The purpose of the Saguaro Cup is to foster local, regional, national and international sports competition predominately for gays, lesbians and anyone dedicated to promotion of the amateur athletic experience for persons of all skill levels and abilities regardless of sexual orientation, gender, race, creed, religion or national origin.
In addition, our primary focus of the sports festival is to provide venues for adult slow-pitch softball competition in order to develop people of all abilities and experience to participate in sports competitions.
For a short list of fun things to do while you are in town, see this page for more details. It includes a map of bars and restaurants around town which we recommend/endorse, as well as other fun things to do while you are not playing softball.
The Saguaro Cup Softball Tournament began in 1994 with 28 teams and has taken place every year since, culminating now with Saguaro Cup 16 in 2009. The tournament has grown into the premier Gay Softball Tournament in the Southwest, consistently ranking as one of the largest Gay Softball Tournaments in the country, following closely behind the Gay Softball World Series. Covered both locally and nationally in Gay and Softball related media, the Saguaro Cup is sanctioned by the Amateur Softball Association.
In 2005, the tournament was renamed the Saguaro Cup Sports Festival as a response to the addition of new kickoff and closing parties to the tournament. The 2005 Tournament also set a new record in the history of the Saguaro Cup with the participation of 92 Teams from all across the country. We look forward to having you participate in this years festivities!
Congratulations to all the teams that participated in this year's tournament, making it a huge success! Below you can find the winners for each division.
| Open A Division | Open B Division | ||
| 1 2 3 |
Georgia Mudcats Phoenix Roscoes Coors Light Toros Long Beach Rough Riders |
1 2 3 |
Long Beach Rounders LA Destroyers Chicago Spin Cougars |
| Open C Division | Open D Division | ||
| 1 2 3 |
LA Popular Hollywood Swingers San Diego Sol |
1 2 3 |
LA Bandits D LA Assassins Nashville Players |
| Women's Upper Division | Women's Lower Division | ||
| 1 2 3 |
Phoenix Gotchya Back Phoenix Moxie San Diego Urban Mo's |
1 2 3 |
Phoenix Cash Cows New York Go! Girls Phoenix Good Guys |
A detailed list of all events for the weekend can be downloaded here.
April 3, 2009: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Registration party at the Radisson Hotel Phoenix Center
All you can eat buffet for $5.00 with happy hour drink prices
April 4 and 5, 2009: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tournament play at sports complexes through Phoenix
April 5, 2009: 7:00 pm
Closing party and awards ceremony at Charlies
7:00 pm - All you can eat mexican buffet served at the outside patio
8:00 pm - Awards presentation
All important information is contained in the forms below, including but not limited to host hotels, roster, liability release, registration, and other pertinent tournament information. Please note, the tournament registration deadline in March 27, 2009.
| Information | Registration | Roster | Rules | Coaches Packet |
The tournament brackets can be found on the teams page.