Event Details

If you were part of last years oober-successful Chili with a Kick Event, you know it was one for the record books!  Great chili!  Great music!  Great Player's Draft Format! A GREAT VENUE AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!!  It was our most successful single day charity event ever and this year's promises to be even better!  EVERYONE WHO PLAYED LAST YEAR KNOWS SPACE IS LIMITED SO DON'T WAIT TO REGISTER!!!  This is your opportunity to play at the beautiful Dickey-Stephens Park and run the bases like a pro!
 

"Chili with a Kick" is a preseason kickball tournament, Chili cook-off competition and family event benefiting the Youth Home, Inc.    This preseason tournament will attract kickball players and chili cooks from all walks and will offer a chili cook-off competition for the local community.      
 

The fun starts Monday, February 13th with the "Player Draft" happening at the Oyster Bar.  Players wanting an opportunity to play and be in the draft will make a $40 donation and team captains will each place a sealed bid with the highest bid being awarded 1st pick.  Picks will continue until all teams are full.    The KICKOFF Party for this event on Thursday, February 23rd with a silent auction featuring chili mugs and beer steins hand-painted by many of the LRKA's most beloved players and by local artists.   The fun continues Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Dickey-Stephen's where tournament guests and friends of kickball can mix and mingle for a good cause.  There will again be a jalapeno eating contest this year!!!
 

The tournament will begin at 9 a.m.  The teams will battle it out at Dickey-Stephen's Park all day until there is only one team standing.  As the tournament rolls on, local bands will play and a fun chili competition will take place, featuring many of Little Rock's most well-renowned restaurateurs.
 

Entry to the cook-off is $25 for one chili and $40 for two chilies.  Entry to the jalapeno pepper eating contest is $10 per person.  Admission to the event will be $5.  Remember, the Big Red Ball Charitable Foundation is a non-profit 501 c (3) and all proceeds from this event will benefit Youth Home, Inc, a therapeutic treatment facility and family therapy clinic where teens and families find hope and healing.

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2012 KICKBALL OVERVIEW

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Firstly, everyone is reminded that this is a charity event and meant to be an opportunity for us to play and have fun at the nicest venue in the state!  ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT YOUTH HOME!

Captains: 8 Volunteers are needed to serve as Draft Team Captains.  The captain will submit a sealed bid to determine the following:

·         Draft Order

·         Bracket Placement

·         Team t-shirt color selection

Brackets:  Brackets will be selected at a suitable bar in Little Rock on 2/23.  The captain who submitted the lowest sealed bid will select their place on the empty bracket first.  Then each subsequent captain in order of second highest bid to lowest will select their place on the bracket.  The captain who submitted the highest bid will then select their place on the bracket and will have the option of moving an already seated team and placing them in the existing blank and taking their spot.

Drafting:  ALL PLAYER DRAFTS WILL HAPPEN ON 2/16 beginning at 6pm at the Oyster Bar.  Players do not have to be present to be considered.  Remember drafting order will be determined by sealed bid donation to the Big Red Ball Charitable Foundation for Youth Home.  This amount can be any donation in whole dollars and will not actually be due to be paid until team check in on the 26th.  This means that a team captain, once he has selected his team, can ask his/her team to help cover the promised bid.  Again, the amount and how it is paid for is completely up to the captain making the bid.  Bids will be ranked and captains will draft in that order.  In the event of tied bids, each captain will be given an opportunity to resubmit an additional bid to be added to the first bid.  Bid rankings will also be used in bracket selection.  Captains are expected to play.  Captains' will select players from the existing draft pool one at a time in bid order.  Each team is required to select at min. 3 females.  When drafting gets down to the final 8 players.  Those remaining players will be randomly placed on the teams.  This is to ensure that no one is "last picked".

Players:  All players are invited to the Oyster Bar to be present at the draft but are not required to be present as long they are paid up.  If the player has not paid in full by that time, they must be present at the draft to confirm that they are still in and to pay their entry. 

"Special Games" Component:  Due to venue and time constraints the first round of the  Loser's Bracket, all ties and, if necessary, the second final game will be settled with a best 2 out of 3 of the following games:

·         2 out of 3 five person per team flip cup tournament

·         One round of 21 point "Baggo"

·         One round of Beer Pong

Player Fees:  All players participating are required to pay $40.  This may be cash, check (payable to BRBCF) or done via PAYPAL.  Players are strongly encouraged to pay before had via Paypal or at the draft party.  This fee entitles the player to a free event shirt, free chili at the event, and a share of 20 pitchers of beer to be provided at the draft party on 2/16. ALL PLAYER FEES MUST BE PAID BEFORE DRAFT.

Sealed Bid:  This is the amount submitted by the captain of each team to determine drafting and bracket placement order.  This bid must be submitted before the draft but is not due until Saturday check in.  These donations are tax deductible and captains are encouraged to be creative in raising this amount and/or find sponsors or donations.

Rain Day:  Should the field not be suitable for play on the 26th.  The event will move forward in its entirety with beer, food, bands etc at the Park.  The games will be played at a later date.

BASIC LRKA RULES APPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

·         REMEMBER: THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE CHARITY EVENT!!!  Poor behavior will not be tolerated!

·         Bases will be set up in the outfield.

·         NO CLEATS MAY BE WORN!!!  This is to protect the infield grass.  Sliding is also not recommended to protect the grass.  The grounds staff has advised that if at any time, the damage to field becomes too great, ALL PLAY WILL BE STOPPED and the LRKA will be liable for paying for damages.  PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF VENUE!!!

·         Teams will be assigned umping duties throughout the day.

·         NO COOLERS-  Beer will be for sale on the concourse for $2.00 per can with all proceeds going to charity.  Plus, Umps Bar and Grill will be open.  An ATM is available.

·         NO MULTI-PLAYERS

·         All ties settled by best 2 out of 3 of the "special Games" Component (Flip Cup, Baggo, and Beer Pong).

·         NO GRILLS- Chili will be available free to all players.  Also, grilled food will be for sale with all proceeds going to charity.  Plus, Umps Bar and Grill will be open. 

·         Players are only eligible to play on the team they are selected for the entirety of the tournament.  NO PLAYER TRADES ONCE SELECTED AT THE DRAFT.  The only exception would be players from teams knocked out in the first round of the Loser's Bracket by best 2 out of 3 of Flip Cup, Baggo, and Beer Pong.  Players selected by new teams will not be eligible to play on their new team until that team reaches either the 2nd round of the Winner or Loser's Bracket. 

·         Due to being 3 female players short of the 32 needed to ensure all teams have 4 females, each team should select at min. 3 females.  Teams will only be required to kick 3 females unless 3 more sign up before draft day.  At that point, the teams with less than 4 will have females randomly assigned to them.  (UNLESS ENOUGH FEMALES SIGN UP FOR EACH TEAM TO HAVE 4)

·         Each team will have 11 players.  The only exception would be those teams who get an assigned female.

·         All teams must kick at min. 10 players with 3 females kicking at all times. (UNLESS EACH TEAM HAS 4 FEMALES)

·         Should a team decide not to kick their entire roster, no team may set out the same player twice unless due to injury.  This is to ensure that everyone gets to play.

Please let me hear those questions!