Officials Information

2008 Crossroads
MEANS OPPORTUNITY X 2 Once Again!

This year Colorado Crossroads will be held on two weekends. Weekend 1, the 12 Club, 13 Club, 14 Open and Club, 15 Club, 16 Club, 13/14 and 15/16 Select age divisions play on Saturday March 8th through Monday March 10th. Then, Weekend 2, from Friday, March 14th through Sunday, March 16th, Crossroads will host the 15 Open, 16  Open, 17 Open and Club, 18 Open and Club and 17/18 Select divisions.  Twice the opportunity!

Glenn Sapp will be the head Official.  His contact information is below.

All play will be at the Colorado Convention Center.  All out of town officials will be offered *free housing in hotels within easy walking distance from the playing facility.  We will endeavor to put two officials to a room (unless requests are made to the contrary) but depending upon the number of out of town official responses, this might not be possible.  We will do our best.  Requests for *free housing will be handled on a first come, first serve basis or until Feb. 1,2008 - whichever comes first.  Room reservations are not complete until we have a credit card number for each person in the room. 

FOR HOUSING THIS YEAR, you need to contact Wendy Sapp in order to reserve your room.  If there is someone you wish to room with, make sure you have a firm confirmation with all persons involved and communicate that information when making housing arrangements with Wendy.  When reserving your room, please have a credit card number ready for each person staying in a room ( this is to cover incidental expenses over and above the cost of room and taxes).  Contact Wendy Sapp at (303) 584-0377 to sign up for your room.  No reservation is completed and accepted unless and until all credit cards are provided.

Crossroads has obtained a discounted rate ($92/night) at the Adam's Mark for those officials wishing to stay over on the days in between the two event weekends and for the night of the final event day each weekend to facilitate your travel.  You must reserve for these nights at the time you make your reservation with Wendy, or the rooms and the rates will be not guaranteed.  

We are also looking into other activities such as a ski trip and golf outings (weather permitting).  Please continue to this page for more details once confirmed.

The compensation for this event will be:

*Free housing provided to “out of town” officials, provided you work all three days of the event. Requests for free housing will be handled on a first come, first serve basis; requests made after Feb. 1, 2008 or after the allotment of free rooms is filled will have a discounted rate ($92 per night), but not a free room.  (Hotel fees will be deducted from tournament pay.)

All officials who work all three days of each event will be guaranteed at least 18 matches.  Note: in all probability you will be assigned more, but we can only guarantee 18 matches.  As in the past we will make every effort to pay you on the last day of the event.

There will be an Official’s meeting on Friday, March 7th at 9:00 p.m. for the first session and another on Thursday, March 13th also at 9:00 p.m.   The meetings will be held at the Colorado Convention Center (Room TBA).  Please make every effort to make the meetings.  The meeting should not take more than 1 hour if everyone is on time.  At the Official’s meeting you will receive the tournament protocol, first day assignments and be informed of what will be expected as an official at this National Qualifying event.  For those who cannot possibly attend the meetings prior to the start of each session, there will be a 7:00 a.m. meeting in the Official’s Workroom on Saturday, March 8th or Friday, March 14th.

The required uniform for the events will be the standard white official’s shirt, navy blue slacks, black belt, white socks and white tennis shoes with the appropriate USAV Official’s patch.  You can no longer wear past year’s Crossroads apparel.  USAV Official’s patches (Regional and Provisional) will be available for sale at a nominal fee for those who do not have one.

If you would like to be a part of our staff, please print and fill out a reply form for officials and send it to Glenn Sapp by February 23, 2008.  The reply form can be sent via email (sappvb@aol.com), regular mail to the address below or faxed to (303) 782-5577.   

Officials who have attended Colorado Crossroads in the past would agree that it has a history of being well run event and the Front Range staff treats the officiating corps with respect.  This year is no exception.

Glenn Sapp
7950 Dudley Court
Arvada , CO   80005
(303) 422-4209 Home
(720) 289-5797 Cell
sappvb@aol.com

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