How do we organize our own regional?
If you are considering hosting a regional tournament, a scrimmage, or a local event, contact Playing At Learning first.
This page is designed to answer some of your basic questions about how to get started.
It is not difficult to host a regional. You need to arrange a location, set a date, and invite some teams.
Currently, for tournaments in Northern California, at least 10 teams are required to attend to be a qualifying regional
Playing At Learning is available to help you find volunteers, raise money, and plan the tournament. You should get the participating teams to help do volunteering, loan playing fields, etc. You will need some judges and referees who are not directly coaching any of the teams.
You can charge a fee to the teams to cover your costs (usually ~$25).
There is some information for hosting events on the FLL web site. This site has not been updated recently, and it assumes a large event, so read it realizing you can simplify or leave out many of the elements it describes. Download the PDF file, "Host Your Own Local Event" guide.
You will need to evaluate teams using the judging criteria and categories described in your FLL team manual and judging guide. Selection of the top teams should take into account all the major cateories that go into the Director's Award. As soon as you've decided to host a regional, post it on the FLL Teams and Tournaments page.
Important information relevant to FLL tournament organizers is sent out to the NCaFLL-Regionals yahoogroup.
To subscribe, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NCaFLL-Regionals or send email to NCaFLL-Regionals-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
If you have other questions not answered by this page, please do not hesitate to contact Playing At Learning (the Northern California FLL partner) or FIRST
Information about NCa FLL, tournaments and registration deadlines relevant to coaches, volunteers and team members are sent out to the NCaFLL yahoogroup.
To subscribe, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NCaFLL or send email to NCaFLL-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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