Entry Fee: $495

Deadline: Entry fee payment must be received by: Jan. 6, 2017

Note: Senior Softball-USA charges a 4% convenience fee for all payments other than cash or check.

Important reminder: The US Postal Service is experiencing delays in their deliveries, so please let us know if you intend to play in this tournament. Team lists for tournament are published on the tournament pages at the entry deadline. If your team is not listed, please call immediately. Teams are not officially entered until payment is received.

Refund policy: Entry Fees are non-refundable after the deadline. Full refunds are given to teams withdrawing BEFORE the deadline. NO refunds are given after the deadline.

Tournament Format

Note: SSWC reserves the right to combine divisions of three or fewer teams within one age level and/or skill level.

This is a RING AWARD tournament. Five games minimum scheduled, with Round Robin into Double Elimination or Three-Game-Guarantee brackets or other tourney formats.

Special Events

Hitting Clinic

Wednesday, February 8th from 10:00AM - 2:00PM Auburndale Softball Complex This clinic will give players a chance to warm up and to sharpen their skills before the tournament with some of the best hitters in the sport. Players must contact the office at (916) 326.5303 to register before January 6th, 2017.

TOC All-Star Game

Wednesday, February 8th 6:00PM Auburndale Softball Complex Each TOC-competing team will select one player to compete in the game. Two TOC managers will be selected for the All Star teams.

Skills Contests

Thursday, February 9th from 10:00AM - 12:00PM Auburndale Softball Complex Contests in four divisions (40/50, 60, 70, Women) including: Precision Hitting (winners receive bats), Home Run Contest (winners receive bats), Speed (running contest/winners receive shoes), Pitching Contest (winners receive gloves). Players must contact the SSUSA office at (916) 326.5303 to register before January 6th, 2017.

Mini-Tournament

Thursday, February 9th, 12:15-4:00PM Auburndale Softball Complex Teams will have a chance to play short 3-inning practice games. Players from T.O.C. teams (only) that can't make the Mini-Tournament are welcome to play with short-handed teams.

TOC Banquet

Friday February 10th, 7:00PM - Lakeland Center (701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815) There will be a free banquet for participating TOC players, their friends and family during which each team will be recognized.

Game Scores & Bracket Results (PDF's)

• Men: 40's & 50's | 55's | 60's | 65's & 70's | 75's & 80's
• Women: 40's & 50's

• Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Large file: 34 pages]

Tournament Administration (PDF's)

• Master Fields Schedule: Master Games & Fields Grid
• Participating Teams: TOC 2017 (111 teams)

For a list of the teams that qualified for the recently concluded 2017 TOC, please CLICK HERE

For the TOC 2018 (February 9-11, 2018): Currently qualified teams
 

11th ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS:
Polk County Is ‘The County of Choice’

POLK COUNTY, FL. • The Crown Jewel of Senior Softball enters its 11th year here in 2017, pitting the best of the best on the softball diamonds.

There simply is no other tournament in the sport that comes close to the SSUSA Original Tournament of Champions: Free rings for winners, special edition bats for MVPs, free polo shirt for every player, gift bags for every manager, a gala sit-down banquet for 1,500 players and their families – and that does not even include the hitting clinics, skills contests and the All Star Game!

This year’s tournament will be held Feb. 8 through Feb. 12 and only winners of qualifying tournament are invited. In short, it’s the tournament for champions, only. Second-place teams stay home. This is the original Tournament of Champions and it’s only for those teams that have been previously crowned king of the hill at a Senior Softball USA sanctioned tournament during the 2016 season.

“The TOC here offers the most elite event in the sport to celebrate winners of the top tournaments in the country,” said Terry Hennessy, chief executive officer of SSUSA. “No one offers a tournament that even comes close.”

“It’s a battle of tournament champions taking on tournament champions to determine which team is truly the top team of the year,” he said. “There’s really nothing like it and that’s why teams go all out to come back each year.”

The Tournament of Champions handsomely rewards its winners who received free championship rings and each player earns a TOC polo shirt and certificate. In addition, the most valuable players in each division win a bat.

 

Playing Facilities

Headquarter Hotel

Holiday Inn - Winter Haven
200 Cypress Gardens Blvd.
Winter Haven, FL 33880
(863) 292-2100

Rates:
Standard Room - $119.00/night

*Includes hearty hot breakfast buffet daily

To book your reservation call (863) 292-2100 and mention the group name Senior Softball-USA.  Reservations must be made by January 10, 2017 to receive the discounted rate.

 

Host Hotels

Hampton Inn - Winter Haven
202 Cypress Gardens Blvd.
Winter Haven, FL 33880
(863) 299-9251

Rates:
Standard Room - $119.00/night

*Includes daily breakfast between 6am-10am.

To book your reservation call (863) 299-9251 and mention the group name Senior Softball-USA.  Reservations must be made by January 10, 2017 to receive the discounted rate.

 

Days Inn & Suites Lakeland
4502 N Socrum Loop Road
Lakeland, FL 33809
Phone: 863-683-5095
Email: reservation.daysinn@gmail.com

Rate:
$129 + Taxes

LOCATION: The Days Inn & Suites is very conveniently located in the heart of the city of Lakeland at Exit 33, on I-4, where the sights and sounds of whole Lakeland, Auburndale and Winter Haven at your door step.

 

Imperial Swan
4141 S. Florida Avenue Lakeland, FL 33813
Contact: Jack
Hotel: (863) 647-3000x1151

Amenities: Air-Conditioned Rooms, Junior & King Executive Suites, Coffee Maker, Cribs Available, Grab Bars In Bathrooms, Hairdryer Available, Handicap Accessible Rooms Available, 32' LCD Flat Screen TV, Iron/Ironing Board, Maid Service, Microwave & Refrigerators in all rooms, Continental Breakfast, 15% off Krispy Kreme Donuts, Complimentary Wireless WI-Fi, Jacuzzi tubs, Out Door screened in Pool, Complimentary use of Life Styles Gym, Imperial Lounge, Complimentary Business Center, 10k of Conference Space, Interior corridors, ATM available in lobby, Bus Parking Available.

Dates of Play

FIELD
Auburndale Sports Complex
Diamondplex Softball Complex
Loyce Harpe Sports Complex
Southwest Softball Complex
Westside Softball Complex

HOTEL
Days Inn Lakeland
Hampton Inn Winter Haven
Holiday Inn Winter Haven (HQ)
Imperial Swan