agree that this should be in the tournament reviews forum ....... hard to criticize a tournament when weather is a factor.
worst experience ever was at Capital City Bat Wars (cannot remember exact year .. maybe 2009 or 10) ..... played 1/2 inning day 1, 1 hour day 2, canceled day 3. Day 1 had a thunderstorm at 9am then Sun and warm weather all day .... City of Columbus had a crew of 8 to maintain 30+ fields but did not allow any games after 10am ..... only to have their city/rec teams playing in the evening.... While the TD was taking all of the heat, it was the City of Columbus who prevented the tournament from moving forward......... played in the same tournament three years ago, was a well run tournament.
BEST RUN TOURNAMENT
Orrville Fire In the Sky ........ The fire fighters there have the system down ... they use their chain of command structure and experience to give a well organized tournament that includes scheduling and maintaining the fields..... was amazed at how they handled weather issues and was able to keep the fields playable the majority of the time.
MOST IMPRESSIVE GROUNDS CREW (besides my fellow 16u Outlaws Premier Dads from last season.... Benny Hill theme music playing)
ASA Nationals in Sterling Virginia ...... two waves of thunderstorms came through within 90 minutes of each other ... the entire time, TD told teams involved to take safety but do not leave the park, the fields will be playable within an hour of the last drop of rain ... watched the City of Sterling bring in a 5 ton truck of dry absorbent (on pallets) .... the fields were prepped better than they were when we started. After talking to one of the city workers, he stated they would not have put that much time or money into it for a regular tournament .... but since it was Nationals, they made sure the fields were always playable.