Tournament Details: About

The Mauer Cup is an end-of-season baseball tournament officially sanctioned by Little League Baseball that raises funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The tournament has two goals: keep kids outdoors and active while teaching them the benefits of raising funds for a very worthy cause.

2011 Mauer Cup Dates:

First day of pool play: Saturday, July 16
Tournament picnic: Sunday, July 24
First day of bracket play: Monday, July 25
Championship game: Saturday, July 30

Rules of Play:

Pool play followed by single elimination bracket play. The Mauer Cup will follow 2011 Little League rules and regulations, including continuous batting.

Teams and Rosters:

The Mauer Cup is open to regular season Little League teams from Districts 1 and 2. Only players from Little League's Major Division are invited to play.
 
      Roster maximum: 14
      Roster minimum: 12
 
The goal is to keep regular season teams together as much as possible. However, understanding that vacations and other issues may prevent that from happening, teams may add non-regular season roster players to meet the minimum roster size. Only one non-regular season roster player can be a 12-year-old All-Star.

Entry Fee and Fundraising:

The Mauer Cup entry fee is linked to fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
 
Entry Fee is $500. $100.00 is payable at the time of registration. The balance of $400.00 is due by Opening Ceremonies on Saturday, July 16, 2011. The entry fee is raised through the sale of Mauer Cup raffle ticket which are provided to each participating team.

25%	25% will be given back to each team's Little League organization.
75%	75% will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Raffle Tickets:

All raffle tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased from players from participating teams or at game locations. Anyone who purchases a raffle ticket is eligible to win the grand prize of a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox (donated by Mauer Chevrolet).

With Your Participation, We Can Be Better Than Ever

We had fun last year, and we learned how we could run a better tournament this year. We hope you'll join us in July for the 2nd Annual Mauer Cup "Kids Playing for Kids" Baseball Tournament.