All USSSA Tournaments run by the CT State Fastpitch Director David Rocha are held at the finest complex in CT for Fastpitch Softball - The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Club 560 Silver Lane in East Hartford CT directly in front of Rentschler Field. The centrally located complex just off I-84 on Silver Lane has 7 fenced” fields and the most incredible clean and spacious bathrooms. Plus Fastpitch Nation provides the most comprehensive on-site softball apparel merchandise and equipment store anywhere outside of a national softball tournament.

This event is cohosted by the Cheshire Wildcats. This event is one of the longest running travel softball tournaments in CT and we are very pleased that the Wildcats have chosen to move their tournament affiliation to USSSA and allow the professional staff of USSSA to run this event at the Pratt & Whitney Fields in East Hartford CT

- 7 Fenced Playing Fields at Pratt & Whitney (and as many as 12 fields with use of nearby auxiliary parks in East Hartford).

- Format is 3 pool games followed by single elimination.

- Championship team and individual trophies.

- Runner-up team and individual trophies.

- On-site Tournament Director.

- On-site Umpire-in-Chief

- The most professional and highly qualified umpires anywhere in the state.

- 2 umpires per game. ?3 umpires for all Finals.

- Courteous and available on-site staff. ?

- The best field complexes in CT.

- Professional food concessionaires.

- Extensive softball apparel and merchandise with a dynamic custom tournament shirt for each event with custom printing on site all provided by Fastpitch Nation.

- Minimally top 4 teams earn a berth to the 2016 USSSA World Series. More can earn berths depending on number of entries in the tournament.

-  If 3 teams or less enter in a C division they will be combined into the Open division.

- The P&W field complex can accommodate 32 teams for all age groups within the tournament and final numbers per age group will be determined on a first come first served basis. In some cases additional fields at an alternate near-by location may be used. The other local fields that will be used include McAuliffe Park and Goodwin School both minutes from Pratt in East Hartford. All efforts are made to allow any team that wants to play the opportunity to play.

 HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS

CT USSSA and the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB) have worked hard with our hotel partners to provide teams with a great inventory of team-friendly and quality hotel properties all at excellent prices. Most properties include FREE breakfast FREE parking and a pool.  Our hotel inventory has all the name brand hotels teams come to expect such as Hampton Inn Hilton Garden Inn Holiday Inn Best Western Comfort Inn and more.  Without this partnership with the hotels and your teams taking advantage of this process CT USSSA would not be able to provide as high a quality tournament and all the amenities that go with it. This tournament is not Stay to Play however we encourage all teams to book their hotels through the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau website they made especially for our tournaments. If there is a hotel you want to use that does not appear in our inventory just let us know and the CTCSB will contact them to try to have them added.

To Book your hotels go to this website set up  for the CT USSSA tournaments: https://ctmeetings-housing.org/venues/venue_events/13/

If you have questions about booking your room or anything related to hotels please contact:

Jessica Jones CMP
Director of Membership & Convention Services
Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau            
jessicaj@ctcsb.org                        
Office:  860-882-1110

CT USSSA Special Offer: PLAY 4 AND SAVE MORE!

Each team that signs up and pays by Check for 4 or more tournaments by March 1 2016 take $40 off each tournament’s fee. That’s a minimum of $160 in savings. THE MORE YOU PLAY THE MORE YOU SAVE! YOU MUST PAY BY CHECK FOR THIS SPECIAL OFFER AND ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE BY MARCH 1 2016 TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT. This offer is good only for the Spring and Summer 2016 outdoor tournaments listing CT State Fastpitch Director David Rocha as the Tournament Director. Events hosted by other organizations do not qualify.

 PAYMENT

- COST: $575 if you pay by check and $604 if you pay by Credit Card

- You will need to login using your 2016 USSSA User ID and Password in order to register.

- To pay with a Credit Card log in select the tournament and click on the “Enter Pay Now” NOTE: The fee is slightly higher for using a credit card due to a FEE charged by the USSSA National Office that processes the credit card payments.

- To pay by Check log in select the tournament and click on the “Enter Pay Director”. Make checks payable to “CT USSSA Tournaments” PO Box 1176 Simsbury CT 06070. Call 860-658-6329

- If you are taking advantage of the “Play 4 and Save More Discount” you must ONLY pay via check.

- To learn more about CT USSSA visit us at www.neusssafastpitch.com

- Teams MUST register their team with the USSSA at www.usssa.com.

- Make plans now to attend the USSSA World Series here in East Hartford CT  Ocean City MD or USSSA’s signature event at Disney World.

- For additional information contact at CT State Fastpitch Director David Rocha at david.rocha@usssa.com or call 860-658-6329.