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The Maryland STARS May Madness Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament, a PONY National Qualifier, is in its ninth consecutive year. This tournament is held May 17 and 18, 2008. Three facilities are used to host this tournament, all three are within 10 minutes of Westminster, MD.
The tournament features a 4 game guarantee and individual awards for 1st and 2nd place, fabulous playing fields and facilities and berths to the PONY National. Cost of the tournament is $415 and all teams must be PONY registered prior to the tournament. Age groups 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, & 16U are being hosted. A maximum of 44 teams will be accepted.
This tournament has had incredible success in participation. The tournament has sold out every year since its inception.
Not only have the number of teams been high, but the caliber of the teams
such as Fastrax, Haze Softball, Keystone Wildcats, and Penn Mar Pine Cyclones from Pennsylvania, Wagners, Maryland Magic, Frederick Heartbreakers, Riviera Beach Spirit and Maryland Legends from Maryland, Vienna Shamrocks, Vienna Stars from Virginia, Freehold Tornados from New Jersey, and Slik Chix from New York have provided the highest levels of competition for the teams attending the tournament.
The tournament is hosted by the Maryland STARS Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament Team Program in conjunction with the Carroll County Sports Complex.
The facilities, Mayeski Park/South Carroll High School (directions) (4 fields, 2 with lights), Century High School (directions) (1 field) and the Carroll County Sports Complex (directions) (5 fields, 3 with lights), are three of the best in Maryland and the surrounding region. The fields are well maintained before and during the tournament. The Mayeski Park and Carroll County Sports Complex have their own concession stand with varied menu items. The Carroll County Sports Complex has indoor restrooms. All sites are near restaurants, motels/hotels, and malls while still providing a relaxing country atmosphere.
All teams must be PONY registered and carry liability insurance of $1M. To register your team with PONY Softball, please go to the PONY Eastern Zone Web Site and following the instructions about registering and insuring your team. Be aware that PONY Registration may take a couple of weeks and no team will be allowed to play if they are not properly registered and insured prior to the tournament. Birth certificates and PONY Tournament Team patches (all players and coaches) are required for all teams.
All tournament information (rules, schedules, directions, motels/hotels, results, etc.) will be distributed/available at the Maryland STARS web site and/or emailed to each team. The STARS web site will also keep an up to date list of teams that have registered for the tournament.
Your team must have a point of contact who reads email daily and has access to the internet.
The refund policy for the tournament is as follows:
For teams that register and request to drop out of the tournament prior to 4/25/2008, a $50 service charge will be applied to cover the costs of processing. |
For teams that drop after 4/25/2008 and before the schedule is published, a $75 service charge will be assessed to cover the cost of processing. |
For teams that drop out of the tournament after the age group is full and no replacement team can be found or after the schedule has been published or within 2 weeks of the start of the tournament (whichever comes first), no refund will be returned. |
| When the tournament is affected by bad weather that prevents all games from being completed, the amount of the refund will be dependent upon the expenses incurred and the number of games teams were able to complete. Once 60% of the games are played there will be no refund. |
If you have questions about the Maryland STARS May Madness PONY National Qualifier tournament, please contact Glen Warholic at 410-552-1838 or via email at gawarho@marylandstars.org. |
