Sorting hat for VGOC Premiershit 2016. Save as hat.py and run with "python hat.py".

hat.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from random import shuffle
from itertools import izip_longest


POOL_NAMES = ("Pool 1", "Pool 2")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    pools = {}
    for pool_name in POOL_NAMES:
        pools[pool_name] = []
        inpt = None
        while inpt != "":
            inpt = raw_input("Enter a name to go in %s or hit Enter when done\n-> " % pool_name)
            if inpt:
                pools[pool_name].append(inpt)
        shuffle(pools[pool_name])
    teams = izip_longest(*pools.values())
    for i, team in enumerate(teams, 1):
        print "Team %s:" % i
        print ", ".join(str(x) for x in team)