2007 World Tournament

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The NHPA Council voted at our winter meeting in Ardmore, OK to increase the World Tournament entry fee from $100.00 to $125.00. Juniors remain the same at $25.00. I would like to offer an explanation as to why this was needed at this time.

The NHPA Council feels that our goal should be to make the World Tournament a “break even” event. In the past 3 years this has not been the case. At the 2006 WT in Gillette the NHPA lost a little over $7700, in 2005 over $12,000 and in 2004 just under $2,000. That’s an average of $8.30 per entry into the WT in the red. Everything has gone up in cost to hold this event. From the printing of the schedule to the cost of mailing it, the costs are increasing yearly.

The last entry fee increase was in 1999 when the entry fee was changed from $75.00 to $100.00. That was also the first year that all score keeping fees were included in the entry fee. We could have left the entry fee at $100.00 and went back to having the pitchers pay the score keepers but not too many pitchers or the score keepers would like that option.

Not all of the $25 increase is going to off set the cost of running this tournament. We were also able to change the prize fund for all classes. Since 1999 first place in all classes has been $300.00. With this increase first place in all class play will now be $500.00. So for the extra $25.00 in the entry fee all have a chance at an extra $200 in prize money. Increasing the first place prize money was one of the most requested issues over the past several years that I have received. A complete break down of the class prize money is printed elsewhere in this issue and on the NHPA Web Page.

Ardmore will host a great event. Entry deadline is May 17^th 2007. The NHPA Council sincerely hopes this increase will not keep anyone from entering. This decision was not an easy one but rather a necessary one.

Dick Hansen, NHPA Sec/Treas.