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Sandy has forced many clubs to reschedule tryouts.  Since I will be without power for another 4-5 days and have limited access to the phone and internet I will not be able to update any tryout info. Please contact each club or check out out their websites for up to date info. Please continue to check the GEVA website for any updates as I will post when I can find a hotspot.

Thank you

Bob Baker

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Complete and detailed results for the Girls' Regional Championships are posted in the Junior/Girls section (or click here).

Congratulations to the following Division Champions:

12 Open-Academy 12-1
13 Open-Downstate 13 Black
14 Open-Downstate 14 Black	14 Club-United 14
15 Open-Apex Magic 15	15 Club 1-Sportime 15 Blue	15 Club 2-DIGS 15 White	15 Club 3-Aviator 15-1
16 Open-Academy 16-1	16 Club 1-Academy 16-2	16 Club 2-Lady Chargers 16-1	16 Club 3-Allegro 16-2
17 Open-Downstate 17 Black	17 Club 1-Downstate 17 Blue	17 Club 2-DIGS 17 White	17 Club 3-Downstate 17 Silver
18 Open-Academy 18-1	18 Club-NYC Juniors 18

The GEVA hosted junior girls' tournaments are filling quickly.  If you haven't yet entered (via Advanced Event Systems) and paid, you should do so ASAP or risk not getting into the tournaments of your choice.  While some events have already filled and others are near capacity, there are still plenty of tournaments with space available, on a first paid basis.

Tournament registration for GEVA sanctioned Junior Girls' tournaments is now open. All tournament registrations will be handled through Advanced Event Systems, and all tournaments (after the New Year's Classic) will require that you have at least 6 players and a coach verified and on the roster. Only GEVA teams will be accepted for the first 7 days, and then teams from all regions may be accepted.

Most tournaments will accept entries on a first come - first served, PAID basis. All of the GEVA hosted events, as well as some club hosted events, will accept online payments using Google Checkout. To facilitate easy searching of GEVA sanctioned events, all of our tournaments are listed as being in the state of New Jersey - even though they are actually located through-out our region.

Click here to see a quick Tournaments at a Glance pdf (updated 1/6/11).

GEVA is hosting it's first IMPACT class of the 2010-2011 season at Sportime Bethpage Multisport, on Sunday, October 24, from 10am to 2pm. Please note that pre-registration is required!

Sportime Bethpage Multisport
4105 Hempstead Turnpike
Bethpage, NY 11714-5605

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GEVA is hosting an IMPACT class at the Downstate Athletic Center, on Saturday, November 27, from 12 noon to 4pm. The cost is $30 - please bring a check or cash on the day of the class. Online registration isn't working, so just show up by 12 noon.

Downstate Athletic Center
8 John Walsh Blvd, Ste 600
Peekskill, NY 10566

After many years of service as the Adult Competition Director, Felicia Green has resigned from the GEVA Adult Board. The volleyball communitty wishes Felicia the best as she begins to fully enjoy her recent retirement!

Please welcome Phil Wagenblast as the new commisioner of the Garden Empire Volleyball Association.  Phil has been involved with GEVA for many years and is well known in the local volleyball community.  Stay tuned for more information!

The official age classifications for the 2010-11 USA Volleyball junior club season can be found by clicking here.

KRVA has asked GEVA teams to provide a verifiable roster to enter tournaments in their region.

If a team wishes to enter a tournament in the KRVA region, you must print a blank "Tournament Entry Form" from the "Team Reports" item on the "Team Mgt" menu in the registration system.  Note that, by default, only the Club Director has access to this; but, they may grant access rights to any adult on the team roster.

To print the correct form, do the following:

1. Login to the "Clubs and Teams" area of the registration system.
2. If you have access to more than one club, "Add or Select Current Club" under the "Club Mgt" heading.
3. If you have access to more than one team, "Add or Select Current Team" under the "Team Mgt" heading.
4. Click on "Team Reports" under the "Team Mgt" heading.
5. Select "Tournament Entry Form".
6. Print the PDF that is displayed (Note, this required Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Please be aware that this is the ONLY form that they will accept.  If you show up with anything else, including the "Team Roster" that you print from the same area, your team will be denied the right to participate in the KRVA sanctioned event!

I apologize that the schedule hasn't been posted, but we lost some courts over the weekend and I'm now scrambling trying to get enough courts for everyone to play.  As it stands right now, if I don't find additional courts, 19 teams will get dropped from Sundays tournament.  Please be patient and DO NOT CALL ME asking for the schedule.  I promise, it will be posted as soon as I get enough courts or determine that we won't ever get them!

Joel Stanford
GEVA Junior Competition Director

A big thank you goes out to Alpha Gamma 13s for staying and working a match when they were done and could have gone home!  Their extra effort and show of superb sportsmanship allowed the playoffs to begin about an hour ealier at the season's inaugural New Year's Classic!

Saturday Dec. 12th

The Wheatley School

11 Bacon Road

Olde Westbury, NY 11568

Room #150 which is next to the Gym.

8am -12pm

To register, please send an e-mail to: education.geva.org or johnetitusiii@hotmail.com

The GEVA hosted tournament schedule is available on the Juniors page.  Click on the Schedule link from the left menu.

