Wilmington Senior Softball Association

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Friday, June 5th is the deadline for getting your Covid19 waiver form turned in if you want to play in the 2020 season of the WSSA. You can mail it (1319 Military Cutoff Rd., Suite CC#302, Wilmington, NC 28405), scan or photo and email it (wssa2017@gmail.com), or bring it with you to your next on-field session. But Do It!

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Letter from WSSA Commissioner Announcing Return to Play

Players,
We are now in Phase 2 of the Governor’s Reopening Guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic. Public gathering limits have been expanded and we have received clarification that each athletic field can have up to 25 people using social distancing guidelines, see below.

All players are required to sign and return the attached COVID-19 waiver before they can participate in any on field WSSA play, including practice sessions. A copy of the form will also be available on our website as well. You can send in the waiver using any of these options;

Download a copy, sign and mail it in.
Download a copy, sign, take a picture of the signed waiver and send it to the WSSA email address (wssa2017@gmail.com).
Download a copy, sign and bring with you to the next WSSA scheduled event (i.e. team practices, etc.…)

The WSSA membership is one of the high risk groups for COVID-19, so we have to be especially careful. Many of our members have expressed an unwillingness to participate too early in this restart process. For this reason we will start with loosely organized team practices until Phase 3. In Phase 3 we will;

Complete Spring Training for new applicants and the player draft
Begin organized team practices
Begin the regular season

The schedule and details are being posted on the website for the resumption of the WSSA 2020 season.

We ask that you be patient while we navigate this process as this is new to all of us. Our goal is to get our league up and running as soon as possible with the utmost safety of our membership in mind.

Social Distancing guidelines include but are not limited to;

No spectators are permitted at the facility/park
Coaches and players must adhere to physical six-foot distancing except when the ball is in play
Players must adhere to six foot social distancing practices off the field of play.
Umpires must adhere to six-foot social distancing practices when interacting with players and coaches off the field of play.
Individuals should not congregate in common areas or parking lot following the event or practice

Regards,

Walter Aaron - Commissioner
Wilmington Senior Softball Association

Schedule for Return to Play

All players participating in WSSA on field events must sign the COVID-19 waiver form prior to taking the field. Division presidents/managers will insure that this requirement is met.

Divisional / team practice sessions will begin on June 8th at Ogden Park from 9:00am – 1:00pm.
1. Atlantic division will begin the week of June 15th, Monday & Wednesday, Red & Blue fields
2. Coastal division will begin the week of June 8th, Tuesday & Thursday, Red & Blue fields.
3. Legacy division will begin the week of June 8th. They will play on Green & Yellow fields.
4. The 25 player limit will be observed on each field with social distancing.

Beginning Phase 3 (June 19th – July 3rd)
1. Spring Training (new player evaluations) will resume in the first week after Phase 3 is implemented. (We anticipate the phase 3 start to be late June or early July).
2. We will conduct 2 weeks of Spring Training.
3. The Atlantic Division will complete its player draft the following week.
4. The Coastal and Legacy divisions will complete their player drafts after week two.

Scheduled divisional practice games will be played during week 3 following Phase 3 implementation at both Ogden and Olsen parks.

League games should begin the 4th week after Phase 3 implementation (possibly week of July 27th) continuing through October and possibly into November.

If Phase 3 is delayed or not implemented WSSA activities will be adjusted accordingly.

Coronavirus News Updated 5/22/20

North Carolina moves into Phase 2 of Reopening Plan
Executive Order 141 (.pdf) announced by Governor Cooper instituted Phase 2 of the state reopening plan, beginning Friday, May 22, at 5pm.
FAQ for Phase 2 (.pdf)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response in NC

County athletic fields will be open (starting May 26) but still subject to social distancing and public gathering limits (25 people). See Interim Guidance for Sports