ASA Tournament ASA 2010 USA/ASA Nationals

The only ASA/USA National Website that is currently (as of 8/4/09), confirmed by the ASA Website is 10u in Marietta, GA.

I have through scuttlebutt heard the follwing:

18u - Southern California ??
16u - Near Austin Texas ??
14u - No report Yet
12u - No report Yet
10u - Marietta, GA per ASA Website

Anyone in the know have anything more definite, I am disappointed by this apparent change in ASA policy of posting these sites after the Nov meeting, with the change in the NSA and USSSA dates does it appear we are going to have a battle over the world series and nationals dates, was this prompted by ASA requiring teams to forsake the other events and require teams to be at their USA/ASA Nationals site the Sunday before the event?

I have to believe with the turn by the better teams to playing in ASA if given only one choice that USSSA and NSA are gouing to suffer with quality of teams at their nationals, the growth of the ASA "regional" Nationals has to have cut into participation for both NSA and USSSA with these turning into either a "destination" event (i.e. Disneyworld) or proximity (i.e. Columbus, IN in the case of USSSA or Columbus, OH in the case of NSA).

Also and maybe I should start another thread, how will the transfer of Metro Cincinnati from Region 10 (IL,IN,KY) to Region 9 (Ohio) affect qualifying for teams in SW Ohio and the rest of Ohio, will there be 3 metros (Cleveland, Dayton, Cincinnati) and the State of Ohio?

In any case change is on the horizon, no doubt, whether for the good or not remains to be seen, what is your opinion?

There was a press release right after they announced in the fall and the 16u 2010 is in College Station, Texas.

From the 11/11/08 ASA press release here are the nationals sites in 2010, and the Eastern regional sites:


USA/ASA Girls Class A 10-U Fast Pitch Chattanooga, Tenn.

USA/ASA Girls Class A 12-U Fast Pitch Bloomington, Ind.

USA/ASA Girls Class A 14-U Fast Pitch Moline, Ill.

USA/ASA Girls Class A 16-U Fast Pitch College Station, Texas

USA/ASA Girls Class A 18-U Fast Pitch Hemet-Menitee, Calif.

Girls 18-U GOLD Fast Pitch Oklahoma City, Okla.



Girls? 10-U Class A Fast Pitch Eastern ? York, Pa.

Girls? 12-U Class A Fast Pitch Eastern ? York, Pa.

Girls? 14-U Class A Fast Pitch Eastern ? Salisbury, Md.

Girls? 16-U Class A Fast Pitch Eastern ? York, Pa.

Girls? 18-U Class A Fast Pitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.

Moline has a web site stating that it is hosting the 14U ASA/USA for 2010.

The ASA "A" regional Nationals are really picking up steam. The 16U and 14U locations both doubled the amount of teams that they hosted in 2008. I would bet that USSSA, NSA, and PONY are really feeling it. These regional "A" tournaments hold more clout then the "A" USSSA and others. Many of the teams that appear to attend these appear to be teams that just missed qualifing for the true nationals.

Thanks for the info, I guess I missed the press release about 2010.

In the past I had checked the Tournament section of the website and thought they had changed their policy of announcing things early.

Looks like another trip to the West for the 18's.

dates yet?