ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT
The Second Annual Home Stretch Softball Tournament is a charity softball tournament to benefit Caitie and Justin’s 2010 Boston Marathon Fundraising initiative to benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. All proceeds will go directly towards their combined fundraising total of almost $20,000 to benefit cancer research at DFCI. The tournament is at “The Home Stretch” for a few reasons — its location in Cleveland Circle is along the last and most difficult leg of the Boston Marathon route and the date of the tournament is two days before the race. The obvious softball metaphor also applies!
WHO
Players of all ability and ages are welcome to register with a team or as a free agent.
WHEN
8:30am-6:oopm on Saturday, April 17, 2010
WHERE
Cassidy Playground softball fields, Cleveland Circle, Brighton, MA
(To view a map, click here.)
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The tournament will be a bracket playoff set-up with single elimination. Each game will last 3 inning (about an hour), so teams don’t have to stay the whole day. (Although they are more than welcome to if they want!)
REGISTRATION
The first 16 teams to register and pay will be assured a spot. If your team registers but is unable to play because of number of teams, we will try to place you as free agents on other teams.
Team Fee:
Before 4/10: $200/team (maximum 10 people)
After 4/10: $250/team (maximum 10 people)
Free Agent Fee:
Before 4/10: $25/player
After 4/10: $35/player
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING
Seeing as how this is a baseball/softball themed tournament, we are holding an opportunity drawing for some TOTALLY SWEET PRIZES at the end of the tournament.
Such prizes include, but are not limited to, Red Sox tickets, signed baseballs, and other Fenway Park stuff. Check out the prizes page to see more. Extra opportunity drawing chances will be available before and during the tournament as well.
PARKING
There is limited parking — some free and some metered — in Cleveland Circle, very close to the field. Otherwise there is parking at the former seminary (BC’s Brighton Campus on Commonwealth Ave.) or there is free parking in the garages at BC with a shuttle that runs directly to Cleveland Circle.
