Computer Club Leagues

Home > Coaching > Key Elements

A computer club league is a group of nearby computer clubs that gets together several times a year for a friendly competition. Our idea of a league is a group of say 5-20 clubs within easy driving distance of each other. The Computer Challenge league in southeastern Michigan has been our learning ground for how to make this work. It's more like a city softball league than major league baseball. While there are national competitions in fields such as robotics, they are oriented toward one annual competition in a specific technology rather than clubs that meet throughout the school year to explore a variety of interests.

Clubs in a league take turns hosting the competitions on a rotating basis. Participating in a league helps your competitions reach critical mass, motivates students to do their best, and spreads the work around of running the competitions while keeping costs low. Our southeastern Michigan league has clubs interested in robotics, new media, and both, so we run a Robot Challenge and MediaFest competition at the end of each semester.

One of the purposes of this web site is to help local computer club leagues to form. Look on the Clubs page for clubs in your area. List your club there so other clubs can find you, and list your events on our Events page. Contact neighboring schools and try to get a league started. I think you'll find it's both fun and worthwhile!