November 19, 2007

City Chosen to Host National Softball Tournament

ASA 12&U Fast Pitch Northern Territory Nationals in 2009

Bowling Green, Ky. -- The Amateur Softball Association selected the host sites for its 2009 tournaments at the ASA National Council meeting in Louisville recently. Bowling Green was chosen to host the 12 and Under Class B Fast Pitch Northern Territory Nationals July 29- August 2, 2009.

The tournament will bring between 30 and 50 teams, a majority of which will be from out of state, for four days of games played at either Western Kentucky University’s Intramural Fields or Buchanon Park. “Our central location and past successes in hosting sporting events were major factors in the ASA Council’s decision to bring this event to Bowling Green,” Junior Olympics Slow and Fast Pitch Commissioner for Kentucky Brenda Petty said.

Petty, also the Supervisor of Buchanon Park, and Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Sports Director Amy Cardwell attended the ASA Council Meeting to present the bid. “Bowling Green has many of the best facilities in the country,” Cardwell said. “The ease of travel between fields is also important due to the higher number of fans traveling with a youth sporting event.”

With the addition of the Northern Territory Nationals, there will be eighteen softball events taking place in Bowling Green in 2009. The Amateur Softball Association is the National Governing Body of softball in the U.S. ASA conducts over 90 Championships annually in three categories of competition; slow, fast and modified pitch. This particular tournament was in Salina, KS this past July, will be in Springfield, MO in 2008, and has previously not been held in Kentucky.

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