Dear fellow softball players,
Thank you for your interest in the Canada Cup softball tournament. This year's event has been postponed until 2011.
Please Check back early in the new year for details on the 30th anniversary edition of Canada Cup coming in 2011,
and thank you for your continued support of softball in Toronto.
The following information explains the highlights of the Canada Cup tournament, last held over
the July 4th and 5th weekend in 2009. Details for the 2011 tournament will be posted in the new year.
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TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
- Registration: July 3rd, Tournament play - July 4th - pool play and one double-elimination game; July 5th - double elimination games
- Team entry fee: $400 before June 1st, 2009.
- Location: Lakefront West, Oshawa.
- B, C and D levels of play
- 3 pool play games and (minimum) 2 double elimination games
- Play a minimum of 5 games
- 2008 NAGAAA player ratings will be used. Ratings will be confirmed with your respective commissioners before the tournament.
- Non-NAGAAA players must also be rated according to the NAGAAA 27-point rating system by their coach/manager. Please contact the Tournament Director for assistance with this.
- Teams will be placed in divisions according to the current NAGAAA division criteria.
- The Canada Cup Tournament Director reserves the right to eliminate a team and/or player from the tournament at any time.
Mailing address is:
Cabbagetown Group Softball League (CGSL)
Canada Cup Tournament Director
617 Yonge Street
P.O. Box 50
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4Y 1Z5
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US PASSPORT INFORMATION
Air Travel
ALL PERSONS traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States.
Land and Sea Travel
Passports or other documents listed on the The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) website are required for land crossings to and from the United States and Canada.
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HOTEL INFORMATION
Courtyard Marriott Hotel - 475 Yonge Street
- In the heart of Toronto's bustling gay village
- Valet parking for the price of regular parking
- Complimentary laundry facilities and supplies on site
- Wired and wireless Internet access in all guestrooms and public areas
- Collect Marriott reward points
- Newly renovated oversized guestrooms
- 24 hour access to fitness facilities
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Entertainment and Refreshments
- Registration party - July 3rd
- Saturday party event - July 4th
- Canada Cup Wrap-up party - July 5th
See Events Schedule for details.
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Awards
- Can-Am Award: This award is given to one American and one Canadian that actively promotes and encourages cross-border tournament participation.
List of Previous Winners.
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Why Choose Toronto as a Tournament Destination?
Tournament Specific:
- 29 years of experience and best practices
- Excellent diamonds
- Well organized
- Great entertainment and bar events
- Participants enjoyed the city as well as playing in the tournament
Toronto Specific:
- Our city is the most open, accepting and gay positive city
in Canada.
- Toronto boasts the most vibrant gay community in Canada
with the highest number of gay men and women (and they’re
hot too…)
- Host hotel is the closest to most gay and lesbian bars,
three bathhouses, bars, restaurants, drug stores, coffee shops,
bookstores and gay shops.
- Tourist attractions near host hotel – CN Tower; Yonge Street,
Eaton Centre shopping mall, Yorkville; Bloor Street, Royal
Ontario Museum; Toronto Island and the waterfront.
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Key Contact Information
canadacup@cgslsoftball.com
Updated: May 27, 2010
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