It's time again !!!

for the 2010 Purple and Gold Classic!

This has been a tradition at Hueytown's Allison Bonnett Park for over 6 years.... we've had rain, snow, brilliantly sunny days, but have never canceled a tournament.

The facilities are great, the food is great, and best of all is the GREAT softball this tournament has always brought...

Normally we've had this tournament in early March, but because of scheduling conflicts we've had to move it to later in March, but this should actually make the weather a little more predictable!

If you would like to join us, please click on the registration button in the right sidebar or go to the alabamansa.net site to register!

We'll see you in March!!

2009 Finals!

After a great Friday and Saturday of softball, we have our 4 champions and 4 runner ups!

It was beautiful weather in Hueytown and Gardendale and we played some GREAT softball.

The 8Us seemed to enjoy the short field as they hit tons of balls over the fence! The Mustangs put 16 over as they made their way to the Championship.

The 10U Silver, was won by the Frenzy as they overcome the Extreme Shock by the score of 8-3.

In 10U Gold... 1st Seed Bombers and 1st Seed Vipers ran the brackets to the championship game and the Vipers won the championship!

The 12Us fought it out in the championship game as the Ladybugs took on the 1st seed Red Storm. The Ladybugs took the lead, only to loose it in the last inning as the Red Storm tied up the game. Then the Red Storm went on to win the championship after several tries for the plate were stopped by the Lady Bugs defense. Final Score was a tight 2-1.

It was a great day of softball and the Mustangs and Hueytown Softball want to thank everyone who came out to the park on this beautiful weekend!

I would love your opinions and feedback on the tournament. Not to mention your suggestions for next year! Please email me at garykwray@gmail.com or leave your comments in the comment section under this post!

Thanks again for a GREAT TOURNAMENT!

Tournament Teams & Information

Hueytown
8U Pool A
Mustangs
Twisters
Sidewinders

8U Pool B
Riptide
Red Storm 2000
Bama Blizzard

10U Gold Pool A
Mustangs - Bryant
BL Bombers
Tusc. Titans

10U Gold Pool B
Vipers 98
RS Frenzy 98
Team Bama

12U
Mustangs - Hall
Riptide
White Lightning
Red Storm
Lady Bugs

GARDENDALE
10U Silver Pool A
Frenzy
White Lightning
Shock
Riptide

10U Silver Pool B
Mustangs
Twisters
Vipers
Crushers

Gate Fees 11 and Under Free
Friday $5
Saturday $7

Concessions available and coolers welcome.
Go to http://www.hueytownfastpitch.com/leasingpark.htm to see a layout of the park and rules of the park.

NO PETS, BICYCLES, SKATEBOARDS OR ANY OUTSIDE FOOD VENDORS.

SMOKING ALLOWED AT THE END OF THE FIELDS. PLEASE USE BUCKETS FOR YOUR BUTTS...

Have correct change for the gate if possible. There are NO ATMs close by so have money for gates and concessions.

PLEASE HELP KEEP THE PARK CLEAN. The league will be back out on Sunday to have their Team Pictures, we don't want them coming back to a dirty park.

Thanks!

Tournament Update!!!

We currently have

5 - 8U
8 - 10U Silver
5 - 10U Gold (98)
5 - 12U

We will accept 1 12U team to close this tournament.

Gary

Getting Ready For 2009!

Hueytown Purple & Gold Classic
March 6 & 7, 2009 (Fri/Sat)
Allison Bonnett Park

• This is a NSA Tournament

• Three Games Guarantee

• Trophies - 1st & 2nd place in each division

• Championship Tshirts

• $180 entry fee ( $120 for 8U) until for this year's tournament!
  

• Age Groups: 8U, 10U, 12U

• Cut-off date for entry is February 27, 2009 - 5:00pm

• Play begins on March 6, 2009 - 6:00pm

• Softballs Provided

Sponsored by
Allison Bonnett Park & Birmingham Mustangs '96

Tournament Director:
Gary K Wray
1040 Arcadia Circle
Hueytown, AL 35023
205-612-3082 (Cell)
garykwray@gmail.com

Look in the Sidebar for the link to the Registraion Form

Make Checks payable to BIRMINGHAM MUSTANGS
& mail entry form to:

Gary K Wray
1040 Arcadia Circle
Hueytown, AL 35023

Note: Spots will be held only if teams have paid.
A deposit of 1/2 entry fee will hold a spot till February 27th
Teams that drop after Feb 20th, forfeit the deposit.

Thanks!

Soggy, then Nast, then Beautiful Weekend

The Hueytown Purple and Gold Classic started out as a Soggy weekend. Of the 5 games that played on Friday, some were blow-outs some were really close. but they all ended soggy.

On Saturday we woke to this...

Yes, that's snow in Alabama, in March. Interstate 59 was closed and we had to cancel games.

We immediately started contacting coaches and found that HALF the original field could return but our park had already scheduled pictures for their league teams on Sunday. So we secured the Gardendale fields and scheduled the 4 remaining 12U teams to Gardendale and the rest of the teams played in Hueytown.

Sunday turned out to be a wonderful day with highs in the 70's. You would have never known that it snowed the day before. In Hueytown we played from 11am with the Championship Game for 10Us starting at 5pm. In Gardendale they started at 2pm and the Championship Game started at 5pm. A Beautiful day for softball!!!

The results were as follows:

8U

1. Springville Shock
2. Red Storm

10U

1. BL Lady Bombers
2. Birmingham Mustangs

12U

1. Birmingham Bandits
2. Birmingham Mustangs

All teams played well and everyone seemed to have a great time! The Mustangs gave away 196 Tournament Tshirts, 6 MVP Awards, and 6 Team Trophies. In Hueytown, for the 10s and 8s, every team won at least one game and no team went undefeated! Thats good competition among the teams!

For all of you that came back for Sunday Play, we appreciate the support! Thank you very much! The Concession Stand for the tournament was manned by the Hueytown Fastpitch Softball Park and the money from it went to Support NSA League Play. The Park really thanks you for the support that you showed the park.

I have to commend the spectators of the event. I heard almost no negative remarks during the tournament and while walking around cleaning during and after the event, I noticed that all of the teams really cleaned up after there selves. Thank you for that...

I hope all teams and organizations will return to Hueytown next year where we hope to play the Purple and Gold Classic Again!!

Thanks to the following Teams:

8U

8U Pokadot

8U Red Storm 2000

8U Bama Crushers 99

8U Shock

10U

10U Mustangs

98 Vipers

10U Pokadots

BL Lady Bombers

10U Red Storm Frenzy

Red Storm 97

12U

Mustangs 96

Red Storm 96

12U Total Chaos

12U Cruisers

12U Tuscaloosa Tide

12U Bandits

Venom Fastpitch

Neat Heat

Thank you for entering our tournament and playing through Friday Night and thanks to those who came back on Sunday!

Please Post your experiences in the comment section!

Opening Night

We had a great night of softball. It drizzled on us late in the evening, but otherwise it was a lost of fun with relatively Mild temperatures for all the snow we were to get.....

I will be at the fields at 7:30 in the morning and will try to make a decision around 8:30. I'll start calling after 8:30.

12U Seeding

A Pool

1. Red Stom +9
2. Mustangs +5
3. Total Chaos - 5
4. Venom -9

B Pool

1 game played
Bandits +7
Tusc Tide -7

Good Luck Everyone.....

Gary