This Year's Tournament
Saturday and Sunday, June 19th & 20th 2010. 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-Ninth Annual JAGS Invitational Tournament was held on June 20, 21, 2009. Over two hundred girl's teams from nine states participated. Teams from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Wet Virginia 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 2010.

SELECT,  US CLUB and/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
Mandatory JAGS Tournament Registration with be held will be Friday June 18 from 6pm until 9pm.  NO EXCEPTIONS and NO SATURDAY REGISTRATION.

VENDOR CONTACT
Vendors wishing to participate at the JAGS Tournament should contact Bill Gosselin at golfdolph@aol.com or call 609.585.0726.

2010 Tournament Application
Gotsoccer JAGS application link

Locations
Mercer County Park Complex, Bordentown (Friendship Fields), and The College of NJ Green Lane and Turf 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.

2010 Permission to Host
 JAGS application permission to host

2009 Age Coordinators

U9/U10 Steve Eckel jasgsu9coor@aol.com

U11 TBD

U12 Mike Gummel mgummel@hotmail.com

U13 Michael Faith michael_faith@agilent.com

U14 Jim Davis jdavis6@hvc.rr.com

U15 Harold Fink birdsbunch@aol.com

U16 Phil Alu hibohawks@versizon.net

U17 Mark Washington mwashin510@aol.com

U18/19 Steve Mazzanti Steven.Mazzanti@MEPPI.com

Hotel Accommodations
The Tournament is a Stay-N-Play event.  Hotels are available through Titan Travel.  Please contact Alan at; alan@titanlodging.com or call 732.419.2525

Entry Fee/Performance Bond
An entry fee of:

$450.00 for U09 - U10

$650.00 for U11 - U12

$725.00 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.   

Also note that the entry fee is non-refundable after acceptance into the Tournament.

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, 2010. 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

Rick Firth – 609.585.9566 or 609.658.8410, hpts.hpts@verizon.net.

Tom Bayless – 609.585.4335 or 609.587.2422, tbayless13@optonline.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.