At the request of its membership, the Board of Directors of Softball Canada has called for a Special General Meeting on September 1st, 2020 to vote on permanent age category changes. A workshop to discuss the proposed changes will be held ahead of the vote on August 25th, 2020. Only Softball Canada’s Board of Directors and Provincial/Territorial Association delegates will be allowed to participate on these videoconference calls. 

The three following motions will be considered for the Special General Meeting – all related to the age categories for 2021 and beyond – as proposed by Softball Ontario.

MOTION #1 – SPECIAL OPERATING RULES PROPOSAL

Rulebook References:
Fast Pitch – Page 249: Age Category and Distance Table
Slo-Pitch – Page 238: Age Category and Distance Table

MOTION #2 – 2021-2022 PLAYING RULE CHANGE PROPOSAL – FAST PITCH

Rulebook Reference:
Fast Pitch – Page 144: Rule 2, Section 3 (Reference to Table on Page 109) 

MOTION #3 – 2021-2022 PLAYING RULE CHANGE PROPOSAL – SLO-PITCH

Rulebook Reference:
Slo-Pitch – Page 56: Rule 2, Section 3 (Reference to Table on Page 24)

All three motions and rulebook references refer to the following Age Category and Distance Table, with the proposed changes in bold.

Note – Men’s, Women’s and Master’s age categories would not be affected and would remain in the chart as is.

IMPORTANT: Possible changes to the ball size and pitching, baseline and fence distances in the same table will NOT be voted on at the Special General Meeting.