Benefits of Sanctioning a Tournament
Running a tournament can be very rewarding, but it is undoubtedly also a lot of work!!! One of the goals of the state and national organizations is to promote tournaments through sanctioning. Some of the benefits include supplemental event insurance, promotion through the state and national event calendars, and the new suite of software tools by r2sports.com to help with tournament organization and administration. These and the other many benefits of sanctioning are listed below. If you've gotten this far, hopefully you're thinking of running a tournament! For further information, contact the
| Features | Benefits | |
Provided by USA Racquetball... |
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| 1) | $5,000,000.00 umbrella insurance coverage. | Coverage additional to club's |
| 2) | Racquetball magazines | Give to new members |
| 3) | Rule books | Give to new members |
| 4) | Electronic membership data | Used by CSRA to set up tournament |
| 5) | Electronic label software | Used by CSRA to set up tournament |
| 6) | Tournament program software | Used by CSRA to set up tournament |
| 7) | National ranking system | Promotion of event |
| 8) | Event listed on national web site | Promotion of event |
| 9) | Event listed in Racquetball magazine | Promotion of event |
Provided by the state organization... |
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| 1) | Event listed on CSRA website front page | Promotion of event |
| 2) | Event listed in CSRA newsletter | Promotion of event |
| 3) | Two cases of Ektelon balls | Ease administration |
| 4) | 200 score cards | Ease cost |
| 5) | 40 draw sheets | Ease administration |
| 6) | Printed member labels as requested - CA, AZ, NV | Ease administration |
| 7) | Printed club labels as requested - CA, AZ, NV | Ease administration |
| 8) | Check memberships electronically with USA RB | Non members and lapsed members may be signed up electronically |
| 9) | Printed membership list | Ease administration |
| 10) | Scheduling exclusivity: no other CSRA sanctioned tournament will be held within 100 miles on that weekend and not within 50 miles for a period of 2 weeks before/after the event. Unsanctioned events that conflict with a sanctioned event will not be listed on the CSRA calendar. | Promotion of event |
| 11) | Priority in scheduling the same weekend in following year | Promotion of event |
Provided by the R2 Computer program... (optional) |
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| 1) | Determine seeds using CSRA rankings | Eliminates questioning TD |
| 2) | Set up draws separating by partners, clubs and cities | Eliminates questioning TD |
| 3) | Schedule match times | Eliminates conflicts |
| 4) | Schedule start times | Ease administration |
| 5) | Update results into CSRA state rankings | Ease administration |
| 6) | Submit results to update USA RB national rankings | Ease administration |
| Additional Notes: | ||
| This total process will eliminate hours of your time, late nights etc. | ||
| This should also lessen the number of questions of "why" regarding seeds, draws, times etc. | ||
| This process should also, eventually, eliminate the need for a USA RB/CSRA check in desk. | ||
| The CSRA will agree with each TD as to the way the tournament is to be set up. | ||
| This process will require that the entry deadline must be the Friday before the tournament. | ||
| The TD must send entries to the CSRA every few days in order to be entered into the data bank. | ||
| Entries may be transmitted via email or fax. | ||
| The final entry transmission must be on Sunday following the deadline. | ||
| Seeds and draws will be discussed with the TD before being finalized. | ||
| Draws, schedule and starting times will be sent to the TD on Wednesday via email or fax. | ||