2012
Please read thoroughly before completing your application!
This adult softball program is administered by Fairfax Adult
Softball (FAS), the largest private organization registered with the Amateur
Softball Association (ASA) in the nation, and voted Best Adult Softball Men’s
and Coed Leagues for 2011 by Northern Virginia Magazine. FAS is a nonprofit corporation registered in
the state of
APPLICATION
DEADLINE. All applications are submitted online via the FAS
website. Applications are NOT considered
submitted until payment is received. Submitting
your application and paying with credit card allows your application to be
considered submitted with the credit card payment confirmation. Submitting
your application and paying by cash or check will delay your submission until
payment is received (not postmarked) at the FAS office. Please note that prior to submitting an
application, the manager and assistant manager must both be registered.
Manager and Assistant Manager Registration is completed by selecting “Manager
& Assistant Registration” under “TEAM MANAGER” in the left column of
selections on the FAS home page.
Spring Deadline: March 1 Summer Deadline: June 1 (Seniors/Lockheed is Apr 13)
Mini Deadline: June
29 Fall
Deadline: August 1
LEAGUES.
FAS has four
programs: Spring, Summer, Mini, and Fall.
Each program consists of designated leagues, and each league is divided
into divisions. Our goal is to have each division be competitive; therefore we
try to place each team in a division with other teams of the same caliber of
play. Please select the correct night of play for the competition level of your
team.
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FAS LEAGUES |
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LEAGUE Programs for which it is
available |
Brief Description |
Available Days/Nights for Play |
Night for Best Level of Play |
Night for Lowest Level of Play |
Unique Rules |
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MEN Spring,
Summer, Mini, and Fall |
For men only; play broadly classified as fair to
excellent. |
Plays all nights but Monday and Saturday. |
Wednesday
& Thursday Better teams will be required
to play this night. |
EACH night has many
divisions providing for less competitive play. |
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Reston Men Spring,
Summer, and Fall |
For men only; play broadly classified as fair to
excellent. |
Plays Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. |
Monday Better teams will be required
to play this night. |
Wednesday |
All games played in the Reston/Herndon area |
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Reston Church Spring |
For men/women active attendees or members of the Church by
March 1 of the current year. |
Plays Tuesday and Friday. |
Tuesday Tuesday
also offers less competitive play. |
Friday |
No requirement for a minimum or maximum number of males or
females for any game provided a legal team is fielded. All games played in
the Reston/Herndon area |
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Women Spring,
Mini, and Fall |
For women only; play broadly classified as fair to
excellent. |
Plays Tuesday and Wednesday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
May use two courtesy runners per half inning. |
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Fast Pitch June-July |
For women only; play classified as average to excellent. |
Plays Monday and Tuesday |
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Season includes a double elimination playoff for all
teams. |
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Masters Summer |
For men only; Age restrictions apply |
Plays Tuesday and Thursday |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
For men 35 years of age & older by December 31 of the
current year. |
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Seniors Summer
and Fall |
For men only; Age restrictions apply |
Plays Monday and Saturday. |
Monday |
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For men 50 years of age & older by December 31 of the
current year. Unlimited courtesy
runners. |
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In all 4 of our Coed programs, males hit 12” softballs and females
hit 11” softballs. |
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Coed Spring,
Summer, Mini, and Fall |
For men and women; play broadly classified as excellent to
fair. |
Plays Sunday day, Sunday night, Monday, and Friday. |
Monday
and Friday |
EACH night has many
divisions providing for less competitive play. |
Designed to play with even gender distribution generally 5
males and 5 females; penalties incurred when playing with more males than
females. |
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Reston Coed Spring
and Fall |
For men and women; play broadly classified as excellent to
fair. |
Plays Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. |
Tuesday Better teams will be required
to play this night. |
Monday |
All games will be played in the Reston/Herndon area |
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Corporate Coed Spring,
Summer and Fall |
For men and women, players must be full-time employees of
the same firm. |
Plays Monday through Thursday. |
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Only 3 females required in field and in lineup at all times. No requirement for alternating of sexes in
batting order. |
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Social Coed Spring,
Summer and Fall |
For men and women. |
Plays Saturday, and Wednesday. |
Competitive
teams should NOT
play Social Coed |
All
teams should be Instructional or Recreational |
Designed for instructional play for new &
less-skilled teams. Only 3 females required on the field and in the lineup. The offensive team will bat until either 3 outs are made or
when each batter has completed one turn at bat, whichever occurs first. |
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Franchise Fee Break Down.
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SPRING FEES Fees Based on a 20-game
season. No playoff tournaments are
scheduled for any league except Seniors and Lockheed; however, open
tournaments will be scheduled and all teams, without restrictions to rosters,
may participate by paying the tournament entry fee. |
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FAS Administration |
$193 |
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ASA Registration |
$25 |
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CRS Application Fee
(forwarded to CRS) |
$110 |
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Season Awards – 1st
place team trophy and t-shirts; 2nd place team trophy. |
$25 |
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Capital
Improvements |
$22 |
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Umpire Fee |
$300 |
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Umpire Rain Fee |
$10 |
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Cash or check
Discounted Difference |
$24 |
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FRANCHISE
FEE TOTAL*: |
$709 |
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CASH
DISCOUNTED TOTAL*: |
$685 |
*Lockheed and Seniors fees are higher due to a playoff fee.
