Midcontinent Cup - Classic and Recreational Divisions

SDSSA will sponsor the following tournaments for the 2009 spring season:

1). State Cup - for club teams qualifying for the Region II Tournament - May 7-9. 2010 in Pierre SD.

The State Cup is the Tournament played to determine which club teams will advance to represent South Dakota at the Region II Tournament in Sioux Falls in June.

2). Midcontinent Cup – Recreational Division – for purely recreational U10 – U19 teams June 4-7, 2010 in Sioux Falls.

The Recreational tournament will add U-10 teams this year, playing in a Festival format with each participating team getting 4 games (2 per day), no winners or losers and all participants receiving participation awards. In the Recreational division for U12 to U19 teams – each team will get 4 games and there will be multiple bracket winners within each age bracket. There will be no “Open” division in the Recreational Tournament this year. Recreational teams may guest up to 6 players; providing they do not go over the allowable age group roster size. These guest players must be rostered to recreational only teams. No State Cup players may play as guests on any team playing in the Recreational Tournament. The Recreational Committee may consider exceptions to this on a team-by-team basis.

3). Midcontinent Cup – Classic Division - for competitive teams not participating in the State cup and any interested recreational teams - June 4-7, 2010 in Sioux Falls (running concurrently with the Recreational tournament). The design of the Classic Cup is to give competitive teams not participating in the State Cup and any interested recreational team the opportunity to play for a single division championship.

Any recreational team using any method of selecting players other than random order will not be allowed to play in the Recreational Tournament but will instead be entered in the Classic Cup. If a team requests to play in the Recreational Tournament, but numbers are not sufficient to support enough games for a team in that age/gender division, SDSSA reserves the right to move that team into the Classic Cup. Should that occur and the number of teams is sufficient to support it, the Competitive Committee at its sole discretion may allow that division to become a 2-tiered competitive tournament. Any team affected will be notified of this situation and will be allowed to cancel without penalty if desired.

Maximum of six guest players allowed on any Classic Cup team provided they do not go over the allowable age group roster size. No State Cup teams are allowed to play in the Classic Cup. No more than 3 players participating in the State Cup will be allowed to play on any one team playing in the Classic Cup as either regular rostered players or guest players. The Competitive Committee upon petition from affected teams may consider exceptions to these restrictions in rare circumstances.

4). The Midcontinent Cup Recreational and Classic divisions will be played on the following days in Sioux Falls:  (dates will be announced later)

U-10 Boys

U-10 Girls

U-12 Boys

U-12 Girls

U-14 Boys

U-14 Girls

U-16 Boys

U-16 Girls

U-19 Boys

U-19 Girls

If you are registering in the Classic Cup and are an odd U-age (U11, U13, etc.) club team you will be placed in the next higher even numbered division (U-11 to U12, U13 to U14, U15 to U16, U17 and U18 to U19)

5). Fees: Midcontinent Cup – Recreational and Classic Division: registration deadline is May 15^th.

U-10 $200.00

U-11/12 and above $300.00

6). Fine for early withdrawal: Leagues that drop teams from the State Recreational Tournament after the pairings have been completed, will be fined as follows:

$100 Penalty: when notice that an Entered Team plans to drop out of the tournament was given up to 15 days before the start of the tournament.

$200 Penalty: when notice that an Entered Team plans to drop out of the tournament was given on or after 14 days before the start of the tournament and up to twenty-four hours before the time was set for the start of the Entered Teams first scheduled tournament game.

$300 Penalty: when no notice was given of the Entered Team's intention to drop out of the tournament or to forfeit one of more tournament games, provided the penalty may be reduced for each tournament game the Entered Team played, as follows: $75 for the first tournament game and additional $75.00 for the second game, and additional $100 for the third tournament game played.

$300 Penalty: when (1) no notice was given of the Entered Team's intention to drop out of the tournament or to forfeit one of more tournament games, and (2) by tournament rule, the Entered Team was eliminated from the tournament for missing one or more scheduled games, and (3) the Entered Team did not play in any tournament game, even if at some point after being eliminated from the tournament, it wanted to.

$100 Penalty: for each tournament game an Entered Team forfeits provided (1) that notice was not given of the Entered Team's intention to forfeit one or more games and (2) the Entered Team did not forfeit any games except those for which notice was given, and (3) the Entered Team played at least one scheduled tournament game.

$50 Penalty: Irrespective of whether notice is given or not, for each tournament game an Entered Team forfeits when, solely as a result of tournament play, it becomes impossible for that team to play. Further, if a game is actually played and later declared forfeited by application of tournament rules, no penalty will be assessed under this rule.