Tournament Team Eligibility Requirements

Tournament Team Eligibility Requirements - 2009
All tournament team candidates must meet EACH of the following eligibility criteria or they may not be allowed to participate on an LGLL Tournament Team.

Participation Requirement
Each player selected for a tournament team MUST attend ALL scheduled games in the District Tournament and AT LEAST 75% of the team's practices. Any child who is selected for a Tournament Team, but who does not meet the participation requirement, will, without exception, immediately be removed from his/her Tournament Team. Fees will not be refunded. In 2008, the time commitment for each team was as printed in the following table. Expect the commitment in 2009 to be very similar.

Age	Practice	District Tournament
8/9's	6/6-7/1	6/20-7/1
9/10's	6/14-7/9	6/26-7/9
10/11's	6/14-7/8	6/26-7/8
11/12's	6/15-7/15	7/3-7/15

Note: The winner of all the District age-group tournaments (with the exception of the 8/9-year-old tournament) advances to a Sectional tournament and the winner there advances to the Division tournament. This is the last tournament for all but Majors. The Majors Divisional champion advances to Regionals, and the winner of the Regional tournament earns a place in the Little League World Series.

Original Birth Certificate
Little League mandates that each player on a tournament team provide proof of his or her birthdate. Little League will only accept an ORIGINAL "Certificate of Live Birth". Click here for details about Little League's birth certificate requirement.

Proof of Residence
Each player must provide documents proving that he or she resides within the boundaries of Los Gatos Little League. Click here for Little League's residency requirements and for a description of the documentation that parent's must submit to prove residency.

Medical Release
Each Tournament Team Manager must have a signed Medical Release for each player on his team. Click here for a copy of the Medical Release that may be completed and printed.

Snack Shack Obligation
Each family of a Tournament Team player is required to work 1 shift (approximately 2 1/2 hours) of Snack Shack duty should LGLL host one of the District Tournaments. Parents may purchase a $50 "buyout" of this obligation.

Participation Fee and Uniform Deposit
Each tournament team player will need provide the following:

A $40 participation fee. Each player will receive 2 practice jerseys and a tournament team hat.
A $75 uniform deposit. No player will be issued a uniform unless we receive deposit. When players turn-in their uniforms, they will get back their deposit checks.