2017 ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
INTRODUCTIONS
Kris Berry, Director
 Brad Hinton, Softball Supervisor
 Softball Advisory Board
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DEADLINES
Priority Deadline - March 17, 2017
 Final Deadline – March 31, 2017
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Priority deadline is for 2016 summer teams - must register prior to
priority deadline for guaranteed placement.
New team registration or registrations received after the priority
deadline - first come first-serve.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
www.greenvillemi.org/garcc
 Team registration opens: 2/22/17
 Player Registration opens: 4/3/17
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2017 DIVISIONS
Monday – Co-Ed Upper League
 Tuesday – Men’s Lower League
 Wednesday – Co –Ed Lower League
 Thursday – Men’s Lower League
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2016 TEAM QUALIFICATIONS
 Refer
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to Team Qualifications List
Determined based on league and
tournament results and made at the
discretion of the GREC staff and Softball
Board.
 Must
have 5 or more players from the last
years teams to qualify as a priority team.
 If 2016 team splits into two teams, the
team with the most returning players
qualify.
LEAGUE ROSTER AND PLAYER FEES
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Team & Player Registration: Managers must
submit their Team Registration, Sponsor Fee and a
Roster (minimum 9 players required) prior to the
deadline. The team roster must be submitted on the
Summer Softball League Roster Form to the
Recreation Office prior to the deadline. The team
registration and sponsor fee may be submitted online
or at the Recreation Office. Once the teams have been
reviewed and approved by the Softball Advisory
Board, individual player registration will open on
April 3, 2017. Thereafter, individual players may
register online or at the Recreation Office and pay the
corresponding player fee any time prior to play.
Team manager fee is waived.
ADDITIONAL ROSTER INFORMATION
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Late Player Registration: Additional players may be added
to a roster any time prior to tournament play under the
following conditions.
1) The players must meet the eligibility requirements for the
league.
 2) The player must register at the Greenville Recreation Office
or online paying the corresponding player fee and signing the
liability waiver prior to play.
 3) Late registered players are eligible to compete immediately
following registration however, the player will remain a
Probationary Player pending eligibility approval by the Softball
Advisory Board. It can take up to 7 days for review by the
Advisory Board. The Greenville Recreation Department will
notify the player and the team manager if any player fails to
meet the eligibility requirements for the league. Refunds will not
be issued if a player fails to meet the eligibility requirements
after they have played in a game.
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ROSTER INFORMATION CONTINUED
 Players
are NOT permitted to add to a roster
after league play has concluded, no exceptions
 Random
roster checks will be conducted.
Failure to comply to the rule will result in
forfeit.
UPPER PLAYERS ON LOWER TEAMS
 Men’s
League: No more than 3 players from
an upper MEN’S LEAGUE may participate
on a single Men’s lower team.
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Comment: Participation in the upper Co-Ed
division does not impact the Men’s League
eligibility.
Rule applies to league participation in 2016
Summer & 2016 Fall Men’s Leagues only.
UPPER PLAYERS ON LOWER TEAMS
o
Co-Ed League: No more than 4 players from
an upper MEN’S and/or upper CO-ED League
Team may compete on a single lower team; of
those 4 players, no more than 2 may be men.
Exception: an all-women’s team in the Co-Ed
League may compete with more than 4 upper
players.
 Rule applies to league participation in 2016
Summer & Fall Leagues and the 2017
Summer Softball League.
BAT TESTING
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Mandatory Bat Testing - all bats must be
tested and approved prior to use in league
play.
 Hours of testing:
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Fields: First week of league play 30min prior
to first game to start of last game.
Office: Mon-Friday, 8:30-4:30pm
RULES - REVIEW AND CHANGES
 NO
ALCOHOL allowed in bench area or
on playing field!
 Encroachment Line Lower Co-ed Only
 Line up cards need to be turned in to the
umpire 5 minutes prior to the start of
your game.
 The clock will start at game time.
STARTING DATE
GAMES WILL LIKELY BEGIN THE WEEK OF MAY 8,
2017
Most league information is available on our
website www.greenvillemi.org/garcc
 Fields are available for practice to reserve a field
call the GREC office for a field voucher – (616)
754-8887
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SOCIAL MEDIA
 Facebook
@ Greenville Recreation
Department
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Text Messages
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Text the appropriate GPNR # below to 55678
Monday League - ‘GPNR07’
 Tuesday League - ‘GPNR08’
 Wednesday League - ‘GPNR09”
 Thursday League - ‘GPNR10’
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TOURNAMENTS
CANCELED! Pre-Season Softball Tournament Men’s Tournament - Saturday April 29, 2017
 Greenville Classic- Men’s - Saturday July 29,
2017 & Co-Ed Tournament - Sunday July 30,
2017 - Fund Raiser Tournament
 Danish Festival Softball Tournament – August
18, 19, 20, 2017
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QUESTIONS?
IMPORTANT DATES:
Priority Deadline - Friday March 17, 2017
 Final Deadline - Friday March 31, 2017
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Don’t miss it!