The split Tournament works well only because you are reducing the amount of kids at the tourn. at one time and because it only happends once or twice a year. What do think about the volunteer coach that has to be there for both tournaments away from his family or job. This will not work! If you want to help the tournament run smoother get eveyone away from the mats. This helps the bracket people get where they are going, helps the ref worry about one thing (the match), table workers can concentrate on who is wrestling next instead of who is not wrestling next. Coaches will know where their kids are instead of the table workers waiting three min. because the coach can not find him. I can go for days...... There has to be an answer. Later, Coach Rees