Last modified on 01-31-2008.
Adults: 2008 USAV Adult National Championships Info
2008 Adult National Entry Guidelines
For
2008, the USAV Adult National Championships will be held in
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