Bear Creak Sports and Entertainment Awarded World Tournament
Blair Setford • July 30, 2025
2027 ISC World Tournament Awarded to Bear Creek
The ISC is excited to announce the 2027 World Tournament is awarded to Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment!
Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment’s new two-diamond complex, the JDT First Energy Veterans Memorial Fields on Chippewa-of-the-Thames First Nation, in southwest Ontario will be the main facility with additional games being played in Glencoe at Southwest Middlesex Recreation Complex.
“We are really looking forward to visiting Bear Creek’s new venue to play our 2027 ISC World Tournament,” says ISC President Chris Santos. “We’ve always enjoyed going to new locations to showcase our great game of men’s fastpitch softball.”
“Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment has a brand new ball park that they’ve built and they’re excited to show off this great facility to the softball world and to welcome all of the teams and the fans,” said Gregg Leather, manager of the Bear Creek Gremlins, on behalf of Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment.
“We’re looking forward to building on the success that the Bear Creek organization is developing and everyone is really committed to making this a huge success,” continued Leather. “With the players who will be living and staying in the area for the summer, we’ll have the opportunity to do clinics and play in leagues and help the game to grow. There’s already a lot of great ideas.”
It’s expected that there will be 36 teams competing for the ISC World Championship and the ISC II Championship with another 12-16 teams playing in the ISC 50+ Legends division.
Teams and fans will be able to book accommodations in London, St. Thomas or Strathroy.
For fans in the fastpitch hotbed of Ontario, it will be back-to-back ISC World Tournaments in their backyard. The 2026 ISC World Tournament will be played from August 8-15 in Kitchener.
For more information on the ISC, please visit www.iscfastpitch.com.
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The ISC Board of Directors has approved the following updated rules for the Legends 50+ Division for 2026 Legends Rules of Eligibility: 1) Player must reach "Qualifying Age" of 50 in the calendar year of the Designated Classification for participation. - no change 2) A player on a ISC World Tournament roster is ineligible to participate in the Legends tournament until that World Tournament team has been eliminated or the player is released from that World Tournament roster. - R EMOVING THIS RULE 3) now 2) ISC Out-of-Region rules and fees do not apply to the Legends Championship - no change 4) Legends roster shall be comprised of players from the nation of registry and each team will be allowed six (6) from out of their nation, two (2) of which can be from outside of North America (Canada/USA/Mexico) - CHANGING THIS RULE TO THE FOLLOWING: 3) Legends roster shall be comprised of players from the nation of registry and each team will be allowed up to eight (8) players from outside of their nation. 5) Effective for 2025: Team rosters for all ISC Legends Championship play shall be restricted to four (4) pitchers. Pitcher is defined as any player on a 20-man roster who pitches in ISC Legends Championship competition. The four (4) pitchers for ISC Legends Championship play are deemed to be the first four (4) that pitch in the ISC Legends Championship. - CHANGING THIS RULE TO THE FOLLOWING: 4) Effective for 2026: Team rosters for all ISC Legends Championship play shall be restricted to four (4) 50+ yr old pitchers (any number of 60+ pitchers are allowed). Pitcher is defined as any player on a 20-man roster who pitches in ISC Legends Championship competition. The four (4) 50+ yr old pitchers for ISC Legends Championship play are deemed to be the first four (4) 50+ yr old that pitch in the ISC Legends Championship. Playing rules for ISC Legends remain unchanged. Teams interested in competing in the 2026 ISC Legends 50+ Division should contact Keith Erkenbrack for more information.
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