NH Invitationals:

Dates, Venues, Contact Data, tourney format, costs, and enrollment information

Compliance Documents:

What you need to bring with you to qualify for Babe Ruth Tournament Trail Events. Incomplete requirements may result in disqualification

Hosting A Tournament:

How to host a tournament; Things to plan for; how to make it a revenue positive event.

Round Robin Tie Breaker Rules:

Round Robins are great fun and offer teams more event games; however, the chance of multi-team ties exist. Here's the Babe Ruth approved method for breaking ties and determining final standings.

Required Formats for Tournament Trail Events:

Tournament Trail event formats, i.e., Round Robin, Elimination series, or hybrids; depends on team count

Current Season Host Contacts:

Tournament Trail Hosting information; who to contact and how

Current Season Team Coaches:

Tournament Trail teams by age group; coaches names and contact data; arrange scrimmages, practice games, etc.

Tourney Score Archives:

Scores and outcomes of past years Tournament Trail events;

# Teams	Format	Guaranteed minimum # games per team	Maximum # games in Tournament	Est Cost (1)	Entry Fee Recovery (2)
3	Round Robin; All advance to Double Elimination	4	8	$740	$900
4	Round Robin, All advance to Single Elimination	4	10	$880	$1,200
5	Round Robin; Top four advance to Single Elimination	4	13	$1,090	$1,500
6	Two Pools of 3, Round Robin, All advance to Single Elimination Pool A and Pool B #1 = Byes G1 A#2 VS B#3 G2 A#3 VS B#2 G3 WG1 VS B#1 G4 WG2 VS A#1 G5 W3 VS W4 = Champion	3	11	$950	$1,800
7	Double Elimination with 3 game guarantee; See Special Format below (3)	3	15	$1,160	$2,100
8	Two Pools of 4; Round Robin, Top 2 teams from each pool advance to single Elimination Pool A#1 VS Pool B#2 Pool B#1 VS Pool A#2 W1 VS W2 = Champion	3	15	$1,230	$2,400
9	Three pools of 3; Round Robin, all advance to Single Elimination Game 1: Pool A #3 VS Pool B#2 Game 2: Pool C #3 VS Pool A#1 Game 3: Pool C#2 VS Pool B#3 Game 4: Pool A#2 vs Pool B#1 Game 5: Winner G1 VS Pool C#1 Game 6: Winner G2 VS Winner G3 Game 7: Winner G4 VS Winner G5 Game 8: Winner G6 VS Winner G7 = Champion	3	17	$1,370	$2,700
10	Two pools of 5; Round Robin, Top three per pool advance to Single Elimination See 6 Teams for Elimination Assignments	4	25	$1,930	$3,000

Footnotes:
(1) Assumes: 36 Trophies @ $5 each; $35 Umpire fee X 2 per game; Free balls
(2) Assumes: $300 Entry fee, and includes $300 savings to Host for NOT having to pay entry fee.

(3) 7 Team Format

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