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2025 TIDEWATER CLASSIC

Virginia Beach, VA • April 2 - April 6, 2025

Director: Senior Softball-USA, 916-326-5303, E-mail

Winners qualify for the TOC

Entry Fee: $690

Deadline: Entry fee payment must be received by: March 12, 2025

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 Option" Tournament.

Five games minimum initially scheduled (not "guaranteed"), with Round Robin into Double Elimination or Three-Game-Guarantee brackets or other acceptable tourney formats.

 

Senior Softball USA is proud to partner with Southwest Airlines for discounted flights!

(Both sessions) CLICK HERE for discounted round-trip flights to Richmond (RIC) Airport.

Travel must be between March 30 - April 6, 2025 for session 1 teams. Travel must be between April 1-9, 2025 for session 2 teams. Rapid Rewards members receive 15% more points. Remember to add your rewards number or join today with the QR code on the flyer below. (QR code is to join rapid rewards, not to book a discounted flight).

 

Final Standings:

Men's 40+ Major Plus:
1. SMC (MD) - TOC Berth
2. BL2/JCH/Treedom NE 40s (PA)
3. HDI/She Gone Sports (VA)

Men's 40+ AAA:
1. Smokin Aces/American Legion Post #327 (VA) - TOC Berth
2. Sarafis Painting and Construction (NC)
3. Lead Foot Grays (MD)

Men's 40/50+ Platinum:
1. Motion/Edge 40s Softball (VA) - TOC Berth (40+ Major Champions)
2. Lost Boys MD
3. Sake (MD)

Men's 50+ AAA:
1. EIS (NJ) - TOC Berth
2. BACKSIDE (VA)
3. Flatline/Van Metre Homes (VA)

Men's 50/55+ Platinum:
1. Half Century (NC) - TOC Berth (50+ Major Champions)
2. Deluxe Bakery/Phoenix Tube (NJ)
3. Automotive Triage (NC)

Men's 55+ Major:
1. Broughton Pharmacy (NC) - TOC Berth
2. BACKSIDE (VA)
3. WALKOFF 55 (MD)

Men's 55+ AAA:
1. Team Illinois - TOC Berth
2. Maryland Classics/Office Bar & Grill

Men's 55/60+ AA:
1. Beltway Bandits (VA) - TOC Berth (60+ AA Champions)
2. Longshoremen 55 (VA)
3. Virginia Lightning

Men's 60+ Major:
1. Howe Creative Design/The Bank (DE) - TOC Berth
2. Maryland Cougars
3. Buell Fuel 60s (NY)

Men's 60+ AAA:
1. Team Illinois 60s - TOC Berth
2. VA Journeymen
3. Dalton Farms (VA)

Men's 65+ Major: 
1. Hudson Valley Cyclones (NY) - TOC Berth
2. Anchor Mechanical (MD)
3. Virginia Vipers

Men's 65+ AAA:
1. The Starboard (DE) - TOC Berth
2. Northern Virginia Force 65s
3. Lynch Construction 65s (PA)

Men's 70+ Major:
1. High Street Bucs 70s (MD) - TOC Berth
2. Northern Virginia Force 70
3. Promotion/Phoenix Tube 70 (NJ)

Men's 70/75+ AAA:
1. Long Island Jaguars 70s White - TOC Berth (70+ AAA Champions)
2. Long Island Jaguars 75s
3. Robinson's Furniture/OTS (DE)

Tournament Results

 

Tournament Schedule (Updated 3/28/25)

 

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Playing Facilities

Princess Anne Athletic Complex
4001 Dam Neck Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23456


Hotel Information:


Sandcastle Resort On The Beach
1307 Atlantic Ave.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
(757) 428-2828
Group: Senior Softball 2025

Book by March 18
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/3: $99/night (2 Queens Oceanfront)
4/4 - 4/5: $179/night (2 Queens Oceanfront)

Free breakfast and parking.

 


Comfort Suites Oceanfront
2321 Atlantic Ave.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
(757) 974-9056

Book by March 18
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/3: $109/night (1 King Oceanfront w/ sofa bed)
4/4 - 4/5: $199/night (1 King Oceanfront w/ softa bed)

Free breakfast and parking.

 


Barclay Towers Suites
809 Atlantic Ave.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
(757) 491-2700

Book by March 18
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/3: $99/night (1 King Oceanfront w/ sofa bed)
4/4 - 4/5: $189/night (1 King Oceanfront w/ softa bed)

Free parking.

 

 


Aqua Vista Hotel Resort
1719 Atlantic Ave.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
(757) 425-5511

Book by March 18
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/3: $89/night (2 Queens Oceanfront)
4/4 - 4/5: $149/night (2 Queens Oceanfront)

Free parking.

 

 


Hyatt Place - Virginia Beach Oceanfront

3601 Atlantic Ave.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451

Book by February 28.
Click here to book online.
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/5: $140/night (City view king)
4/1 - 4/5: $165/night (Oceanfront king)
4/1 - 4/5: $175/night (Oceanfront 2 queens)
4/1 - 4/5: $175/night (Oceanfront high floor king)
4/1 - 4/5: $185/night (Oceanfront high floor 2 queens)

This hotel only offers valet parking at $11 per car, per night. Includes free breakfast and in-room safes, microwave, pull-out sleeper sofa, mini-fridge, and balconies. On-site laundry pool, buinsess center dinning and bar.

