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After much thought and consideration, we have decided to leave the 14U age groups pitching distance in NC at 40ft.

 

Middle School will remain at 40ft in 2010 so we felt it would be best to stay there for 14U. After many emails and phone calls from coaches, the huge majority wanted 14U to remain at 40ft.

 

Our first thought was to offer both options, but that would be a points nightmare. We hope everyone will support our decision. We will look at this again at the end of the season and re-assess for 2011.

 

Thank You!

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Please visit our Facebook page-

 

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Please send a friend request. We also post tourney pictures and list

positive messages daily.

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We are excited to announce that we are working with

Worth Sports on a new Partnership for 2010.

More details to come.............

 

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International Baseball Association is rolling out in 2010.

IBA website is now active. Please visit this link for information.

 

www.playibabaseball.org

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IFA is now in South Carolina!

Please see the South Carolina Schedule page under the Tournament tab.  Please contact Larry Stewart or Schanon Smith for more info.

 

Larry Stewart

336-772-1758

larrys70@hotmail.com

 

Schanon Smith

864-981-1971

schanons@yahoo.com

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2010 World Series Info-

July 12-18 in the Myrtle Beach and Conway area.

5 Game Guarantee - $550 no gate

14U,16U,18U will play Mon-Wed July 12-14, Opening Ceremonies will be Sun July 11. Coaches check in will be 4-6 with events starting at 6:pm

8U,10U,12U Will play Thurs-Sat July 15-17, with Sun July 18th as makeup.

Coaches check in will be Wed July 14 from 4-6 with events starting at 6:pm

For those who can't attend the beach event, we will have a "Local World Series" in Burlington, NC at Springwood Park.

July 28-Aug 1st

5 Game Guarantee - $500 no gate
8U through High School Division

Opening ceremonies will be Wednesday July 28.This will be a fun day starting at 2:00 with wet slides and much more to come. Coaches check-in will be from 4-6 with ceremonies starting at 6:30. Play will start Thursday July 29th.

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Coaches-

Rule Book is now posted online. Please see "Rules" tab.

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If you would be interested in bringing IFA into your area, contact Larry Stewart for details.

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Why play IFA?

- IFA was created solely for girls Fastpitch and we reward the girls for their accomplishments more than any other organization. A few examples -

- Any girl that hits a home run will receive a commemorative mini bat and be recognized on our website.

- Any girl that pitches a no-hitter will receive the game ball and a free tournament shirt and be recognized on our website.

- Any girl that pitches a perfect game will receive a perfect game trophy and each player on her team will get a special medal to recognize a team effort. All will be recognized on our website.

- We also give game MVP medals- Each team will select and award a game MVP for your first 2 games of our tournament. Medals will be provided by IFA.

- After each Championship game- Each team will select and award a tournament MVP from the opposing team. Also our umpires will select and award a game ball to 1 player from each team.

Along with these special individual recognitions, IFA also stands out from others by giving additional rewards back to our teams-

- IFA Points Challenge – we have the largest points prize package of any organization in NC.

- IFA awards some of the best trophies around. Depending on the number of teams, we will give trophies or medals for up to 6 places.

- Upon check-in, each team will receive a case of bottled water

- Our Home run contest runs from March through August. The girl that hits the most home runs in each age group will receive a special prize. In 2009 we awarded a free Combat bat.

- Our “Race to Four” contest will award the first team in each age group to win 4 tournaments with a set of “Race to Four” hoodies, a pizza party and get to play in the Holiday tournament for free.

- For every 5 tournaments that you play in, IFA will give you the 6^th tournament for free

- IFA also has a few selected tournaments where the winning teams will get free tournaments in 2011. This is in addition to our regular trophy package.

- We also award the winners of our State Tournament with a free paid berth to our World Series.

A few other special offers-

- At selected tournaments, IFA will offer a combine that will allow 5 girls from each team to test their skills in pitching, running, and pop times. IFA will keep track of these stats and post on a special section of our website.

- IFA also remembers the siblings that are forced to come along.......at special tournaments, we will have bounce houses and /or water slides set up for the kids.

- At IFA, customer service is priority number 1. We are always looking for ways to improve your experience and are open to suggestions. We want each IFA tournament to be the most Coach, Player, and Parent friendly place to play.

Give us a try today – We don't think you will be disappointed!

 

 

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Please keep in mind regarding the Gift Cards -

They are non-transferable. If you purchased cards and you are unable to field a team, you can not simply give them to another team. They have been issued in the name of a specific team. If this happens, IFA will purchase them back from you at cost. (Since they were buy one get one free, $250 cards will be refunded $125 and $100 cards will be refunded $50).

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2010 Umpire Clinics-

 

Saturday January 23rd from 10am - 1pm (Lunch will be provided)

Monday February 8th from 6pm - 9pm (Dinner will be provided)

 

Both Clinics will be at the Pleasant Garden Community Center Building.

 

**You must attend at least one of these 2 clinics to umpire with IFA in 2010! If you are unable to attend on these dates, please contact Stuart Koontz to set up other options.

 

Please contact Stuart Koontz and let him know which date you will be attending and get more details.

 

Stuart Koontz

336-240-4975

ifauic@lexcominc.net

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We would like to welcome Stuart Koontz as our new UIC for 2010. He comes to us with Many years experience as a Coach, Umpire, Tournament Director, and UIC.

 

Umpires - Watch for updates about our Winter Umpire Clinics. We will have dates posted soon.

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During School Months - We will not play an "IF" game after the Championship. We will have a shootout if needed.

 

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