Welcome back for another fun and exciting season of Coed Slo-Pitch in St. Thomas! With another year brings more of the same great on-field action, but also a number of changes and updates that you need to be aware of. We will do our best to keep you informed.
To keep updated throughout the season please make sure you join our Facebook Group.
At the most recent League meeting, the Executives and Team Reps went over a number of changes that can be seen here.
Team Numbers
Unfortunately, we lost 6 teams from last year’s total of 40. In 2019, we have 14 new teams joining the league to push our total to 48. The most we have had in a number of years.
New Teams
We would like to welcome the following new and/or returning teams to the League:
JP Roofing (D1)
Dirt & Diamonds (D1)
Where My Pitches At? (D2)
Jayhawks (D3 East)
Scared Hitless (D3 East)
Bucks & Broads (D3 East)
A Team Has No Name (D3 West)
Smitty’s Backyard Burgers (D3 West)
Smokn’ Bases (D4 East)
Hit Squad (D4 West)
B.P Ballers (D4 West)
Caught Looking (D5)
Blade Runners (D5)
Welcome back to the returning teams that have changed their name for the upcoming season:
Win or Booze (D1), formerly Stix & Chix
Smash N Dash (D3 West), formerly Presstran Hooligans
Bat Intentions (D4 East), formerly Balls Deep
Glo-Balls (D5), formerly Railway City Vapes
We would also like to say thank you and goodbye to the teams that have moved on from last year:
Yard Goats (D1)
4Play (D1)
Century 21 (D2)
Beards N Babes (D3)
CW Auto Spa (D3)
Balls R Us (D3)
Division Format
The format for Divisions 1, 2, & 5 will remain the same as last year.
8 Teams per Division
14 games played
2 games versus each team, 1 Home & 1 Away
The layout for Divisions 3 and 4 have changed.
12 Teams per Division
Divided into 2 groups of 6- East & West
14 games Played
7 Home & 7 Away
2 games versus each team in your group, 1 Home & 1 Away
4 games versus 4 different teams from the opposite group, 2 Home & 2 Away
Game Times & Locations
The majority of our games played at the complex will start 4, 5:30, and 7pm, an hour earlier than last year.
We will also play more games at Gorman Rupp and Burwell Diamonds this season, starting earlier in the day.
Tournament Format
Some teams will play a tournament game on Friday night.
The format for Divisions 1, 2, & 5 will remain the same as last year.
8 teams divided into 2 groups of 4 based on the standings
Group A: 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th
Group B: 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th
3 Round Robin Games
Sunday Playoffs Crossover games
A1 vs B4, B1 vs A4…
3 Rounds
Single Elimination
No Consolation Game
The layout for Divisions 3 and 4 have changed.
12 teams divided into 3 groups of 4 based on the standings
Group A: 1E, 3W, 5E, 6W
Group B: 1W, 3E, 5W, 6E
Group C: 2E, 2W, 4W, 4E
3 Round Robin Games
Sunday Playoffs
First place in each group gets a bye to the Quarter-Finals
Top-ranked team of remaining 9 teams gets a bye to the Quarter-Finals
Remaining 8-teams are ranked/ paired 1-8 based on Round Robin games
Winning 4 teams will advance to Quarter-Finals
Single Elimination
No Consolation Game
New & Update Rules
Please Check the Rules Page for updated 2019 rules
New rules include
Roster Substitution Rule
Team Forfeit Rules & Penalties
Reminder, all children on the bench or on the field as a Bat Boy/Girl need to wear a helmet.
Leave a Comment