Registration for Play NC’s 2024 Wiffle Ball Season
Welcome to the Durham Wiffle Ball League! This is the page to register and pay your entry fee for Individual, Small Group, or Full Team participation in Durham Wiffle Ball’s 2024 Co-Ed Recreational Wiffle Ball League. All proceeds from these events will go towards sponsoring Miracle League of the Triangle teams in Durham, so thank you for helping us support some great organizations by playing a game!
- Individual Registrations: $50.00 / player.
- Small Groups (2-4 Players): 8% off / player = $46.00 / player.
- Coupon Code SMALLWIFFLE2024
- Full Teams (6-8 Players): 16% off / player = $42.00 / player.
- Coupon Code TEAMWIFFLE2024
- Total of $252 for a full team of 6-8 players.
- League Capacity for 10 teams, or ~60 players.
- Registrations will receive priority by date of entry, with waiting list / backorders available after the first 60 players to register.
- Games will be played on Friday nights at Miracle League of the Triangle’s Durham location.
- Games start between 6:00pm and 9:00pm, with the last game ending at 9:45pm.
- 6:00pm, 6:45pm, 7:30pm, 8:15pm, 9:00pm
- We will be playing every Friday night that the Durham Bulls don’t have a Home game from May through September.
- Regular Season games will be 6 Innings, or 40 minutes.
- Scheduled for 9 Regular Season Games + 0, 1, 2, or 3 Playoff Games.
- Rainouts cannot be rescheduled, but more money will go to charity if we have to cancel games due to weather.
- End-of-Season Tournament Format will be single-elimination based on the total number of teams.
- Game Rules available here.
- Players must be at least 18 years old on January 1, 2024 to participate alone.
- Players between 14 and 18 years old on 1/1/24 may participate, if they have a parent also playing on their team.
- Players 13 years old and younger on 1/1/24 are not allowed to participate.
- All Players must sign a liability waiver prior to playing.
- Season: Begins May 3; Ends September 20
- All players receive a League jersey, made by RDU Print Studio in Durham.
- Durham Bulls tickets (in the fancy seats) will be awarded to the winners of End-of-Season Tournaments.
- We are working on getting local bars or restaurants near the American Tobacco campus to sponsor our league and provide a free drink to players after our games!
- Getting to play Wiffle Ball on one of the most amazing fields you’ve ever seen!
- The good feeling of supporting Durham non-profits!
If you would be considered a “Free Agent” and do not have a requirement to play with a particular group of people, you should register as an individual. You will be matched with 5-7 other individuals who make the same selections.
- Choose Male or Female.
- Choose Jersey Size.
- Add the Product to your Cart and Checkout.
If you are signing up as an individual and want to be matched with a specific player/friend/family member, you should sign up as a Small or Large Group. If you have 5 or more friends that want to play together, sign up as a Full Team. Details below.
If you have a group together already and you would like to play with a specific person, or group, of people, you may register as an group to ensure everyone stays together. If you have between 2 and 5 players that want to play together and need to join up with others to field a full team of 6 players, follow these steps:
- Take all the same steps for an Individual Registration and repeat for each person in your group.
- Add a unique Registration for each person to your Cart, so that each one represents a different person in your group.
- eg. “George and Fred need Large jerseys, so add +2 “Large” players in the Cart. Bill and Ted need a XL(ent) jerseys/journeys, so add +2 “XL” players in the Cart.”
- Checkout and purchase registrations at one time with your entire group added to one Cart.
- For 2-5 Players, use Coupon Code “SMALLWIFFLE2024” in your Cart to receive 10% off per player.
- For 6-8 Players, use Coupon Code “TEAMWIFFLE2024” in your Cart to receive 15% off per player.
- After you have paid, complete our Group Registration Form with the names, email addresses, and jersey sizes for your teammates.
If you want to sign up as a Group, one person in your group should add multiple Roster Spots to their Cart and pay for everyone at once. For example, if you have a group of 8 people who want to play together, one person should purchase 8 Roster Spots on the same order. Please add registrations “as if you were that player,” including the jersey size requested for all players on your team (eg. Add 1 Small + 2 Mediums + 3 Larges for 6 Players registering for the same team).
Please note your teammates’ names and email addresses on our Group Registration Form after you pay for your order. Team Assignments will always prioritize keeping groups together over playing for a specific team, so you will always get to play with your friends regardless of what charity you are assigned.
