2024 State Softball Tournament Games Info Sheet

Saturday September 28, 2024

LAFA Fields at Campo Complex

17 Sargent Road

Londonderry NH

The 2024 State Softball Tournament will offer competition in:

• Individual Skills
• Unified Slow Pitch

The Unified Slow Pitch competition will consist of an onsite assessment round and divisioning followed by a medal round tournament. The Individual Skills competition will consist of performance measures in fielding, throwing, hitting, and base running. 

Please take a moment to review the rules of the sport and the order of events included below. Softball rules can be found here.

You will register for The State Softball Tournament in Agon using the registration timeline below.

IF YOU NEED HELP OR HAVE QUESTIONS

About registration, which includes compliance, the registration process through Agon including intent to participate, registration and scratch, please contact Bridget at BridgetC@sonh.org or by phone at (603) 969-9572.

About the season or event, which includes preseason and coaches calls, final information, and day-of questions, please contact Mary at MaryC@sonh.org or by phone at (603) 770-4055.

EVENT INFORMATION

TENTATIVE ORDER OF EVENTS

• 7:30AM                Local Program Check-in
• 8:00AM                Competition Begins
• NOON                  Lunch
• 4:00PM                 Competition Ends
• 5:00PM                 Event Ends

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Lunch will be provided.
• Divisions for the medal round may be altered following the assessment games.
• Training is an important part of athlete growth in both skill development and overall physical fitness.  Special Olympics New Hampshire expects teams to train twice a week for 10 weeks prior to the State Tournament, with one practice focusing on sport specific training and one practice focusing on fitness (cross training etc.) to allow for optimal performance and readiness at the State Tournament.
• If the event is cancelled, it will not be rescheduled.  LPC, Secondary LPC, and Head Coach for each team will be notified via phone by 6:00am on the day of the event.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

During the registration process, we will communicate with the primary LP contact, head coaches, Local Program Coordinator, Secondary Local Program Coordinator, and the Communications and Technology Manager.

INTENT TO PARTICIPATE (TELL US YOU’RE COMING)

By Wednesday January3

• Please enter the primary Local Program contact for the Tournament as well as the Head Coach (these may be the same or different people). 
• Give us an estimate of the number of athletes participating.  We are looking for a rough estimate for planning purposes only, this number can change as you move through registration.

PRESEASON VIDEO CALL

Tuesday June 25 – 7:00pm

• We will discuss:
  • The season
  • Events that will take place
  • Rules
  • High-level overview of the events.

FIRST PRACTICE SHOULD BE HELD BY

Saturday July 20, 2024

Training is an important part of athlete growth in both skill development and overall physical fitness. Special Olympics New Hampshire expects teams to train twice a week for 10 weeks prior to the State Tournament.

COMPLIANCE (TELL US WHO IS COMING AND DEAL WITH PAPERWORK)

Now until Wednesday August 14

• No athletes, Unified Sports partners, head coaches, coaches or LPVs may be added to the Tournament after the compliance period ends.
• New athletes must be recorded in Agon.
• If you would like your registration from a prior year flipped into this year, please email Bridget.
• There must be a minimum of one volunteer registered for every four athletes.
• By the end of the compliance period, all athletes, Unified Sports partners, head coaches, coaches and LPVs must be compliant (showing as green in Agon). 
  • Requirements to be compliant can be found here:
    • Athlete
    • LPV / Unified Partner
    • Coach

REGISTRATION (ENTER EVENTS, QUALIFYING SCORES, LEVELS, TEAMS & MEALS)

Thursday August 15 to Wednesday August 28

• All athletes and Unified Sports partners must be registered for event specific information (event, level, qualifying score and team, if applicable).
• All athletes and Unified Sports partners must be registered for one event.
• Individual skills: enter qualifying score in the field provided.
• Unified Slow Pitch: enter jersey number in the field provided.
• Number of meals must be entered:
  • Local Programs will be assessed at a rate of $10 for each additional meal requested. Number of additional meals are calculated as outlined below:
    • (# of meals requested) -(# of athletes + # of LPVs) * (# of meals offered)

SCRATCH (UPDATE QUALIFYING SCORES, REMOVE PEOPLE)

Thursday August 29 to Wednesday September 11

• Local Programs will be assessed $40 for each athlete and volunteer registered at the end of the scratch period.

COACHES VIDEO CALL

Tuesday September 17 – 7:00pm

• We will discuss
  • Set-up for the day
  • Draft final schedule
  • Menu
  • Process for the day
  • Weather

FINAL INFORMATION

Thursday September 19

• Final order of events and any follow up information required after the coaches video call will be distributed.