NAFA NATIONALS

2023 NAFA Summer Nationals Tournament

Coaches:
Please check in at the entrance to collect your teams wristbands. Every team will receive 13 player wristbands and 3 coaches wristbands, and one for their score keeper, that MUST BE WORN ALL WEEKEND. These wristbands give you entry into any complex *only during the week your team is playing in NAFA Nationals*, access to entry expires the last Sunday game of that week.
Please place the wristband on the GLOVE hand and secure with just 1 finger gap between the band and the arm. Remind players NOT to remove these until after the end of their tournament week. No one will be allowed in the complex without a wristband: NO EXCEPTIONS.

2023 NAFA Summer Nationals Schedule:

First Week:
10B/14B start Thursday morning and end Sunday night
12A starts Friday morning and end Sunday night
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
See BELOW for Pin Trading & Contest Schedule & Details

Second Week:
12B/16B: Games start Thursday morning thru Sunday
14A/16A/18A/18B: Games start Friday morning thru Sunday
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
Same Friday schedule for Pin Trading & Contests

Third Week:
10C/12C/14C/15u/17u: Games start Thursday thru Sunday
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
Same Friday schedule for Pin Trading & Contests

FIND YOUR BRACKET USING THE LINK ON THE HOME PAGE.

Parking and warm-ups:
CRATER: park in the school parking lots NOT ON THE CURBS, or the Red Curb, or the grass, you will be ticketed and/or TOWED at your own expense.

JAQUITH: park in the parking lots; do NOT warm up next to the neighboring fences, or hit balls against the wood fences.

FACILITY RULES:
The facility rules do not allow metal or glass containers inside the facilities.
No animals are allowed, no RV parking in the parking lots.
No un-sportsmanlike behavior is tolerated.
No alcohol. No smoking inside the complexes & parks.
ALL turf fields: NO METAL CLEATS/NO Sunflower seeds
ABSOLUTELY NO BOOMBOXES/MUSIC OR NOISEMAKERS UNTIL AFTER 8:30AM.

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SPECTATOR GATE FEE

Spectator Admission Fee -
Single Day ticket:
Adult: $8.00
Youth (ages 11-17)/Senior (Age 60+): $5.00

-OR, SAVE -
$20.00 All Tournament Adult Pass (saves you $12.00 over four days, or $4.00 over three days)

$12.00 All Tournament Youth/Senior Pass (saves you $8.00 over four days, or $3.00 over three days).

All Children 10 & Under
Are FREE.

Abby's Pizza in Newberg - every player, coach in uniform will be given a free soda pop who eats there(about a $40-$80 value as they are normally $2 each)

*Everyone usually plays a minimum of 3 days, while a lot of teams play 4 days.
**Any adult trying to use a player pass will be ejected from the event. Anyone trying to copy passes will be ejected from all events. And any attempt to swap passes will cause ejection.

CASH ONLY
for Gate fee's, Concession and Souvenirs

Events at Nationals:

SKITS: Digital submissions only
Video skits under 60 seconds can be emailed to Elle Zober. You have until Wednesday night at midnight the week of your NAFA Nationals, to submit them, they don't have to be on a field - they will be judged. Send your skit in by video to Elle asap: ellezober@hotmail.com, or 503-929-4314.
Text Elle if you have any questions: 503-929-4314

PIN TRADING
Friday night, 6:00pm @Crater
Players free trade their team pins for 30 minutes inside the Crater complex near the souvenir stand teams also trade for charms, lanyards, bracelets and buttons: a Nationals Favorite!
Teams typically provide each player with 10-20 team pins to trade. Buy your NAFA Nationals lanyard Crater to place all the pins you collect.

PLAYER CONTESTS:
FRIDAY 6:30 - 8:30pm @ Crater

Only 3 players may participate in any contest
Each player can only participate in 2 contests

Home Run Contest - a coach needs to be present to pitch to their players
Home to Home Sprint
Team Relay
Lag Toss
MOM'S Relay Race
Long Throw

Fields for the
2023 NAFA Nationals:
Newberg
North Marion
Dayton

We recommend securing hotel accommodations in areas central to Newberg, Sherwood, Wilsonville or Tualatin.

Pick Up Players
for Summer Nationals

1) Make sure your pick-up players are approved; every team needs them at this time of the year.

