Team Registration

Early Registration $100.00*
Any registration and fee that is received on or before September 10, 2007. ALL TEAMS MUST PRE-PAY!

Late Registration $125.00*
Any registration and fee that is received after September 10, 2007. ALL TEAMS MUST PRE-PAY!

PAYMENT DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 12TH
Any team which has failed to submit their NCT entry fee on or by September 12th will lose their bid.

Cancellation of NCT Berth
Any team which has failed to submit the registration and failed to contact FP by September 10th will be in jeopardy of losing its berth to the National Championship.

To Register Your Team:
Team captains must send an email to FP at NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP@FASTPLASTIC.NET confirming their team's entry. Please list the following information in your email....

- Team Name
- Team's 2-5 man roster
- Team Captain
- Captain's address and cell phone number (If the captain does not have a cell phone please list a cell number of a teammate so your team can be reached when in Texas)


* Fast Plastic will refund payment for any team that does not qualify for the NCT but has sent in their registration and entry fee.

CLICK HERE TO PAY FOR YOUR TEAM'S NCT ENTRY

Hotel Information and Directions

The La Quinta Inn is the sponsor hotel for the 2007 National Championship. The hotels we've previously used would not offer us a preferred rate and are also obstructed (although still open) by road construction.

Both La Quinta Inns below are located on Interstate 35 about 10 miles east of the fields.

LA QUINTA INN
333 North I-35           
Georgetown, TX 78628
512-869-2541
The La Quinta Inn is the sponsor hotel for the 2007 National Championship. FP has blocked out 20 rooms in Georgetown. Inform them you are with "Fast Plastic". Special rate is good only until September 20th!!!

Confirmation #926GRPHQE
Manager: Holly Bressure
Room per night - $77.00

Directions to Georgetown La Quinta from the Austin Airport

Directions to NCT Fields from Georgetown La Quinta




LA QUINTA INN
150 Parker Dr.           
Austin (Round Rock), TX 78728
512-246-2800
The La Quinta Inn is the sponsor hotel for the 2007 National Championship. FP has blocked out 30 rooms in Round Rock. Inform them you are with "Fast Plastic". Special rate is good only until September 20th!!!

Confirmation #2000GRWXTY
Manager: Kay Wolfe
Room per night - $83.00

Directions to Round Rock La Quinta from the Airport

Directions to NCT Fields from Round Rock La Quinta

Skills Competition

On Friday at 5:00pm (earlier if response is high) Fast Plastic will hosts its 2nd annual Skills Competition at the NCT fields. All are welcome to attend! See how you rank against the very best players in the country at:

Game Times

Friday
Skills Competion begins at 5:00 PM. Drawings for Round Robin will be conducted at the conclusion of the Skills unless the Competition is taking longer than expected.

Saturday
All teams must report to the field no later that 8:00 AM. First pitch is scheduled for 8:30. Games should last until 8:00 PM.

Sunday
The 'SWEET 16' will begin at 8:30 AM. The National Championship game is scheduled for 2:00 PM.

Format Details

NCT STRUCTURE
The 2007 Fast Plastic National Championship format will be constructed of Pool Play, followed by a single elimination Championship Round.

32 TEAMS
32 teams will compete in the 2007 Fast Plastic National Championship.

8 POOLS OF 4 TEAMS - 2 CROSSOVER GAMES
Teams will be sorted into eight different pools of four teams each. Whenever possible, the four teams will be from four different Fast Plastic regions to ensure each team plays its games outside its home region. All teams will play 2 cross-over games with their neighboring Pool. Click here for cross-over matchups. Pool play games will be 5 innings.
Click here for drawing procedures.

GUARANTEED GAMES
All teams will be guaranteed 5 RR games as stated above.

ADVANCEMENT TO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
All teams with winning records will advance to the championship round. Should there be 15 or fewer teams with winning records we will take the top teams with losing records to round out the field to 16. The championship round games will be 6 innings.

FIRST ROUND BYE'S
Because all teams with winning records advance, the exact number of first round byes won't be determined until the end of the round robin. Unless the number of teams in the championship round is 16 or less, a minimum of 2 teams will receive a first round bye. Teams should keep in mind that playing an extra round might be the difference in winning or losing the National Championship. Click here for Bye grid.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND SEEDING
The championship round seeding process will consist of two groups. Teams that have received a first round Bye and teams that must play play in the first round.

TEAM SEEDINGS
1. win/loss record
2. head to head
3. lowest runs allowed
4. strength of schedule
5. run differential
6. ten-run-rule wins
7. ten-run-rule losses

POOL PLAY
Teams will be separated into 8 pools of 4 teams. Pool Play games will be 5 innings long and will adhere to the TOTAL BASES tie-breaker system.

In an effort to allow teams to play new opponents, all teams will be separated by region into SUPER REGIONS. Super Regions will consist of regions which are geographically closer. Please Note: The Super Regions will not change for any reason.

SUPER REGION 1
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Northern California
San Diego

SUPER REGION 2
Florida
Georgia
Chicago
Utah

SUPER REGION 3
New England
New York City
New Jersey
Maryland

POOL DRAWINGS
Drawing for Pool Play will take place Friday night at the fields either after or during the Skills Competition. If a member of your team is unable to attend, the National Championship Tournament Director will step in a draw. Eight numbered wiffleballs will be placed in a container. Each team will determine its own pool by drawing a wiffleball from the container. Once a team pulls a ball, that ball will remain out until all teams from the Super Region have pulled a ball. If a Super Region consists of more than eight teams the numbered balls will be thrown back into the container after Team Eight and prior to Team Nine.

- Order of Draw
The Super Region with the most teams will draw first. The region within each Super Region with the most teams present will draw first. And finally the team with the best Win-Loss record from each region will draw first. Once all teams from a single Super Region have drawn a number and been assigned to a Pool all the balls will be tossed back into a container and the second Super Region will then draw. This order will be continued until all teams have been assigned a pool.

BYE GRID

The same procedure will be followed for the other 6 Pools.

Teams Who Would Accept Bid
Teams listed below have contacted Fast Plastic and stated
they would accept a bid and attend the 2007 NCT.

Skills Competition
Players listed below have signed up for the Skills Comp. Entry is $5.00 per event
and will be collected at the field.