Running a Campus Tournament

There are 10 steps to ensuring that you have a successful tournament:

1. Select a date for the campus tournament, between October 1 and the end of November.
2. Decide the number of teams you can accommodate, a minimum of 8 teams if you plan to qualify using the campus tournament.
3. Develop a promotion plan:
   -- To give HCASC wide visibility on campus
   -- To recruit players & teams
   -- To recruit game officials
4. Implement promotion using the HCASC promo templates and social media tips.
5. Send letters to faculty & students groups to recruit players and game officials. Conduct player and team sign-ups.
6. Reserve rooms and equipment for the tournament.
7. Train game officials (moderator, scorer and optional reset/announcer). Run practice games.
8. During the week before the tournament:
   -- Enter players for the tournament into the Game Play Database
   -- Print 2 copies of the Categories Sheets for each game you will play
   -- Make team & player nameplates
   -- Print copies of the tournament chart and game rules
   -- Double-check all arrangements
   -- Make sure the game room set-up is correct
9. Run the tournament. Have fun!
10. Congratulate the teams and thank the game officials using HCASC certificates and thank-you lettter templates.