Executive Committee NAFA Girls Fastpitch

NAFA National Office  Nafafastpitch@gmail.com 
503-864-4487 ext 211     PO Box 566, Dayton, Oregon 97114
Cell 503-559-5398

Executive Director, Benjie Hedgecock, Nafafastpitch@gmail.com 
President,        Jack Spahr,   jack@nafa-region4.com
Vice President, Larry Parker, nafaparker@gmail.com
Vice President, Ed Serdar,    edserdar@gmail.com
Vice President, Kris Russom, youthfastpitch@gmail.com

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NAFA NEWS...

04/05/2009 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT SITES & DATES INFO has been posted on the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE.

04/04/2009  18U 43 Foot ELITE NATIONALS to be held in Memphis, Tennessee/Tunica, Mississipi. More Details soon.

03/02/2009 President Jack Spahr is proud to announce the appointment Ed Kimminau as South Regional Director overseeing Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico.

12/09/2008 President Jack Spahr appoints Kala Caldwell Kansas City Metro Director.

10/29/2008  Midwest  Nationals Tentatively announced:

8U  7/14-18  Lincoln, Nebraska
10A Elite 7/23-26 Eagan,Minnesota
10A 7/22-26 Memphis, Tennessee
10B 7/14-18 Lincoln, Nebraska
10B 7/22-26 Memphis, Tennessee
12B 7/22-26 Kansas City, Kansas
14A Elite  7/28-8/1 St. Louis, Missouri
14B 7/14-18  Lincoln, Nebraska
16A 40 Foot Elite 7/28-8/1 Kansas
16A 43 Foot  TBA
16B 7/28-8/1 Missouri
18-Elite 43 TBA
18A-43 foot 7/27-8/1 Crown Point, Indiana
18A-40 Foot 7/22-26 Oklahoma
18B-40 Foot 7/28-8/1 Missouri
18B-40 Foot 7/22-26 Oklahoma

10/28/2008  Frank Wilson is inducted as into the NAFA Hall of Fame as the 1st person ever representing the Girls FP Program. To read more on Frank and to see his plaque go to  www.nafaregion4.com

10/27/2008 Great Lakes Vice President, Ed Serdar announces the appointment of Tim Cleaver as Ohio Interim State Director.

10/23/2008  NAFA Announces Great Lakes "B" Nationals July 15-19, 2009
10B,12B,14B,16B, 18B Indianapolis(Borwnsburg), Indiana

10/20/2008 NAFA Announces East Nationals
July 15-19, 2009
Cherokee, North Carolina
8U,10B,12B,14B, 16B, 18B 

10/18/2008 For Rule Changes made at the National Meeting in Kansas City Oct 10-12 click onthe 'NAFA Rulebook" button on the left hand menu

10/17/2008 NAFA Announces West National Championships "A" Nationals and "B" Nationals in the North and Midwest

Northern Nationals
18A-43 Foot Crown Point, Indiana(just below Chicago, Ill.)  July 27-8/1

16A-40 Foot "Elite" Kansas City 7/27-8/1
14A-"Elite" St. Louis, Mo 7/27-8/1
12A-"Elite" Tulsa, Oklahoma 7/22-26
12A-North  Eagan, Minnesota 7/23-26
10A-"Elite" Eagan, Minnesota 7/23-26
10A-Tulsa, Oklahoma 7/22-26
10B-Oklahoma, tba
8U-Oklahoma  date TBA

West Nationals Dates and Locations:
18U Elite     7/28-8/1 Anahiem, California
16U 43 Foot Elite 7/28-8/1 Anaheim, Cal
18A-40 Foot 7/23-26 Newberg, Oregon
16A-40 Foot 7/23-26 Newberg, Oregon
16A-40 Foot 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
18B-40 Foot 7/23-26 Newberg, Oregon
18B-40 Foot 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
16B 7/23-26 Newberg, Oregon
16B 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
14A 7/23-26  Newberg, Oregon
14A 7/22-26  Carson City, Nevada
14B 7/23-26 Newberg, Oregon
14B 7/22-26  Carson City, Nevada
12A 7/23-26  Newberg, Oregon
12A 7/22-26  Carson City, Nevada
12B 7/23-26 Milwaukie, Oregon
12B 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
10A 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
10B 7/23/26 Newberg, Oregon
10B 7/22-26 Carson City, Nevada
8U 7/17-19  Newberg, Oregon
8U 7/24-26  Carson City, Nevada

