Welcome to the new Colorado Handball Association web pages.
We have completely revised the site to improve speed and provide a cleaner user experience. We think you will find navigating the site easier to understand and information easier to find. There is a new Search menu option to help you find specific information, and there are pages for specific topics that our visitors look for frequently.
Pages like these:
- News of upcoming handball events and results as they are reported to us
- clubs and courts where handball is frequently played along with address and map links
- Colorado Handball Hall Of Fame members and background information
- Obituaries for players who have passed us by
- Traveling League information and results of weekly matches
- in progress — working to provide results by player name
- searchable history of our pages going back 30 years
- YIKES! Tournaments are so expensive
One of the things players like to discuss (complain about) is the rising cost of entering handball tournaments. It could be costs are rising, like everything else, or it could be the tournament hosts are making a killing off tournaments or some of each.
So…….Let’s take a look. Two tournaments, the 2019 State Doubles/HOF and the 2019 State Singles both brought to us by the CHA and held at the Denver Athletic Club.
** Expenses are estimated with a 10% contingency fee. Actual expenses will vary depending on total entrants.
Well…..YES!….Tournaments are expensive. And….NO!….Tournament hosts are not making a killing off tournaments. Experience shows that hosts are very reluctant to “raise” entry fees from the previous year.
However, they need to at least break even. No one wants to lose money on these events.
Another thought…..The major costs, with the exception of court rental, are Souvenirs, Trophies, Hospitality, and Beer. Players expect these things, although the tournament could happen without them. We want to make the tournament special to each player and for the CHA. It’s more than a “handball tournament”. It’s an event to be proud of.
If you play in tournaments outside Colorado, you will find similar, if not higher entry fees, so it’s obviously a result of costs rising, just like almost everything else in our lives. But, it’s still good value for a handball player.
Bob Hickman
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