Swingfest for BIDS

📋 COED FORMAT & TOURNAMENT RULES

COED FORMAT: 5/5 or 6/6

COED-SPECIFIC RULES (5/5)

• Teams must play equal numbers of men and women (e.g., 4M/4W, 5M/5W, 6M/6W).
  
• ✅ You may have more women than men.
• ❌ You may never have more men than women.
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• If a team starts even (e.g., 5M/5W) and a woman leaves due to injury, ejection, or any reason:
  
• A male player must also be removed to keep numbers even.
• At no time can more men than women be in the lineup or on the field.
• If this occurs, the female spot becomes an automatic out next time through the lineup, and a male (before or after her—team’s choice) must also be removed and take an out his next turn.
• No additional outs after the first cycle (except ejections, where an out continues for the remainder of the game).
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• No Waterfall Lineups – If hitting more women than men:
  
• You may start the lineup with either gender.
• Once the men are out of spots at the bottom, the remaining women must hit straight through before looping back to the top.
• Example (5M/7W, leading off with a man): M, W, M, W, M, W, M, W, M, W, W, W.
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• Women will hit the small ball.

📌 Reminders

• Rosters: Must be updated online by Thursday, September 18th at 10:00 AM.
• E Teams: Allowed 3 D-chips only.
• Vegas Partial Bid: To qualify, the same team name must be used for this event and Vegas Worlds registration.

🏆 Awards & Partial Bid Notes

• Team name must match Vegas Worlds team name registration to claim the bid.
• Division must have at least 8 teams for $400 bid payout.
• If fewer than 8 teams: a reduced bid will be awarded.