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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)
- f
ind open-source squash scheduling software for games/results/schedule (henk) … this may not happen, we'll do it manually first time around
| What | Where | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| individuals form a ladder | 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 | Squash Leagues Management System | interesting, we could form our own league online, may be of interest to the lunch timers |
| tennis, racquetball and squash | 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