SECTION I – FIELD OF PLAY
1.1
(A) THE HOME TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING DOWN THE BASES ON THE
FIELD EACH GAME NIGHT.
(B) IN THE EVENT THAT ONE OF THE BASE STRAPS OR SPIKES HAS BEEN
DAMAGED AND IS NOT FUNCTIONAL, THE TEAM CAPTAINS SHALL CONFER AND
AGREE THAT THERE WILL BE ONE PLAY ONLY AT THE BASE IN QUESTION. * base
straps need to be working condition
1.2. HOME TEAM SUPPLIES ONE NEW BALL FOR EACH NIGHT. THE HOME TEAM
MUST SUPPLY AN ADDITIONAL BALLS NEEDED BEYOND THAT.
1.3.
(A) BALLS: EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE A CASE OF NEW BALLS AT THE START OF
THE SEASON, WHICH ARE TO BE USED AND ARE PAID FOR BY A TEAM’S DUES.
THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE BALL ITS GIRL HOT DOTS. 11 inch
(B)BAT RULING- WE ARE USING THE SPN BAT RULES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO
THE LEAGUE FACEBOOK GROUP AND WILL BE PRINTED FOR EACH CAPTAIN. IF A
PLAYER IS DEEMED USING AN ILLEGAL BAT THE PLAYER WILL BE OUT. IF THIS
HAPPENS MORE THAN ONCE THE ISSUE GOES TO LEAGUE FOR POSSIBLE TEAM
EXPULSION FROM THE LEAGUE.

 1.4. SPECIAL LINES
 (A) A COMMITMENT LINE WILL BE TWENTY (20) FEET FROM HOME PLATE. ONCE
PLAYER CROSSES THIS LINE SHE MAY NOT RETURN TO THIRD BASE. THE SAFETY
LINE FOLLOWS FIRST BASE LINE TO HOME PLATE TO BACK STOP. HOWEVER, IF A
PLAYER IS RUNNING FROM 3 RD BASE TO HOME AND CROSSES THE COMMITMENT
LINE ON A FLY BALL WHICH I LEGALLY CAUGHT BY A FIELDER, THE RUNNER IS
PERMITTED TO COME BACK TO 3 RD BASE TO TAG UP.
 (B) A LINE MAY BE PLACED TWO BAT LENGTHS (APX. 6 FT.) BEHIND THE
PITCHER’S RUBBER, MEASURING FROM THE RUBBER, IN A NORTH-SOUTH
DIRECTION. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM HOME PLATE THAT A
PITCHER MAY BEGIN HER DELIVERY. (UMPS LINES)
1.5. BASE MEASUREMENTS:
(A) HOME TO FIRST 65 FEET
 (B) HOME TO SECOND 91 FEET 10 INCHES

(C) HOME TO THIRD 65 FEET
 
SECTION II – GAME PLAY
 2.1
(A) ALL GAMES ARE TO BE SIX INNINGS IN LENGTH, THE MERCY RULE WILL
BE IN AFFECT IF A TEAMING IS WINNING BY 10 AFTER 4.5 INNINGS A 6
INNING GAME. IF A TEAM IS WINNING BY 10 AFTER 6.5 IN A 9 INNING
GAME.
(B) Note: May 1st until May 29 th -1- 9 inning game
June 5 th until August 7 th – 2- 6 inning games
August 14 th until Sept 18 th – 1- 9 inning game

 2.2. GAME TIME IS 6:15 PM WITH A 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD. HOWEVER, IF A
TEAM HAS ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FIELD A TEAM BY 6:15, THEY MUST BEGIN PLAY

• I.E. NO WAITING FOR A SPECIFIC PLAYER TO ARRIVE.
  ADDITION-since we are playing two game now. If the first game is a forfeit the umpire will
  wait until 6:45 to see if enough players show up to play the second game. If at that time no more
  players show up the second game is a forfeit and the umpire goes home.
  A TEAM MUST START WHEN THEY HAVE 9 PLAYERS. IF PLAY IS STARTED WITH 9
  PLAYERS THEN THE OTHER PLAYERS ARRIVING BY 6:45 CAN BE ADDED TO
  BOTTOM OF LINE-UP, EVEN IF THE LINE UP IS GONE THROUGH.
  2.3. IN CASE OF RAIN OR DARKNESS, THE UMPIRE WILL CALL THE GAME, SCORE
  WILL BE THE LAST FULL COMPLETED INNING, TEAM CAPTAINS MUST AGREE TO
  CALL THE GAME IF THE UMP DOESN’T.
  2.4. MAXIMUM OF TEN (10) PLAYERS ON FIELD.
  2.5. REGARDING THE BATTING ORDER, EVERYONE DEEMED TO BE PLAYING
  IN THE GAME MUST BAT IN THE ORDER. AND DEFENSIVELY PLAY ONE (1) INNING.
   2.6 REGARDING SUBSTITUTIONS, A PLAYER NOT PLAYING (PLAYER A) MAY
  ENTER THE GAME IN PLACE OF ANOTHER PLAYER (PLAYER B) AND PLAYER B
  DOES NOT PLAY ANYMORE.
  2.7. HOME RUN RULE – HOME RUNS 2+, AND THE BASES MUST BE RAN
  2.8. NO METAL BALL CLEATS ALLOWED. PLAYERS CAUGHT USING METAL
  CLEATS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EJECTED FROM THE GAME AND, AS THAT
  INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GAME AND, THUS, THE BATTING

ORDER, EACH TIME SHE IS DUE TO HIT, IT WILL BE RECORDED AS AN OUT,
UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE TO SUBSTITUTE INTO THE GAME FOR THIS PLAYER.
 2.9. INFIELD FLY RULE IS IN AFFECT.
 2.10 A RUNNER MAY BE SUBSTITUTED AT FIRST BASE IF A PLAYER CAN NOT RUN
ALL BASES. THIS IS THE ONLY BASE THAT A RUNNER MAYBE SUBSTITUTED. NO
RUNNER WILL BE ALLOWED TO RUN FROM HOME PLATE. NO DESIGNATED
HITTERS. (LAST POSSIBLE OUT)* if a player is injured a substitution is available at any
base.
 THE RUNNER WILL BE THE LAST POSSIBLE OUT UNLESS THEY ARE
UNABLE TO RUN FOR THEMSELVES.
  
2.11. IF THE BALL TOUCHES ANY PART OF THE MAT, AND PLATE IT IS A STRIKE.
2.12. IF THERE ARE ANY REPEATED INCIDENTS INVOLVING A PLAYER
DISPLAYING OR BEHAVING WITH UNSPORTSMANLIKE OR OTHERWISE
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, THE UMPIRE WILL MAKE THE CALL ON THE
CONSEQUENCES.
 2.13.
(A) THE PITCHER NEED NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUBBER DURING HER
DELIVERY, OR UP TO TWO BAT-LENGTHS OR SIX FEET IN A NORTH-SOUTH
DIRECTION BEHIND THE PITCHING RUBBER.
(B) PITCHES ARE TO BE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 TOTAL FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN
ARC. ANY PITCH BELOW SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AT ITS APEX OR ABOVE 12 FEET IN
HEIGHT AT ITS APEX WILL BE CALLED AN ILLEGAL PITCH (AND A BALL) BY THE
UMPIRE.
 2.14. PLAYERS MAY CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR
AT THEIR POSITION.
 2.15. SLIDING IS PERMITTED AT ALL BASES EXCEPT HOME PLATE AND FIRST
BASE. ANY SLIDES AT HOME PLATE OR INTO FIRST BASE WILL BE AN
AUTOMATIC OUT. IF A PLAYER IS CALLED OUT FOR SLIDING INTO FIRST OR
HOME THE PLAY IS DEAD AND ALL RUNNERS GO BACK TO THEIR BASE.
 2.16. A PLAYER RUNNING HOME MUST RUN ACROSS THE SAFETY LINE
INDICATED. TOUCHING THE PLATE OR MAT WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC
OUT. NO CONTACT CAN BE MADE WITH ANY PLAYER AFTER COMMITMENT LINE.
IF A PLAYER IS RUNNING HOME TOWARDS THE SAME LINE AND THE CATCHER
ALL OF A SUDDEN COMES OFF THE PLATE TO TRY TO CATCH THE BALL THAT IS
THROWN WIDE AND THERE IS CONTACT, THE RUNNER IS NOT CALLED OUT.

 2.17 REGARDING OUTS AT HOME PLATE:
(A) THE CATCHER MUST CATCH THE BALL AND TOUCH HOME PLATE, NOT THE
MAT.
(B) IF THE CATCHER HAS PART OF HER FOOT ON THE PLATE AND THE MAT, THE
RUNNER IS RULED OUT.
2.18. IF PLAYER LEAVES THE GAME FOR ANY REASON, THE PLAYER WILL BE
REMOVED FROM THE LINEUP, A TEAM DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE AN OUT WHEN
THAT PLAYER IS DUE TO HIT. ( CAPTAINS ARE REQUIRED TO LET EACH OTHER
KNOW WHEN A PLAYER LEAVES, IF NO NOTICE GIVEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED
AN OUT).
 2.19. A TEAM MAY APPEAL A PLAY WHEN IT IS OVER. IF THIS OCCURS, THE
UMPIRE WILL CALL BOTH TEAM CAPTAINS TO DISCUSS THE PLAY, AND TO
DECIDE A RULING. THE PROTEST MUST BE DONE BEFORE LEAVING THE FIELD.
2.20 ANY FOUL TIP, CAUGHT BY THE CATCHER IS AN OUT.
SECTION III – CONDUCT
3.1. ABSOLUTELY NO DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE ON THE BALL FIELD OR IN THE
PARKING LOT DURING LEAGUE AND TOURNAMENT PLAY. IF A PLAYER IS
CAUGHT USING DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND REPORTED TO THE EXECUTIVE, THE
PLAYER WILL BE ASKED TO COME BEFORE THE LEAGUE CAPTAINS AS PART OF A
HEARING, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE
PUNISHMENT.
3.2. FOUL LANGUAGE AND/OR VERBAL ABUSE IN A SOFTBALL CONFLICT WILL
RESULT IN GAME(S) SUSPENSION(S) AS DECIDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LEAGUE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AFTER WEIGHING INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY THOSE INVOLVED, CAPTAINS AND WITNESSES.
 
SECTION IV – ADMINISTRATIVE
4.1. PLAYERS MUST BE 17 YEARS OF AGE AT THE START OF THE REGULAR
SEASON. PLAYING WITH AN UNDERAGE PLAYER RESULTS IN THE FORFEIT OF
ANY GAMES IN WHICH THE UNDERAGE INDIVIDUAL HAS PLAYED UNTIL THE
REQUIRED AGE IS MET.
4.2.
(A) INITIAL ROSTERS AND LEAGUE DUES AS SET BY THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT ARE
TO BE TURNED IN TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE NO LATER THAN THE APRIL 15th VIA

FACEBOOK PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH SEASON. UP TO TWENTY (25) PLAYERS
PER ROSTER. 
(B) ANY ADDITIONS AFTER APRIL 15th TO A TEAMS ROSTER MUST BE
COMMUNICATED TO THE LEAGUE, VIA THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
(C) A TEAM CAPTAIN WISHING TO MAKE CHANGES TO HER ROSTER MUST
SUBMIT SUCH CHANGES TO THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT VIA FACEBOOK FOR
APPROVAL PRIOR TO JULY 31. NO CHANGES PERMITTED AFTER THIS DATE. 
 
4.3. ALL PLAYERS WHO ARE ON THE ROSTER, ARE APPROVED TO PLAY IN THE
END YEAR TOURNAMENT.
4.4. A TEAM CAUGHT WITH AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER WILL FORFEIT ALL GAMES UP
TO THE POINT WHERE THE INFRACTION WAS NOTED.
4.5. FOLLOWING YOUR GAMES ON MONDAY NIGHT POST WITH RESULTS VIA THE
FACEBOOK PAGE. IS IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH HOME TEAM TO POST THE
SCORES ON FACEBOOK. IF DISCREPANCY THE HOME TEAM BOOK IS WHO WE
WILL FOLLOW.
4.6. TEAMS MUST SEND AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO CAPTAINS
MEETINGS. A TEAM FAILING TO ATTEND REPEATED MEETINGS WILL BE PLACED
ON PROBATION BY CONSENSUS OF THE TEAM CAPTAINS. ONCE A TEAM IS ON
PROBATION, A SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO PROVIDE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
A LEAGUE MEETING WILL RESULT IN THE TEAM BEING EJECTED FROM THE
LEAGUE.
4.7 ANY REGULAR SEASON GAMES THAT ARE RAINED OUT SHALL BE DECLARED
A 0-0 TIE FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. NO POINTS WILL BE GIVEN.
4.8 THE STANDING WILL WORK WITH THE POINT SYSTEM AND IF A TIE THEN IT
WILL BE DOWN TO DIFFERENTIAL.
4.9 IF A NEW TEAM WANTS TO JOIN THE LEAGUE, THE FOLLOWING WILL APPLY
TO BE PASSED IN BY APRIL 1 OF THE YEAR –

1. A $400.00 NON REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT
2. ROSTER POSTED
3. UNIFORM COLOURS
4. NOT ABLE TO TAKE PLAYERS FROM OTHER TEAMS.