With the field situation last year (field #1 at least), if I was the hosting team, I would have been out there Friday morning assessing the conditions. Honestly, I would have gone prior to Friday and followed up Thursday night/Friday morning.

If they keep that venue I believe I would have to agree to paying only half the cost of the complex upfront and the other half at completion of the it being in playable conditions.

 

I don't think the problem was assessment of the fields,it was misinformation or lack of information throughout the day by the venue management. All that had to happen was 1) Rob Dixon call BBHS and tell them he wasn't going to be able to get fields ready and 2) BBHS make calls to local schools participating like NCC, SK, etc…that manage their fields and redirect the teams to those sites.

 

My personal assessment is that Softball City wanted the $$$ and withheld information on field conditions. One way to manage this is a better contract with the site as mentioned.

 

There are probably some complexes around that could better manage this tournament.

Will those fields be in playing condition by 2:00 today with rain we had yesterday?

Will those fields be in playing condition by 2:00 today with rain we had yesterday?

 

It looks like it. Field #3 is in good shape, others have been turned. I understand they brought in a truckload of diamond dry and are working the fields. Just got a call from a very reliable source close to the situation and he believes they will be good to go, especially with a little wind and sun over the next couple hours.

I don't think the problem was assessment of the fields,it was misinformation or lack of information throughout the day by the venue management. All that had to happen was 1) Rob Dixon call BBHS and tell them he wasn't going to be able to get fields ready and 2) BBHS make calls to local schools participating like NCC, SK, etc…that manage their fields and redirect the teams to those sites.

 

My personal assessment is that Softball City wanted the $$$ and withheld information on field conditions. One way to manage this is a better contract with the site as mentioned.

 

There are probably some complexes around that could better manage this tournament.

 

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

The same situation occurred last year, there is some culpability on BBHS. I do agree there are other complexes that would be happy to hold this tournament & do it right.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

The same situation occurred last year, there is some culpability on BBHS. I do agree there are other complexes that would be happy to hold this tournament & do it right.

 

Only culpability on BBHS is that they are tournament host and trusted Softball City to hold up their end of agreement, which they didn't.

 

Softball City's response: they sub contracted the field maintenance last year and the fields were not properly maintained…..this is purely an excuse. If you have a 16 team tournament and a forecast for bad weather, get your act together, accept responsibility of the business you run and keep your commitments. This is just poor management on the venue part. Hope that BBHS looks to find another venue and cut ties with Rob Dixon on this one….long term relationships will only take you so far when they begin to affect your reputation

Finals

Simon Kenton 8 - Holy Cross 7

Boone Co. 4 - Knock (PA) 3

Only culpability on BBHS is that they are tournament host and trusted Softball City to hold up their end of agreement, which they didn't.

 

Softball City's response: they sub contracted the field maintenance last year and the fields were not properly maintained…..this is purely an excuse. If you have a 16 team tournament and a forecast for bad weather, get your act together, accept responsibility of the business you run and keep your commitments. This is just poor management on the venue part. Hope that BBHS looks to find another venue and cut ties with Rob Dixon on this one….long term relationships will only take you so far when they begin to affect your reputation

 

Fast forward to 2015 season....

 

Pete Noll tournament continues on at Softball City & fields are again not ready for play, blame still solely falls on owner of the complex?

Knock (PA) 12 - Simon Kenton 2

Boone Co. 6 - Highlands 3

St. Henry 7 - Mason Co. 6

Bishop Brossart 14 - Grant Co. 0

What time is the championship game?

Gold championship Boone 6 Bishop Brossart 2

Silver Championship: Highlands 3, St. Henry 2

A few from Friday night against Campbell Co.

Sunday turned out to be a nice day to play softball! Yes it got chilly when the sun went down but not as bad as last year. Yes there were some wet areas that were deemed out of play but overall the conditions were much better than last year. At least field 3 was good between the lines we didn't play on field 1 so I cant say for sure. Credit goes to Coach B for learning from Friday and getting there Sunday Morning early too evaluate fields and getting them ready to go. After Saturday I am amazed they got them ready! The Umpires on Field 3 deserve a note not only did they do a nice job same 2 guys did all 5 games I saw on Sunday while they missed the UK game and being there all day for however much they make wasn't enough but shows a dedication to the game of fastpitch softball so these young ladies would get some games in.

Bottom line: Personally it was great to see that tournament atmosphere with High School Teams! For HHS they got 5 games against some good competition in 2 days. Friday Played 2: HHS 11 CCHS -1 & Knock PA-6 HHS-5 Sunday Played 3: Boone-6 HHS-3 & HHS-13 Holy Cross 1 & HHS-3 St Henry-2 ended up 3-2. Boone was best team in the field and Knock Pa was a close second and HHS got lucky enough to play and learn from them both. If they have a Most Outstanding Player award it would of have to of been the Short Stop from Knock Pa or the Pitcher from Boone Co. Obviously several from HHS would be on that list but I didn't want appear to be a Homer (LOL).

My commercial for the Pete Knoll would be something like: gate fee-$6, hand warmers- $2, buckets of beer-$11, getting to watch my DD play a game she loves Priceless!!! Thanks to those who organized and took part in running it. It may not of been perfect but The Turner family enjoyed it

;)Not sure if your aware, but Bishop Brossart came in 2nd Place, which makes them the 2nd best team on the field.

Sunday turned out to be a nice day to play softball! Yes it got chilly when the sun went down but not as bad as last year. Yes there were some wet areas that were deemed out of play but overall the conditions were much better than last year. At least field 3 was good between the lines we didn't play on field 1 so I cant say for sure. Credit goes to Coach B for learning from Friday and getting there Sunday Morning early too evaluate fields and getting them ready to go. After Saturday I am amazed they got them ready! The Umpires on Field 3 deserve a note not only did they do a nice job same 2 guys did all 5 games I saw on Sunday while they missed the UK game and being there all day for however much they make wasn't enough but shows a dedication to the game of fastpitch softball so these young ladies would get some games in.

Bottom line: Personally it was great to see that tournament atmosphere with High School Teams! For HHS they got 5 games against some good competition in 2 days. Friday Played 2: HHS 11 CCHS -1 & Knock PA-6 HHS-5 Sunday Played 3: Boone-6 HHS-3 & HHS-13 Holy Cross 1 & HHS-3 St Henry-2 ended up 3-2. Boone was best team in the field and Knock Pa was a close second and HHS got lucky enough to play and learn from them both. If they have a Most Outstanding Player award it would of have to of been the Short Stop from Knock Pa or the Pitcher from Boone Co. Obviously several from HHS would be on that list but I didn't want appear to be a Homer (LOL).

My commercial for the Pete Knoll would be something like: gate fee-$6, hand warmers- $2, buckets of beer-$11, getting to watch my DD play a game she loves Priceless!!! Thanks to those who organized and took part in running it. It may not of been perfect but The Turner family enjoyed it