[williebfree]

As an experienced official who works quite a few of these middle school tournaments, I can tell you how nice it is to have a mature, responsible table crew.

One HUGE plus to this whole process is having calm and impartial bookkeepers with each team who work togather to get the job done. As you are aware, this can, and more often than not, is more difficult than said.

Possible solutions:

Have your team's bookkeeper sit at the "official" scorer&timer table. Then you can address the "errors" at their occurance.

If there is not physical space available to "share" at the scorer's table, have the bookkeeper sit as close to the table as possible and have an ongoing flow of communication.

If problems persist, contact game managmement for further redress.