Our Bean Bag Tourney went over real well...here are some hits and misses:
1. All 32 teams showed up. However, we had to cover for a team and a half (so three people) the morning of the tourney. That wasn't fun, which kind of buzzkilled the first hour or so of the event for me.
2. I ordered a big check for picture purposes (1st, 2nd & 3rd place of the tourney and then the money we raised towards our fundraising cause)...everyone LOVED this...it's also re-usable so it'll be a staple at our event.
3. The tap for the keg was missing a seal, thus it was pumping out all foam. Had to ride with someone to the liquor store to exchange for one that works around noon (two hours into our event). Not cool liquor store.
4. Too many all guy teams (with teams bailing left and right leading up to the tourney, my hand was forced to go this route). I was really rooting for a co-ed team to make a deep run and finish in the top three. My wife and I made a deep run but we had a really good draw off the bat.
5. The food went over real well...Panini Creations is bomb. Probably coud've ordered a couple extra boxes to tie people over for another hour or so.
6. Two kegs for 32 co-ed teams would've been perfect. Two kegs for 16 co-ed teams and 16 all guy teams is not nearly enough.
7. We had big brackets posted on the garage that were updated with every game ending. This was underrated, but people were hovering around the brackets as they were being filled out.
8. We had a cup holder for everyone playing at every single board. That was probably the second most popular item besides the big check.
9. We had one scoreboard on all four courts. Even with drunkenness prevalent, there were no grudges/complaints/arguments over scoring.
10. I was too drunk to operate the camera to take photos of the 1st and 2nd place finishers. I apparently switched the camera to video mode, instead of picture mode. Sorry...no facebook cameos for the top two finishers in the tourney.
11. People were complimenting us left and right about the great idea and told us we should do this more often. I loved that they liked it...but, there is no way we're doing this more than once a year. There's a reason I picked the month of March to host this event. The weather is getting warmer and people are itching to get outside. You don't have to compete against softball tournaments or weddings or people going up north to the cabin etc. The hardest part of the tourney was getting a firm "yes" from people...and this was in March. Can you imagine getting people committed to a tourney during the summer? Good luck...you can borrow our boards if you want and host your own damn tourney. Plus, everything that I love in sports only happens once a year. Why ruin that?
12. We raised $234.73 for a buddy's mom that is a breast cancer survivor and partaking in the Susan G. Komen 3 Day Walk this year. Rumor has it (from Sid Hartman's close personal friend) that she will be doing the walk next year as well. We need to smash that number next year.
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I'm trying to set up a bean bag tournament in May for the 3 day walk. "Beer and Bags for Boobs"
ReplyDeletelooks like yours was a great success... how much did you charge per team? how did you have people register? get any beer or food donated? thanks!!
1. We charged $20 for guy teams and $10 for co-ed teams. We paid all the money out to top three teams. I would take a percentage (5-10%) out of the winnings for your cause/donation.
ReplyDelete2. We had to constantly recruit to fill the 32 spots. It wasn't fun (people bailing left and right)...we wanted mostly our friends, but we had to branch out a little more than we wanted to in order to fill all the spots.
3. I pretty much ate the costs for food and beer, but you could easily get someone to help sponsor for your event. We were pretty last minute with the fundraising deal, so we probably didn't maximize it as much as we should.