THE 11th ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS SPORTSMANSHIP CUP 2007

AYSO INVITATIONAL
INVITATION AND INFORMATION

organized by Region 76 (Beverly Hills) with the participation of Region 78 (Hollywood-Wilshire)

Congratulations to the medal winners and to all the teams who participated in such a friendly spirit.  Now go try behaving like this at home! We have also posted a link to some pictures taken by Michael Kahn. If you have other photographs you would like us to post or link to, send an email to .

This was the best year ever for Beverly Hills teams - there have been several years where we didn't win any awards!

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

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 15 and 16, 2007

WHERE

La Cienega Park, Roxbury Park, Horace Mann School, Hawthorne School, El Rodeo School and Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, CA, and Kenneth  Hahn Fields in Los Angeles, CA.

WHO

AYSO Boys and Girls Divisions U14, U12 and U10 teams (8 to 20 teams per division). 11-a-side in U14 and U12; 7-a-side in U10.

ELIGIBILITY

Any 2007-2008 AYSO player. Date for defining player age will be July 31, 2007. 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

Send one check for $540 (U12, U14) or $450 (U10) made payable to: "AYSO Region 76 Tournament". Region checks required (personal checks not accepted.  This covers:

• TOURNAMENT FEE $ 390 (U14, U12) $ 300 (U10)
• REFEREE DEPOSIT $ 150

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, when reconstituted next year, 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 is December 7.  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./strong>  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.

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