News February 2005

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News Update for February 2005

HUSKERLAND STATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE BULLETIN !!!

Due circumstances beyond our control that created a scheduling conflict with the UNK Sports Center, Huskerland 20 is forced to go to a one-day format. This conflicts with information circulated via mail to the clubs, and found previously on the web site.

The Huskerland tournament now will be conducted solely on Sunday April 10th, 2005, at UNK but with additional mats in the track area. The new schedule is:

Sunday April 10,2005

8am, all 3rd-4th grade wrestlers
11am, all 5th-6th grade wrestlers
2pm, all 7th-8th grade wrestlers

We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause some of you, but was found to be the best option we had once the schedule problem was brought to our attention. Nothing else has been changed and we hope you will accept our apology and work with us on the new schedule for 2005. Thanks, Fred
 

Huskerland Pre-Season Newsletter October 2004

ATTENTION: NO LATE ENTRIES FOR HUSKERLAND XX

Do we have your attention yet? Good. Lets get you up to date with what has been done for the 2004-2005 season. The major change is just what is noted above, no late entries. Extra high entry fees were found not to deter late entries no matter how high we set them. That last week we needed to make sure everything was done and prepared was spent adding entries and changing brackets to the detriment of what was necessary. We’d like to ask you to share this information with fellow directors. The last thing we want to hear in April is that someone never got the information.

NO LATE ENTRIES for HUSKERLAND XX

We also decided it was time to hear from each of you as club directors. While we see some of you during the year, a lot of you have little face-to-face contact with the Huskerland board except at the tournament. So we are setting aside up to an hour to meet with you on Saturday night during the Huskerland Tournament. The Executive Board and as many other board members as possible will hold an open meeting, or Q & A, with directors and coaches. This meeting will begin 30 minutes after the start of session 3 on Saturday. So bring questions and ideas, we will explain our rationale and plans, then open it up for you.

NO LATE ENTRIES for HUSKERLAND XX

We keep repeating that phrase because we don’t want to see anyone left out but found this major change necessary. You will find that most fees and dues have not been changed for this year. Club dues are back to old levels and no insurance program fees are included. We are working hard on an insurance program that will be available to you if you want to participate, but will not force you to join it. We must have a program to use the Kearney facility and entrants must be insured to enter, but beyond that each club is free to make their own decision. Click here for developing information.

Another minor change deals with floor passes. Some clubs felt they were issued to the club and could be passed around freely. That was not the intent, so a wrist band will also be used in conjunction with the actual pass. One of the real reasons for the floor pass concept was to cut down floor congestion and make it easier for coaches to get to the mats to coach their wrestlers. It has never been to make it impossible for coaches to get on the floor or to make money. In fact we encourage you to pay for the passes when you send in entries and save 80%.

The TTT award system has been eliminated. We felt most directors neither wanted nor understood it. To go along with this, we are taking over responsibility for tabulating club scoring. We are updating brackets on site now anyway, so this is easy for us. The old policy put the burden on you and while we would correct addition errors, plus or minus, if you turned in score sheets, we would not recognize club scores if nothing was turned in, EVEN IF your club actually scored high enough to win. This should be a good change as every club will be scored. Of course you can keep scores if you wish and make sure our score matches yours.

NO LATE ENTRIES for HUSKERLAND XX

We’d encourage you to send in club dues as soon as practical to get it out of the way. And again I’d encourage you to pay the club dues to save money and help everyone. We’ve been amazed that some clubs don’t join but enter enough wrestlers at higher non-member fees than the dues would have been. With entry fees $10 higher for wrestlers from non-Huskerland clubs, just 4 entries are the break-even point.

Finally and importantly check the web site for updates periodically and for contact persons in specific areas. At the same time make sure your club information is correct and make any changes. For the most part the website and mailings are our only way of communicating with you and it is important that your information is up to date. If you know of incorrect data on other clubs please make them and / or us aware so we can fix it.

Fred Hall, Huskerland President and Tournament Director

fhall@huskerland.org
 

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