RSPA/SPN Roster Info
Updated January 14, 2022RSPA uses the SPN on-line rosters. Following is information on how to complete the SPN/RSPA on-line roster.
1. SPN/RSPA rosters must be completed before the team plays a scheduled game.
2. Roster changes may be made after this date until July 1. Roster changes after July 1 require League approval.
3. RSPA information must be complete for each player, including address, postal code, email, gender and date of birth.
4. All RSPA players, coaches and participants must complete the online SPN waiver.
5. Unless you have been specifically told otherwise, all players and all teams are probably SPN "E" level.
6. Highest level played for a player is considered for the last two years only.
NOTE: If players are ranked higher than E, you will have to play in a higher level in the RSPA tournament.
7. Roster checks will be done on all teams.
Activate or Update Your SPN Profile
REMINDER: Members should only ever have ONE SPN profile/account.
- Go to http://www.slo-pitch.com
- Click on LOGIN TO SPN CENTRAL
- Which will take you to the SPN sign in/password page.
- If you are a RETURNING MEMBER enter your username and password.
- If you cannot remember your username or password, use the Forgot your username or password? link.
- If you have trouble DO NOT create a new account.
- If you are a NEW MEMBER.
- If you have never had an SPN account, click on New user? Sign up here.
- Complete the onscreen form. Don't forget to enter the Re-Captcha image!
- You will receive an email from slo-pitch.com with a link to complete your registration.
- Fill in all mandatory fields (marked with *).
- All RSPA players and coaches must complete the information including address, postal code, email, gender and date of birth.
- Read the User Agreement and Privacy Policy under Terms and Conditions and check the box to indicate agreement.
- Click Register to proceed.
- Read and accept (check the box) for each section of the waiver. This is an annual (once per year) process and is MANDATORY requirement for all members of SPN and RSPA.
- All RSPA players, coaches and participants must complete the online SPN waiver.
Team Management For League Teams
- The League President is responsible for setting up the league details, which includes entering teams and primary team contacts, and submitting team payment to SPN (to get team id # assigned).
- The primary team contact is responsible for setting up the team details, which includes adding all team members.
- Team contacts will have access to official Team ID #’s (once payment is submitted by league president) and will be able to download pre-printed tournament rosters.
- All members (players) are responsible for completing their own member registrations, which includes the online waiver agreement (mandatory annual requirement and takes the place of signatures on old paper rosters) and editing personal information in their account (ie. change of address, phone, email etc.).
- Once you have been added, the system will immediately send you an automated email notification from spn@slo-pitch.com stating that you have been added to the team as a team contact. Please make sure this email address is in your safe email list so that the email does not go into your spam/junk folder.
- If you are an existing member in the system: you will simply need to click on the link provided in the email and login to your existing account. Login to your account and go to step 2. Note: you only need ONE account/profile. If you have forgotten your existing username and/or password, please use the "forgot your username or password?" links available on the login page. If you are experiencing difficulty accessing your account, please contact the SPN office for assistance. Do not create a new account.
- If you are a new member in the system: click on the link provided in the email which will prompt you to create your account. Follow the steps to create your account and then go to step 2.
- Sign into the system at: https://registration.slo-pitch.com and login to your account.
- In the 'My Teams' section on your home page, click on the team name that you wish to edit. You will be taken to your team details page.
- Click on the 'Add Team Member' button. A pop-up window will appear.
- Enter the person's first and last name and click ‘search’ and then follow one of these two options:
- If you found the person you are looking for:
- Select their name and then click the 'Add Member' button located in the top left corner of the search results table. A pop-up window will appear; select the role this person has on the team and click ‘submit’. The player will now appear on your team list.
- If the selected member has an ‘active’ account for the current season, they should have a checkmark listed in the waiver column of your team list and are eligible to play. If the members account was in ‘pending’ or ‘inactive’ status when you selected them, they will receive an automated email notification prompting them to complete their registration and/or waiver agreement for the current season.
- If you cannot find the person you are looking for in the search:
- Click on the 'Create New Member' button at the bottom right of the box. Enter the person's first name, last name and email address and click 'Continue'. The player will now appear on your team list as a ‘pending’ member and will be sent an automated email notification prompting them to complete their member registration and waiver agreement.
- Each player/member on the team list is required to be a registered member and must agree to the online waiver form (annually) in order to participate. Once members have successfully registered they should have the checkmark listed in the waiver column. You can use the “resend email notifications” button to resend the email to anyone who does not have a waiver checkmark.
- Your team details page should look similar to this once complete:
- If you found the person you are looking for:
SPN Team Ranking Guidelines
Updated January 14, 2022Official SPN page - SPN Team Ranking Guidelines
• An online roster/pool of players shall consist of up to 40 players, with the team choosing
no more than 18 players to participate at an event. (16 for Provincials and 14 for qualifying events)
• Players are eligible to compete in Coed, Men’s or Women’s, Masters and Seniors programs.
A player may not play on more than one team in one division on any given weekend.
Exception: A player playing on a Seniors Team (+50) can play with a +35 division team on the same weekend.
Note: No schedule considerations will be allowed, and all players who are playing Seniors and Masters must register as such ahead of time with Slo-Pitch National.
• A player in one division can only play in that division and one division lower.
• Team Guidelines:
• B – no more than 2 A players
• C – no more than 2 B players
• D – no more than 2 C players
• E – no more than 2 D players
• All Masters 35A/B (Comp) teams (men’s and women’s) may have a maximum of 4 currently ranked A players.
• Masters 35C division teams may have no more than one A player and 2 B players
• Masters 35D division teams may have no more than one B player and 2 C players, and will have no A players
• Masters 35E division teams shall have no A,B or C players
• Player Rankings will be determined by their highest level played in 2019 and the current year.
• Note: Per the Slo-Pitch National rulebook – SPN Ontario reserves the right to move any team into an Open/Elite Division in Mens/Womens/Coed/Masters/Seniors play.
• Note: Players must indicate highest level played in the past 2 years (current and 2019 season).
Players failing to provide truthful rankings shall be subject to immediate tournament ejection with the team being subject to immediate disqualification without compensation.
• Note: All winning teams shall be subject to a post tournament vetting process where players highest levels played shall be confirmed.
Teams who fail this vetting process due to not providing truthful information about player rankings may be disqualified from the event, have prizing withheld and face further disciplinary action. Should a team be disqualified, standings will not be adjusted.
Official SPN page - SPN Team Ranking Guidelines
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