the start of a new year

Summer is now over, and the new school year is now in session and kids are getting settled into their routines.  The Weibel team has its first meeting this Friday, September 23. 

In the past, tournaments didn't commence until mid-October (the first Weibel Quad) but nowadays, you can find multiple tournaments in the Bay Area every single week of the year.  In addition, this year is extra special because on October 1 and 2, less than 2 weeks from now, two national tournaments are coming to the Bay Area - the G/60 and G/30 national championships.  Also, another national tournament, the US Junior Congress, will take place at the end of October. For those of you who took the summer off from tournament play (and luckily there were not many of you), NOW is the time to get started on signuing up for and playing in tournaments.  The first of our big targeted tournaments, the Grade Level tournament, is coming up pretty soon.  Please look to the right of this blog post for a list of tournaments, whether they be of the scholastic variety or the adult/advanced kid variety.  It is important to get into the tournament mode because that usually means that the kid is practicing and studying beforehand.