THE 2024 GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL @ THE BEACH SESSION III
JUNE 30 - JULY 3, 2025
THE PUBLIX SPORTS PARK, Chip Seal Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida!
SCHEDULES ARE NOW POSTED as of Wednesday, June 18th at 6:30 PM (CT)
Plese check these schedules often for any changes that may occur!
SCHEDULE UPDATE:With the low number of teams in the event, we will play a pool play DH for ALL teams on Monday, June 30. Double Elimination Bracket play will start on Tuesday, July 1. NO team will be eliminated prior to July 2 and Championship games will be on Thursday, July 3. This will allow ALL teams to enjoy the July 4 Holiday weekend!
9/10U Age Division: Two pool play games vs teams in your classification followed by a Combined Double Elimination Bracket. After bracket play, the TOP-3 Class-A, Class-AA and Class-AAA teams will all receive awards based on where you finish in bracket.
11/12U Age Division: Round Robin pool play on Monday & Tuesday followed by Double Elimination bracket play on Wednesday and Thursday. Both 11U & Both 12U teams receive awards based on where you finish in the bracket/
13U: Round Robin Pool play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with best records determining order of finish (6-game guarantee)
14U: Two pool games on Monday followed by Double Elimination bracket play on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Straight 10-team Double Elimination bracket after pool play. Top-3 teams after pool play receive awards!
World Series Session III Schedule of Events for Sunday, June 29, 2025
9:30 AM: Coaches Meetings for ALL teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.
2:30 PM: Parade Line Up Opening Ceremonies at Pier Park followed by Opening Ceremony Events including Pin Trading at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, Florida
HERE ARE SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL EVENT.....
1. When does the tournament start and end? Coaches meetings, Opening Ceremonies Parades, Pin Trading and more starts on Sunday morning June 29. With the amount of teams we have, we are planning on playing Monday-Thursday and giving teams the July 4th Holiday weekend OFF to enjoy the Holiday festivities!
2. Is the event a Stay to Play tournament? NO, you can stay wherever you like. We do strongly encourage you to reach out to one of our host properties to get the best rates and top notch customer service! These properties are listed under LODGING on the event page you are signed up for.
3. Will you have a team and individual skills competitions? YES! We will offer three individual competitions (HR Derby, Golden Arm & Roadrunner) as well as one team competition (Around the Horn). Skills rules are posted under the documents tab on the event home page. You can only sign up for the skills competition at the coaches meetings the day prior to the start of the event. Coaches will sign their players up as NO individual player signups are accepted. Dates and Times of skills competitions announced at coaches meetings as well.
4. When are the entry fee and team gate fees due? Your team entry fee of $1,200.00 is due by May 1, 2025. Individual daily admission of $20 for fans each day. NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES for daily or weekly admission passes for any reason! Most ALL teams will play four days so the weekly pass will be discounted to $75 for this event. You can pre order admission passes for TEAM orders ONLY, NO Individual orders, at the following link:
5. Will age divisions be separated into classes? Please see individual age schedules
6. Do you supply baseballs? YES, we supply two new Wilson A1030 NFHS sanctioned baseballs per game.
7. Will you have official World Series merchandise for sale and/or pre-order? YES! Pre-Order Forms will be available no later than April 1, 2025 and will be posted above. TEAM ORDERS ONLY (no individual orders) for official World Series merchandise including Dri Fit T-Shirts, WS logo pins and more! This pre-order form is available here: 2025 World Series Merchandise Pre-Order Form. Individuals may purchase merchandise at the parks each day.
8. When will we know what park our team will be playing at? ALL Games will be played at the Publix Sports Park on Chip Seal Parkway in Panama City Beach, Florida!
9. What rules does Grand Slam play by? We play by National Federation High School Rules with the exceptions found under the rules link on this website.
10.Do you offer 8U CP or KP and does your 13U age division play 54/80 or 60/90? We offer BOTH Coach Pitch and Kid Pitch for the 8U division and we offer BOTH 54/80 and 60/90 in the 13U age division.
11.Are there fields for us to practice on upon arrival? N0! There are NO fields available for practice. There are plenty of batting cages available on a first come basis at both parks. There is also a large grass area (Festival Site) at Frank Brown Park where you can hold a practice.
12. Are we allowed to bring pop up tents, coolers or outside food into the park? NO outside food period! Team Coolers with water for the players is allowed. We encourage you to bring your tents and chairs as their is limited shaded areas and covered bleachers.
13. OK, we are in, how do we sign up? Click on Sign up in the upper right hand corner of the home page at http://www.grandslamtournaments.com After you have signed up, click on account and fill out the information and save. Next click on teams, register new team, pay sanction fee and register team. Next go to events, find the event you want to sign up for, click register, follow the prompts and you will be good to go!
If you have any further questions, please email us at grandslamtournaments@gmail.com We hope you can join us at the Beach in the Summer of 2025 for arguably the Finest Youth Baseball World Series event in the entire Country as we celebrate our 21st Anniversary!!
