Halloween Classic 2014 Information


General Information
When:    October 25 - 26, 2014
Where:   Sterling, Virginia and other Loudoun County, Virginia complexes
Ages:      10U, 12U, 14U, and 16U
Format:   4 game guarantee, 3 pool play games into a single-elimination tournament
Registration Fee: $525.  

Registration

Click  here  or on the button to the right to register for the 2014 Halloween Classic.

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Registration Payment

Upon registration, please send your registration fee of $525, payable to Baseliners Softball, and mail to
Baseliners - Halloween Classic
P.O. Box 650655
Sterling, VA  20165

Rules

The rules, regulations, guidelines, and other such stuff for the Halloween Classic can be accessed here.
You will also be receiving this in an email from us.

Schedule and Announcements

The schedule and announcements will be available by clicking here.

Softball Decorating Contest

Besides some great softball, the annual softball decorating contest is a big part of our annual Halloween Classic Tournament.  We're excited to offer our contest again this year! 

For information on the 12th annual Halloween Classic Softball  Decorating Contest please go here.

Here are some entries from year's past!  Creative and fun - beware though, they might be too scary for ya! 

Tournament T-shirts

Yes, they are quite popular and this year will be no different.  There will be some available for sale at the tournament sites but sizes are no guaranteed so we suggest pre-orders.  T-shirt pre-order form will be coming soon and also sent out to the e-mail addresses of those registered!

Out of Town Visitors

We are pleased to offer great rates for our out-of-town guests via the Zenith Group,  our official housing provider. Teams staying overnight MUST use Zenith  for room bookings to get these great rates. We work with the hotels to  be certain they are "team friendly," offering things like free breakfast, laundry facilities and pull out sofa beds. Zenith can help you find a room with the amenities you need.
Please contact Ken Broadbent at 1-800-476-0542 or by e-mail at kbroadbent@thezenithgrp.com for more information.

Fields and Locations

Potomack Lakes Sportsplex, Sterling, VA  - Map
Claude Moore Park, Sterling, VA - Map
Bolen Park, Leesburg, VA - Map
Sully Elementary, Sterling, VA - Map

For more detailed information, please click here.

Refund Information

If you have to withdraw from the tournament
Things happen. Plans change. So refunds are based on how much scheduling and rescheduling is required to patch up the tournament if you withdraw. And if you have ever scheduled a tournament, you understand this completely.
So if you withdraw
- 21 days or more prior to the tournament - Full Refund
- less then 21 days but before the schedule is posted - $375 refund ($150 admin fee)
- after the schedule is posted - $200
- after the tournament begins - no refund (which shouldn't come as a suprise to anyone)

If the weather just doesn't want to cooperate
We are thinking positive for 2014.  


If for some reason we can't play at all again this year, we'll refund everything except for an administrative cost associated with the tournament. 

After that, it will depend on the number of games you play.
- none = $375 refund (this covers our sunk costs for posters, advertising, fees, postage, etc.)
- one = $250 refund
- two or more = no refund

Important things we learned from previous years
We realize a number of teams travel to get to our tournaments so safety getting to/from the field and on the field is our #1 priority.  We post updates and cancellations on the tournament website and send emails to the teams to keep them informed.

Hopefully we won't need to do that for the 2014 tournament but it is important that we 
- have current email contact information for your team so we can send schedule updates
- have current contact and address information for refund checks, shipping address for pre-ordered cool apparel

Please be sure to include your team name, age group, contact information, and address information (preferably not a P.O. Box since we can't ship stuff to a P.O. Box) with your registration payment.

Things To Do

Yes, there's a lot of fun to be had and softball to be played over the weekend. But there are usually fun attractions and holiday events in the local area so we'll add them here so if you get the chance between games, you can attend a haunted house, find your way through a corn maze, navigate through a shopping mall, or visit some of the historic landmarks in the area.