DDs final tournament with current team was this weekend. went 2-1 on Saturday, losing only to the team that is going to win tournament (A team hiding as B, part of org running the tournament they crushed everyone they played, 3 game RD +31, we scored two of the 3 runs scored against them in 3 games, only 6 teams in tourney, including another (one year younger) team from org running tournament. only 6 teams in our age group
first, we had our first two games back to back, including switching fields, neither of the two teams from the org running the tournament moved at all all day, even when they had 1.5 hour break. and of course, the two teams from the same org do not have to play each other (as it would be automatic loss for younger team).
so we finish in third place in pool (two org teams are one and two, both 3 and 0).
we and about 2 other teams travelled 1.5 hours for this tourney (not staying over, driving each day). Sat night rain. TD sends message out on Twitter at 530 that they checked fields, no rain overnight (this was NOT the case), and we would try to go and only light rain forecasted (again, wrong, when I checked at 5:30, forecast had .15 - .2 inches per hour from 9 AM to mid afternoon). we pack up and leave, DWs phone on directions. we do not get messages, as they come across, but they wait until 730 to call off bracket, even if we had got that right away, we had been on road for hour already (8 am arrival for 9 am game). their two teams are still in bed because they do not play until 10:40.
TD, pull your head out of your arse, if you have a 9 AM game scheduled, and you know teams are travelling from over an hour away, you must make that call by 630 AM, not 730. sure, doesnt affect your team, so I guess you dont care (judging by the way you ran the rest of the tournament), but a lot of us just wasted a lot of gas, time, and sleep.
first, we had our first two games back to back, including switching fields, neither of the two teams from the org running the tournament moved at all all day, even when they had 1.5 hour break. and of course, the two teams from the same org do not have to play each other (as it would be automatic loss for younger team).
so we finish in third place in pool (two org teams are one and two, both 3 and 0).
we and about 2 other teams travelled 1.5 hours for this tourney (not staying over, driving each day). Sat night rain. TD sends message out on Twitter at 530 that they checked fields, no rain overnight (this was NOT the case), and we would try to go and only light rain forecasted (again, wrong, when I checked at 5:30, forecast had .15 - .2 inches per hour from 9 AM to mid afternoon). we pack up and leave, DWs phone on directions. we do not get messages, as they come across, but they wait until 730 to call off bracket, even if we had got that right away, we had been on road for hour already (8 am arrival for 9 am game). their two teams are still in bed because they do not play until 10:40.
TD, pull your head out of your arse, if you have a 9 AM game scheduled, and you know teams are travelling from over an hour away, you must make that call by 630 AM, not 730. sure, doesnt affect your team, so I guess you dont care (judging by the way you ran the rest of the tournament), but a lot of us just wasted a lot of gas, time, and sleep.
