FLORIDA STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

                                           DOUBLES                  THURSDAY 8:30 AM  APRIL 19, 2012

                                                                    BRADENTON,  FLORIDA

  Look to the doubles entry form for entering qualifications and fees.

  Teams will be placed into classes according to their teams combined entering ringer percentages.  The pitching format will be cancellation scoring and 48 shoe games.  Classes with a ringer percentage spread greater than 20% will be handicapped at 80%.  No championship classes will be handicapped.  The team member with the highest ringer percentage will pitch against each other and so will the lowest ringer percentage members from each team.  The first player listed on the team will flip a shoe to determine which team starts the game.  All games will start with the first player listed on each team throwing the first shoes of each game. The scoring team, as in regular cancellation scoring, will pitch first from the opposite end.  The lowest ringer percentage players from each team will throw down and then back and then the highest percentage players will throw down and back and the game shall continue in this manner through 48 shoes.  This format means that on alternate pitches a team member will determine first pitch for his partner and then first pitch for themselves.  If the class is handicapped then the double alternate pitching format will be used.  The team winning the shoe toss will pitch down and back and then the second team will pitch down and back continuing in this way until 48 shoes have been pitched.

  In the event of a tied game the teams will pitch four additional shoes, two innings, each team member throwing two shoes.  In the event of a tied game after the two extra innings the game will continue with four more shoes, two shoes by the lowest percentage pitchers followed by two shoes from the highest percentage pitchers, etc, etc, until a winner has been determined.  Tied games in handicapped classes will remain as a tie and will not be pitched off.

  Their win/loss record will determine class winners.  Class winners and positions in class will be determined as per the FSHPA Inc. BY-LAWS.

  The Doubles Championship will be determined in the same way as the Mixed Doubles Championship (See Mixed Doubles Form and Info). 

In the event of rain the doubles will be cancelled.  No entry refunds after April 1, 2012 unless tournament is cancelled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           FLORIDA STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

                                                                             DOUBLES       

                                                        THURSDAY          APRIL 19 , 2011

                                                                        Bradenton, Florida

 

NAME: ___________________________________________  ENTRY FEE         $30.00

 

NAME: ___________________________________________  ENTRY FEE         $30.00

 

                                                                     TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED         $_____

CIRCLE CLASS ENTERED      MEN'S      WOMEN'S      SENIOR'S      JUNIOR'S

 

Junior pitchers requirement is one FSHPA Inc. sanctioned tournament.  Junior entry is free.

The FSHPA Inc. FLORIDA STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT is open to only those Florida resident members that have competed in at least 5 FSHPA Inc. sanctioned tournaments or a sanctioned league (400 shoes or more) and 4 FSHPA Inc. sanctioned tournaments between the dates of April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012 excluding the 2011 Florida State Closed Championship Tournament.  Entries must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2012.  Late entries will be accepted only with the approval of the FSHPA Inc. Executive Council.  Send entry form and entry fees to the FSHPA Inc. Sec/Tres (address listed below).

 

Marcela Santoyo     FSHPA Inc. Sec/Tres.                                    NO REFUNDS AFTER APRIL 1, 2012

10166 Pink Carnation Ct                                                                         UNLESS TOURNAMENT IS

Orlando, FL  32825                 Phone 407-399-4908                                      CANCELLED

 

                                                                See back of this entry form for pitching format and starting time