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====== Tournament Wesfest'07 ToDo ======
===== Pre =====
* reserve courts for 4/21 (shona)
* need to obtain approval? research (shona/henk)
* setup email list and populate, pre-announce on list (jerry/henk)
* find open-source squash scheduling software for games/results/schedule (henk) ... this may not happen, we'll do it manually first time around
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|individuals form a ladder|[[http://www.deepblue.uk.net/squash_ladder_php.html|Squash Ladder]]|free, does the ladder but not the tournament, may be of interest in the future if we set up Lunch Timers Squash Ladder for example|
|individuals form a league|[[http://www.squashleagues.com/|Squash Leagues Management System]]|interesting, we could form our own league online, may be of interest to the lunch timers|
|tennis, racquetball and squash|[[http://members.aol.com/win4sports/freesw.html|Tennis1>2>3]]|tournament scheduler, looks good but DOS/windows? argh.|
* get on WesFest'07 agenda by 3/23 (henk)
* generate A4 size poster for posting (henk)
* re-announce once the students are back ... 4/7? 2 weeks out (henk)
* request some tables to be setup (henk/shona)
* organize sign-up entries (henk)
* collect volunteer monetary contributions (we'll put up a basket day of ...)
* ask TomC to harvest squash balls for tournament day and secondary prizes
===== Day Of =====
* bring table (henk)
* scoring sheets (henk/jerry)
* take pictures 4/21 (henk/jerry) ...
* organize sport drinks, fruits, coffee & donuts, etc (henk/jerry)
* organize basic medical stuff and crushed ice with bags (henk/jerry)
* alert who? public safety and have relevant emergency numbers handy (henk/jerry)
* summer program flyer (rec squash ladder, fall open?) (henk)
* donation basket, surplus to varsity if any (henk)
* //what else?//
===== Post =====
* wesleyan connection (olivia) post-event publicity (henk)
* post results on wiki (henk)
* WesFest'08 Squash Tourney =)
===== Experiences =====
* in the email announcement state signus receive confirmation (or look at web site) ... avoids the Boysen scenario
* takes an afternoon to do the brackets well, get those from crowdarts.com/brackets
* don't be late on starting times, arrive early
* bring your own table!
* streamers were fun!
* 45 people: 1 gallon of coffee is enough, 7 gallons of gaterade disappeared (could be 10), all the food disappeared (more, more), should have citrus fruits + bananas, 1 bag of non-Neon Deli ice is enough.
* big bracket sheets do well
* wesfest timing was excellent
* donation bucket worked 100% better than expected
* be sure you have blue-dot balls for young/old players
* keep adjusting the schedule, it works itself toward a solution
* state the rules ealier: best out of 5, poinst per serve to 9, balls stays in court!
* let the group warm up but pull all players together for a welcome (forms cohesion)
* take more diverse pictures and cut players out in a collage
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