South Nationals Dates and Locations
18-43-"Elite" 7/27-8/1 Texas
16-43-"Elite" 7/27-8-1 Texas
14 A - TBA,
14 B - TBA,
12 A - TBA
12 B - TBA,
10 A - TBA,
10 B - TBA,
8U - TBA, 

  NAFA Announces 2009 National Championships for Elite Level "A" Teams. The Elite level is considered the "Gold" level for 18-Under teams and it is considered the top of the "A" level in age divisions below the 18U level. These "Elite" level events are held in the Midwest where everyone from across the nation can meet in the middle of the Nation and decide the top team in each age class.

18-Under "Elite" 43 Foot National Championship 5GG in Texas.

16-A "Elite" National Championships
Kansas City, Kansas  July 27-8/1
Contact Jack Spahr for more info.

14-A "Elite" 40 Foot National Championship  July 27-8/1 at the new 12 Field Chesterfield Complex in St. Louis, Missouri. Contact Jack Spahr for more info.

12-A "Elite" National Championships
July 22-26, TBA Oklahoma

10-A "Elite" National Championships
July 23-26, Eagan, Minnesota for more info contact Larry Parker at nafaparker@gmail.com

10/15/2008 NAFA takes the lead in softball once again by holding our first 16A-43 Foot National National Championship  with the 18-Elite 43 Foot National to give kids the exposure to the same College Coaches that will be viewing the 18U's  We expect over 100 College Coaches to attend.

10/14/2008 NAFA announces the appointment of Dennis Fong as Interim NorCal NAFA Director.

10/13/2008 NAFA Upper Midwest Regional Director announces the appointment of Bob Tomlinson as the Wisconsin NAFA State Director for Girls Fastpitch. He is a longtime high school fp guru and was the orignial operator of the FP Chronicle that was distributed around the FP World in the 70's-80's. He currently is the moderator of the only High School FP Forum in Wisconsin. You can reach Bob at  faspich1@aol.com

10/12/2008  NAFA announces the appointment of Jim Dunn as NAFA Nevada Girls Fastpitch State Director. Jim has been the key person for many years in developing the league network in Northern Nevada and he was formerly the NSA Nevada State Director. You can reach Jim at  jimdunn@nvbell.net

10/09/2008  NAFA National Meeting abut to begin in Kansas City, Kansas at the Lenexa Radisson Motel Saturday at 8 am.

10/08/2008  NAFA appoints Rob Brown as North Carolina NAFA State Director. You can reach Rob at  828-736-4650 cell

09/15/2008  NAFA Assistant Rocky Mountain Regional Director, Ed Kimminau announces the appointment of Rick Phillips as Interim Arizona NAFA Girls FP State Director. Rick has been very visible in Arizona in the Phoenix area in LL and travel ball and is very enthusiastic about developing NAFA in Arizona.

8/05/2008  NAFA National Tournaments completed with results below, 18U-Elite has 80 teams in Sulphur, Louisiana(near Lake Charles).

7/28/2008  NAFA National Meeting to be held October 10-12, 2008 in Kansas City(Lenexa Radisson Motel) email Jack Spahr for details.

7/13/2008   METAL CLEATS ILLEGAL IN NAFA GIRLS PLAY
This Directive is official today for NAFA Youth play. Effective Immediately for all NAFA Youth play including National Tournaments the following emergency ruling will be in effect regarding a player found wearing metal cleats which are illegal: "In the event that a player or players are found to be in violation of the "no metal cleat rule", the umpire shall eject "BOTH" the 3rd base coach and the player(s) found to be wearing the illegal metal cleats for the remainder of that game. Once the first pitch is thrown this penalty will become effective for each game. This rule was affirmed at the national meeting in Kansas City.
 
June 18th 2008  The First ever NAFA Women's Division World Series will be held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2nd-3rd.(No Friday Games). Contact Benjie Hedgecock at Nafafastpitch@gmail.com to register.

June 4, 2008  NAFA Announces 16A West National Championsip in Stocton, California July 21-27.

May 29th, 2008 NAFA "ELITE" 18-Under National reaches 102 team commitments for Sulphur, Louisiana National.

May 28th, 2008 Bob Regpala is appointed as Interim Regional Director of Region 2 which includes Northern California, Southern California, Hawaii, and Nevada.

