Tournaments - Revision history

Judycole: /* Scheduling a tournament */ Added line

2025-02-13T01:49:20Z

‎Scheduling a tournament: Added line

Judycole: /* Scheduling a tournament */ moved apprentice directors

2025-02-13T01:48:54Z

‎Scheduling a tournament: moved apprentice directors

CM000003: /* Kinds of tournaments */ clarified exception applies only to NASPA events

2025-01-20T19:31:33Z

‎Kinds of tournaments: clarified exception applies only to NASPA events

Judycole: /* Advance Scheduling/Right of First Refusal */ clarified first refusal applies to NASPA

2025-01-15T02:26:13Z

‎Advance Scheduling/Right of First Refusal: clarified first refusal applies to NASPA

Judycole: /* Kinds of tournaments */ Added paragraph about LCTs

2023-12-29T00:27:47Z

‎Kinds of tournaments: Added paragraph about LCTs

Judycole: Added hyphen to 1/3 rated

2023-12-29T00:18:35Z

Added hyphen to 1/3 rated

Judycole: /* Youth Scrabble Tournaments */ NASPA Word List to NWL

2023-12-29T00:01:46Z

‎Youth Scrabble Tournaments: NASPA Word List to NWL

Judycole: /* Youth Scrabble Tournaments */ Changed TWL to NWL

2023-12-29T00:01:04Z

‎Youth Scrabble Tournaments: Changed TWL to NWL

Judycole: /* Kinds of tournaments */ updated NWL link

2023-12-28T23:58:51Z

‎Kinds of tournaments: updated NWL link

Judycole: /* Kinds of tournaments */ Changed TWL to NWL

2023-12-28T23:57:54Z

‎Kinds of tournaments: Changed TWL to NWL

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 # submit the [[Tournament listing request|Tournament Listing Request]] to provide information about your tournament to the [[Tournament Committee]].  If your tournament will use the [[Collins]] (SOWPODS) lexicon, see the page on [[directing SOWPODS tournaments]] for the additional information required.
 # ensure that a certified [[tournament director]] will be present throughout your event.
+<br/>
 [[Apprentice director|Apprentice directors]] are required to copy their mentoring directors on sanctioning requests, to ensure that there will be adequate coverage at the tournament.

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 # be [[director certification|certified]] as a [[tournament director]] or [[tournament coordinator]]
 # make sure that your tournament complies with the lead time, time and distance from other tournaments, and other guidelines listed below.
-# submit the [[Tournament listing request|Tournament Listing Request]] to provide information about your tournament to the [[Tournament Committee]].  If your tournament will use the [[Collins]] (SOWPODS) lexicon, see the page on [[directing SOWPODS tournaments]] for the additional information required. [[Apprentice director|Apprentice directors]] are required to copy their mentoring directors on sanctioning requests, to ensure that there will be adequate coverage at the tournament.
+# submit the [[Tournament listing request|Tournament Listing Request]] to provide information about your tournament to the [[Tournament Committee]].  If your tournament will use the [[Collins]] (SOWPODS) lexicon, see the page on [[directing SOWPODS tournaments]] for the additional information required.
 # ensure that a certified [[tournament director]] will be present throughout your event.
 == Kinds of tournaments ==

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 |colspan=2|'''One-day tournaments:''' no other one-day tournament within 100 miles on the same day as your event (reduced to 50 miles if the other tournament has a cap on attendees of 30 players or less); no other multi-day within 200 miles. Consecutive one-day tournaments with no cap on attendees will be treated as multi-day tournaments for the purpose of this policy.
 |-
-|colspan=3|'''Exceptions''':<ul><li>If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.</li><li>The [[Executive Committee]] has determined that the [[Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge |Can-Am Scrabble Challenge]] does not conflict with other events, due to its structure.  Therefore, Can-Am can be scheduled at the convenience of the organizers, without regard to proximity to other events.</li><li>Two events that do not share a [[ratings|rating system]] (e.g., an all-[[NASPA Word List|NWL]] event and an all-[[CSW]] event) are deemed not to conflict with each other.</li></ul>
+|colspan=3|'''Exceptions''':<ul><li>If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.</li><li>The [[Executive Committee]] has determined that the [[Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge |Can-Am Scrabble Challenge]] does not conflict with other events, due to its structure.  Therefore, Can-Am can be scheduled at the convenience of the organizers, without regard to proximity to other events.</li><li>Two NASPA events that do not share a [[ratings|rating system]] (e.g., an all-[[NASPA Word List|NWL]] event and an all-[[CSW]] event) are deemed not to conflict with each other.</li></ul>
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 | How many games?

