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What It Takes to Run a Successful Brain Bowl
Volunteers are the backbone of the Optimist Brain Bowl competitions. A typical competition of 90 teams requires approximately 130 volunteers to run efficiently and smoothly. Many of our volunteers work more than one tournament each year.
The most visible volunteers are the Readers, Timekeepers and Scorekeepers who run the Oral Rounds. The Written Round is staffed with Proctors to make sure teams move in and out in a timely manner. Score Room volunteers consist of runners, checkers and data input personnel.
Readers are required to attend a Reader training before the event in order to become familiar and comfortable with the process. For information on dates and locations go to our Reader Training page. All other volunteers are trained and receive their assignments on the morning of the event.
Colorado-Wyoming Optimists
The Colorado-Wyoming Optimist District recruits heavily from within the clubs to make sure that the tournaments are adequately staffed. As demand for tournaments moves beyond the two current regions, the Optimist Brain Bowl will be asking all Colorado-Wyoming Optimists to become involved. Members should ask their club presidents for information on how they can help throughout the year as we prepare for the Optimist Brain Bowl tournaments.
Community Volunteers
Non-Optimists may volunteer to work at the tournaments as Readers, scorekeepers, timers, proctors and runners. In fact, we encourage any adult that wishes to become involved in an Optimist Brain Bowl event to contact us! As our Optimist Brain Bowl competitions grow we will need plenty of enthusiastic volunteers to make each tournament a successful experience for the students that participate.