WIFFLE BALL TOURNAMENT | Buckingham Terrace

How to Sign Up for the Tournament

Form a team
a. Each team will consist of 5 players: pitcher, 3 fielders, and catcher
b. Ages 12 – 112, male or female
Register your team
a. Click on the Team Registration button on the website
b. Enter Team name
c. Choose a Team Captain and enter the Captain’s name
d. Enter Captain’s email address
e. Enter Captain’s phone number
Gather sponsors for your team
a. Once $500 in sponsorships assigned to your team is received through the website, your team is in the tournament
b. No minimum amount of donation from sponsors. Any amount is accepted
c. No maximum number of individual sponsors. The $500 can be achieved with one sponsor, or 500 different sponsors
d. Remember to keep the sponsorship donations coming, as cash prizes will be given to the team and individual with the most sponsorships received through the website
Sponsors click on Team Donation button on website (buckinghamterrace.org) or via QR code on brochure
a. Enter donation amount
b. Enter Team Name
c. Enter Individual on team for sponsor credit, if applicable
d. A team is eligible for the tournament once $500 in sponsorships is credited through the website
e. There will be a cash prize for the team with the most sponsorship funds raised
f. There will be a cash prize for the individual with the most sponsorship funds raised
Matching shirts/uniforms is encouraged to uniquely identify each team
Practice for the big day!

Space is limited, so first come, first served
Double elimination
Games played on four fields simultaneously, as needed
Games limited to 4 innings
Only equipment supplied by Tournament Staff may be used during any Tournament game Teams will be placed in the Tournament bracket randomly
All team rosters must me submitted to Tournament Staff on the day of the Tournament and cannot be altered throughout the Tournament
A Tournament Staff member will be the Official Scorer for each game
Each game will be self-umpired. Team captains will settle all disputes over calls
Any team or player who engages in lewd or unsportsmanlike conduct or behavior will be removed by Tournament Staff.

Pitching:
No excessively fast pitches, as judged by Official Scorer
Three strikes is an out. Strikes are swing-and-miss, foul ball (except third strike), and a pitched ball that hits the strike target anywhere on the rectangle
Four balls is a walk. A ball is a pitch that is not swung at that hits the batter or does not hit the strike target.
No base on hit-by-pitch
Pitcher must have one foot on and one foot off the pitching rubber
There are no intentional walk
A player can only pitch in one inning per game
Pitching rubber is placed approximately 35’ from home plate

Batting:
Three strikes is an out. Strikes are swing-and-miss, foul ball (except third strike), and a pitched ball that hits the strike target anywhere on the rectangle
Four balls is a walk. A ball is a pitch that is not swung at that hits the batter or does not hit the strike target.
No base on hit-by-pitch
No bunting. If a batted ball, whether intentionally or unintentionally, is hit into fair territory and does not travel more than eight feet from home plate, it will be considered a ball.

Fielding:
The three fielders can play anywhere on the field for any batter, as long as it is in fair territory.
A batted ball caught on the fly is an out. (See exception under Home Run) o Baserunners are out if the base is tagged by a fielder with the ball in force play conditions, tagged with the ball, or comes in contact with the ball in play while off a base. (Fielders can throw the ball at runners going to any base; and, if hit below the neck while off base, the runner is out (pegging).
No infield fly rule

Baserunning:
Bases are approximately 40’ from home plate and each other.
Baserunners are out if the base is tagged by a fielder with the ball in force play conditions, tagged with the ball, or comes in contact with the ball in play while off a base.
No leading off. Baserunner cannot leave any base until a pitched ball makes contact with the bat.
No base stealing
Tagging up on fly balls is allowed at the baserunner’s discretion.
If there is an overthrown ball that travels out of the field of play, the baserunner is awarded one base.
In the case of extra innings, the batter making the last out in the previous inning will begin play on second base.

Home Run:
A painted home run line arc in the outfield grass is approximately 80’-90’ from home plate.
A batted ball that travels beyond the painted home run line in the outfield on the fly is a home run.
A batted ball that is caught while the fielder’s feet are both inside the home run line, the batter is out.
A batted ball that is touched or caught while either of the fielder’s feet are beyond the home run line, it will be ruled a home run if the ball lands, or the trajectory of the ball would land, beyond the home run line.
A batted ball that travels beyond the home run line but outside the foul lines is a foul ball.

Contest held approximately midway through tournament, at Tournament Staff’s discretion
$10 fee to enter contest, paid at day of event
Contestant can choose pitcher of his/her choice.
Pitcher tosses regulation Wiffle ball to contestant however it is chosen (lobbing, underhand, etc.)
A home run is recorded if the batted ball travels beyond the home run line on the fly in fair territory.
Each swing that is not hit beyond the home run line in fair territory is an out.
Each contestant’s round is over once 10 outs are recorded.
The contestants totaling the top two home run totals in round one go on to compete head to-head in the Championship Round
The contestant totaling the most home runs in the Championship Round is declared the Home Run Derby Winner

Team Registration