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A DIVISION OF USSSA BASEBALL     10 Year Old Global Sports World Series       July 21 - 25, 2010     Jackson, TN    PreOrder T Shirts and / or Tournament Passes Deadline to Preorder -- July 15, 2010  Team Credentials - Check In Times TBA - Check back often World Series Souvenir Program Team Info Form CLICK HERE to enter your teams information and picture for the World Series Program     During games, click on the Links to the right for Results   10 Year Old Division           Pool Play             Championship Round       WELCOME Congratulations on an outstanding season and welcome to the 2010 Global Sports World Series. Your tournament host will be The City of Jackson, TN and the West TN Healthcare Sportsplex.  It will be our goal to create an experience that the players, coaches and families will remember for the rest of their lives. The tournament will be played at the outstanding state of the art 17 field complex West TN Healthcare Sportsplex in Jackson, TN.  The tournament dates will be July 21 - 25, 2010. HOW TO QUALIFY Teams of ages 10U qualify to participate in a Global World Series by earning a berth in a Global World Series Qualifier. Team must be registered with USSSA and registered with Global Sports to participate in a Global Sports World Series Qualifier. Teams may register at www.usssa.com, Global Sports registration is $15 per year and can be completed at the same time as USSSA Baseball. Please check with your USSSA Baseball State Director for Global Qualifiers in your area.   HOW TO ENTER A GLOBAL SPORTS WORLD SERIES Teams earning a berth at a Global Sports Qualifier may participate in any states' Global World Series. Teams must enter the Global Sports World Series at www.usssa.com on a first come first served basis. Teams that qualify will not be assured a spot at a specific World Series location. Teams may enter multiple Global World Series. GLOBAL SPORTS WORLD SERIES RULES Global Sports World Series will be governed by the USSSA National Baseball Bylaws and Rules unless noted differently below. USSSA Rosters will be the official roster at the Global Sports World Series. Teams may add two (2) additional players to the official roster at team check-in. Write-In players shall not be entered in the USSSA online roster system but rather "hand written" on the printabler version of the teams' Official Online Roster form. Write-in players are permitted to be frozen to any other classification team and be eligible. Teams participating in the Elite World Series are NOT eligible for the Global Sports Baseball World Series. USSSA Baseball reserves the right to alter, change or abbreviate the tournament as necessary to complete the tournament due to weather. PRE-WORLD SERIES MEETINGS There will be a manager's / coaches meeting at a time TBA on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the West TN Healthcare Sportsplex, 250 BancorpSouth Pkwy. Jackson, TN 38305. Two representatives from each team will be permitted to attend this meeting. All teams will be required to have a representative in attendance. The official schedule for when teams play will be distributed at this time. Coaches Only. Team credential check in will commence after the Coaches meeting at the West TN Healthcare Sportsplex. Team Rosters and player birth certificates will be verified at this time. Players ARE required to be present and must be in full uniform (World Series team pictures will be taken at this time). Each team will be assigned a check in time. TEAM SOCIAL & OPENING CEREMONIES Opening Ceremonies: Pringles Park.    Details:  The Opening Ceremony includes an Evening Meal, Pin Trading, Team Introductions and Skills Competition at Pringles Park, the Class AA minor league baseball home of the Diamond Jaxx, a Seattle Mariners affiliate.  Teams will receive free tickets to the Diamond Jaxx game on July 22, 2010. When:   Wednesday, time TBA   SKILLS COMPETITION Events:  Home Run Derby, Around The Horn, Base Running, Players/Mom relay race The overall objective of the skills competition is to have every player on each team participate and enjoy the social interaction of the tremendous event. If at all possible players should not enter more than one event.   WORLD SERIES HEADQUARTERS Tournament Headquarters - West TN Healthcare Sportsplex will be open on Wednesday July 21, 2010 until the conclusion of the tournament. For more information prior to the start of the event call the Sportsplex @ (731) 425-8640 or email us at sportsplex@cityofjackson.com. Directions      IMPORTANT: For lodging information click here. ADMISSION during the World Series will be $8.00 per person per day or $25.00 for a tournament pass. For children (6-12) the charge will be $6.00 per day or $20.00 for a tournament pass. This charge includes everyone except players and team coaches. A maximun of 3 coaches passes will be issued. SOUVENIR WORLD SERIES T-SHIRTS / TOURNAMENT PASSES: Avoid the rush at the World Series for souvenir T-Shirts and Tournament Passes. You have the opportunity to preorder these items online. Click on the link at the top of this page to avoid waiting in line, your preordered items will be available and waiting on you at the opening ceremonies on Wednesday July 21, 2010. NOTE: Pin Trading has become a tradition at World Series events, players will have an opportunity to trade pins during the team social prior to the opening ceremonies. Team pins are not mandatory, but certainly adds to the fun of this special event. We encourage each team to bring some small item to trade. Other examples other than team pins include..........contacting your local Chamber of Commerce for State/City pins.........contacting any Professional Sports Team in your area for smal promotional items, etc. WORLD SERIES FORMAT Open to all Classifications Elite World Series qualified teams are NOT eligible to participate Ages 7-14 Limited to 24 teams per age group Pool Play followed by Championship Play Teams will play an average of 7 games Champions of the 3 divisions will be crowned Global Sports World Series Champions Teams earn World Series USSSA Points POOL PLAY All teams will play 4 games within pool play. After pool play is complete, teams will be seeded 1 - 24 and be placed into a Championship bracket. Seeding for Championship play is based upon USSSA pool play / tie breaker criteria. Initial pool seeding is based on: USSSA Classification USSSA Points Geographical Location The tournament director has the final decision on seeding teams into pool play.   CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY TENTATIVE EVENT ITINERARY July 21, 2010 TBA Managers Meeting - WTN Healthcare Sportsplex July 21, 2010 TBA Team Credentials Check In -WTN Healthcare Sportsplex July 21, 2010 TBA Player Social / Skills Competition - WTN Healthcare Sportsplex July 21, 2010 TBA Opening Ceremonies - Pringles Park July 22, 2010 8:00 a.m. World Series Pool Play Begins July 22, 2010 8:00 a.m. World Series Pool Play Continues July 22, 2010 10:00 a.m. Championship Play Begins July 22, 2010 10:00 a.m. Championship Play Continues

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