Dave/Matt,

I'm one of organizers of the WAFC/CMUA Chesapeake Open (Aug 26-27) - this is the tourney that replaced Choptank.  The tourney takes place in Poolesville, MD on a polo field - basically out in the middle of no where.  We will be providing a dinner Saturday night, but other than that, teams are pretty much on there own for drinks/food during the day.  With nothing close by, there is an opportunity for someone to sell Gatorade, Powerbars, etc.  We were thinking about asking groups like the Boy Scouts, but I wanted to check with you guys first to see if there were any high school teams interested in doing something.  It probably wouldn't be a huge money maker, but probably more fun than a car wash, etc.

 

Another option may be having a team assume responsibility for some task (e.g. water delivery throughout the tourney).  In exchange, we could list the team in the program, etc. and then encourage players to make a donation to the high school's ultimate program (tip jar concept).  Just throwing out ideas here.

 

Although only in its second year, this tourney has a stellar mix of teams (I think there will be around 15 nationals teams playing), so it's also a great opportunity for younger players to see high level ultimate.  Once it gets a little closer, it would be worth sending an announcement to the high school players.