Saturday Night Slams in Vevay

[tskin]

Just getting a chance to sit down and relax after the inagural Saturday Night Slams in Vevay.  The Lynx Wrestling Club asked me to be tourney director and help them set there first ever tourney up with the blessing of their Tourism Board.  This tourney was a huge hit with everyone in attendance.  We initially planned for a outdoor tourney but weather didn't want to allow that to happen and Belterra Casino in the 24th hour stepped forward to allow us to host in their ballroom and it was a blessing in disguise.  The Casino was blown away by the event and they were blown away by the positive feedback they recieved from the wrestlers, parents and coaches in attendance.  We had a few hickups that any first year tourney will have but the amount of emails i have recieved post tourney have floored me.  Coach Jackson and Coach Richards did a helluva job in spearheading this idea.  I was lucky enough to get 8 great officials and Tom Clark haha.  The DJ and announcer we had did a tremendous job.  So much So that Mark Durham was toying with the idea of bringing them on board for Indy nationals next year.  Durham, once again showed how trackwrestling has become a important fixture in tourney management and was awesome in setting everything up and training all of our volunteers.  One email in paticular I recieved really blew me away and part of me thinks its just someone showing some love but not being 100% serious.

 

"Thanks for an awesome tournament! That was a lot of fun… reminded me of Flo Nationals except better!"

 

That sets the bar pretty high for next year but we will sit down with Belterra Casino and see what we can make happen for next year.

[FCFIGHTER170]

I was there..Had a GREAT time and loved that I didn't have to get up early to,be there...The matches went fast and overall event had a layback feel with a good mix of competition...The Kid I was coaching Trizton Carson absolutely loved it and we will be back for Atleast the next 3 years..but I wanna get more wrestlers to come from NC and Shenendoah next year..Ill spread the word, this is something fun the whole fam would enjoy and the helmets were a nice touch..nice job TSkin see ya next yr

[TripleB]

Meh, it was okay, some shady reffing and tourney director seemed out of his league, but we made it work.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lol, I kid, I kid, great job!

[grecoref]

I have to say this was one of the most enjoyable events I have ever worked on any level. The folks from the Lynx Wrestling Club, the Tourism Bureau, and Belterra Casino truly made this a great event for everyone involved. The atmosphere, the awards, the finals presentation, were all first class.  I believe this will help grow wrestling not only in the area, but as this event continues to grow, it will grow wrestling in the state as well.

 

Tyson Skinner this event would not have happened with you. With that being said, I have probably worked with hundreds of Tournament Directors throughout the years and you are certainly one of them 

 

I am already looking forward to next year.

 

Tom Clark

Edited June 8, 2016 by grecoref

[JMILL]

I have to say I was looking at this tournament and wanted to take my son to participate but that nasty baseball sport got in the way........then it rained and the game was rained out and it was too late to go.....It was a long sad depressing evening knowing this event was going on and I couldn't be there to witness it. 

Then all these positive feed back comments and "atta-boys" are just making things worse, but to find out the greatest ref in the world (TC) was part of it and Triple B was there............we will make it a point to be there next year for sure !!!!

[FCFIGHTER170]

It would be sick if next year returning champions if they were win again, would get a different piece of Armor lol