Need Help with Tournament
 

Our board is planning to hold a high school Tournamen next year for a scholarship and i was wondering if anyone out there has experience and can share some do's and don'ts? Appreciate any help we can get.

Since this IS an Official Forum....
 

Rule 1 of a successful tournament - hire good referees and pay them well. ;)

Will there be jousting in this tournament?

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There's some, but not a lot, of experience running tournaments at this forum. You might have more luck at a coaches forum.

Tournament Hosting
 

Our officials group holds a tournament in honor of a member of ours who was also a fireman and died in the line of duty. We provide a scholarship to an incoming high schooler. Next season will be the 25th year. I have been somewhat invloved with it but if you would like I can put you in contact with the person who has been coordinating this for us for the past 15 years.
Fell free to email me at [email protected]

Jousting would be OK, as long as the wrong Knight doesn't show up.

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I ran a local tournament in the area where I reside for two years - 2002 and 2003 - as a layperson. Rather enjoyed it. A lot of work. Reason I mention it is because the first piece of advice I got was the same as grunewar offered: hire good referees and pay them well.

It was during that tournament that I realized a good friend from college was heavily involved in officiating. He offered to assemble my team of officials. Through planning it out with him, I became very interested in pursuing my own career as an official and joined the state association the following season.