Well, the first Ann Arbor Area Disc (A3) tournament of the season is in the books. The current team/board has been around now for a couple years. We have gotten pretty good at running and planning tournaments, but this was a different animal. Many of the past planning and processes were to be tossed out and new inventive ways adopted. I thought I would post how we went about the new tournament process and some of the wins we found.
As the first sanctioned tournament, out of the gate, in our area, we had a lot to consider. The State, PDGA and park system all had regulation, guidelines and recommendations we had to follow. We also felt it important to set an example to the park system and the area disc golf, to provide a safe and efficient road map for future tournament play in the area.
We had our big A Tier, from April, cancelled. We had already purchased shirts, tournament stamp discs, hats,disc inventory and bags/baskets for the season raffles. Ouch....credit card debt, the last thing we had even thought about in Jan/Feb. Fortunately, we had not put dates on the tournament stamped merch, allowing us to use it elsewhere. We renamed Saturday's tournament to make use of the stamped merch. We offloaded the hats as part of the club membership pack. The tournament was a B Tier Pro/AM event, with State Championship berths on the line. Specific info can see seen here. https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Summer_Solstice_2020
We limited registration to 100 players (compliant with the State of Michigan gathering rules). This cause considerable disappointment with area players, most chomping at the bit to play. Many asking for us to circumvent the guidelines in various ways)
No cashless pre-reg.
Extensive sign up questionnaire, on Disc Golf Scene. Shirt size, disc choices, basket raffle, ace pool, 50/50 CTP, all to be paid in advance via PayPal. I don't believe we ended up taking ANY cash on tournament day. Despite a few waitlist additions and several folks wanting late CTP, ace pool and raffle entries. Disc Golf Scene is a fantastic tool for tournaments.
As the first sanctioned tournament, out of the gate, in our area, we had a lot to consider. The State, PDGA and park system all had regulation, guidelines and recommendations we had to follow. We also felt it important to set an example to the park system and the area disc golf, to provide a safe and efficient road map for future tournament play in the area.
We had our big A Tier, from April, cancelled. We had already purchased shirts, tournament stamp discs, hats,disc inventory and bags/baskets for the season raffles. Ouch....credit card debt, the last thing we had even thought about in Jan/Feb. Fortunately, we had not put dates on the tournament stamped merch, allowing us to use it elsewhere. We renamed Saturday's tournament to make use of the stamped merch. We offloaded the hats as part of the club membership pack. The tournament was a B Tier Pro/AM event, with State Championship berths on the line. Specific info can see seen here. https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Summer_Solstice_2020
We limited registration to 100 players (compliant with the State of Michigan gathering rules). This cause considerable disappointment with area players, most chomping at the bit to play. Many asking for us to circumvent the guidelines in various ways)
No cashless pre-reg.
Extensive sign up questionnaire, on Disc Golf Scene. Shirt size, disc choices, basket raffle, ace pool, 50/50 CTP, all to be paid in advance via PayPal. I don't believe we ended up taking ANY cash on tournament day. Despite a few waitlist additions and several folks wanting late CTP, ace pool and raffle entries. Disc Golf Scene is a fantastic tool for tournaments.