WHAT: 2011 Family Ties Cactus Classic, a wood bat baseball event presented by H2 Baseball.
WHERE: Tucson, Arizona, Kino Sports Complex
WHEN: February 10-13, 2011
Format
GUARANTEES: 4 games guaranteed. Three pool-play games plus playoffs, with Championship game Sunday mid-day. All teams practice Thursday morning, followed by pool games Thursday afternoon (1) and Friday (2) with pool play wrap-up before playoffs on Saturday. Single or double-elimination playoffs will be determined by the number of teams competing.
MINIMUMS: 4 teams needed to complete a division.
RULES: Use H2Baseball Father-Son rules (refer to this website for a copy of these rules).
ELIGIBILITY: Minimum age is 16.
ROSTERS: Minimum roster is 13, Maximum is 20 players per team.
LOCKER ROOM: All players will have a locker in a MLB spring training locker room with access to trainer services, daily laundry, continental breakfast, and post-game icing as well as adult refreshments. Teams lockers will be grouped together, based on registrations received by Feb. 1. Cookout planned Saturday night at the Locker Room along with final Kangaroo Court.
AWARDS: Champions – $500 in H2Baseball credits, toward rings, event fees, apparel, equipment, future Cactus Classic waivers, etc. Runner-up receive equipment prize.
Fees
Family Ties (Father/Son)
Individual: $295 per player, due by Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, fee is $350.
Team: $3700, due by Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, fee is $4300. Team fee discounts are operational at 13 players.
Multiple events: Any players taking advantage of multiple events in the Cactus Classic series, i.e., Family Ties, Spring Training or President’s Day, may take a 20% discount on the combined fees of their selected events. When registering on-line, please note that you are selecting multiple events.
Hotels
The 2011 Cactus Classic fees do not include a built-in lodging option; rather H2Baseball has agreements with two hotels for special Cactus Classic rates during the 2011 February events.
Double Tree Tucson Reid Park: $89 a night (double or king) plus tax (Double Tree is approximately 10 minutes from the Kino Sports Complex, located at 455 South Alvernon Way. Contact Double Tree national reservations at (800) 222-8733 and identify yourself as being with the Cactus Classic Family Ties event. (If you run into any issues or concerns with the reservation process, please contact Tom Giffen – 330-352-2171 – and we will get it resolved. Here is a link to the Double Tree website: Double Tree. Room block will be held until January 20.
Hotel Arizona: $74 a night (double or king) plus tax (Hotel Arizona is approximately 15 minutes from the Kino Sports Complex, located at 181 West Broadway in downtown Tucson. Contact Hotel Arizona directly at (520) 624-8711 and identify yourself as being with the Cactus Classic Family Ties event. (If you run into any issues or concerns with the reservation process, please contact Mike Murphey – 509.993.7338 – and we will get it resolved. Here is a link to the Hotel Arizona website: Hotel Arizona
Roster Guidelines
Brother to Father or Grandfather considered ‘father’ and may bring someone in the son-designation category.
Multiple partners allowed, i.e., father and 2 sons or father and son & daughter. All relationships will be delineated on team roster forms.
Any players under the age of 40 at the time of the event are considered ‘sons’ for all playing guidelines; any players 40 and older are considered ‘fathers’ for all playing guidelines.
In-law designation, allowed, limited to 1 combo per team. In-laws will be required to produce legal documentation of relationship.
Injured players: Verification a necessity if a ‘father’ player is injured before or during the tournament and cannot play; ‘son’ designee remains eligible as long as the ‘father’ element of the combo is on the bench. H2Baseball to determine verification requirements.
All participants must become H2Baseball members and follow H2Baseball insurance guidelines.
Sons must be at least 16 years old at the time of the competition.
Complete teams will be encouraged.
Minimum roster size: 14. (If circumstances force a smaller game-time roster, i.e., injuries or a pool team set up, both teams may bat the same number as the total players on the smaller roster, meaning rule 7a is moot.)
Pool teams will be built as the situation and availability dictates, even if that means splitting an existing to create and EVEN number of teams.
H2Baseball will make very effort to balance rosters numerically, meaning that if a team comes in with 12 players and pool players are available, a father-son combo may be added to that roster to bring it in line with the rosters of all teams playing.
Registration
Click here to sign up.Playing Rules