Qualifier

Portland, TX

Hilario Salas

NCS South Texas Regionals

Feb 5-6, 2022



All Teams Must Register with NCS | 2022 season
All Teams Must Have Team Insurance
All Teams Must Have Updated Online Player Rosters


ENTRY FEE: 
6U-14U: $195.00 ( PAP) 

AWARDS:
NCS Championship Rings For 1st Place
NCS Finalist Rings For 2nd Place
Coaches Team Banners For 1st & 2nd Place

MVP Awards for 1st & 2nd Place Teams
Player Of The Game Awards (Every Game)
Game Balls Provided

TOURNAMENT FORMAT:
3 Game Guarantee
Saturday: Pool Games
Sunday:  Bracket Games
Gold & Silver Sunday Brackets
All teams must be ready and available to begin pool play Saturday at 8:00 am unless otherwise requested.


GAME TIMES & PAP:
(2 Man Crew):
5u-6u:(1:00 or 6 inn) PAP $25
7u-8u:(1:15 or 6 inn) PAP $30
9u-12u:(1:30 or 6 inn) PAP $40
13u-14u:(1:45 or 7 inn) PAP $50
16u-18u:(2:00 or 7 inns) PAP $60

(1 Man Crew):
5u-6u:(1:00 or 6 inn) PAP $15
7u-8u:(1:15 or 6 inn) PAP $20
9u-12u:(1:30 or 6 inn) PAP $25
13u-14u:(1:45 or 7 inn) PAP $35
16u-18u:(2:00 or 7 inns) PAP $40

No new inning after time limit has expired.
Game Clock starts at the conclusion of the plate meeting. No Drop Dead Time.
Teams should be ready to play 15 minutes prior to game time.


PLAYER ROSTERS AND PARENT'S WAIVERS:
You will need the following Player's Information:
1. Player's Full Name
2. Player's Date of Birth
3. Parent's Full Name
4. Parent's Email Address

Online Rosters are available until 12 midnight the night before the tournament. Please submit your online rosters as soon as possible. We are doing away with paper rosters and will not be available anymore.  Please help us with this matter.  Players that are not approved online or paper are not eligible to play!

All coaches are responsible to fill out an online roster with all the player’s information and approved online by the player's parent prior to the start of the first game.
Online rosters are frozen the night before tournament at 12 midnight.
Paper Rosters will no longer be available.
Players that are not on an online are not eligible to play!

Please don’t forget to fill out your Player Roster online.
In not doing so, could result in having illegal or ineligible players and/or forfeit of games.

PLAYER AGE ELIGIBILITY:
All Baseball Tournaments age divisions up to 18U will use the May 1 age cutoff date. To determine your team's age, determine your oldest player's age as of April 30th. Player participating in a given division cannot turn the next age before May 1st of the current season. Example: Player in 10U division cannot turn 11 before May 1st of the current season or he is too old for that division and must play in the 11U division. Players may play up (no more than two age divisions) but not down in age.
All Coaches must have proof of players age with them at all times incase of a protest.


TEAM INSURANCE:
All Teams Must Have Team Insurance and submit a Certificate of Liability Insurance where

National Championship Sports LLC
2011 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 120
Arlington, TX 76006

is named as an additional insured OR Pay an additional $30 per tournament for insurance.

If you have an existing team insurance policy, please have your insurance carrier add the following as an additional insured and send us a copy to ncs.southtexas@gmail.com, or text to (956)504-2500.

National Championship Sports LLC
2011 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 120
Arlington, TX 76006

If you don't have insurance and need to purchase, you may do so at the one of the following web-links:


National Championship Sports Insurance:
https://playncs.com/baseball/baseball-insurance

American Specialty Insurance:
Chappell Insurance Agency:

SCHEDULE REQUEST:
All teams must be ready and available to begin pool play Saturday at 8:00 am unless otherwise requested.  Please submit all schedule request using the schedule request tab on the event menu. We will take schedule request until the Tuesday evening prior to the event. You can block out a 4 hour block on Friday or Saturday that you cannot play only! Schedule request that are more restrictive than a 4 hour "no play" block will be difficult to accommodate but we will do our best!.

Example of a schedule request we will accept: We cannot play between 8am and 12pm on Saturday.

Example of a schedule request that we will have trouble accommodating: We cannot play before 4pm.
Teams must be prepared to play from Friday evening until Sunday evening.

