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Adults: 2008 USAV Adult National Championships Info

2008 Adult National Entry Guidelines

 

For 2008, the USAV Adult National Championships will be held in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center.  If you have never been, talk to teams and players that have.  They will tell you that it is a great experience.

                It takes planning and commitment to attend and the entry deadline is early.  Failure to meet this deadline will mean that your entry will be put on a wait list for available room (there is a good chance that entries could be limited in the Club divisions (AA, A, BB, B) this year).  The deadline is based upon the need for your application to be processed in the GEVA office and forwarded to the National office.  Very Important – your entry must be processed by GEVA and then forwarded to the National office.

               

Play Schedule: 

        The following is the playing sequence for this year's competition (Senior and Master Players, take note of staggered dates):

                1st Half - Sat. May 24th thru Tues. May 27th

                                US Open Championships

                                B and BB Club Tournaments

                                Men & Women’s 45, 55 & Over Tournaments

                                Men’s 65 & Over Tournament          

                                Women’s 65 & Men’s 75 & Over Tournaments(Sun-Tue)

               

                2nd Half - Wed. May 28th thru Sat. May 31st

                                A and AA Club Tournaments

                                Men & Women’s 40, 50 & Over Tournaments

                                Men’s 60, 70 & Over Tournament   

                                Women’s 60, 70 & Over Tournament (Wed-Fri)

                                B/BB Reverse Co-ed Tournament (Wed-Thur)

                                B/BB Regular Co-ed Tournament (Fri-Sat)

                                U-Volley Competition (Wed-Thur)

 

Entry Procedure:  The Pre-Tournament manual and all forms are available on the USAV web site (www.usavolleyball.org/adults) in the Adult section.  Teams are required to register electronically on-line for the event (manual entry is allowed but there is a $100 surcharge).

            Electronic Registration Procedure -

                -   Go to the USAV website (listed above) and follow the link for '07 On-Line Registration (www.advancedeventsystems.com).  Instructions are available for log-in.

                -   Follow instructions to enter roster

                -   Rosters are limited to 15 players and 5 staff.  All individuals on the roster must be registered members of GEVA or USAV.

-                  -   When finished, print out the entry form and send to the GEVA Commissioner (Bob Dingee, 1094 Riverbank Rd., Stamford, CT 06903) along with the entry fee (entry must be accompanied by entry fee check made out to "USA Volleyball Championships").  Teams must also send a completed ranking form (downloaded from USAV web site) along with the entry.

 

Entry Deadline -

            All Open division, Senior 60 & Over, U-Volley and Co-Ed applications must be post marked by Wednesday, March 12th. and mailed to the  GEVA Commissioner.

            All other applications must be post marked by Wednesday, March 26th. and mailed to the GEVA Commissioner.  Failure to meet this deadline will mean that your entry will be put on a wait list for available room in the tournament. 

 

Tournament Eligibility:  All teams and players competing in the Club Divisions must be registered GEVA members and have played at least once in a GEVA sanctioned tournament prior to Regionals.  All other teams and players must be registered USAV/GEVA members.

 

Entry re-imbursement:  GEVA will once again offer partial entry re-imbursement for those qualified teams attending the National Tournament.  In order qualify, teams must electronically submit a 250 word newsletter article about their National tournament experience to the Commissioner by September 1, 2008.  In order to qualify; Club teams must have been eligible to play in Regionals, Conglomerate and Co-Ed teams must have more than 60% of their players be qualified GEVA members.

 

KEY Deadlines:

                  March 12, 2008           Open, Master 60 & up, U-Volley & Co-Ed entries postmarked to

                                                      GEVA Office

                  March 26, 2008           Club, Master & Senior entries postmarked to GEVA office

                  May 1, 2008                No charge for changes to rosters  prior to this date

                  May 2-May 9, 2008    $25 charge for changes to rosters in this period

                  May 9, 2008                $25 charge for name changes after this date

                  May 10-first Match     $50 charge for addition of players (at tournament only)

                  Before Sept. 1st          Newsletter article submittal to GEVA Office


A printable copy of the Adult National Entry Guidelines (PDF form) is available here.