2) 3 max per team and they must be added on Tourney Machine and must be pre-approved by email at youthfastpitch@gmail.com

3) No A or B rostered players in C, no A rostered players in B, see exceptions below.

4) Exceptions, for summer nationals an age eligible player that has been playing up all year may play in their proper class C, B, or A that they were in as long as it's the same class they dropped to. We do not want pitchers doing this unless it's an emergency. Obviously, we allow pitchers as pickups but discourage it and they must be pre-approved. Any other exceptions must be approved by email by the Executive Director.

The goal is to have your real team play but we understand that vacation and injuries cause everyone to be short, but don't load up to win and sit your regular players.

We disqualify kids every year so don’t let it be your kid this year.

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2023 NAFA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT RULES
For rainout info: Call 888-852-1115 at 10pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night, 6:30 am Saturday morning or 2 hours prior to your first game. For inclement weather, time limits may be shortened at the Director’s discretion.

2023 NAFA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT RULES
All games will be played using NAFA rulebook with the following exceptions:
1A) Game Run Rule: (12 run rule after 3 innings, 10 run after 4 innings, 7 RUN RULE after 5 or 6 innings for all games and all ages including the championship games.
1B) For the National Tournament there will be NO RUN RULE PER INNING.
1C) Flip-Flop rule. NO Flip-Flop will be used for National Tournament
2) There is a 80 minute time limit. No new inning can start after 80 minutes. TIED GAMES REMAIN TIED in POOL PLAY. Tie breaker rules – for pool play – 1) record, 2) head to head, 3) least runs allowed, 4) run differential. In BRACKET PLAY if tiebreaker is needed runners will be placed on both 2nd and 3rd bases.
There is no time limit on the championship game or “if” game. Exception: there is a 1:45 time limit on 10u championship games. There is NO Drop Dead.
3) Lag for home team. The team that has traveled furthest shall take the 3rd base dugout unless the team is staying for back to back games then they may stay.
4) Pitching rule. NAFA rule. 3 warm-up pitches are allowed prior to each inning or one minute, whichever comes first. The penalty for an illegal pitch is a ball on the batter and no forced advancement of baserunners. The coach has the option to take the result of the play or the penalty. Prior to starting the delivery the pivot foot must be in contact with the pitching plate and the non-pivot foot must be in contact with or behind the plate.
5) Courtesy Runners. The team at bat may use a courtesy runner for both the pitcher and/or the catcher anytime after they reach base, however the courtesy runner will be a player not in the game (if not batting the roster) or the player furthest away in the batting order (which is usually the last out but not always) if batting the roster or if all subs have been used up. The same runner may not be used for both positions.
6) Batting options:
     1) You may bat 9 and play 9.
     2) You may also bat your roster with free defensive substitutions.
   3) You may play 10 using a DP/FLEX using the NAFA rule.
7) Minimum Players to Start or finish. A team may start with 7 or 8 without taking outs. A team may continue a game with less players than it started for any reason, taking outs in the batting order each time they come up. Exception: if a team is batting all their players, regardless of the number, and a player is injured and in the umpire’s judgment that player is unable to continue, then no out is taken and that spot in the order is skipped for the remainder of the game. The player who has left the game cannot return to the lineup unless she left due to the blood rule. There is no minimum to finish a game.
8) Unannounced Substitute. There is no penalty for an unannounced legal substitute. Upon notification by either team, the umpire shall announce the legal substitute and make the appropriate lineup card changes. All play prior to the unannounced legal substitute being brought to the umpire’s attention shall stand.
9) Metals cleats are allowed for only 14U, 16U & 18U Divisions only on dirt fields
10) Artificial Turf Fields – No metal cleats, no sunflower seeds, no sugary drinks.
11) Tie breaker rules – for pool play – 1) record, 2) head to head, 3) least runs allowed, 4) run differential, 5)runs scored

10C can only pick up from 10C or an age eligible non-pitcher from 12C. Same rules for 12C and 14C.

10B can only pick up from 10C or 10B or an age eligible non-pitcher from 14C or 14B. Same rules for 12B and 14B.

12A can pick up from any 10 or 12u team of any class or from an age eligible kid from 14A. Same rules for 14A.

16B can only pick up from 16B or 16C teams or from any 14U team but we prefer not using 14A pitchers. They can also use an age eligible non-pitcher from 18B.

16A and 18U teams can use pick ups from any class team but all must be pre-approved and especially any pitchers. Use your own pitchers when possible.