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Tournament Type: College Showcase featuring 18 and Under teams by invitation only. Each team will be assigned to play in a bracket which consist of 6 teams. Each team will play 5 games playing each other once. The tournament will not allow college players. The tournament will be strictly a college recruiting tournament. Pitching distances will be 43 feet from all pitching rubbers.

Date: June 19, 20, 21, 2009

Where: Lower Makefield Township in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Entry Fee: $665.00 (make checks payable to Pennsbury Tournament)

Roster and Insurance: Proof of ASA Registration and copy of team insurance must be mailed by April 15, 2009 to Tournament Director. Failure to have both of these to the tournament director will result in your team being replaced without receiving a refund.

Uniforms: Compliance with ASA rules will be enforced.

Hotels and Directions: Refer to Tournament Website for softball discount.

Tournament Rules: Refer to Tournament Website for Tournament Rules.

Entry: Return Entry Form with a check in the amount of $665.00, performance review and this signed form to the address below. Entry Forms will be received from September 15, 2008, and no later than December 1, 2008.
Please mail to:

Les Venella
1449 Windrow Lane
Yardley, PA 19067

Please refer to this web site for timely information
NFCA Roster Booklet: We will prepare the roster booklets with a deadline of May 1, 2009. All teams will submit there forms from website by May 1, 2009. Please review the NFCA website for more information.

A Message from the Tournament Director:
Dear Coaches:
We are delighted to continue the tradition of Art Coleman in his memory with the Pennsbury Tournament. For each of the past twenty-eight years, participants have acclaimed our Annual Invitational Tournament for 18 and under girls fastpitch softball teams as one of the best of the year. Teams from 19 states and Canada have attended the tournament.

Based upon last year's attendance by 210 college coaches, we anticipate at least that many again. Since in the past we have received interest from more than 72 teams which we have been able to accommodate, we are no longer sending out invitations, but instead will select the 72 teams by the tournament committee based upon past performance in our tournament plus other invitational's and ASA tournaments plus references from our contacts throughout the country.

If you are planning to apply for entry into our 29th Annual Invitational, either print the Entry Form included on this website or complete the new On-Line Application, please answer and follow all instruction. Regardless, you need to send a copy of the form and the entry fee (check in the amount of $665.00 payable to Pennsbury Tournament). Also submit a summary of your team's recent performance.

Please send your entry on September 15, 2008, and no later than December 1, 2008. Selections will be made by December 15, 2008 and successful entries will be posted on this website on or about January 1, 2009. Checks for successful teams will be deposited about January 1, 2009 and all other checks will be destroyed. Once your check has been deposited, there will be no refunds.

The tournament will start as early as 7:30 A.M. on Friday June 18. If starting at that time will be a hardship, please explain with your registration and we will attempt to accommodate you. Please be aware that only a small number of teams (6) with such hardship will be accepted into the tournament. If you fail to identify your hardship with your entry and do so after the schedule is published, you may be cancelled out of the tournament and replaced with a team from our waiting list without receiving a refund.

Please Note:
As many of you are aware the tournament committee can control many aspects of this tournament, but weather is not one of them. You are applying to the tournament realizing that we reserve the right to alter this event in any manner we see fit to accomplish the mission of showcasing players. Please print this page, sign below and submit with your application.

 

Team Name: _________________________________________________ Date: __________________________

 

Representative: _______________________________________ Title:_________________________________

Les Venella
Tournament Director