USSSA - Queens of Diamonds

All USSSA Tournaments run by the CT State Fastpitch Director David Rocha are held at the finest complex in CT for Fastpitch Softball - The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Club 560 Silver Lane in East Hartford CT directly in front of Rentschler Field. The centrally located complex just off I-84 on Silver Lane has 7 fenced fields and clean and spacious bathrooms. Plus Fastpitch Nation provides the most comprehensive on-site softball apparel merchandise and equipment store anywhere outside of a national softball tournament.

COST
$595 BY CHECK AND $625 BY CREDIT CARD. The USSSA National Office collects a 5% Processing fee for payments made with a Credit Card.

- To pay with a Credit Card log in select the tournament and click on the “Enter Pay Now”

- To pay by Check log in select the tournament and click on the “Enter Pay Later”

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS - ALL USSSA TOURNAMENTS IN CT ARE NOW "STAY TO PLAY"

All USSSA Tournaments in CT are now "Stay to Play" in Partnership with the CT Sports and Convention Bureau. All teams needing hotels must book their hotels through the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau website they made especially for our tournaments. The 2017 hotel inventory will be posted by Nov. 1 2016.

- We have partnered with the State of CT last season for hotel booking management and teams have loved it. More than 70% of teams used the system.

- We have agreed with our hotel partners to make ALL OF OUR TOURNAMENTS TO "STAY TO PLAY" as this allows them to block out sufficient rooms and guarantee the lowest rates.

- Our hotels are contractually obligated to give you the same great rates they offer direct or online.

- All teams needing hotels must book their hotels through the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau website they made especially for our tournaments. CT USSSA and the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB) have worked hard with our hotel partners to provide teams with a great inventory of team-friendly and quality hotel properties all at excellent prices. Most properties include FREE breakfast FREE parking and a pool. Our hotel inventory has all the name brand hotels teams come to expect such as Hampton Inn Hilton Garden Inn Holiday Inn Best Western Marriott Comfort Inn and more. There are no exceptions to this policy. Local teams are not obligated to use a hotel. But teams that are staying in hotels must use the USSSA system to book their room blocks. If a hotel you want to use is not on our list contact us and we will do our best to work with them to be added to our system. However if the hotel does not wish to participate you will need to pick a participating hotel. Without this partnership with the hotels and teams taking advantage of this process CT USSSA would not be able to provide as high a quality tournament and all the amenities that go with it without significant increases in tournament fees.

To Book your hotels go to this website set up for the CT USSSA tournaments:
https://ctmeetings-housing.org/venues/venue_events/13/

We have a dedicated resource at the state to answer questions about booking your room or anything related to hotels please contact:

Mary Baron
maryb@ctcsb.org
860-881-2717
Online Housing Coordinator
Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

- Format is 3 pool games followed by single elimination.

- 7 Fenced Fields

- Runner-up team and individual trophies.

- On-site Tournament Director Umpire-in-Chief and the most professional and highly qualified umpires anywhere in the state.
- 2 umpires per game. 3 umpires for all Finals.
- Courteous and available on-site staff and professional food concessionaires.
- Extensive softball apparel and merchandise with a dynamic custom tournament shirt for each event with custom printing on site all provided by Fastpitch Nation.
- Minimally top 4 teams earn a berth to the 2017 USSSA World Series. More can earn berths depending on number of entries in the tournament.
- The P&W field complex can accommodate 32 teams for all age groups within the tournament and final numbers per age group will be determined on a first come first served basis. In some cases additional fields at an alternate near-by location may be used. The other local fields that will be used include McAuliffe Park and Goodwin School both minutes from Pratt in East Hartford. All efforts are made to allow any team that wants to play the opportunity to play.
- You will need to login using your 2017 USSSA User ID and Password in order to register.

- If you are taking advantage of the “Play 4 and Save More Discount” you must ONLY pay via check.

- To learn more about CT USSSA visit us at www.neusssafastpitch.com

- Teams MUST register their team with the USSSA at www.usssa.com.

- For additional information contact at CT State Fastpitch Director David Rocha at david.rocha@usssa.com or call 860-658-6329.





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