What an AWESOME time we had at the

Rockford City Championships
on Saturday Jan 10, 2009!!

held at the North Suburban Women's Club.

Despite the bad snowy conditions, we had a total of 108 players attend!
20 Juniors, 30 Seniors, and 58 Masters.

A little info for you:

Rockford was the 2nd largest City Championship in North America, with only Portland, OR having more than ours (29/35/49=113).  There were only 3 CCs to hit triple digits (Rockford, Portland OR, Burlington NJ), and only 6 that hit 90 (Huntley IL, Portland II, Milford MA).

The average seems to be around 50 people per CC, give or take 5. Probably around 20-30 had 80+ .

The total number of CCs for 08-09 in the United States was 267, exactly 300 for all of North America...
and Rockford was #2!


Check out the videos from the event I took:

City Championships Video #1

City Championships Video #2

City Championships Video #3


And also take a look at
the Gallery of Pictures

We ended up with a total of 108 players... 20 Juniors, 30 Seniors, and 58 Masters. We got off to a bit of a late start because a lot of people were in line arriving late due to the bad weather. Also, as we saw the room rilling up, we realized the 96 seats we had weren't going to be enough, so we sprung into our 'Plan B' and sent someone over to bring more tables from TIY. But once things got going, all went smooth. We took a lunch break after round 2, having everyone return for 1:15. TIY sold snacks, soda, juices, vitamin waters, packs, sleeves, decks and dice, and I also made fudge brownies for everyone :)


In the first part of the Tourney, the Juniors and Seniors had 5 rounds, and the Masters had 6.
Then after the Swiss Rounds, in each of the 3 age groups we had a Top Cut,
Top 8 for the Masters, and Top 4 for the Juniors and Seniors.
This consisted of the best 2 out of 3 matches, for these players, in 1 hour's time.

 

Top 4 finishers in each of the three age categories received the following prizes:

1st Place
18 Pokémon TCG booster packs
A City Champion medal
(the medal will be shipped directly to the winners)

2nd Place
10 Pokémon booster packs

3rd & 4th Place
4 Pokémon TCG booster packs

Juniors(20)
1st Ben M
2nd Zak B
3rd Owen B
4th Sarah M

Seniors(30)
1st Justin Y
2nd Devin H
3rd Austin Z
4th Steven M

Masters(58)
1st Robert D
2nd Vincent B
3rd Chris W
4th Steve B

Hope everyone had a great time!
We look forward to seeing everyone at our Platinum Prerelease!!