Southern Wisconsin Amateur Baseball Tournament

The Southern Wisconsin Amateur Baseball Association (SWABA) holds two competitive tournaments each summer consisting of teams from primarily southern Wisconsin. Teams will compete in either the CLASS “A” DIVISION (for teams with a primary league record over .500 in previous season) or in the CLASS “B” DIVISION (for teams with a primary league record of .500 or under in the previous season). New teams formed in the current year will play in the Class “B” division. Eligible leagues include, but not limited to: East Shore, Home Talent, Land of Lakes, Rock River, Madison Area Baseball League, and Milwaukee Baseball League. If your league is not present on this list, please contact one of the people below for more information about the possibility of playing.

·         The tournament will be wood bat only. 

·         The DH will be used but there will be no re-entry. 

·         Primary league roster must be used, however teams may pick up ONE pitcher from your league.  This player may not play with another team in the tournament.  He can bat when he is pitching, but when he is done pitching, he must be removed from the game. 

·         Games are 7 innings or 1:55 time limit. 

·         There will be a $100 entry fee plus a $100 performance bond which will be refunded when your team completes all of their scheduled games. 

·         The consolation game in both divisions must be played or the non-participating team will forfeit their prize money and the $100 refundable portion of their entry fee.

·         The prize money to be awarded will be approximately $450-$350-$250-$150, dependent on the number of teams in each division.

·         Brackets of the entire tournament with future dates and possible opponents will be made available as soon as possible after the entry deadline.

·         SWABA will provide umpires and baseballs to be used at each game, however the site hosting any game is responsible for giving the paid attendance (gate) to SWABA

·         Winning teams must complete the scoresheet found below and submit to jimziegler_3@yahoo.com - your cooperation with this is much appreciated.

·         Teams looking at hosting games in future tournaments please contact one of the individuals below:

SWABA Contacts:

Carl Schwarze                                                     Paul Vanden Heuvel

920-261-6314                                                      262-628-9529

pconq@hotmail.com                                          pgv@att.net

Bob Schulz                                                           Jim Ziegler

920-285-3736                                                      262-719-6259

bobschultz@charter.net                                     jimziegler_3@yahoo.com