Reminders on Entering Tournaments
- There
may be confusion among some teams as to what effect entering tournaments
online has on holding their place in those tournaments. Many times a team will register for a
tournament online weeks, or months, in advance believing that ensures them
a spot. Simply put, no entry is
complete without the director receiving the entry fee. Even though we use an online tournament
entry process, the receipt of the entry fee is still what guarantees a
team’s spot in an event. The date
upon which a team completes the online entry has no bearing on the team’s
acceptance into a tournament. In
fact, if anything, the longer the time passes between the online entry and
the tournament deadline, the less valid that entry becomes.
For most tournaments, spots are
awarded in the order that payment is received.
Teams that send in payment, or request to send in payment, after the
tournament has been filled will be placed on a waiting list.
- When
you mail your entry fee check to the tournament director please remember
to print off the confirmation email that you received when you entered the
tournament online and include a copy of that email with your check. We’ve had several instances where a check
is the only thing that’s put in the envelope. Without the accompanying email or at
least some document describing the team, we have no way of knowing which
team is actually paying.
- If a team
sends in one check for multiple tournaments, please include a copy of the
confirmation email for each tournament to which the check applies, and
make sure that the director to which you’re sending the check is the one
that’s running all of those events.
In other words, don’t mail an entry to one director when the
tournament for which you’re paying is being run by another director.
- Do not
make the check payable to the name of the tournament. Instead, to get the payment information
(i.e., who to make the check payable to and where to mail it) click on the
tournament name in the listing.