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Please check this page frequently before and during the Tournament for any important updates

TOURNAMENT UPDATE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday July 26th, 2009 ( 6:00 p.m.) -- 2009 SUMMER SLAM TOURNAMENT IS NOW CONCLUDED.

• 13U Champion -- Team Indiana

• 12U Champion -- Extreme Baseball

• GET FINAL RESULTS

• Sunday July 26th, 2009 ( 3:30 p.m. ) -- ALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ARE NOW GOING -- 13U Division -- Evansville Lightning v. Team Indiana and in the 12U Division is it Extreme Baseball vs. Indiana Irish Blue.

July 26th, 2009 ( 8:00 a.m. ) -- ALL GAMES ARE ON SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY -- Good luck to all of the teams in today's single elimination championship round.

Saturday July 25th, 2009 (11:10 p.m.) -- 13U Pool Play is now done -- Teams are seeded -- Congratulations on Team Indiana as the #1 Seed in the 13U Division heading into Sunday's championship round.

Saturday July 25th, 2009 -- ( 10:50 p.m.) -- 12U Pool Play is now done -- Teams are seeded -- Congratulations on Extreme Baseball as being the #1 Seed in the 12U Division heading into Sunday's championship round.

Saturday July 25th, 2009 ( 2:00 p.m. ) -- ALL GAMES ARE NOW ON SCHEDULE We are pleased to announce that all games are now on schedule.   Please refer to the posted modified schedule.

Saturday July 25th, 2009 (Noon) -- WEATHER/RAIN UPDATE -- We hope to go operational by 2:00 p.m. today -- as such, please review your browser's with the Schedule and see the "new" game time for the remainder of today.   All games begin at 2:00 p.m. today.

July 25th, 2009 ( 10:00 a.m. ) -- WEATHER/RAIN UPDATE -- Due to a severe thunderstorm hitting Bloomington at this time, all morning games have been delayed.  We are hoping to start games in the afternoon, pending on the weather conditions.  A newly revised schedule will be posted soon.  FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE POSTED, LEFT ON THE WEATHER HOTLINE ( 812-339-0853 ) AND OUR ON-SITE COORDINATORS WILL BE CONTACTING THE COACHES DIRECTLY.

Saturday July 25th, 2009 ( 7:00 a.m. ) -- WEATHER/RAIN UPDATE -- ALL GAMES ARE ON A ONE (1) HOUR DELAY.   So, if you had 9:00 a.m. games, your games are now 10:00 a.m. and if you had 9:30 a.m. games, the games have been moved to 10:30 a.m.   The games for the remainder of the day will be moved back by one (1) hour.   We expect more rain today and will adjust accordingly.   We hope to get all pool games in on Saturday.    FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE POSTED, LEFT ON THE WEATHER HOTLINE ( 812-339-0853 ) AND OUR ON-SITE COORDINATORS WILL BE CONTACTING THE COACHES DIRECTLY.

On Saturday July 25th, 2009, the Indiana Heat will be donating $1.00 of every adult admission to "Laura", who is part of a "Team in Training" to help "Maddie," who is a young lady at Indiana University who is fighting leukemia.   For more information on Laura's fundraiser for Maddie, please click here.   For more information on Team in Training, please click here.

Friday July 24th, 2009 ( 1:00 a.m. ) -- As a result of weather reports with 40% chance of rain on Saturday and the likelihood of rain delays and rain modifications in the schedule, we have moved our championship round games to Sunday morning.   As such, all teams will play two (2) games on Saturday.   At the conclusion of the pool play games (on Saturday), all teams will be seeded into a single elimination championship round, which will begin on Sunday.   Please review the modification schedules, which include "new" game times.

Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 (10:30 a.m.) -- SCHEDULES IN 12U DIVISION -- In order to enhance the quality of the tournament, we were able to secure "3" additional teams to the 12U Division taking the total teams up to "8" teams.   As such, we were forced to modify the schedule for Saturday July 25th.   Please review the revised schedule, which was posted on 7/22/09 at 10:30 a.m.   GET SCHEDULES

TOURNAMENT RULES -- Coaches and Parents -- Please review our Tournament Rules.

