What criteria do you consider when selecting a tournament to play in?  Is it location, price, format, awards or maybe the reward to your team...if your team places high enough, what's the berth for? These are all fine criteria so let's address each of these possible determining factors, one by one.

Location: FCE hosts EVENTS (not tournaments) from Metro Atlanta to Savannah and points in between.  If there is not one scheduled near you, travel a little ways...you will not be disappointed!

Price: As other organizations continue to raise prices and hit you with multiple registration and sanction fees, FCE tries to keep its entry fees as reasonable and as low as possible and because we only affiliate our events with USSSA, you only have to pay one yearly regestartion fee.  For most FCE events, 6U - 8U is less than $225, 9U - 14U is less than $350 and 15U and above is between $350 - $400.  USSSA NIT and State Championship Tournaments are slightly higher because of the extra costs involved with running these high profile events.  USSSA Super NIT and World Series entry fees are set by USSSA.  Compare our prices, we are the best deal in town.

Format: At every FCE USSSA Qualifiers, all teams advance to the Championship Bracket.  We try to do the same at USSSA NITs also.  USSSA Super NIT and World Series formats are set by USSSA.

Awards: FCE always gives out high quality trophies and awards.  We emphasize the individual player's awards not the manager's team award. After all, the game is for the players...isn't it?

Reward (Berths): This may be the single largest determining factor for you and your team.  What's in it for your team...we award the top 25% of teams in the final standings USSSA berths.  Why USSSA?  We know that USSSA offers better post season World Series options than any other brand of baseball.  In fact, last year (2007), 1,900+ teams played in USSSA World Series, that's an average of 135+ per age division.  Also, USSSA is the only National Association that offers World Series in four completely separate classifications of play (i.e.; Major, AAA, AA & All-Star) and the only association that offers World Series in 13 different age divisions, from 6U all the way through 18U. USSSA's World Series are so large they can't run all ages at one location.  Have you ever played in an event with 50 teams from 30 different states just in your age division and classification?  That's a World Series!  So ask yourself what reward (berth) you're playing for before you enter your next event.

Regardless of which one of these is your top criteria, at First Class Events, we cover all the bases!