Thanks so much. This is very helpful and gives us a good idea of
things to avoid. I like the early registration idea.

Did you try roping off the playing field?



--- In US_Kubb@yahoogroups.com, "eem_anderson" <eem_anderson@...> wrote:
>
> I would really recommed to follow the way it is done at the World
> Championships in Sweden.
>
> 1. I know people play a lot of different types of rules, but I would
> recommend using the World Championship rules.
>
> 2. They use a round robin format with groups of four teams. This set-
> up seems to work really good. If you have two groups of four, then,
> have the top team in Group A play the last team in Group B, 2A vs.
> 3B, etc. If you have three groups of four, then the top teams will
> have a bye in the "playoff round". Four groups of four would be
> ideal. Let losers in the "playoff round" play in a consolation
> bracket. This lets teams play a lot of games.
>
> 3. Best of three matches.
>
> Other ideas:
>
> 1. If you are trying to get teams, perhaps minimum of two players on
> a team is ok. One person teams have a huge advantage, and probably
> should not be allowed. Six person teams (as done in the world
> championship) would really limit your possible number of teams, and
> the games would probably take a real long time (one throw for each
> player).
>
> 2. Depending on how organized you want it to be, it can be a tough
> task to get teams to pre-register. It was a little chaotic trying to
> figure out how many teams we had and who was coming and who was not
> the morning of the event. If you start at say 9am, I would recommend
> that you have registration from 730 to 830, or something like that.
>
> 3. Again, depending on how you want to do it, we spray painted the
> corners, the location for the king, and two dots at either end of the
> king line the day before. We then had the perfect measurements ready
> for the tournament and just put the stakes in the ground the morning
> of the event.
>
> That is all I can think of.
> If you have any other questions about it, please let me know.
>
> Eric
>
>
> --- In US_Kubb@yahoogroups.com, "Bryan Mazzarello" <bryan@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > We at SeattleKubb.com would like to start a Tournament this summer
> and
> > would love advice from those that have gone before us. Any tips to
> > creating a successful Kubb tournament?
> >
>