Lockheed: $766 / $740 cash discounted
Seniors: $797 / $770
cash discounted
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SUMMER FEES Fees
Based on a 16-game season. No playoff
tournaments are scheduled for any league except Men’s Masters; however, open
tournaments will be scheduled and all teams, without restrictions to rosters,
may participate by paying the tournament entry fee. |
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FAS
Administration |
$151 |
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ASA
Registration |
$25 |
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CRS
Application Fee (forwarded to CRS) |
$110 |
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Season
Awards – 1st place team trophy and t-shirts; 2nd place team trophy. |
$30 |
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Capital
Improvements |
$22 |
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Umpire Fee |
$240 |
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Umpire Rain
Fee |
$10 |
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Cash or check
Discounted Difference |
$21 |
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FRANCHISE FEE TOTAL*: |
$609 |
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CASH DISCOUNTE4D TOTAL*: |
$588 |
*Masters is higher due to a playoff fee: $671 / $648 cash
discounted
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MINI FEES Fees
Based on a 10-game season. No playoff
tournaments, no standings, and no awards presented for this league. |
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FAS Administration |
$90 |
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ASA Registration* |
$15 |
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Umpire Fee |
$150 |
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Umpire Rain Fee |
$10 |
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Cash or check Discounted Difference |
$9 |
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FRANCHISE FEE TOTAL: |
$275 |
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CASH DISCOUNTED TOTAL |
$265 |
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FALL FEES Fees
Based on a 14-game season. No playoff
tournaments are scheduled for any league; however, open tournaments will be
scheduled and all teams, without restrictions to rosters, may participate by
paying the tournament entry fee. |
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FAS Administration |
$140 |
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ASA Registration |
$15 |
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CRS Application Fee (forwarded to
CRS) |
$110 |
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Season Awards – 1st place team trophy
and t-shirts |
$30 |
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Umpire Fee |
$210 |
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Umpire Rain Fee |
$10 |
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Capital Improvements |
$17 |
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Cash or check Discounted Difference |
$22 |
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FRANCHISE FEE TOTAL: |
$551 |
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CASH DISCOUNTED TOTAL |
$532 |
SEEDING.
We welcome your input about your team’s level of play, which will assist us
when we seed the teams into divisions. Please make comments in the “Team
Strength” comment box of the application.
Provide information such as your players’ and team’s level of play (in
this or other leagues), any prior experience, and your own guess as to what
division would be right for your team.
GAME
PLAY. Sixty-minute games will be played as double headers, one
night per week. WEEKNIGHT PLAY is from 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening through Friday
night (some fields require a 6:00 pm start time). WEEKEND PLAY is all day
Saturday, and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Schedules are not manipulated
to avoid conflicts. Rainouts are predominantly rescheduled on Saturdays.
All games are played on park or school fields located in
PRACTICE
FIELDS. FAS
only assigns practice fields for Spring and Summer league programs. The Practice Field Application is posted on
the website, and is processed on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not assign practice fields for the Mini
or Fall Leagues; however, most parks and schools are open on a first-come,
first-served basis. Permitted users
always take priority.
FRANCHISE
FEES are non-refundable. Your
preferred day/night of play is not guaranteed! Do not submit an application
if you are not prepared to play on any day of the week or weekend or at
whichever field FAS deems appropriate.
EQUIPMENT.
Each team must supply softballs (as designated in the FAS Rule Book)--teams
need at least one dozen softballs for league play – note: all women in any
league (except Church) hit an 11-inch softball and all men hit a 12-inch ASA
approved Dudley Thunder Hycon optic yellow softball. Your team will also have
to supply its own bats, gloves, uniforms, and any other playing equipment
(except bases, which FAS provides). All
protective gear (e.g. pitcher’s masks, catcher’s helmets/masks, leg/shin
guards, arm/hand guards) is permitted in FAS play. There is no uniform
requirement for any league. Approved softballs are available for
pre-order with your application submission at a discounted price, or they may
be picked up from the FAS office.
TEAM
ROSTERS. Rosters are
submitted ONLY via the FAS website on your “Manager Home” page. A roster
is NOT considered submitted until payment is received. Rosters are due TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS prior to your first scheduled game with
applicable non-county fees ($31 per non-county resident/$30 cash discounted.) Failure to submit rosters on time will result
in the team being charged with a 7-0 loss for each game scheduled during the
period in which the proper complete roster is not on file with FAS. This rule will be strictly enforced. At all times, 2/3 of your roster must be
ASA
REGISTRATION. FAS will register your team with the Amateur
Softball Association (ASA) for all 4 programs. Teams may elect to join the
other national softball associations by contacting the appropriate
representative.
SCHEDULE
NOTIFICATION. Schedules
will be posted on the FAS website two weeks prior to the season start for all
programs
RULEBOOKS
/ SCOREBOOKS. FAS
has an FAS Rule Book, ASA Rule Book, and Scorebook for every team. Each team should have copies of these documents
which may be picked up from the FAS office.
The FAS Rules may also be viewed on the FAS Home Page.
FAS
OFFICE. Our office is located at