Here's my positive sandwich!

The Ottawa tournament was ran excellent. They really made me a believer in the split format. And matches went lightning fast. I want to say that morning session was over by 12 or 1. And there was no wait for medals and brackets.

BUT, Weigh ins were terrible. First of all, weigh-ins were supposed to start at 6. They bring scales into the gym at 6:15. Then we wait another 10 minutes for the officials to show up with the rosters for weigh-ins. Then they discover that none of the scales agree. It took another 10 minutes to figure out which scales were the most accurate. Weigh-ins started at 6:35.

The head guy made the comment that you could not weigh-in like they did down in Pittsburg, with your singlet on your shoulder. You had to be wearing it. I'm sorry but at least Pittsburg started the weigh-ins on time.

But then again, Ottawa had plenty of mat space. Especially for the bigger kids. I liked the way they did the mats in the extra gym.

Overall though it was a well ran tournament(B). Just could have been better prepared for weigh-ins. 200 hungry kids wanting to eat can get kinda ugly