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Georgia ASA Player and Umpire-In-Chief to Participate in ASA's "Border Battle"
Congratulations to USA Softball Men’s Slow Pitch National Team Player JD Genter (Chickamauga, Ga.) and Georgia ASA Umpire-In-Chief Jimmy Derrick for being selected to participate in the ASA Border Battle as a player and umpire respectively.

The game will feature North America's best Men's Slow Pitch players as Team USA plays against the Canadian Men’s Slow Pitch National team. "The Border Battle" is slated for July 24, 2010 at 4 p.m. ET during the Women's Fast Pitch World Cup of Softball at ASA’s Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City. This event gives fans a rare look at some of the best Fast Pitch and Slow Pitch talent at one event. The two teams will also play a series of exhibition games earlier in the week before "The Border Battle" is nationally televised live on one of the ESPN-family stations. All USA Softball Women’s Fast Pitch National Team games during the World Cup will also be televised by ESPN.

Genter, an infielder, is one of seven returners to join eight rookies on the prestigious squad. In the past three years he has been named to 11 All-Tournament teams and received two tournament MVP honors and one tournament defensive MVP title.

Derrick is one of only four umpires from the United States to be chosen by the ASA National Supervisor of Umpires, Kevin Ryan, to work this elite event. With the addition of one umpire from Canada, five umpires will make up the crew for this event. The Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor recipient has been umpiring for 29 years and is an Elite-level and ISF certified umpire in Slow Pitch. He started as Atlanta ASA's Umpire-In-Chief in 2002 and continued that title when Atlanta ASA Merged with Georgia ASA in 2006. Derrick has umpired in numerous ASA National Tournaments, including the following Slow Pitch Major Tournaments: Supers (twice), Hooters Championship Series, Men's Armed Forces (three times), Men's Major, Women's Major (twice) and Men's A.

2010 ASA Rule and Code Changes
The ASA National Office has published its 2010 ASA Rule Changes. Changes to the rules include (but are not limited to) pitching distances and use of metal cleats in 16U and 18U J.O. classification and pitching arch heights in adult slow pitch. In addition, ASA has made modifications to the ASA Code. These modifications include (but are not limited to) college student-athlete eligibility in J.O. classifications and the location of the 18-GOLD national championship. Click Here to view a replay of ASA Deputy Director of Umpires, Jim Craig, explaining the 2010 ASA Rule Changes at the 2010 Georgia ASA State Umpire (January 30, 2010 at Emory University).

Georgia ASA to Host Four National Tournaments in 2011
At the 78th Annual ASA National Council Meeting in Reno, Nev., Georgia ASA was awarded Four ASA National Tournaments for 2011. The tournaments include three girls' fast pitch southern championships and the Men's Church Slow Pitch national. The ASA Nationals in Georgia for 2011 are as follows:

• Girls’ 16-Under Class A Fast Pitch Southern – Columbus, Ga.

• Girls’ 10-Under Class B Fast Pitch Southern – La Grange, Ga.

• Girls’ 18-Under Class B Fast Pitch Southern – La Grange, Ga.

• Men’s Church Slow Pitch – Cumming, Ga.

Check here for a full list of 2011 ASA National Tournament Locations

Region IV will also be hosting an additional eight National Tournaments in Tennessee and North Carolina. The 2011 National Tournaments in Region IV are as follows:

• USA/ASA Girls’ 10-Under “A” Fast Pitch – Johnson City, Tenn.

• USA/ASA Girls’ 16-Under “A” Fast Pitch – Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Men’s Senior East 50 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

• Men’s Senior East 55 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

• Men’s Senior East 60 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

• Men’s Senior East 65 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

• Men’s Senior East 70 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

• Men’s Senior East 75 and Over – Burlington, N.C.

Check here for a full list of 2010 ASA National Tournament Locations.