REMEMBER: this is just a request not a guarantee but we will do our best to accommodate you.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:
We trying to minimize the use of cash.
Please send Team Entry Fee to one of the following Payment Options:

CASH APP:  $NCSSouthTexas
https://cash.app/$NCSSouthTexas

VENMO:  @NCSSouthTexas
https://venmo.com/u/NCSSouthTexas
(Please add the following to notes: Entry Fee, Team name, Division, Tournament date)  


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

When do I pay the tournament entry fee?
All NCS Baseball tournaments are first pay/first play. Your entry into an event is not complete until you have paid the team entry fee. The division may sell out prior to the payment deadline. The number of available spots in a division may fluctuate depending on the needs of all divisions that share the same field size. 

PAYMENT OPTIONS:
We trying to minimize the use of cash.
Please send Team Entry Fee to one of the following Payment Options:

CASH APP:  $NCSSouthTexas
https://cash.app/$NCSSouthTexas

VENMO:  @NCSSouthTexas
https://venmo.com/u/NCSSouthTexas
(Please add the following to notes: Entry Fee, Team name, Division, Tournament date)

Do we supply our own baseballs?
NCS provides baseballs to umpires for every game

How do i submit a schedule request?
Please submit all schedule request using the schedule request tab on the event menu. We will take schedule request until the Tuesday evening prior to the event. You can block out a 4 hour block on Friday or Saturday that you cannot play only! Schedule request that are more restrictive than a 4 hour "no play" block will be difficult to accommodate but we will do our best!.

Example of a schedule request we will accept: We cannot play between 10am and 2pm on Saturday.
Example of a schedule request that we will have trouble accommodating: We cannot play before 4pm.
Teams must be prepared to play from Friday evening until Sunday evening, we will do our best to accommodate request.

Can we bring outside food and coolers?
No, participants and fans are NOT allowed to bring outside food, drinks and/or coolers.

When are our rosters locked and what do I do if a parents forgets/neglects to sign the waiver prior to the cutoff?
Online Rosters are available until 12 midnight the night before the tournament. Please submit your online rosters as soon as possible. We are trying to do away with the paper rosters and there will be a point when we won't take them anymore.  Please help us with this matter.  Players that are not on an online or paper roster are not eligible to play!

All coaches are responsible to fill out an online or paper roster with all the player’s information prior to the first game.
Online rosters are frozen the night before tournament at 12 midnight.
Paper Rosters are the last option to add any players but must be done before the first game of the tournament.
You may stop by the registration table to fill one out.
In not doing so, could result in having illegal or ineligible players and/or forfeit of games.
Players that are not on an online or paper roster are not eligible to play!
Please don’t forget to fill out a Player Roster.

Behavior at the events
NCS has a zero tolerance policy towards disrespectful and adverse behavior. Any fan, parent, player or coach will be ejected from the event for adverse behavior towards a tournament official or umpire.

Do I need team insurance?
Yes, if you did not buy your policy through National Championship Sports you must add NCS (entity below) as an additionally insured. You can do this free of charge by contacting your insurance provider. We must receive your insurance by the Thursday prior to the event (email to NCS.SouthTexas@gmail.com)

National Championship Sports
2011 East Lamar Blvd
Suite 120
Arlington Texas 76006

Covid 19 best practices
No matter if you agree or disagree with the seriousness of the virus or what your political affiliation is, we believe there is a way to get back to playing baseball and softball safely. We are not trying to debate these precautionary measures, we are simply trying to get back on the field safely under the parameters and guidelines set forth by the state, city and CDC.
In addition, to the safety measures released by out NCS national office we encourage everyone to visit our website to check out our Covid 19 best practices https://playncs.com/covid19-update.

In the event of rain/weather or any act of God canceling the entire tournament, teams will be issued a credit towards a future NCS Southwest tournament.

In the event of paid team canceling prior to tournament, team will receive credit towards future

NCS Southwest tournament. All payments are final   

In the event of rain canceling a tournament already in progress, a team may receive partial credit based on the amount games played

In the event of paid team canceling due to COVID-19 prior to tournament, team will receive credit towards future NCS Southwest tournament.


Thank you for your preference!

Hilario Salas
South Texas Director
National Championship Sports
ncs.southtexas@gmail.com
(956)504-2500

PLAY SAFE, PLAY FAIR, PLAY NCS!