Just to answer a question.

Mill Valley did not make as much on concessions. That is okay though. We did try this format to relieve some of the congestion we have at our school when we have a tournament of this size. We cant make the school bigger so we tried this approach.

We did have approximately 550 kids wrestling.

I believe we started the 6 & 8 year olds right around 9:00am and all of the matches were done around 11:45am. Many of the competitors were done well before this time.

The 10 , 12, & 14 year olds started between 12:30pm and 12:45pm and the last match was completed by about 5:30pm.

Overall, I believe the tournament was a success as we accomplished what we set out to do. We achieved less congestion and we got the families home that did not have to be there all day as soon as we could.

A bit of advice for other tournament directors:

This format is good to use if you are looking to make your athletes and spectators happy! If you are looking to make a little bit more money for your club you should probably stick with the typical format.

We will choose to run split format again next year because it is worth it not to have the grumpy people complaining about the amount of time they spend at the tournament.


Thanks to all of those who helped make this tournament a great success!

See ya again next year - Split Format Style!


Jeff Broadbent - Director
Mill Valley Wrestling Club