SLO-PITCH
 
 

 

 


All competitors must be at least 55 years of age by December 31 of the year of the games.

 

AGE CATEGORIES  / EVENTS:  Open team competition (open to ladies and men)

 

 

AGE

 

EVENTS

 

NUMBER OF COMPETITORS

PER ASSOCIATION

55+

65+

Mixed Teams (4)

Open (4)

 

64

64**

 

**This category has been added in for the 2010 Games in Brockville. It will be determined at a later date as to whether this age category will be held at games beyond 2010.

 

TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER PROVINCE/TERRITORY = 128

 

Note 1: Each team must include a minimum of three (3) ladies with at least two ladies playing at all times on a 16 person team.

Note 2: If a team has a non-playing coach, this person is not included in the 16 man team roster.

Note 3: The Host Committee may include 55+, 65+, and 75+ Open age categories if sufficient interest is shown to warrant it.

 

* A combination of Softball Canada Rules and Senior Slo-Pitch Rules shall apply.

 

The following take precedence, if needed, over all others:

 

1.         Safe-t-base to be used at first.

 

2.         Runner commitment line to be in effect on third base line (designed to reduce collisions at home plate). At home plate, a small plate to be placed on run-by line. Player running home from third must touch the small plate to be called safe.

 

3.         A home plate made of rubber or some other suitable material, and measuring 2 feet by 3 feet, is to be used.

 

4.         A medical examination two months prior to the Games is strongly recommended.

 

5.         Metal cleats will not be allowed.

 

6.         Teams are not required to wear uniforms; however, all players must wear a number while playing.

 

7.         A game tied after seven innings will continue until a winner is declared, using the International Tie Breaker Rule.

 

8.         Miken Ultra 11 and titanium bats, so labeled will not be allowed.  The A.S.A list of illegal bats will apply.  Bats must be labeled 1.20 BPF.  Type of ball for Slo Pitch is the .44 cor.

 

9.         There is to be no tag by the catcher or other defensive player between the commitment line & the safe line or the small plate.

 

10.       If the runner touches the strike plate he is an automatic out.

 

11.       A safe base at first is mandatory. A runner must touch the outside of the safe base (orange) at first base. If there is no play at first, the first baseman is to give the runner the inner part of the safe base (white) regardless of whether the runner is proceeding to second base.

 

12.       If a runner steps off any base after the ball crosses the plate or hits the ground, and no contact of the bat with the pitched ball is made, the runner is NOT called out.

 

13.       The five run rule per inning is in effect, except for the last or extra innings, which are open innings.

 

14.       A legally delivered ball striking any part of the strike plate before it touches the ground is a strike – regardless of the direction the ball deflects.

 

15.       To be called a strike, the minimum height of a pitched ball shall be 6 ft. & the maximum height shall be 12 feet.

 

16.       The bases are to be 65 ft.

 

17.       Pitchers may pitch from 50 – 60 ft. from the point of the original home plate.

 

18.       There is no run-by at second and third base.

 

19.       A player on the line-up can be removed and inserted once during a game.

 

20.       A courtesy runner can be used once per inning and must be on the line-up sheet.

 

21.       Courtesy runners from home can be used if both managers agree.

 

22.       The 65+ and 70+ teams are allowed to field 11 players.

 

23.       All age categories may have one extra player on the batting line-up card and are allowed unlimited substitution with this player.

 

24.       For the mixed teams, when a male batter who is batting before a female, is walked, intentionally or other wise, he will be awarded first and second bases and the next batter, the female, must bat.

 

25.       There will be no sliding, however a player may slide or dive in returning to a base.

 

26.       Bunting is not allowed

 

27.       Carded umpires should be used.

 

 

                                                            PLAYOFFS

 

If time allows, the Page system will be used by the top four teams after the initial round robin. The top two teams will play against each in Series A, the winner of which will advance directly to the finals, the loser will play the winner of Series B. Series B will consist of the teams that ended up in 3rd and 4th place. If there is a tie for fourth place between two teams, the winner of those two teams during the round robin will be awarded 4th place. If there is a tie for 3rd or 4th place by more than two teams, then a +/- system of runs for and runs against between the teams involved in the tie during the round robin will be used to determine the final positions. If this fails to break the tie for 4th place, if time allows, the teams involved will play an additional tie-breaker. If time does not allow for additional games to be played, then a flip of the coin is to be used to determine the 4th spot.

 

If time does not allow for the Page system to be used for a playoff, medal winners will be determined by the results of the round robin and ties will be broken in the same manner as discussed above.