Chicago Hat Invitational

Hosted by DePaul Dodgeball in Chicago, IL

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Venue:

Ray Meyer Fitness Center & Recreation Center
2235 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614

Reserve:

• 3rd floor Classroom
• Two courts, 3 & 4, reserved for Saturday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
• Alternative: Saturday, 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, requiring Hotel for Friday and Saturday.

We might get by on one court, but the Ray Meyer is consistently and traditionally free on Saturday. This is true at night and at midday, with a small spike in the afternoon. No one reserves the Ray courts on saturday, and we are just displacing the randoms shooting around.
Intermural Jerseys are also available for rental use.

Gameplay Format:

• A double elimination tournament.
• Teams are decided in a random fashion; each player's name is put on a slip of paper and that paper is put in a hat. Team members are then chosen randomly out of that very hat.
• Teams nominate a Captain within their team members, mainly to organize the team for their matches.

Exhibition matches between teams could be arranged in between tournament matches. Alternatively, a free-for-all skills competition could be arranged if the people want it more than exhibitions.

Two 20-25 Minute halves per match, DePaul Rules. Mainly, catches do not result in an out for the thrower, unless the catcher's team jail is empty.

Tentative Schedule:

10:00 AM - Captains' Meeting and Warmup
10:30 AM - Hat Picking Ceremony and Captain Nomination
11:00 AM - Half hour Seeding match, also to build some team chemistry
12:00 PM - Matches begin, first round.
1:00 PM - First round ends
1:30 PM - Second round winners bracket begins, First round loosers bracketbegins
2:30 PM - Match ends.
- Break for lunch
4:00 PM - Second Round Losers Bracket
5:00 PM - Finals - Loosers vs Winners
6:00 PM - Hat award ceremony
6:30 PM - Party time

Half hour between games, we could throw out the lunch break if needed, or throw out the seeding match.

Hotel:

Parking:

Look into parking passes.