Sportsmanship Cup 2008
THE 12th ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS SPORTSMANSHIP CUP 2008
AYSO INVITATIONAL
INVITATION AND INFORMATION
organized by Region 76 (Beverly Hills) with the participation of Region 78 (Hollywood-Wilshire)
The 12th Annual Sportsmanship Cup will be held on Saturday and Sunday, December 20 and 21, 2008. We have not yet been approved by AYSO National and expect to post application forms and other information in October.
Our mailing address, email addresses and fax numbers:
PO Box 1761 Beverly Hills, CA 90213
RC-signed rosters: fax: 310-581-3989; e-mail:
Referee info:
(best) or fax: 805-557-0489
Sponsor inquiries to
all others: (best) or
fax: 310-388-5537
The Sportsmanship Cup is sponsored by
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233 S Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310-247-1226 Phone 310-247-1399 Fax Fred or Bobby beverlyhills@colormemine.com |
INTRODUCTION
Come to a different kind of tournament - a tournament in which the prize is for good sportsmanship. Our tournament is timed to take place before the competitive tournament season has begun. You'll have the chance to have four close to full-length practice games, for fun, to experiment with line-ups, with no pressure to win every game and with every team having a chance to win regardless of goals scored or allowed. We do everything to provide balanced competition. We know everyone will play hard but we have done this since 1997 and the players loved playing (and the referees loved refereeing) without the pressure. All Star, tournament, regular season teams all eligible. So join us. Information on how to register on-line is at the end of the invitation.
WHEN
Saturday and Sunday December 20 and 21, 2008
WHERE
La Cienega Park, Roxbury Park, Horace Mann School, Hawthorne School, El Rodeo School and Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, CA. Other fields to be announced.
WHO
AYSO Boys and Girls Divisions U14, U12 and U10 teams (8 to 20 teams per division). 11-a-side in U14, 9-a-side in U12; 7-a-side in U10.
ELIGIBILITY
Any 2008-2009 AYSO player. Date for defining player age will be July 31, 2008. Regional Commissioners must certify rosters and ages of all participating players.
GAME FORMAT
Every team is guaranteed 4 games. Games will be slightly shorter than standard length.
FEES/USE OF PROCEEDS
Fees have not yet been decided.
Fees must accompany application (or be sent promptly following on-line registration). Your check will be cashed unless your team is immediately rejected for participation in the tournament. Uncashed checks will be returned to the address on the checks. If for any reason the tournament is canceled, a full refund will be made. No refund for cancellation unless replacement team found or election to withdraw notified not later than 30 days before tournament. See our detailed refund policy for details. If you pay by check, be sure to include a self-addressed envelope for where you want any referee deposit to be sent. Otherwise, we will mail to the address on the check.
Based on financial policies adopted by the AYSO National Board of Directors upon the advice of the National Tournament Commission, we are not permitted to accept payment by credit card for participation in the tournament. The Commission also declined our request that we be permitted to accept credit cards as security for payment by regional check, where payment might not otherwise reach us by our deadline. While we believe this policy should be changed, our region must and will comply with these policies. We are also pleased to report that the Commission has indicated that a task force is to be appointed to study these issues. It is our hope that they can be persuaded to change their view.
In the meantime, however, we must emphasize that no registration will be considered complete unless we have received payment by regional check. The deadline for receiving the check will be December 12, 2008. Contact us if you are having difficulty meeting this deadline but unless we are 100% certain that we will receive payment, your team will have to be waitlisted.
Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you register online, you will have a priority date based on your date of online registration provided that payment is received within 7 days or December 7, whichever comes first.
Proceeds will be used for Region 76 field improvements and to support All Star and Tournament teams, especially players needing help to participate in traveling teams. In addition, we use the proceeds to support an inner city AYSO region.
REFEREES
Each team participating in the tournament must provide at least one (1) team of three (3) qualified referees. The referee deposit will be completely refunded within two weeks of end of tournament if the referee team officiates three (3) games. Partial refunds discretionary.
ROSTERS
No fee for dropping a player from your roster or changing your roster. Rosters must be submitted by December 7. You may make cafter that date but only if the revised roster is submitted with a Regional Commissioner signature.
AWARDS
All the players will receive a tournament pin and all coaches will receive a T-shirt. This is a non-competitive Sportsmanship tournament. The team with the most sportsmanship points in each division will be awarded the "Sportsmanship Trophy". We may also award second place trophies in larger divisions. Come and play to have fun, tune up and show what good sportsmanship is all about.
Full referee guidelines are available here (2007)
SCHEDULE
The tournament will begin at 8 am on Saturday, December 20. Games may start as late as 5:30 pm. Final schedule will be posted here - they will not be mailed.
HOW TO REGISTER
Registration will be online only.
TOURNAMENT RULES
Full tournament rules from 2007 are available by clicking here.
INFORMATION
For more information contact Selo or Bill at 310-859-9663 ext 4 or, for much faster response, send an e-mail toWE'RE HAVING A BALL!