 


Hyatt Place - Beach Town Center

335 Independence Blvd.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23462

Book by February 28.
Click here to book online.
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/1 - 4/5: $129/night (1 King w/sofa bed)
4/1 - 4/5: $139/night (2 Queens w/sofa bed)
4/1 - 4/5: $139/night (1 King High Floor w/sofa bed)
4/1 - 4/5: $144/night (2 Queens High Floor)

Free breakfast. Rooms include mini-fridges. Includes indoor pool, and fitness center.

 


Delta Hotels - Virginia Beach Waterfront

2800 Shore Dr.,
Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
(757) 481-9000
Group name: 2025 Tidewater Classic Senior Softball
Reference number: M-URIH3DU

Book by March 14.
Click here to book online.
Rates: 
(Subject to local/state taxes and fees)
4/2 - 4/5: $189/night (Bayview Queen or King)

Discounted parking of $10 per car, per night. (Normally $30).

Dates of Play

Men's 40
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Men's 50
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Men's 55
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Men's 60
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Men's 65
Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2025
Men's 70
Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2025
Men's 75
Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2025
Men's 80
Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2025
Men's 85
Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2025
Women's 40
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Women's 50
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Women's 55
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Women's 60
Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6, 2025

Men's 40 19 teams

Autism Pride
Chestertown
MD
BL2/JCH/Treedem NE 40s
Bethleham
PA
Extreme/1 Bat
Charlotte
NC
F3 40s
Fredericksburg
VA
Family First/3am
Toms River
NJ
HDI/She Gone Sports
Fairfax
VA
Lead Foot Grays
Salisbury
MD
Mix It Up/Ground Breakers
Capital Heights
MD
Motion/Edge 40s Softball
Alexandria
VA
OPP/Nimble Crane/Pace Field Services
Maryland
DE
Prime 40s
Fredericksburg
VA
Racehorse Tavern / MFG Empire
Mechanicsburg
PA
Sake
Temple Hills
MD
Sarafis Painting and Construction
Moyock
NC
SMC
Berlin
MD
Smokin Aces/American Legion Post #327
Norfolk
VA
Turn 2 Electric 40
Wake Forest
NC
Wicked Stix-DISBANDED
Spatsylvania
VA
Y'All Next
Waldorf
MD

Men's 50 16 teams

AST/QTI/CF/GPOA/PNS/CCS
Manassas
VA
Automotive Triage
Concord
NC
BACKSIDE
Virginia Beach
VA
Deluxe Bakery
Runnemede
NJ
EIS
Edison
NJ
Flatline/Van Metre Homes
Fredericksburg
VA
Gigantes O.C. 50s
Millersville
MD
Half Century
Charlotte
NC
JDL Express
Culpeper
VA
JWD/ BARKLEY HEATING & AIR
Millsboro
DE
Lost Boys MD (DISBANDED)
Baltimore
MD
Lyndsey Roofing/OTC ELITE
Philadelphia
PA
MVP Inc
York
PA
Old Skool/Racehorse Tavern/Girard Club
York
PA
Rough Ryders 50s
Owings Mills
MD
Strictly Business
Fredricksburg
VA

Men's 55 13 teams

BACKSIDE
Virginia Beach
VA
Broughton Pharmacy
Winston-Salem
NC
Caterbone Realty Group (DISBANDED)
Stamford
CT
D.C. Grays
Woodbridge
VA
Dugout Bar & Grille/CIA/Red Athlete
Glen Allen
VA
Generational Softball
Richmond
VA
Infoquest.com
Steelton
PA
Lawson Construction Management
Williamsburg
VA
Longshoremen 55
Norfolk
VA
Maryland Classics / Office Bar & Grill
Pasadena
MD
Skid Daddy/C3 Skids
New Smyrna Beach
FL
Team Illinois
Fisher
IL
WALKOFF 55
Rockville
MD

Men's 60 14 teams

Backside
Chesapeake
VA
Beltway Bandits
Mount Jackson
VA
Buell Fuel 60s
Liverpool
NY
Dalton Farms
Aylett
VA
DHF Contractors 60s
Norfolk
VA
Estes/Rheem
Chester Field
VA
Howe Creative Design/The Bank
Milford
DE
LBV
Concord
NC
Maryland Cougars
Montgomery Village
MD
Raging Mummies
Melbourne
FL
Team Illinois 60s
Fisher
IL
Turn 2 Electric
Raleigh
NC
VA Journeymen
Woodbridge
VA
Virginia Lightning
Mechanicsville
VA

Men's 65 7 teams

Anchor Mechanical
Fallston
MD
Hudson Valley Cyclones
Poughkeepsie
NY
Lynch Construction 65s
Stroudsburg
PA
Northern Virginia Force 65s
Springfield
VA
Old Skool/Extra Innings
Richmond
VA
The Starboard
Lewes
DE
Virginia Vipers
Virginia Beach
VA

Men's 70 6 teams

High Street Bucs 70s (DISBANDED)
Owings Mills
MD
Hudson Valley Cyclone
Hopewell Junction
NY
Long Island Jaguars 70's White
Long Island
NY
Northern Virginia Force 70
Springfield
VA
Promotion/Phoenix Tube 70
Hampton
NJ
Robinson's Furniture/OTS
Milton
DE

Men's 75 1 teams

Long Island Jaguars 75s
Long Island
NY
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