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Is your soccer tournament using Twitter?

April 23, 2010Tournamentsrivershark, Soccer tournaments, TourneyCentral, twitter, youth soccer tournamentsGerard McLean

We here at TourneyCentral have been encouraging soccer tournaments to get on board and use Twitter for their communications, scores reporting, etc. In fact, all of our soccer tournament websites are integrated with Twitter and will automatically post your front page news and scores updates in real time. All you need do is set up a Twitter account and enter the information in your Web Site Maintenance>Variables

This morning we saw a support question come over to one of the tournaments from a coach:

With the forecast being for rain/storms, how best can we learn about cancellations/postponements? Website? Email mailing list? Twitter (this would be great)? Phone call to certain phone#?

This would be great! Twitter is a really cool tool to communicate out to followers your local fields, local vendor deals, etc; all without having to set up complex SMS servers and verify cell numbers and email addresses. The user controls how s/he wants to receive your tweets (email, SMS) or if at all.

Our Advice: Get a Twitter account for your soccer tournament. Really, now. Do it. Then, set it up on your TourneyCentral website. By this time next year, you’ll either be in the game with Social Media or playing catch-up.

Rockers exit season with a hat-trick

June 15, 2008Newsfort wayne, rivershark, rockers, Soccer, Soccer tournamentsGerard McLean

Rivershark Rockers upset Chatham, Illinois team to win the Fort Wayne Invitational

Kaylin Hunsaker, Melissa McLean, Molly Holliman

With final game score of 4-1, the Rivershark Rockers finished their 2008 season with a medal hat-trick, placing in the adidas Warrior Socer Classic, the West Carrollton Soccer Blast and the Fort Wayne Invitational in the last three weekends of soccer tournament play. The Rockers upset the Five Star SC team from Chatham, Ill. to claim the first-place medal at the Invitational.

“It’s always nice to finsh strong,” said John McVey, head coach for the Rivershark Rockers. “The girls looks forward to the Fort Wayne Invitational every year as their last tournament together before starting their high school or college seasons.”

The Rockers are sponsored by Englewood-based Rivershark, Inc., the parent company of TourneyCentral.com and are part of the Southstars Soccer Club. TourneyCentral hosts the Fort Wayne invtiational and 24 other local Miami Valley soccer tournaments.

For all the scores of the Rivershark Rockers and the other 108 teams competing at the Fort Wayne Invitational, visit the Web site at www.fwinvitational.com.

PHOTO: Kaylin Hunsaker, Melissa McLean, Molly Holliman

About TourneyCentral
TourneyCentral.com provides comprehensive, event-focused, web-based solutions for youth soccer tournaments and is wholly owned by Rivershark, Inc. an Ohio Corporation. Since 1999, TourneyCentral has been producing web sites that provide youth soccer tournaments with end-to-end integrated experience management for guest teams, from marketing through scoring. In addition, the advertising tools provide the tournaments with an increased opportunity for advertising and sponsorship revenue as a result of significantly increased traffic to the web site. For more information, visit www.tourneycentral.com.

Companion and marketing partner properties consist of: The Soccer Tournament Review, a blog and iTunes podcast for tournament directors, MyTournamentSpace, a photo-sharing site linked directly into the tournament game schedule and www.ticoscore.com, a single-source database and ranking system for soccer tournaments.

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Rivershark Rockers win 2008 Soccer Blast

June 6, 2008Newsrivershark, rockers, Soccer, Soccer tournaments, soccer-blastGerard McLean

The Rivershark Rockers won the Girls U19 division at the 2008 West Carrollton Soccer Blast, held this weekend in West Carrollton and Miamisburg.

Rivershark Rockers

The Rivershark Rockers won the Girls U19 division at the 2008 West Carrollton Soccer Blast, held this weekend in West Carrollton and Miamisburg. The girls played a five-team round robin division and finished first following a game on Sunday afternoon. Also competing in the division were clubs from the Miami Valley area, including the Warrior Soccer Club and Club X.

The Rockers count three Northmont-area players on their roster; Melissa McLean, Molly Holliman and Laci Stowe. McLean is a senior during the 2008 season whereas Holliman and Stowe gradutated in 2008. All played varisty for the Northmont Women’s team.

The Rockers are sponsored by Englewood-based Rivershark, Inc., the parent company of TourneyCentral.com and part of the Southstars Soccer Club. TourneyCentral hosts the Soccer Blast and 23 other local soccer tournaments.

For all the scores of the Rivershark Rockers and the other 83 teams competing at the 10th annual Soccer Blast, visit the Web site at www.soccer-blast.com.

Visit us at the 2009 NSCAA in St. Louis, MO.