremonies.

- A complimentary "meal" will be provided for each player and coach of teams at the
  state tournament level.

 
Tournament Fee Charges
  - No tournament fee will be charged for district tournaments to the State Org.
  - State Tournament Fees are as follows:
     9-U and 10-U   ---Host team will pay $500 to State Organization
     11-U and 12-U  ---Host team will pay $600 to State Organization 
     **Note** most likely 12-U 50-70 will be a lower fee in 2007, because of
              this is the first year for this part of the program

  - An entry fee of $ 125.00 will be charged to each participating team to help
    offset umpire costs ($ 1,000.00 not including “Host”)

  - A buyout/penalty of $ 200.00 will be charged to any team not participating in
    the “Event” portion of the tournament

Bracket Seeding

The State Host District will be seeded according to local District finish. If the host chooses not to participate in the local District tournament, it will automatically be place in Game # 1

The other Game # 1 participant will be rotated on a yearly basis from each district.

Year 1              District # 1       2007
Year 2              District # 4       2008
Year 3              District # 3 / District # 2
Year 4              District # 3 / District # 2

Games # 2 – 5 will have a # 1 seed each with the opposing team not from the same District

Home team determined by coin flip on games # 1-15 and # 17
Game # 16 - Home team is winner of Game # 13 (Winners bracket)