Registration for the 11th Annual Orlando Meltdown Softball Tournament is now closed since the maximum number of teams allotted has been reached.
According to organizers, the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend (Jan 15-17) tournament has 70 confirmed teams in four divisions. The tournament will be held in two complexes again this year—the Seminole County Softball Complex in Altamonte Springs and the Lake Fairview Softball Complex in Orlando.
There is no A-division this year and seven teams have confirmed for the B-division. Interestingly, only one of those seven teams is from out of state. The C-division boasts 19 teams in the 2010 tournament and the largest division, the D-division, has 24 teams.
The Women’s division has 17 registered teams.
The charity softball tournament is one of only a few in the country that gives the first, second and third place teams a check for a charity of that team’s choice. The two teams with the most runs during the tournament’s round robin play also receive a check payable to the charity of their choice.
Since January of 2000, the tournament, organized by the Central Florida Softball League, has donated nearly $6,000 each year to charities.
For full brackets and schedules, visit Orlando Meltdown’s web site.
