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Dave Dowell
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| , Sept. 29, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: suggestion for SSUSA Coop ... In a "smaller" tournament, that would be a good suggestion ... In the case of the World Masters, with 564 teams playing 1,837 scheduled games, with 34 of those teams being in your bracket, it's not feasible ... And it worked out for you, since you drew your first round game in the earliest available time slot (5:30 pm) Friday evening ... Good thing you were there and avoided a forfeit! ... That bracket was online less than 20 minutes after the last seeding pool game concluded ... I know because I seeded your group and posted it for the on-site Director ... If you want some (frustrating) fun, download any of the Master Planning Grids and let me know how you would have done it ... But pay special attention to the "blacked out" boxes .. Those represent the time slots we can't use because of local league restrictions ... Your suggested two hour delay would leave a lot of teams justifiably upset! ... Thanks for being here! |
| , Sept. 21, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV Session 3 Refresh your download ... Mine shows two pages covering all four days ... Thanks1 |
| , Sept. 21, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Russell Road Softball Complex & Arroyo Grande Complex Russell Rd. complex is also under City of Henderson maintenance. Those fields are every bit as good as Arroyo Grande. |
| , Sept. 21, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 50's Field Assignments Axe ... "The biggest draw to Vegas" in numbers plays where they fit ... It's all about games demand as measured against field availability and local league restrictions every year ... The entry fee for a 40-Major+ is identical to the one the 80-AAA team pays and nobody has a priority ... That being said, it was a good thing this year to be able to mix up the field assignments a bit ... Good luck! |
| , Sept. 20, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 50's Field Assignments Same answer for 50-AAA and 50-AA ... The tourney actually started last Friday ... |
| , Sept. 19, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 50's Field Assignments Yes they have. They are in final review mode now by the facility operators. Pending approval (likely Tuesday) they will be released, followed shortly thereafter by seeding/pool game schedules. Brackets will publish as UNDER CONSTRUCTION initially. |
| , Sept. 17, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas Bat Display Yep, that's a bit of a different problem (with multiple posters here). The best analogy I can offer us that I feel like the guy trying to win the "smash the gophers with a mallet" game at the County Fair. It's rigged, I'm too old and slow and it's not possible to smack 'em all! This one is legit, though. Good luck in Vegas! |
| , Sept. 16, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vendors That's hilarious! ... But don't do the bank "deal" in Clark County ... You'll clog up the court system! ... Good luck! |
| , Sept. 14, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Session 3 field assignments JBTexas ... They got two of the best fields in all of Las Vegas, Shadow Rock #3-4 ... In excellent condition (always have been) and somewhat sheltered from breezy conditions ... If that's not acceptable, there's simply no pleazin' da man ... |
| , Sept. 13, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Session 3 field assignments When did he become "coachable' ... I've never seen that word in ANY of the mad dog descriptions I've heard or seen over the years! |
| , Sept. 13, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Session 3 field assignments In the next couple of days ... We JUST NOW got the truck and car on the road to Las Vegas from Sacramento with Sessions #1-2 complete ... |
| , Sept. 11, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's FOFO ... It's either grass or it's dirt (still wondering why that makes a darn bit of difference!) GRINS |
| , Sept. 11, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's I don't know if I'm thinking at all! ... Lorenzi IS grass infields ... My apologies! |
| , Sept. 11, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's curveball ... When did they install grass infields at Lorenzi? ... They were dirt infields in April at the Southwest Championships ... Did you maybe mean Desert Breeze? ... Thanks! |
| , Sept. 9, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's Pay attention, coop! ... Tim McElroy gave an excellent review of Sunset Park about a week ago in response to a 40-Masters inquiry ... See if you can find it! ... |
| , Sept. 9, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's You're welcome! ... We have also activated the Teams Tab from the Tournament Page of this website ... There were a (new tournament record) 562 teams entered as of the close of business on Friday, September 9th .. |
| , Sept. 9, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Bracket 60's SESSION #2 • TENTATIVE Field Assignments for Men's 55+ and 60+ Divisions (Session record 182 teams) ... Seeding Games scheduling in process and will be posted shortly / Brackets are UNDER CONSTRUCTION ... • Men's 55-Major+ (10) • Arroyo Grande • Men's 55-Major (34) • Sunset Park (Saturday AM overflow: Arroyo Grande) • Men's 55-AAA (37) • Big League Dreams (Friday AM overflow: Cheyenne Park) • Men's 55-AA (9) • Russell Road Friday/Saturday & Arroyo Grande Sunday • Men's 60-Major+ (9) • Arroyo Grande • Men's 60-Major (25) • Desert Breeze • Men's 60-AAA (39) • Lorenzi Park (Friday/Saturday only) and Shadow Rock • Men's 60-AA (19) • Doc Romeo Park Friday/Saturday & BLD Sunday (Friday AM overflow: Cheyenne Park)
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| , Sept. 5, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Fields? Thanks Ozone8 ... Much appreciate your understanding, and we'll likely re-visit again in the future ... This is a pretty large jig-saw puzzle every year and takes some time to fit all the pieces around local leagues and other restrictions ... And thanks for being an honest man! ... We believe the overwhelming percentage of "Where are we playingggggg?" inquiries have very little to do with hotel choices and a lot to do with curiosity on location, regardless of hotels ... With this being the 5th year in Las Vegas, our sense is that most people stay in the places they like and have before, as enhanced occasionally by where they have their "frequent player/loser" cards for reduce room rates! ... Good luck! |
| , Sept. 5, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Fields? Ozone8 ... We are not publishing any field assignment "guesses" this year in advance of the release of DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets ... This is largely due to an incident earlier this season when a municipality gave away our fields to another event (youth vs. adult priority, and we lost out) ... That unleashed a torrent of unfair, largely anonymous, criticism here, which is now easily avoided ... The difficulty in making these types of guesses is hard enough with the growth of this event, so we're just waiting until we "know" ... Session #1 (Men's and Women's 40's and Senior 50+ Women) has been published, so those are firm ... It seems you may be in the Session #2 (Men's 55's and 60's) or #3 group (Men's 65+ and more senior) ... Session #2 (Men's 55's and 60's) had it's deadline Friday evening (09/02/16) ... The Session #3 entry deadline is tomorrow (09/06/16) ... It takes a couple days to tie down the entries, by rating group, and so far this weekend we have received "Whoa, we weren't on the preliminary team list but we're coming ... We already have our flights and hotels!" emails ... So, Session #2 should publish in the next few days and Session #3 hopefully by this coming weekend, both of which would be about two weeks ahead of session starts ... If you are awaiting an announcement before making a hotel reservation, that's probably not the best course of action ... Most, if not all, of the host hotels have sold out for this year's championships ... We're not the only event in Las Vegas right now and demand for rooms has been unusually high ... |
| , Sept. 4, 2016 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rating Changes for Vegas Haven't seen any complete list and am in full schedule-prep mode for Las Vegas now, so I'll not likely be doing any looking ... Sessions #1 (Men's 40's and all Women) and #2 (Men's 55's and 60's) team lists for Las Vegas have been posted by age/rating, so you're good to go for those groups ... RATING pages would be where any other changes may have been made ... Look up the team(s) you're interested in and that;s where their current ratings will be ... You can sort the lists by "Date" to see when any changes might have been made ... |
