Just got my club tournament calendar for the rest of the year:
June 26: One-day round-robin with DC area teams (8 of 'em). Informal, kind of just to see where everyone is at.
July 31-August 1: Full tournament in eastern Maryland. Still pretty informal but some teams from around the mid-Atlantic.
August 28-29: Chesapeake Open. Serious tournament, teams from all over the country. Seattle, Bay Area, Boston, Texas, Chicago, Montana, Atlanta, etc. We will get annihilated by a lot of the teams here but it's a good test.
September ??-?? (probably 18-19): Capitol Sectionals. I will light myself on fire if we don't make it out of our section (top X number of teams advance from Sectionals to Regionals; X varies from year to year). In fact, we should finish second or third in this tournament at worst. Our section was LOADED at the top last year but two of the top teams (including last year's national champs*) aren't gonna be there this year so it's a bit more open.
October ??-?? (probably 9-10): Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Goal is to place well (top 5), or, if we get decimated by injuries like last year, say fuck it, drink a lot and heckle teams we don't like. We're not good enough to make Nationals but that's not the point of the team, so no big deal. And if we catch fire and somehow beat teams that are built to easily handle fun-oriented teams like mine, well, we'll need new shorts and plane tickets.
Basically, one tournament a month between now and October. That's pretty good, not as many as I was expecting which means more useful training time. Tournaments are draining and always require at least a couple of days of pure recovery.
*Highlights of my season last year were two sick plays I made in our quick defeat to these guys at Sectionals. I'm an okay player and make good plays from time to time. But it feels so much better to do it against the best competition, even if you're getting blown out in the game.
