NOTES FROM 2008:
- email Matthew Ponzio mponzio[at]thrivenetworks.com next year when we send out the announcement - he had a great time this year
- Adina and Arielle Fischer were no-shows, do not let them enter next year without money up-front
- TnT won B - maybe they should play A if they enter next year? Zac and Amy Trimble, Layne and Rolanda Thornton
- when we send out the announcement next year, be clear that players can only be on one roster for each division (no exceptions, even for injury)
LOGISTICS
- 20 teams, 3-4 players each
- Majority of teams have at least one MIT player
- 10-15 MIT students responsible for running the tournament
CSC APPROVAL (October/November)
- Need to get CSC approval for tournament
- Fill out form: http://web.mit.edu/clubsports/tournament-questionnaire.pdf
RESERVING COURTS (October/November)
- E-mail Sandy Lett (slett@mit.edu) about reserving court time
- Expected Cost = ~$300-350
- In 2007, reserved Rockwell North and South from 8:00AM - 7:00PM (11 hours, 13.75/hour)
- Do not reserve main court - it doubles the cost
ON-LINE REGISTRATION (~2 months ahead of time)
- http://web.mit.edu/wave/www/triples/triplesinfo.shtml
- Registration fees: $48.00 per team
- Expected revenue = $960.00 - $350.00 = $610
PRIZES (~2 months ahead of time)
- Ask local business/restaurants to donate
- Aim to get 3 of each prize
- Display sign/banner at tournament thanking sponsors
- Often businesses need a week or two to get back to you, so start early!
- Usually give 1st and 2nd place in each division, 1st should at least get back cost of entering the tournament
ADVERTISEMENT (~2 months ahead of time)
- Advertisement in the Tech
- E-mail to various volleyball lists and departments (varsity, men's clubs, Euro-club, Sloan)
- Euroclub: volleyball@euroclub.mit.edu http://eurovball.wikispaces.com/ (Jan Lammerding jan@mit)
- CSSA: http://cssa.mit.edu/events_sportsclubs.php http://cssavolleyball.wikispaces.com/ (Weijia Zhang wzhang@mit.edu)
- Intramurals: http://web.mit.edu/athletics/www/intramurals/ Michelle Nason (mnason@mit.edu)
http://mit.athleague.com/league.browse (maybe can post there?) - Men's Club: GVC http://web.mit.edu/mitgvc/www/ Al Avestruz (al_avestruz@hotmail.com)
IVC: http://web.mit.edu/ivc/www/ ivc-request@mit.edu - Varsity: Coach Paul Dill pdill@mit.edu
*Assistant Coach: Charles Morton, Samantha Lampert - Yankee: Yankee Yahoo group http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/YankeeVolleyball/
CHECKING EQUIPMENT (week before)
- Check cranks, poles, nets, etc.
USEFUL FORM
- triples rules: triples-rules.doc
- scoring sheets: triples-scoresheets.doc
- 4 team pool: 4-team-pool.pdf
- 4 team pool (use this if there are exactly 8 teams in tournament): 4-team-pool-8-team-tourney.pdf
- 5 team pool: 5-team-pool.pdf
- 6 team pool (2 nets): 6-team-pool.pdf
- 7 team pool (2 nets): 7-team-pool.pdf