• Parents and Coaches -- Please review our Rules in order to avoid any unnecessary issues. 
• Some key points of our rules:
  • There is a daily "gate" fee for this event
    • Saturday Gate Fee
      • Adult -- $ 4.00 ($ 1.00 being donated to a special cause)
      • Children -- $ 3.00
      • Over "65" and "6" and under -- Free
    • Sunday Gate Fee
      • Adult / Children -- $ 2.00
      • Note -- We do not have a weekend pass, but our fees are structured to work as a weekend pass even though paid on a daily basis
  • Our playing areas and fan areas are "no smoking" areas
  • We have a "zero tolerance" for violence and/or violations of our Rules
  • Twin Lakes has concessions -- there is no outside food or drinks permitted -- The Heat provides water coolers in the dugouts for the players. 
  • Absolutely no alcohol is permitted at any time on site
  • Teams must furnish two (2) new baseballs prior to the start of each game.  Balls should be good quality and, at the minimum, a high school quality and acceptable baseball.  Teams must get foul balls. 
  • The winning team is responsible to take the official Score Sheet to Tournament Central or the On-Site Coordinator for the game to be "official"
  • PLEASE NOTE -- These are only a few of our important rules -- please review all rules for this event.   Tournament Rules

   

• NOTE -- ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE INSURANCE -- Please turn in a "copy" of your team's insurance verification.   The Heat keeps the copy for our records. NO GAMES WILL BEGIN WITHOUT PROOF OF INSURANCE -- GAME TIME IS FORFEIT TIME

REQUIRED TOURNAMENT FORMS -- Coaches -- Please be sure to complete all Tournament Forms and present at "check-in" (which is 1 hour before the start of your first game on Friday).

* * * IMPORTANT * * *

NO TEAM WILL BE ALLOWED TO BEGIN THEIR FIRST GAME WITHOUT A FULLY COMPLETED WAIVER/RELEASE ROSTER -- SIGNED BY ALL PARENTS -- GET ALL REQUIRED FORMS -- Tournament Forms

WEATHER HOTLINE FOR EVENT -- Tournament Weather Hotline -- For weather information for this event, please direct all calls to the Indiana Heat Hotline -- 812-339-0853.  Coaches -- please make for sure you have given your emergency contact "cell phone" numbers to the on-site coordinators so we may contact you in case of bad weather and/or schedule changes.   Each team is required to provide (at check-in) three (3) cell contact numbers.   Note -- Please use the Hotel Form for this information.   Tournament Forms

• NOTE -- IMPORTANT RAIN INFORMATION -- Unfortunately, there is a chance of rain for this weekend's event.   All teams must be aware of the Heat procedure for rain, rain delays, shorten games and cancelations.  
  • #1 -- The Heat, along with Bloomington Parks and Rec, work extremely hard for every team to get "all" of their games completed.   However, during rain situations that might not be possible.   But, to the best of everyone's ability, our goal is to see that each team plays the schedule posted.   Please refer to our policy on rain and its impact on the tournament -- See Tournament Rules.
  • #2 -- In the event of rain, our procedure is as follows:
    • If the game cannot start on time, we will go into a modified rain schedule until the tournament returns to the scheduled tournament time.   In the modified rain schedule, the games are shortened as necessary to get all of the games in for the day of play.   In most cases, games will be shortened to 1 hours 30 minutes time limitations -- in some cases, the games may be shortened to a shorter period.  Unfortunately, the rain will dictate what happens in this area.
  • #3 -- Due to an upcoming national tournament in Bloomington, the tournament must be completed as scheduled.   As such, the Heat will be doing everything possible to stay on schedule and, if rain gets the event off schedule, to shorten the games to allow for the tournament to get back on schedule.
  • #4 -- Ties in Pool Play -- If the tournament is in a modified rain schedule, games will be called at the end of the time period.   There will not be any ties as long as a winner can be determined by going back to the last fully completed inning with a team that had the lead.   For example, in game "X", the time has expired.   Teams "A" and "B" are tied 3 - 3.   However, after the end of 3 innings, Team "A" had the lead 2 - 1.   As such, Team "A" is the winner of the game.
  • #5 -- Rain -- The Umpires, subject to final discretion in the Tournament Director, will determine when the fields are playable and not playable.   In some rare situations, Bloomington Parks and Recreation may make a overriding determination that the fields are or are not playable.   Since the fields are leased from Bloomington Parks and Recreation, they have the final say as to playing conditions.  

Sunday July 19, 2009 (2:00 p.m.) -- DIRECTIONS TO FIELDS: