THE New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) will stage its 19th annual international softball cricket extravaganza, comprising the Independence, Masters and Legends Cup tournaments from Friday, June 28 to Sunday, June 30 in New York at venues to be announced later.
According to a release from NYSCL president, Eric Ferrier, his league is extending an invitation to all softball cricket leagues, associations and organisations to participate in these tournaments which will be played simultaneously at different venues. The deadline for registration is Friday June 21.
The NYSCL pointed out that it is investigating the possibility of using CricClubs live scoring, hence it is important to receive registration on time. It said, once teams are registered, they will receive the CricClubs login information to verify their registration.
The Independence Cup teams will have players from any age group, however, the Masters Cup Over-40 players must be born in the year 1984 or earlier to qualify and the Legends Over-50 players must be born in the year 1974 or earlier to participate.
The Legends Cup however has an exception where one player forty-nine (49) years old will be allowed to participate. That player must be born in the year 1975.
The tournament normally attracts teams from the hosts New York, Guyana, Canada and Florida.

The participation fee per team for the Independence Cup is US$1200 while the Masters and Legends Cups are US$1000.
All teams will be required to submit rosters with a maximum of fifteen (15) players, clearly stating their captain and vice-captain and each roster must be submitted at least one week prior to the start of the tournament.
Several individual batting and bowling prizes, along with man-of-the-match and Most Valuable Player (MVP) prizes for each tournament will be up for grabs while the winner of each category will receive a cash incentive.
The release pointed out that the organisers have already begun work to ensure that this year’s tournament be attractive for all the visiting teams.