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 With respect to tournaments scheduled on or after July 1, 2018:
-# Tournaments currently on the calendar will have first right of refusal to their traditional date (same weekend of the month, same holiday weekend, etc.).  This only applies to tournaments held in the same geographic location as the previous tournament (i.e., moving to a new venue a few miles away is acceptable, but moving to an entirely new city is a new event that does not qualify for the right of first refusal).
+# NASPA tournaments currently on the calendar will have first right of refusal to their traditional date (same weekend of the month, same holiday weekend, etc.).  This only applies to tournaments held in the same geographic location as the previous tournament (i.e., moving to a new venue a few miles away is acceptable, but moving to an entirely new city is a new event that does not qualify for the right of first refusal).
 # If more than one tournament within a conflicting radius has rights to the same date, and both seek sanctioning more than 12 months in advance of the tournament (or a director timely responds to a 30-day notice as detailed in Item 4 below), the competing directors may each apply to the NASPA Tournament Committee (TC), which will determine which tournament may be held on the conflicting date (brief, but sufficiently detailed, applications are preferred). The TC will consider all factors it deems relevant, including without limitation:
 ## The history of the respective tournaments (how many years running, average attendance, etc.).
 ## Other dates traditionally available to the respective directors.
 ## How far in advance the respective requests are received (subject to Item 3 below).
-# Directors who have previously held tournaments may request tournament dates up to 3 years into the future, but such tournaments are subject to being delisted if a director with rights to the same date also requests a tournament and prevails in the TC application process. For that reason, directors are encouraged to communicate with other directors in their region with competing rights to a date, in order to coordinate scheduling.
+# NASPA directors who have previously held tournaments may request tournament dates up to 3 years into the future, but such tournaments are subject to being delisted if a director with rights to the same date also requests a tournament and prevails in the TC application process. For that reason, directors are encouraged to communicate with other directors in their region with competing rights to a date, in order to coordinate scheduling.
 # If a director wishes to secure a date, and other directors also have first right of refusal to that date, the director may elect to identify the other directors to the TC when requesting sanctioning. The TC will contact those directors specifically identified in the request and give them a 30-day period in which to submit a competing request. If the other directors decline to request the date or fail to respond within the 30-day period, their first right of refusal to the date will lapse.
 # Multiday tournaments not previously held can be scheduled no more than 12 months in advance.

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:27, 29 December 2023
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	"Cap on attendees" refers to tournaments that limit the number of players who may enter (e.g., "Entry is restricted to the first 16 players who register"). The actual number of players who enter the tournament is not considered, only restrictions on the number of players who may play, due to the size of the venue or other reasons.		"Cap on attendees" refers to tournaments that limit the number of players who may enter (e.g., "Entry is restricted to the first 16 players who register"). The actual number of players who enter the tournament is not considered, only restrictions on the number of players who may play, due to the size of the venue or other reasons.
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		+	Until 2024-01-01, there was another tournament category: Local Club Tournament (LCT). LCTs were 1/3-rated and required shorter advance notice. Once all 1-day tournaments required only 10 days advance notice, there were no significant distinctions between LCTs and other tournaments.

	Note: In general, no exceptions will be made to advance notice guidelines. However, in extraordinary cases, the Executive Committee has the right to grant sanction to a tournament that does not meet the guidelines.		Note: In general, no exceptions will be made to advance notice guidelines. However, in extraordinary cases, the Executive Committee has the right to grant sanction to a tournament that does not meet the guidelines.

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 * An ''open rated tournament'' (ORT) is open to anyone and is fully rated if there are at least 4 games / rounds.
-** A tournament will be 1/3 rated if there are only 3 games / rounds.
+** A tournament will be 1/3-rated if there are only 3 games / rounds.
-* A ''capped open rated tournament'' (COT) is open to anyone but has an attendance limit of no more than 10, and is 1/3 rated.
+* A ''capped open rated tournament'' (COT) is open to anyone but has an attendance limit of no more than 10, and is 1/3-rated.
 * A ''team challenge'' is restricted to members of specific clubs or residents of specific regions, and is fully rated.
 * A ''championship'' is restricted to members of a specific club or residents of a specific region, and is fully rated.
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 * Tournaments with only 3 games
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-Those exceptions will be 1/3 rated, unless the tournament otherwise qualifies to be fully rated as a Team Challenge/Championship event.
+Those exceptions will be 1/3-rated, unless the tournament otherwise qualifies to be fully rated as a Team Challenge/Championship event.
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 |rowspan=3|Geographic restrictions
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 | How many games?
-|colspan=2|At least 3 games. A 3-game tournament will be 1/3 rated. To be fully rated, a tournament must have 4 or more games.
+|colspan=2|At least 3 games. A 3-game tournament will be 1/3-rated. To be fully rated, a tournament must have 4 or more games.
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 | How many players?

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 The [[NASPA Youth SCRABBLE |NASPA Youth Scrabble]] Program is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents who are 18 years of age or younger as of the beginning of the calendar year and have not yet graduated from high school. This program features a separate rating and achievement points ranking system specifically for these youths, with annual recognition of the most enthusiastic and skilled players.
-Competition may take place solo or in two-player teams, using the [[NASPA School Word List |NSWL]], [[NASPA Word List]], or [[CSW]] lexicons.
+Competition may take place solo or in two-player teams, using the [[NASPA School Word List |NSWL]], [[NASPA Word List |NWL]], or [[CSW]] lexicons.
 Directors can list upcoming Youth Scrabble tournaments via the [[Tournament Listing Request]] form.