Does anyone happen to know if UFLI uses a program for their scheduling? Or is it done manually? At first, I thought it was a program, but when we found that error in the one division where it was an incomplete round robin, I began to think the schedule was done manually. Either way, it is always a good idea to have another person or persons review it–no matter who is sanctioning your tournament.

Beth

Has anyone checked on Dog Events Online? We use them for our agility trials and I think I’ve seen them list flyball tournaments. We’ve had some bumps with them now and then getting our info out there, but usually it works pretty well for us. I really like how I can print out entries already filled out if I’m entering a trial.

Beth

You CAN NOT be TD (tournament director) and RD (Regional Director) at the same time. But you can host the tournament and be the RD….you just make someone else on your team TD. And yes I am familiar with the rules.

Judy

For whatever it is worth Danie – as much headache as you had – your team did an awesome job! And we had a blast, despite the heat!

Jackie

Nope. I guess you are not very familiar the NAFA rules. You can NOT be an RD for a tournament you are hosting. The Executive Director appoints a temporary RD when the current RD’s team is hosting a tournament.

Most of the problem you had seemed to be because you let the team pull/enter/pull. I know that you were trying to be a good host but it is hard to redo schedules and seedings when changes keep getting made. Maybe it was easy when you did the NAFA one but did you have team(s) pull/enter/pull on you then? If so you would have had to reseed send to the RD for approval, then reschedule and resend to the RD (oh but then your husband was the RD so that probably wasn’t that much of a problem). We have hosted both NAFA and U-Fli tournaments. Some of the paperwork is the same but some is different. But then it is two different organizations that you are dealing with. I am sure that there is different paperwork required between and AKC event and a UKC event.

In the long run with the errant team and your large entry (which you didn’t have in the NAFA tournament you hosted, from what I am gathering) things seemed to be somewhat overwhelming to you. Giving it a second try with maybe limiting your entries or just doing regular racing and taking “day of” singles and pairs if your entries are low might be a better way of handling things. But then this is JMO. We will be hosting 2 U-Fli this next year.

I think you misunderstood. Just use a normal team racing form and modify it. Have the two races listed one below the other, rather than side by side. Rather than having 1 to 6 dog numbers to circle, you just have one or two. Instead of 6 dogs names, breeds, run numbers, just have a place for one or two. One if you use a separate form for pairs and singles. List two, and you could use the exact same form for both pairs and singles. Just check a box for pairs or singles. You only have to circle the one or two numbers for the dogs racing, and you only have two races in the results scoring area. The paperwork can be pre-marked to list left or right lane.

Since U-FLI was the first organization to introduce sinlges and pairs racing, how could you make a brand new form look like a normal form since there was never one to begin with? I’ve never seen it look any other way so it seems normal to me.