I know this is late but I have been busy since the tournament.
I wanted to thank a lot of people who made this event a huge success.
Todd Polly who ran the tournament software. By far the best money I have ever spent the past 3 years that he has ran our event. He is extremely good at what he does. I recommend anyone who hosts a tournament to hire his services. It is a huge relief to not have to worry about bracketing/bout sheets so you can focus your attention on other tournament matters.
Coach Wash from Cane Bay who provided plenty of mat table and head table help. 4 tables were operated on day 1 by Cane Bay wrestlers/staff.
Coach Tucker from Summerville who provided us with 4 score clocks to limit our expenses for renting from an outside company.
Coach Locke from Stall who provided us with 2 mats. The mat company could only fit 10 on the truck so we needed 2 more. The Stall wrestlers helped with the unloading process.
Our Hilton Head Wrestlers. We had 32 wrestlers stay 2 nights in the hotel to make this work. 12 of them were wrestling. The other 20 were working the event. Not once did I have to get on to them about anything. They showed up where they were supposed to when they were supposed to every day. (Sunday Set Up / Monday Wrestling / Tuesday Wrestling & Breakdown)
Our Hilton Head Parents who had to make the 2 hour drive to volunteer their time.
Our Hilton Head Assistant Coaches who worked their butts off making sure everything was working behind the scenes. There is a ton of stuff that needs to be done before, during, and after an event this size and they did it without ever complaining.
Head Official George Dixon who was in charge of bringing in the "ALL-STAR" officiating crew we had. You won't find a better group of officials in this part of the country working the same event. We had a total of 19 officials from South Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, and North Carolina.
Finally I'd like to thank all the coaches, wrestlers, and fans who attended this event. Hopefully you enjoyed your time and hopefully we will see you again next year.
December 21-22, 2015
Charleston Area Convention Center
Mark it on your calendar now.
Mike Newton
Hilton Head Wrestling
mikenewton78@yahoo.com
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