Turkey Tournament 2012 is moving closer!

Jay agreed to be our Referee Administrator for the tournament!  He wondered a bit about what he would have to do, besides looking cool in his shades, master of his domain, kind of like the Road Boss in "Cool Hand Luke."

Essentially, the RA has to round up sufficient 'local' referees to to handle any matches that won't be covered by referee teams provided by the participating teams; verifying the eligibility/appropriateness of the referee teams provided by said teams; making sure all games are covered; and finally verifying that the referees for a particular team fulfilled their obligations thus can get their deposit back.

I have been corresponding with other regions about their tournaments, one RC told me that 70% of the teams forfeit their referee deposit!  (which run about $300 per tournament!).

So far, this is the swag (Stuff We All Get):

Region tournament pins - Everyone
T-shirts - Everyone
Ref Patch - Referee
Ref Flipping Coin - Referee
Ref Food - three games and you get a greasy burger and limp french fries

Tournement Prep docs

Here is our starting, working document:

Divisions: U8, U10 and U12 (consider U14)



Locations

Need to check field availability and then work through number of teams per division based on field set up.

Volunteers needed

• Tournament Director

• Assistant Tournament Director

• Referee Coordinator

• Tournament Treasurer

• Scheduler

• Statistician

• U8 Division Coordinator

• U10 Division Coordinator

• U12 Division Coordinator

• Registration and Check-In Coordinator

• Volunteer Coordinator

o Field Director(s)
o T-shirt Sales Coordinator – one per location

• Sponsorship/Marketing/PR Outreach Coordinator

o Food/Vendor Coordinator



Cost for Tournament

• Develop budget – fields, t-shirts, trophies/medals/pins/patches…..anything else?

• Registration cost per team

• Referee deposit per team



Dates to Consider



• Application submitted to National for approval.

• Deadline for applications being received.



** Sales Tax/Business License/Checking Account **



Budgetary Items

• Rental Items

o Communications Devices (Radios?)

o Canopies – each venue

o Tables – Per Venue

 Registration/Check in

 Referee Check in

 Sales (if needed)

o Chairs – 2 per table

o Wi-fi/Hotspot

o Computer/laptop(s)/printer(s)

o EMS/Security

o Generator(s) – if needed

o Field space



• Purchase items

o Water

o Signage (per venue for professional appearance)

 Referee/Check in/Sales/etc

• May be offset by sponsors

o Printing

 Game cards

 Rosters

 Brochures/Maps/Info

• May be offset by sponsors

o Snack stand (if used)

 What would we sell?

o Corner flags, goals, nets (as needed), chalk, paint

o Team swag

 T-Shirt, pin

o Coach swag

 T-Shirt, pin, hat

o Referee swag

 T-Shirt, pin, patch, coin

o Sale items

 Sweat shirts

 T-shirts

 Hats

 Ball

Turkey Tournament 2012

As I mentioned, we are looking at a 'Turkey Tournament' this year.  This is a continuation of one that was in Redondo Beach for many years.  What I like about this trounament, in particular, is that it is for the kids of the people who make it all work - the volunteers.  While some of the kids are among the better players, many are...not.  This is one way they will get to have that tournament experience that can be a lot of fun.  There is a hierarchy involved:  VIP buddies, Youth Referees, Children of: Board Members, Referees, Coaches.

Turkey Tournament, anyone?

Had a long discussion with Van today; we are exploring resurrecting our (1 time) Turkey Tournament, the successor to the (many year) Redondo Beach Turkey tournament.

I enjoyed the tournament, because it was for kids whose parents volunteered.  My kids have never been great at soccer, so having this tournament was pretty fun for them.  There are several tournaments during this time frame, but they really don't address the volunteer aspect.

We've sort of decided that we will try to go with U8-U12; I don't recall any U8 tournaments around here.  However...U8 by definition is non-competetive, how do you change a season of learning into a tournament focusing on victory?

My thought was to make it a 'sportsmanship' event for the U8-ers; but how do you differentiate in a meaningful way?