Twenty-Ninth Annual JAGS Invitational Tournament

This Year's Tournament
Saturday and Sunday, June 20th & 21st 2009. This year's tournament will be approx 24 teams per full sided age groups, get your application in early!

Last Year's Tournament
The Twenty-Eighth Annual JAGS Invitational Tournament was held on June 14, 15, 2008. Over two hundred and twenty girl's teams from eleven states participated. Teams from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, and Rhode Island.

Sanctions
The Tournament is approved by the USYSA and will be played under the jurisdiction of the NJSYSA.

Only USYS affiliated teams are permitted to participate in JAGS 2009.

SELECT AND / US CLUB or SUPER Y, TEAMS or PASSES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE JAGS TOURNAMENT

All teams must have notarized medical release forms for each player.

Competition
The Tournament offers Divisions in U-19, U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14, U-13, U-12, U-11, U-10 and U-9. U-9 and U-10 teams will play small sized fields, in round robin competition with participation awards for all participants. Full sided games will consist of 30 minute halves. Small sided games 25 minute halves. No select teams will be accepted.  U18 and U19 will play in the same flight.

Guest Player Policy
U11 - U16 maximum 5 guests not to exceed 18 total players.

U17 - U19 - maximum 5 guests not to exceed 18 total players per match.  22 players are permitted to register.

!!SHORT SIDED NO SPLIT ROSTERS!! U09 - U10 maximum 3 guests/not to exceed 14 total players.

With no guest players, maximum roster size:  U9 – 10 maximum 14 players. U11 – 16 maximum 18 players. U17 - U19 maximum 22 players (of which only 18 may be suited per match).

REGISTRATION
JAGS will offer two chances to register your team.  The first will be during our scholarship presentation (date not yet available) and the second will be Friday June 19.  Saturday registration will not be available under any circumstances.  Coaches gifts will only be distributed at the 2 scheduled registration nights.

VENDOR CONTACT
Vendors wishing to participate at the JAGS Tournament should contact Bill Gosselin at
golfdolph@aol.com or call 609-585-0726.

Tournament Application
Gotsoccer JAGS application link

jags09

Locations
Mercer County Park Complex, Bordentown (Friendship Fields), and Upper Freehold Fields.

Tournament Souvenirs
Official Tournament T-shirts be available at all field sites throughout the weekend. This years T-shirt design will be available for you to pre-order on the web.

Plan a Mini-Vacation While at JAGS
The campus of Princeton University and town of Princeton are only minutes away. Other universities are nearby, including Rutgers, College of New Jersey, and Rider University.

The Statue of Liberty is only 60 minutes away.

Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, only 45 minutes to Center City, Philadelphia. The Jersey Shore, Six Flags Great Adventure and Sesame Place are within one hour.

Five major malls are within minutes.

2009 Permission to Host
 JAGS application permission to host

2009 Age Coordinators

U9/U10 Steve Eckel jasgsu9coor@aol.com

U11 Mike Gummel mgummel@hotmail.com

U12 Michael Faith michael_faith@agilent.com

U13 Jim Davis jdavis6@hvc.rr.com

U14 Harold Fink birdsbunch@aol.com

U15 Phil Alu hibohawks@versizon.net

U16 Mark Washington mwashin510@aol.com

U17 Steve Mazzanti Steven.Mazzanti@MEPPI.com

U18/19 Mollie Anderson njdc24@aol.com

 

Hotel Accommodations
The Tournament Housing Service (THS) Company is the Official Hotel Housing Service for the 2009 JAGS Tournament. The representative who will handle arrangements for all teams accepted into the tournament requiring hotel accommodations can be contacted at 1-888-536-TEAM. More information will be included in the acceptance letters, OR
CLICK HERE. Click Here for housing Map.

Entry Fee/Performance Bond
An entry fee of:

$425.00 for U09 - U10

$625.00 for U11 - U12

$695.00 for U13 thru U19

due upon submission of your completed application. Checks should be made payable to JAGS. The entry fee will be returned if the team is not accepted. All U16 - U19 teams must include a $250.00 performance bond that will be returned at the completion of the tournament. Please note that teams will be not accepted unless all fees have been collected.

A $50 FEE WILL BE ASSESSED FOR ALL CHECKS RETURN FOR INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Application Deadline
The completed application must be submitted via the gotsoccer website by midnight on May 2, 2009. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Mail to checks:

JAGS
PO Box 9804
Trenton, NJ 08650-9804

Late checks can be Fed Exed to:
Bill Gosselin 48 Hansen Ave. Hamilton, NJ 08610

Acceptance letters will be emailed prior to May 19. The final schedule will be emailed and posted to the web in early June.

Additional information
Please feel free to contact

Tom Bayless - 609-585-4335 or 609-587-2422, tbayless13@optonline.net

Rick Firth - 609-585-9566 or 609-658-8410, hpts.hpts@verizon.net.

Awards
Awards will be given to the players on the first and second place teams in each division. *Small Sided teams will only receive participation awards.  Standings are not recorded for these age groups. All teams are encouraged to exchange club patches or pins.

College Coordinator
Information concerning player profiles or college coaches should be directed to Wayne Partenhiemer,
medstrike@verizon.net.

 


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