If you do not sign up on the same order as your friends, but still want to play with them, please email playncinc@gmail.com and complete our Group Registration Form with everyone in your group’s name.
Final Team Assignments will be made before Sunday, April 22, 2024, or ASAP after the final Spring registration deadline on Friday, April 19.
If you have an entire Wiffle Ball Team (6-8 Players) ready to play and do not want Free Agents added to your team, you can sign up as a Full Team. Full Teams pay for 6 Players, but may add up to 8 Players to their roster for backups.
- Take all the same steps for an Small Group Registration and repeat for each person in your group.
- Once you have added your 6th Player Registration, stop. You only need to pay for 6 of the 8 possible players on the roster.
- Add a unique Registration for each person to your Cart, so that each one represents a different person in your group.
- For 6-8 Players, use Coupon Code “TEAMWIFFLE2024” in your Cart to receive 15% off per player.
- Complete the purchase at one time with your entire group added to one Cart.
- After you have paid, complete our Group Registration form with the names, email addresses, and jersey sizes for up to 20 players.
Full teams may submit requests for specific jersey colors, but options may be limited.
We will be playing recreational, co-ed, Wiffle Ball. Full Game Rules are available here.
Slow-Pitch / Pitch-to-Hit Format:
- Speed Limit of 40mph, enforced by a radar gun.
- Slightly harder than soft-toss, but mostly pitch-to-hit.
- This allows more balls to be hit into play and more action on the field.
The Weekly League and Summer Tournament will allow both team and individual registrations.
- Teams will have 4-8 total players on their roster.
- Individuals will be paired with 5-7 other individual registrations to form a “Free Agent” team.
Teams will need at least 4 players available, including 1 female, to participate each night.
- Defensive Lineups will be made up of 4 players per side, including at least 1 female on the field.
- Offensive Lineups will include all available players on the team, including at least 1 female in the lineup.
In-Game Challenges:
- “Hit Bull, Win Steak” Challenge: The amazing Miracle League field has a replica Bull and replica Blue Monster in Left Field. Just like the classic DAP promotion, if a Durham Wiffle Ball player hits a home run AND hits the Bull, they will win a special prize! Actual prizes still TBD, but will be courtesy of one of our sponsors!
- “K-Zone” Challenge: Our league uses a 18″ x 24″ strike zone, with a 6″ x 6″ hole in the middle. This hole is considered the “K-Zone” and is worth 2 strikes, if the ball successfully passes through the hole on the pitch. If any Pitcher hits the “K-Zone” during the game, they will earn a bonus prize (provided by a sponsor) and an extra donation to Miracle League at the end of the season.
- Home Run Derby: If a player hits a home run during a game, they will receive 1 point per RBI.
- At the end of the season, all players that hit a home run during league play will earn entry into the end-of-season Home Run Derby on September 27.
- The Derby structure will be ranked based on total points earned off Home Runs during the season.
- The Home Run Derby Winner will receive a special prize, still TBD.
We will be playing two types of Wiffle Ball events this season.
The WEEKLY LEAGUE will feature a 9-game regular season and a 1-week playoff tournament.
- 10 Friday Nights, 6pm-9pm, between May-September
- We will be playing every Friday night that the Durham Bulls don’t have a Home game.
- May 3, 17, & 31
- June 21
- July 12 & 19
- August 9 & 23
- September 6 & 20
- Home Run Derby: September 27
- We will be playing every Friday night that the Durham Bulls don’t have a Home game.
The SUMMER TOURNAMENT will feature a Round Robin format during Week 1 and a double-elimination format for Week 2.
- 2 Sundays, 10am-8pm
- July 14 & 21
Registrations for the Summer Tournament will open in March 2024. League Teams will receive $20 off the Summer Tournament registration fee, but that will be a separate transaction.
If you have any questions about the Durham Wiffle Ball League, please ask!
Refund Policy
We promise a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Because your refund will be reducing our Donation Pool, we hope you’ll give us a chance to fix any problems before it gets to that point. However, you can still request a refund for any reason. You will have to actually give a reason (so we can try to fix it for the next player), but any reason will be accepted. After the start of the season, prorated refunds will be honored if you are not satisfied with our league for any reason.
Wiffle Ball Liability Waivers
All Players will be required to sign and complete two electronic forms prior to playing games.
These forms will be emailed to you and your teammates once rosters have been determined. All players must complete the form prior to playing.
