I am thinking I did not answer the question. Nope, we did not rope
off the fields.

--- In US_Kubb@yahoogroups.com, "Bryan Mazzarello" <mazz@...> wrote:
>
> 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?
> > >
> >
>