March 20th, 2008, 2009 National Championship sites and dates were placed including an exciting new "Elite" Division for each age group. More details to follow in September.

March 15th, 2008, The NAFA Girls and Women's Fastpitch bylaws were approved by a 7-0 vote of the NAFA Executive Committee.

Dec 27th, 2007, the 2008 NAFA Rulebook Document was posted online. Please review it as the Playing Rules Committee is reviewing it also for potential changes for 2008. Submit your rule change requests to President Jack Spahr at Jack@nafa-region4.com by January 1st, 2008. The Playing Rules Committee will vote on them on January 10th and the hard copy rule book will go to press on January 15th. Each team and umpire will receive a rulebook. Thanks for assisting us in making this rulebook our best ever. For advertising info for our rulebook contact Executive Director Benjie Hedgecock at  Nafafastpitch@gmail.com

Dec. 3, 2007 Jesse Barksdale has been appointed Louisiana Interim State Director.

Dec. 2, 2007 Blair Sonnichson has been appointed Manitoba Province Director by Vice President Larry Parker. You can reach Blair at blair@winnipeghomes.com

Dec 1st, 2007 Jim Kraus has been appointed Nebraska State Director by President Jack Spahr. You can reach Jim at jkraus@sourceonex.com  phone 402-432-7589  

Nov 21st, 2007, Robbie Erechar is appointed Washington State Girls FP State Director by Northwest Regional Director Kris Russom. You can reach Robbie at NAFARob@gmail.com

Nov 20th, 2007  Chad Mix is appointed interim Wisconsin Girls FP State Director by Larry Parker, Upper Midwest Regional Director.

Nov 19th, Brealand Edwards was appointed NAFA Regional Director in the Northeast by Vice President Ed Serdar. You can contact Brealand at locomo1990@aol.com

Nov 18th, 2007 Jeff Sanders appointed Indiana NAFA State Director. You can reach him at Indiananafa@yahoo.com

Nov 17th, 2007 Dave Betcher appointed Interim Associate Regional Director of Region 7(Illinois,Indiana,Michigan, Ohio, North Kentucky)

Nov 16th, 2007 George Davis was appointed Interim Iowa NAFA Girls FP Directors.

Nov 15th, 2007 Jerry Pickett is appointed Interim State Director of Arkansas, New Mexico, and South Oklahoma/North Texas)

Oct. 27 NAFA Girls Fastpitch website www.playnafa.com goes live and links to the NAFA Regional websites across North America. NAFA Girls Fastpitch Program unites many key softball programs, directors, teams and umpires from across North America to form the third largest girls fastpitch softball association in the U.S.

ABOUT NAFA...
NAFA is the North American Fastpitch Association. We are a very successful fastpitch organization that is the fastest growing fastpitch association in North America.
Due to our success many directors from multiple fastpitch groups have joined our group giving us an even greater presence throughout North America. We are dedicated to our teams, directors and umpires and that is why we are  having such success. We put the teams first!
Come join us in a great environment where everyone is important to each other.
 
Benjie Hedgecock
NAFA Executive

Click on the Region below to be taken to the NAFA Regional Websites for Local Tournament Schedules & contact info for each state.

NORTHWEST
http://www.nafawa.com/
OR,WA,ID,AK

PACIFIC COAST
WWW.NAFAREGION2.COM
NorCal, CentCal, SoCal,NV,HW

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
http://www.nafaksco.com/
COL, WY, UT, AZ, MT

UPPER MIDWEST
WWW.NAFAREGION3.COM
MN,WI,ND,SD,IA

PLAINS
WWW.NAFAREGION4.COM
KS,MO,NE, West TENN

SOUTH
http://www.nafaregion4.com/
OK,NM,AR,TX,LA,MS

GREAT LAKES
WWW.NAFAREGION7.COM
IL,IN,MI,OH, NORTH KY

SOUTHEAST
WWW.NAFAREGION7.COM
GA, FLORIDA, NC, SC, East TENN

EAST
WWW.NAFAREGION9.COM
VA,WV, SOUTH KY, MD, DC
NJ, NY , PA

NORTHEAST
WWW.NAFAREGION10.COM
DE, ME,CT, NH, VT, MA, RI,

EAST CANADA
WWW.NAFAREGION11.COM
EAST ONTARIO,NF,PE, QUEBEC

WEST CANADA
WWW.NAFAREGION12.COM
B.C.,ALB,SSK,WEST ON

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