Sportsmanship Cup 2009
THE 13th ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS SPORTSMANSHIP CUP 2009
AYSO INVITATIONAL
INVITATION AND INFORMATION
organized by Region 76 (Beverly Hills) with the participation of Region 78 (Hollywood-Wilshire)
The 13th Annual Sportsmanship Cup was held on Saturday and Sunday, December 19 and 20, 2009.
(December 21 9:20 am) It was a great weekend and here is a picture of one our two GU10 winners - the Pali Strikers! The Cup was marked with consistently high scores and lovely soccer-playing weather. Thanks to all who came.
| B14-34-6 Redondo
Beach - Christian Howard B14-39-5 Ventura - Joseph Jack |
G14-76-40: Beverly Hills - Shirley
Watkins G14-68-2: Camarillo German Hernandez |
| BU12 78-19
Hollywood-Wilshire - Paul Rider BU12 34-3 Redondo Beach - Mike Riley |
G12-78-26:
Hollywood-Wilshire - Moira Rodriguez-Davey G12-76-29: Ji Lee |
| B10-638-2:
Quartz Hill - Sherry Bruning B12-12-3: Torrance - Michael Wolff (a repeat winner from last year - congratulations!) |
G10-69-8:
Pacific Palisades - Elliot Blut G10-76-28: Beverly Hills - Jeff Gross (who was also assistant coach on one of the GU12 winners!) |
Our mailing address, email addresses and fax numbers:
PO Box 1761 Beverly Hills, CA 90213. Contact webmaster@ayso76.org
if you need an address for Fedex or messenger delivery. If you need to fax your roster, send it to 310-388-5537;
better yet, scan and email it to cup@ayso76.org.
Sponsor inquiries to
All others:
Coaches: Please log in here once you have signed up to manage your team. [BH Teams Only - log in here too to sign up your referees. Otherwise BH coaches and team administrators log in to www.ayso76.net for all other team management functions.]
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 are all eligible. So join us. Information on how to register on-line is at the end of the invitation.
WHEN
Saturday and Sunday December 19 and 20, 2009
WHERE
La Cienega Park,Roxbury Park, Horace Mann School, Hawthorne School, El Rodeo School and Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills,Community Magnet School in Bel Air and Fairfax High School in Hollywood. 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 2009-2010 AYSO player. Date for defining player age will be July 31, 2009. 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 will be as follows: U10 - $350; U12 - $400; U14 - $425. Referee deposit for all divisions - $200. Send one check for $550 (U10), $600 (U12) and $625( U14) made payable to:"AYSO Region 76 Tournament". Region checks required (personal checks not accepted. This covers:
- TOURNAMENT FEE of $ 425 (U14), $400 (U12) $ 350 (U10)
- REFEREE DEPOSIT $ 200
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 by a team 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 in your registration submission 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. A task force has been appointed to study these issues. It has taken a very long time and the task force has not yet reported out its recommendations.
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 11, 2009, as that is the day we will begin scheduling and a team not fully paid up by then will not be scheduled. 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. Since we require you to 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 11, 2009, 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 inner city AYSO programs.
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 to three weeks after end of tournament if the referee team officiates three (3) games. Partial refunds discretionary. Please be patient as it can be difficult to get all this done over the Christmas break.
ROSTERS
No fee for dropping a player from your roster or changing your roster. Rosters must be submitted by December 11. You may make changes after that date but only if the revised roster is submitted with a Regional Commissioner signature.
AWARDS
All the players will receive a ournament pin and all coaches will receive a T-shirt. This is a 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 (2009)
SCHEDULE
The tournament will begin at 8 am on Saturday, December 19. Games may start as late as 5:00 pm. Final schedules will be posted here - they will not be mailed.
HOW TO REGISTER
Online registration is now available. Registration will be online only, although you will have to mail us a regional check.
TOURNAMENT RULES
Full tournament rules from 2009 are available by clicking here.
For more information contact Bill at 310-859-9663 ext 4 or, for much faster response, send an e-mail to
WE'RE HAVING A BALL!