6th Annual Pitch for
the Cure
Fastpitch Tournament
8UMP & 10U-18U
DOUBLE POINTS NIT
(with a new higher point scale!)
PLUS
CRYSTL BUSTOS WILL BE HERE TO
LEAD CLINICS
Pitch for the Cure is a girls' fastpitch softball
tournament that raises funds for Chicks Charities but also has
additional global ambitions attached to it. We connect regional
youth to fight against breast cancer and empower girls to be active for
change in their communities.
The 6th Annual Pitch for the Cure is presented by
Northwest Arkansas Fastpitch Softball Association dba Springdale Chicks
in special partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure Ozark Affiliate.
Since creating and presenting the first Pitch for the
Cure in 2006 we've raised $100000 for Susan. G. Komen for the Cure.
Our event donates 20% of all profits plus some of our weekend activities
bring in fundraising dollars that are donated 100% to Komen.
In 2010 we hosted more than 160 teams. For 2011
we've added clinics with 3-time Olympian medalist Crystl Bustos & her
Got Bustos? team. Bring your players to the largest fastpitch
charity event in the region. It's great competition and an event
they won't forget!
Our
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
deadline:
Registrations
postmarked by April 1 2010 save $25.00 off the regular $245.00 fee!
Plus these early teams are registered in a bonus drawing.
All tournament games and activities
will take place in NW Arkansas. We use the J. B. Hunt Softball
Complex and Tyson Sports Complex in Springdale Gary Hampton and Lake
Fayetteville parks in Fayetteville plus Doc Wheeler Park in Rogers.
(Additional fields may be used in 2011.)
This is a
DOUBLE POINTS NIT
USSSA weekend!
Pitch for the Cure provides all
game balls and
scorekeeping.
At team check-in players receive a
player gift bag with great giveaway
products from our sponsors and supporters.
Non-player (& non-coach) attendees
will pay a gate entrance fee each day. (Teams do not pay a team
"gate fee".)
Each team receives up to 3 coach
passes to wear for the weekend.
First place teams in each fastpitch
bracket will receive softball helmets with face guards for the entire
team!
Individual awards are presented for
1st-4th place teams.
Full paid entry
will be made to the 2011 USSSA World Series
for the 1st place teams in each age bracket if they choose to compete &
qualify.
Half paid entry
will be made to the 2011 USSSA World Series
for the 2nd place teams in each age bracket if they choose to compete &
qualify.
Teams can pre-order event shirts to
guarantee sizes and colors.
Additional contests take place where
the players can participate either individually in small groups or with
their team.
PLUS...you earn more points this year!!
Not only did Pitch for the
Cure return to being a USSSA NIT event but check this out....
USSSA has revamped their point
chart. See our site for a comparison of the
old chart and the
new chart. Qualifiers & State Level II stay the same but
look at that NIT
column!! It's BUMPED up a notch or two right?!
There is also a new level of
points awarded at 25-32nd places for NITs. For an event the
size of PFTC that's a benefit for a good number of teams.
Now for the best part: You
can take those points and
DOUBLE THEM!! Pitch 2011 is a DOUBLE POINTS event so all
of those points in the NIT column will automatically be doubled!!
Yes first place is worth 450 points!!!
What you may not have
noticed about playing in an NIT...
USSSA NITs not only award higher points at the top of the scale but
they also award points deeper into the scale. Qualifiers stop at
10 points for 12th place. NITs stop at 20 points for 32nd place.
(Before double points of course.)
