Our first tournament - questions.

[Krabman]

Thank you very much, Scott! You got the name right! BTW: the Big Owl (Wielka Sowa) is the name of the highest mountain in our area. And an owl is our town's symbol.

Thanks for pointing that out, Senechal! We do have tenbo sticks and I'd prefer to use them. However, we won't be using Junk Mats (we only have one) but green, square cork boards (we use them for club games - they're cheaper to get & work great):

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There are no tenbo holders. When we play we just keep them in empty tile trays (if that's the correct word) in our laps or by our sides on chairs. I thought it'd be too awkward for a tournament... There's no room for sticks on table tops because they're 60x60cm which is JUST enough for playing comfortably.

We'd have to think of some attachable tenbo holders... or maybe use rubber bands to bind the sticks. They'd take up less space that way meaning no need for the trays. What do you think?

Thanks once again for your interest

[Gnom]

I think in this situation the best would be to put two stools at each table on opposite corners so that players can put tile racks with tenbo inside. Granted, it's not as convenient as the junk mat trays, but nothing is worst than counting with pen and paper in my opinion! The main problem is that it makes it hard to read the points of your opponents so you'd have to ask them but if counting with a paper you'd have to ask the person responsible for it anyway...

[Krabman]

Referee, could you show me a scheme for a 5 Hanchan round robin wtih 16 players? I suck at maths so I can't really get my head around it...

[Referee]

Hanchan 1: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP
Hanchan 2: AEIM BFJN CGKO DHLP
Hanchan 3: AFKP BELO CHIN DGJM
Hanchan 4: AGLN BHKM CEJP DFIO
Hanchan 5: AHJO BGIP CFLM DEKN

[Shirluban]

Please don't assign players to a specific table for several hanchans.
It gives them an unfair advantage, as it makes it easier and more long-term rewarding to memorize the tiles if they get stained or have manufacturing defects.

[Senechal]

Hanchan 1: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP
Hanchan 2: AEIM BFJN CGKO DHLP
Hanchan 3: AFKP BELO CHIN DGJM
Hanchan 4: AGLN BHKM CEJP DFIO
Hanchan 5: AHJO BGIP CFLM DEKN

Winds: (bold East, italic South, underline West, normal North)
Hanchan 1: AEIM BFJN CGKO DHLP
Hanchan 2: AFKP BELO CHIN DGJM
Hanchan 3: AGLN BHKM CEJP DFIO
Hanchan 4: AHJO BGIP CFLM DEKN
Hanchan 5: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP

As for who goes to what table, I haven't found a good solution. You will have some threepeats of people playing at the same table no matter how you shuffle them.

[Krabman]

Thanks a lot for your help & interest!