Observation

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was better. In part (a) many candidates did well by listing types of tournaments; nevertheless few gave wrong answers such as combined tournament, elimination tournament, match tournament and tournament challenge. In part (b) many candidates also did well in it. Few candidates wrote wrong answers such as jogging, adequate power, warm-up e.t.c
The expected answers are as follow:

9. (a)   TYPES OF TOURNAMENT
-           single elimination / knock-out
-           double elimination
-           round robin / league
-           consolation
-           ladder
-           pyramid
-           funnel/crown
-           spider

(b)   FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERD IN SELECTING TYPES OF TOURNAMENT
-           objective / purpose / aims of the tournament
-           number of entries / players/ team involved
-           playing time available
-           available facilities and equipment
-           number of technical officials available
-           age of the participants
-           season / climate/weather
-           funds available/finance/money
-           sex/gender
-           types of activities involved
-           interest