Seattle Invitational July 18-20 is US West Qualifier
Blair Setford • January 25, 2025
63rd Annual Seattle Invitational at Dacca Park in Fife, WA

The Seattle Invitational is returning for its 63rd year with the tremendous support of Tacoma Travel! This will be a US West Qualifier for #ISCWT2026.
TOURNAMENT NAME : 63rd Seattle Invitational
DATES: July 18-20 2025
LOCATION: Fife, WA
ENTRY FEE: $400
FORMAT: 3GG
CONTACT: Ryan Daly
CELL PHONE: 425.445.6028
UIC: Glenn Brown
ISC REPRESENTATIVE: Keith Erkenbreck / Dave Parker

2nd Annual Clark Evans Memorial Tournament This is a qualifier for #ISCWT2026 DATES: May 23-24, 2026 LOCATION: Darnell Wright Softball Complex, 303 W. Foothills Dr, Newberg, OR 97316 ENTRY FEE: $450.00 FORMAT: Round Robin into single elimination CONTACT: Shayne Arndt UIC: To be determined ISC REP: Keith Erkenbrack

At the 2025 ISC World Tournament in North Mankato, MN, the International Softball Congress conducted its annual Board of Directors meeting. The following changes were made: 1. Long-time ISC Executive Director Larry Fisher resigned his position effective at the end of the 2025 ISC World Tournament. The ISC thanks Larry for his years of service. The ISC will continue its search for a new Executive Director to assume the role. In the interim, the duties of Executive Director will be shared amongst several in the organization. 2. Under Regional definitions, players from Oregon and Washington may play in BC in the Canada West region and be considered in-region and players from BC may play in Oregon and Washington in the US West region and be considered in-region. 3. An ad-hoc committee will be appointed to review the ISC World Tournament Host Committee contract to modernize and update the document. 4. A Legends Tournament standing committee will be struck with a mandate to oversee the ISC Legends Championship Tournament. Updated Legends rules for 2026 drafted by the Legends Committee have already been approved by the Board and posted. 5. For ISC World Tournament umpires, travel fees will increase from $2000 to $4000 for contracts starting in 2028. Similarly, game fees will increase by $5 per year starting in 2028. The ISC Umpire-in-Chief will also provide evaluations for umpires working their first ISC World Tournament. As previously announced: • The ISC will welcome Canadian players Jeff Ellsworth and Ian Fehrman, Argentine pitcher Lucas Mata, manager Jeff Borror, former ISC President Dean Oscar and long-time Gremlins sponsor Bruce Tanski to the Hall of Fame at the 2026 Induction Ceremony. For more information on the ISC, please visit www.iscfastpitch.com.