Notes on canceling tournaments due to weather

Jan 10, 2024 ·   General

Managers, I know that you veterans know the drill about what goes on a full 2 weeks out from a tournament, but I feel our new Managers and Players deserve to know that we always want to play, but we also always look out for their safety.     At least 2 weeks out from a Tournament, we monitor the weather.  That means that we monitor the weather 12 months a year.  We check the local weather, incoming fronts, and the possibility of bad conditions caused by rain or wind.  One of our Board Members is a Government empl ...

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Hotel group rates for February thru April are a disaster

Jan 08, 2024 ·   Hotels

Hotels in Polk County for the months of Feb/March and April are a disaster Group rates are in the $200’s min.  Over the last few years hotels have dropped us as teams go and make their own hotel arrangements and we do not fill the blocks. Hilton Garden Inn, Courtyard Marriott and Towneplace Suites are just a few of the hotels that have dropped us due to lack of pick-up.  We just added the Quality Inn Lakeland to the list of hotels that are willing to work with us during this period. The Quality Inn is not a Marriott or a ...

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January 60+ Tournament canceled due to rain

Jan 06, 2024 ·   Tournament News

The January 60+ tournament has been canceled completely due to the amount of rain today.  Please contact the FHC Treasurer, Al Melendez, for a refund or credit toward a future tournament.  Please provide Al with your Team name and Age Division. Al Melendezasoftball24@aol.com727-741-1859

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New automated schedule system launches

Jan 04, 2024 ·   Website

Florida Half Century has invested in the development of a custom schedule system that we built from the ground up.  This new tool will allow schedules to be more quickly available, and also allows us to regenerate the schedule very quickly when teams drop out.  We built in some systems logic that will try to keep teams from being stuck with all early games, and will create a more balanced schedule of early and late games throughout the season. Please bear with us as we implement this new system.  This weekend, with a record ...

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Don't forget to check your rosters within 30 days of tournaments

Jan 01, 2024 ·   Tournament News

Managers, when you check your roster at the Tournament Site, you are not done with your responsibility.  It is your responsibility to check your Roster within 30 days to see that your Players received credit for being at that tournament.  To get that right, contact our webmaster at tres@floridacreative.com or use the Contact Form on the website.  He will get you your password so you can fulfill your responsibility.   Coach Mike KnowlesFHC Chairman

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Don't forget to book hotels through our travel partner

Jan 01, 2024 ·   Hotels

Managers, I want to remind you that to get the better rates in Seminole County, you must go through Tony Shard.  He works hard to get us decent rates, especially since the winter rates are just crazy.  Here is his information:   Tony Shard tony@globalconciergetravel.com 850-577-5291   Tony also handles all of Polk County, and the Vero, Port St. Lucie and Stuart areas.  He can save you money.   Contact him, or check the website hotel page:   https://floridahalfcentury.org/en.hotels.htm &nbs ...

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Announcing new FHC Board members

Jan 01, 2024 ·   General

Lester Lewis is appointed by FHC Board of Directors as the new Area 3 Director as of January 1, 2024.   Bob O'Brien is appointed by the FHC Board of Directors as the new Secretary as of January 1, 2024.

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Current 60+ Brackets & Schedule may change if we are able to secure another complex

Dec 30, 2023 ·   Tournament News

60+ Managers, I am quite sure you have figured out something is going on, and you are right.  Next weekend, we have a regularly scheduled average January 60+ Tournament.  Right?   Absolutely not!!!!!   We have broken a FHC Softball record.  We have 100 Teams coming into Polk County for one tournament.  The previous record was 93 Teams for one tournament, but this one simply blows that record out of the water.  When I scheduled this tournament some 12 months ago, we had no idea that so many teams would ...

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New Age Division Letters

Dec 29, 2023 ·   Tournament News

As you will see in the January tournaments, we have changed the ranking prefixes so that all 60's teams will start with the letter A.  65's teams will now start with the letter B, and 70's teams will start with the letter C.  This allows 60's teams playing in 50's tournaments to not show as an "unranked" team.  For example, if the 15th ranked 60's team is playing the 30th ranked 50's team, it will look like this on the schedule: 30 - A15

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50's Teams of the Year

Dec 23, 2023 ·   General

Managers, in an earlier post this week, I was incorrect in the naming of the 50's B Division Team of the Year.  Please except my apology for that mistake.   The 50's B Division "Team of the Year" for 2023 was the Roofing Pros, USA Team under the leadership of Donna Lefrancois.   Mike Knowles FHC Chairman

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