Key Information
Date: Saturday 17 June 2023
Time: 12pm – 6pm
Team Entries Open: Thursday 18 May 2023
Team Entries Close: Thursday 8 June 2023 (Competitors are required to join their squads on BUCS Play by Thursday 15 June 2023)
Cost: £75 LUSL Institutions
Cost: £90 Guest (BUCS Institutions not affiliated to LUSL)
Location: The Hub, Regent's Park, London NW1 4NU
What is social softball ?
Our LUSL Social Softball Tournament is for anyone wanting to get involved in a social team sport, even if they are new to Softball!
Teams are not eligible to field students who have been involved in the BUCS Softball National Championships at Farnham Park on 18-19 March 2023.
Competition Requirements
We are proud to adopt the BaseballSoftballUK Inclusive Softball Rules. For full details on this please read the guidance here.
TEAMS: Teams should field 10 players with a maximum of five of one gender. If teams lack five female players, a run penalty applies of plus one run per inning per female to the opposition. Teams of more than six male players are not allowed. The extra male player will have to field at right field and bat at the bottom of the order.
Rules and Regulations
We will be following the BUCS Softball Rules & Regulations, and wish to highlight the following:
CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY: All players must be able to produce a valid student ID for their institution. Players should be prepared to show ID at the request of umpires and event organisers to prove eligibility. Teams found fielding ineligible players will be disqualified.
SCOREKEEPING: All teams are responsible for their own scorekeeping and should agree with each other after each completed inning.
WEATHER: If bad weather affects the tournament, the organisers reserve the right to reformat.
PLAYERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Any player who, in the Tournament Control’s judgement, is incapable of playing safely due to the consumption of alcohol or drugs will be first warned, and then ejected. Any player ejected from a game shall be banned from subsequent games.
PRESENTATION: The presentation will take place on the field upon the conclusion of the tournament.
We will be using training balls so helmets will not be nessary for the event.
Entry Process
Entries can only be submitted on BUCS Play, our online entry system. Please speak to your Institution Administrator (IA) as they will need to enter your team on this system, and it is their responsibility to manage the whole entry process. After the team has been entered on BUCS Play, competitors then need to join the correct team on BUCS Play.
To apply for this competition:
- Entries will need to be submitted via the team entries section of our online entry system; BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here).
- Please speak to your IA as they will need to submit your entry.
- IA’s must select a Team Captain before entries close. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here).
- Competitors then need to apply for their respective team. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here).
- IA’s or Captains then need to add the competitors who have applied for the team into the squad. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here).
Please note that the relevant community on BUCS Play is ‘LUSL Social Softball’. All competitors looking to compete in this event, will need to join the LUSL Softball community.
Guest entries (non-LUSL institutions) please contact [email protected] directly as your entry process is slightly different.
Withdrawals
Withdrawals after the team entry window closed will still be charged the entry fee and will need to send an email to [email protected] notifying them of your withdrawal.
