Roy Hobbs Calendar
Roy Hobbs World Series #35
Dates
Fort Myers, Florida / October 18 – November 25, 2024
Veterans (35+) –October 19-26
Masters (45+) –October 26-November 2
Legends (53+) –November 2-9
Classics (60+) –November 9-16
Timeless (70+) –November 9-16
Vintage (65+) –November 16-23
Forever Young (75+) –November 16-23
Antiques (79+) – November 17-23
Women’s Division –November 22-24
Future RHWS Dates
2025: October 18-November 22
2026: October 17-November 21
2027: October 16-November 20
2028: October 14-November 18
2029: October 13-November 17
2030: October 19-November 23
RH Coming Events
TNT Classic 2024
Site: Middle Tennessee, Nashville area
Dates: October 12-14, 2024
Host: Middle Tennessee Adult Baseball Association
Age Divisions: 40+, 50+ 60+.
Sunshine Classic, 2025
Site: PDC Complex & Historic Terry Park, Fort Myers, Fla.
Dates: February 2 thru March 23, 2025.
Host: Roy Hobbs Baseball
Age Divisions: Family Ties, 35+. 45+. 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+.
Feb. 2-5 – FT (10-12 teams) Sun-Wed
Feb 6-10 – 75s (10-12 teams) Thu-Mon
Feb. 11-15 – 70s (14 teams) Tues-Sat
Feb. 17-20 – 65s (14 teams) Mon-Thu (Prez Day, 17th)
Feb. 21-24 – 60s (10-12 teams) Fri-Mon
Feb. 26-March 1 – 60s (10-12 teams) session 2 (Wed-Sat)
March 2-5 – 55s (14 teams) Sun-Wed
March 6-9 – 50s (14 teams) Thu-Sun
March 13-16 – 45s (10-12 teams) Thu-Sun
March 20-23 – 35s (10 teams) Thu-Sun
Blue Ridge Spring Dinger 2025
Site: Asheville, N.C., April 28 thru May 9, 2025
Host: Rob Giffen/Karen Marcinkoski
Age Divisions: 60+, 60-Elite, 65+, 70+, 75+
Peach State Classic, 2025
Site: NE Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25-26, 2025
Host: Atlanta Men’s Baseball Association.
Age Divisions: 18+, 43+, 53+ & 60+
Sea Otter Baseball Festival, 2025
Site: Monterey, CA / July 4-5-6, 2025
Host: Joel Weinstein and the Sea Otter Baseball Association
Age Divisions: Masters (45+) Division; Classics (62+) Division
2024 RHWS Reservation Calendar
- Reservation Invitations will be sent in April.
- To request an invitation, send email toteammatesupport@royhobbs.com
- Reservations generate a $259 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit (on-line ACH or Credit Card), which is due no later than May 24, 2024.
- All teams are required to pay the deposit to reserve a place in the field. Field updates will start on or about June 1.
- Team caps for weeks 1-2-3 & 5 are 74 teams; Week 4 is 80 (can take more, but only 2 at a time per division to keep numbers even).
- Team registration link will be sent in early June to all teams having paid the deposit. (Registration is in addition to Reservation.)
- 2024 membership is $360 per team. (Covers 20 players)
- 2024 insurance is $265 per team. (Covers 20 players)
- 2024 Bundle (membership & insurance) is $510. (Save $115 by bundling). Bundle Deadline is June 15.
- If team providing self-insurance, the certificate naming Roy Hobbs as an additional (COI) insured entity is due by August 1. Teams will still be charged for membership.
- All invoices have the insurance listed as a line item. Once the COI is received (on time) that charge is removed.
- Final invoices will arrive in mid-July.
- The early pay deadline to receive $500 discount is Monday, August 26. Any open invoices as of that date will re-activate the $500 as the discount has been removed.
- The final deadline to pay is Friday, September 20.
- Practice field & locker room reservation links will be active by mid-July. Teams will be notified, and appropriate links will be sent to managers.
- Free Agent registration will begin in early July. Shortly thereafter, the available free agents list will be posted online.
- Player registration will open for teams when final invoice is paid and credited.
- Contact Bonnie Fear or Marc Landals for Reservation data,teammatesupport@royhobbs.com
- Contact Rob Giffen or Marc Landals for Team Registration data, when the time comes,teammatesupport@royhobbs.com
- Contact Marc Landals for insurance questions or bundles,teammatesupport@royhobbs.com
- Roy Hobbs business phone is 239-689-8550. Summer business hours are 10am-3pm. After-hours phone messages returned next business day.
Participants at the Roy Hobbs World Series have the opportunity to play baseball on the finest collection of fields in Florida, if not the United States.
The permanent Headquarters for the World Series is the Player Development Complex Clubhouse, located at 4301 Edison Avenue. It is the centermost of the venues, with the remaining playing sites within 15 minutes from PDC, much like the spokes of a wheel.
Here is the lineup, with Field Manager names and phone numbers in any emergency …
JetBlue Complex, (11500 Fenway South Dr) Field Manager: Art Cleary (440-773-9474) & Don Duckworth (419-340-4874)
Historic Terry Park Complex, a spring training home since the 1920s, (3410 Palm Beach Blvd) Field Manager: Charles Anderson (239-823-7679)
Player Development Complex a.k.a PDC, (4301 Edison Avenue) Field Manager: RH HDQ Staff (239-689-8550 or 234.788.7437)
Lee County Sports Complex (14100 Ben C Pratt Six Mile Cypress Pkwy), Field Manager: Tony Nazzaro (239-634-3127)
With regards to these sites, a Map of the RHWS facilities will be provided every registered participant; it also available at royhobbs.com and through our QR Code symbol program … Directions between sites are available through the QR code … or at royhobbs.com as well.
Roy Hobbs may use any one of five community parks in case of rainouts and during Week 4. Data on those parks follows the Parking Data.
Travel safely …
RHWS Parking
JetBlue Complex, (11500 Fenway South Dr): Enter the Complex at the WEST entrance, which is the 1st entrance as you travel EAST on Daniels Parkway. Once in the Park, turn left & proceed to the soccer field parking area. The paved area is for handicapped parking, and RHBB will provide golf cart transportation for handicapped to fields as needed & available.
Lee County Sports Complex (14100 Ben C Pratt Six Mile Cypress Pkwy): All open lots, except Twins player/staff designated areas or inside the Academy fences. Respect “No Parking” signs as parking tickets can be issued for violations.
Player Development Complex (PDC) (4301 Edison Avenue): Park in front of clubhouse & batting cages or across Edison Avenue, where staff parks. Entry to the Complex is through the gate between the batting cages & the Clubhouse. No parking inside fenced areas.
Terry Park Complex (3410 Palm Beach Blvd): Primary lot is off Terry Street, beside Field 4. There is a lot next to Field 3, but there is no event security there or any entrance to the field from that lot.
Community Parks
Buckingham Park
9800 Buckingham Road / FM 33905
https://www.leegov.com/parks/parks/buckinghampark
Kurt Donaldson Park
180 Hunter Blvd. / Cape Coral 33909
https://www.leegov.com/parks/parks/kurtdonaldson
North Fort Myers Community Center
2000 North Recreation Park Way / NFM 33903
https://www.leegov.com/parks/centers/nfm
Rutenberg Park
6500 South Pointe Blvd. / FM 33919
https://www.leegov.com/parks/parks/rutenberg
Three Oaks Park
18521 Three Oaks Parkway / FM 33967