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Things you need to know: If you haven't already, please check the 2009 playoff bracket for your field locations and game times.  This playoff format is new (and exciting!) in that teams who lose their first game continue to play.*  Well, at least until they lose again.  Keep an eye out for the ref schedule which should come out today (if it isn't already).  The 5:00 and 6:30 games will be a fairly standard ref schedule.  The 8:00 and 9:30 games get a little trickier because of your travel times (between sites).  Starting ALL games on time becomes very important in helping this day go smoothly. So, as the day progresses, PLEASE GET TO YOUR ASSIGNED REF SITES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. Again, please start ALL games early or on time.  For equipment pickup/drop off: the team with the better seed in the 5 p.m. game is the home team and picks up (beginning @ 4 p.m.).  Last team that wins at a field drops off. Personally, I appreciate all the comments, suggestions, and input regarding the seeding process.  There was no simple way to seed and no way to appease every team.  If you have ideas on how to seed future tournaments, please send them our way.  I believe the final bracket to be reasonable and should provide for one of our best tournaments yet. There were a few discrepancies regarding player eligibility.  I do apologize, yet some team's scorecards are very difficult to decipher. Some players had up to three names/nick names.  For future reference, please present you lineup clearly and legibly for counting sake.  I would recommend consistently using a player's first and last name or nick name then last name.  This will help make discrepancies far less common.  We'll all sweat fewer last-minute adjustments together!  Scorecards for week's 1 (May 31st)  - 5 (June 28th) are pdf'd and on the website (hit the 2009 Schedule tab then Scorecards).  Have a gander and see for yourself.  As always, a team that uses either an ineligible player or an illegal lineup will result in a game forfeiture. Keep bringing those cans to Hobbs, so Cans for Community may continue to extol the virtue of our greatness (with regards to recycling)!   If it does rain and washes us out, we may have to condense our tournament format some.  Just saying.  Let's hope it doesn't. Thanks for your patience and persistence!  Good luck this weekend to everyone. Deron *However, losers of the Wildman @ Slowride and Astrokitty @ Eldridge receive a bye.