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I cant believe what has been going on in the Westerville WARCAT tournament this weekend. Alot of teams have been completely hosed. I have been to some joke tournaments alot but this is embarrasing for a large suburb like this.
There was alot of rain in the Columbus area overnight and the fields did take a beating but how this thing is being handled is awful and tempers are really flaring out there.
Early morning they cancelled the whole days games. Didnt bother to work the fields with a delay they just cancelled the whole day. I went to several of the fields and had they been worked they could have been ready in couple hours. One of the fields had standing water they hadnt even squeegeed off.
The forcast said after 10am it would get warm and sunny.
It was hot and sunny the whole rest of the day!
There were baseball games going on all over the city that afternoon. I saw baseball at middle school and elementary school fields without any problems and these are just basic dirt fields.
Just down the road Chillcothe had a full baseball tournament no problem.
So why were Westervilles highschools and their best park unable to play on them all day. Nobody can believe it!
Instead of a full day of games Sunday they changed it to single elimination. So a 3 or 4 game guarantee tournament was reduced to possibly 1 game.
There was no offer to refund or discount anything. The only thing they are doing is if you lose your first game you can come back to the same joke of a tournament next year with a partial credit.
They even managed to put two teams from the same town playing each other in the first game. That was nice of them. What if they travelled together now they have to wait all day for their rides. Any tournament of director should avoid something like that if at all possible just because is right thing to do. There is no seeding so whats the big deal.
I heard from a coach who swore he witnessed it that a coach from a team that travelled a long ways complained they told him his team just made a charitable donation to Westerville!
I am stunned actually - Westerville is a class town. I lived there myself for several years. We have hosted a mens fastpitch tournament there without issues.
I can handle the usual stuff - poor planning, umpires missing, wrong times posted etc.
Cancelling a tournament that could have and should have been played because you just dont feel like working the fields and making no concessions to the teams that travelled to your tournament is just plain horrible.
In the unplayable weather I ended up watching couple boys baseball rec games at poor old elementary school field 5 min from Westerville then went to the pool and got a sunburn.
What are you doing Westerville?
Will avoid this tournament in the future.
There was alot of rain in the Columbus area overnight and the fields did take a beating but how this thing is being handled is awful and tempers are really flaring out there.
Early morning they cancelled the whole days games. Didnt bother to work the fields with a delay they just cancelled the whole day. I went to several of the fields and had they been worked they could have been ready in couple hours. One of the fields had standing water they hadnt even squeegeed off.
The forcast said after 10am it would get warm and sunny.
It was hot and sunny the whole rest of the day!
There were baseball games going on all over the city that afternoon. I saw baseball at middle school and elementary school fields without any problems and these are just basic dirt fields.
Just down the road Chillcothe had a full baseball tournament no problem.
So why were Westervilles highschools and their best park unable to play on them all day. Nobody can believe it!
Instead of a full day of games Sunday they changed it to single elimination. So a 3 or 4 game guarantee tournament was reduced to possibly 1 game.
There was no offer to refund or discount anything. The only thing they are doing is if you lose your first game you can come back to the same joke of a tournament next year with a partial credit.
They even managed to put two teams from the same town playing each other in the first game. That was nice of them. What if they travelled together now they have to wait all day for their rides. Any tournament of director should avoid something like that if at all possible just because is right thing to do. There is no seeding so whats the big deal.
I heard from a coach who swore he witnessed it that a coach from a team that travelled a long ways complained they told him his team just made a charitable donation to Westerville!
I am stunned actually - Westerville is a class town. I lived there myself for several years. We have hosted a mens fastpitch tournament there without issues.
I can handle the usual stuff - poor planning, umpires missing, wrong times posted etc.
Cancelling a tournament that could have and should have been played because you just dont feel like working the fields and making no concessions to the teams that travelled to your tournament is just plain horrible.
In the unplayable weather I ended up watching couple boys baseball rec games at poor old elementary school field 5 min from Westerville then went to the pool and got a sunburn.
What are you doing Westerville?
Will avoid this tournament in the future.
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