- newfound one day – a tournament in easy pieces

1. - newfound one day – a tournament in easy pieces Rob Langridge and Andrew Vaughan Ultimate Newfoundland and Labrador

2. - newfound one day – a tournament in easy pieces Rob Langridge and Andrew Vaughan Ultimate Newfoundland and Labrador

3. so you’re running a tournament…

4. so you’re running a tournament…tomorrow

5. so you’re running a tournament…tomorrow… without enough participantsfor a tournament

6. welcome tofriday eveningUNL Gender Split 2013 • number of participants up and down in previous years • tournament not always held/date moved around • growing touring group – limited weekends Solution: • make up reasonably balanced single gender pods • shuffle the pods in teams • keep it gender split as long as possible • be flexible • losing a group of players early afternoon (wedding) • a little last-minute pushback – “I didn’t sign up to play mixed…”

7. how didUNL Gender Split 2013go?

8. how didUNL Gender Split 2013go? great… despite last-minute signups/cancellations • flexible space: we could play 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all morning… everybody played with everybody else • a group of players left to attend weddings etc • we delayed lunch… …played a game of 7 on 7 mixed till the pizza came feedback was excellent everybody left really had played with everybody else everybody left was hungry

9. 100 x 100yd square

10. how didUNL Gender Split 2013go? great… despite last-minute signups/cancellations • flexible space: we could play 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all morning… everybody played with everybody else • a group of players left to attend weddings etc • we delayed lunch… …played a game of 7 on 7 mixed till the pizza came feedback was excellent… when the pizza arrived everybody still there really had played with everybody else everybody still there was hungry

11. so…UNL Gender Split 2014

12. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - • run on Canada* Day (in 2014 a tuesday) • same flexible space: 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all day… everybody played with everybody else • 9-5 rental so we ran 7 games: • 4 x 45/10min game/break / 60min lunch break / 3 x 45/10min game/break

13. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - • run on Canada* Day (in 2014 a tuesday) • same flexible space: 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all day… everybody played with everybody else • 9-5 rental so we ran 7 games: • 4 x 45/10min game/break / 60min lunch break / 3 x 45/10min game/break womens… more women so we ran two 5 on 5 games • 4 teams each made up of 2 pods • 8 pods of 4 players or 3 slightly stronger players • each pod played with every other (7) pod • a pod played ~half their games on each field

14. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - • run on Canada* Day (in 2014 a tuesday) • same flexible space: 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all day… everybody played with everybody else • 9-5 rental so we ran 7 games: • 4 x 45/10min game/break / 60min lunch break / 3 x 45/10min game/break womens… more women so we ran two 5 on 5 games • 4 teams each made up of 2 pods • 8 pods of 4 players or 3 slightly stronger players • each pod played with every other (7) pod • a pod played ~half their games on each field

15. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - • run on Canada* Day (in 2014 a tuesday) • same flexible space: 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all day… everybody played with everybody else • 9-5 rental so we ran 7 games: • 4 x 45/10min game/break / 60min lunch break / 3 x 45/10min game/break open… one 7 on 7 game • 2 teams each made up of 3 pods • 6 ~ balanced pods of 4 players or 5 players • 7 games combined with 2 pods gives 14 p(od)portunities • a pod plays 2x with one pod and 3x with all other pods

16. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - • run on Canada* Day (in 2014 a tuesday) • same flexible space: 2 or 3 games of whatever format • gender split all day… everybody played with everybody else • 9-5 rental so we ran 7 games: • 4 x 45/10min game/break / 60min lunch break / 3 x 45/10min game/break open… one 7 on 7 game • 2 teams each made up of 3 pods • 6 ~ balanced pods of 4 players or 5 players • 7 games combined with 2 pods gives 14 p(od)portunities • a pod plays 2x with one pod and 3x with all other pods

17. ¡feedback was excellent!

18. end of talk as presented

19. additional

20. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - long day? • 7x45min is pretty much 3+1/2 90min games • we pulled / one timeout / and had subs • you play with everybody so the general atmosphere is relaxed • typical 90min game, score say 15-10 is about half action • 25 points x up to 90secs/pull so say 30-35min shuffling the deck • 5min half plus say 2-4 timeouts approximately 10min • maybe 85min cap, maybe a little delay at the start

21. UNL Gender Split 2014- a pod tournament - Only have a single team of say 14 players? … invite another team in and you have a tournament! Note: For n pods choose k per team: # possible teams = n!/(k!(n-k)! For our men’s side: 1 game n=6 pods choose k=3 per team 6!/(3!(3)! = (6x5x4x3x2x1)/((3x2x1)x(3x2x1) = 20 possible teams 2 teams/game so a full set of games (all matchups) would be 10 each pod plays 4x with and 6x times against every other team (with 2 games the women’s side is a little more complicated)