2020 Tournament Information For Teams

2020 National Wiffle League Association Tournament Information Sheet

OFFICIAL EVENT NAME

2020 NWLA National Tournament Presented by Visit Washington County PA

CITY OF EVENT

Canonsburg, PA

REPORT DATE

Friday, September 18

TOURNAMENT DATES

Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, 2020

COMPETITION VENUE

North Strabane Township Park, Township Lane, Canonsburg, PA 15317.

HOST

National Wiffle League Assocation Tournament and Wiff is Life League

NWLA TOURNAMENT HOST COMMITTEE

Brendan Dudas (CCW)

Jake Davey (WILL)

Caleb Jonkman (GBL)

Sam Skibbe (SWBL)

Trent Steffes (MNWA)

Justin Tomkins (OCWA)

LOCAL ORGANIZER

Jake Davey, (M) 724-914-1624, (E) jakedavey12@gmail.com

RECOMMENDED AIRPORT

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TEAMS DRIVING TO CANONSBURG

Please make sure your travel information (expected arrival time) is communicated.

OFFICIAL TEAM ACCOMMODATIONS

Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Washington/Meadowlands

$66 (tax included) per night, Call 724-705-7676 and say you are with the NWLA to book.

Complimentary breakfast is included.

View more info on the Microtel here.

NWLA TOURNAMENT WEB SITE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

www.NWLATournament.com

linktr.ee/NWLATournament

COVID-19 GUIDELINES

COVID-19 guidelines for the 2020 Tournament can be viewed here.

TEAM CHECK-IN

Upon arrival to the tournament all teams must check in at the HQ tent to fill out paperwork, receive t-shirts, and go over weekend procedures.

HOME RUN DERBY

Any player on a roster is eligible to compete. From 6-7:30 PM players will need to get a tournament official to watch their qualifying round. Players are allowed one qualifying round only. Qualifying rounds will be 1 minute long. The top 16 players will be seeded into a single elimination bracket for the home run derby finals, which will be 1 minute rounds. The Home Run Derby finals bracket will begin at 7:45 pm and will be live streamed on Twitter.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

16 teams, split into 4 pools of 4. Round robin pool play will occur Saturday morning and early afternoon. Teams will be seeded 1 through 16 and placed into two separate 8 team double elimination brackets. The winner of each bracket will play in a one game, winner take all championship. Bracket play begins late afternoon Saturday and will conclude on Sunday. View full schedule here.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

3 PM: (F1) WILL, (F2) SWBL

4PM: (F1) NWBL, (F2) YISH, (F3) CWB, (F4) GAWL

5PM: (F1) RPWL, (F2) WSEM, (F3) KWL, (F4) WWW

6PM: (F1) AWAA, (F2) GBL, (F3) HRL, (F4) OCWA

OFFICIAL EQUIPMENT

Baseball Size Official WIFFLE Balls.

(all balls provided by the tournament)

Official Regulation WIFFLE Ball Bat.

(teams are responsible for bringing their own bat, it can be checked at any time for any reason by the Host Committee)