Some of the Club hosted tournaments have also been approved and are on the schedule. If you wish to run a tournmaent this season, make sure that you create the event in the online registration system, then print and mail the Tournament Sanction Request form, along with the $50 sanction fee, to the GEVA office in Peekskill, NY.

Please note the following:

1) The tournament entry deadline for the GEVA hosted events is January 15th, 2010, for all events!
2) To be eligible for regionals, a team must enter both the Mandatory #1 and #2 event, and any other GEVA sanctioned tournament.

1.    Begin by clicking here to download the scorekeeper certification details .pdf file.

2. Then, attend Referee Clinics.

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Hi and welcome to the new version of the geva.org website.  We'll be moving over more content in the coming weeks and months, so check back, often!

The registration system is up and running.  To access the GEVA registration system, click on "Registration" from the top menu, then click on "Registration System" from the left menu.

Adults: 2009 USAV Adult National Entries

The following entries have been received by GEVA, as of 30 March 2009, and have been processed as shown. All Club divisions (AA, A, BB, B) applications must be postmarked by Wednesday, 25 March and mailed to the GEVA Commissioner.

Seeding	Division	Team Code	Team Name	Team Rep	Date Received	Sent to Nationals
	MAA	MAANORTH1GE	Northshore Gold	Joe Siegel	02/25/09	03/04/09
	WA	FANORTH1GE	Northshore Black	Joe Siegel	03/11/09	03/16/09
	MAA	MAACREOL3GE	Creole White	Rony Gilot	03/12/09	03/16/09
	WBB	FBBTSVBC1GE	Case	Jeanne Martin	03/05/09	03/16/09
	MAA	MAAMETRO7GE	Metropolis	Rambod Jamshidian	03/15/09	03/16/09
	RCE	CBBTSVBC1GE	Team Poppy	Jeanne Martin	03/15/09	03/16/09
	CE	CBBTSVBC1GE	Team Poppy	Jeanne Martin	03/15/09	03/16/09
	WB	FBPWRZW2GE	PZ-Shark Bait	Ann-Lee Yuan	03/16/09	03/24/09
	UV	WUPRZNW1GE	PZ-Mini Shark Bait	Ann-Lee Yuan	copy
	WA	FAXXVBC4GE	Smashers	Kinberly Zhu	03/18/09	03/24/09
	CE	CBBPZVBC1GE	Puny Shark Bait	Eric Chen	copy
	UV	MUBBPZVBC1GE	Puny U-Vollers	Eric Chen	copy
	MA	MBBMETRO2GE	Balls in Your Face	Rambod Jamshidian	03/20/09	03/24/09
	MO	MAACREOL1GE	Creole	Rony Gilot	copy
	MA	MASWIGR1GE	Mustache Maifia	Adam Andrade	03/21/09	03/24/09
	WBB	FBBDIVAS1GE	DBL	Divina Arroya	03/21/09	03/24/09
	M70	M70SF70S1GE	Spike Force 70s	Phl Klabunde	copy
	WBB	FBBLIVVC4GE	Livingston 007	Valerie Langlois	copy
	WBB	FBBTSVBC3GE	Tantrum Rogues	Maribel Viray	copy
	MAA	MACREOL3GE	Hustle & Flow	Rony Gilot	03/23/09	03/24/09
	WB	FBPWRZW3GE	PZ-Get Over It	Debbie Oliver	03/23/09	03/24/09
	WB	FBPWRZW5GE	PZ-Chipotle	Linda Marczi	03/23/09	03/24/09
	MBB	MBBMOCCA1GE	MOCA	Jose Toval	03/23/09	03/24/09
	MBB	MBBPZVBC1GE	PZ-Kaboom BB	Mark Thatcher	03/24/09	03/30/09
	M50	M50SFVBC1GE	Spike Force 50	Steve Bilebof	copy
	M55	M55SFVBC1GE	Spike Force 55	Steve Bilebof	copy
	M60	M60SFVBC1GE	Spike Force 60	Steve Bilebof	copy
	M65	M65SFVBC1GE	Spike Force 65	Steve Bilebof	copy
	MA	MBBSFVBC1GE	Stud Guppies	Steve Bilebof	03/25/09	03/30/09
	WAA	FAWHOOH1GE	Whoosh NYC	Hazel Goldstein	03/25/09	03/30/09
	WBB	FBBEAGLE1GE	Eagles	Isabel Lorenzo	03/25/09	03/30/09
	MB	MBPZVBC2GE	PZ More Cowbells	Daniel Botzan	03/25/09	03/30/09
	MAA	MAACREOL2GE	Creole Blue	Rony Gilot	03/25/09	03/30/09
	MBB	MBBCREOL2GE	Creole Stack	Rony Gilot	03/26/09	03/30/09
	MBB	MBBDUECE1GE	Duece	Sean Ludwig	03/27/09	03/30/09
	MBB	MBBRAGEV1GE	Blind Rage	Christian Schuller	03/28/09	03/30/09
	MBB	MBBPZVBC3GE	Puny Goonies	Eric Chen	03/28/09	03/30/09
	MB	MBPZVBC6GE	W.T.F.	Eric Chen	03/28/09	03/30/09

2009 Adult National Entry Guidelines

 

The 2009 Adult National Championships will be held in Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Convention 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.  The entry deadline is early.  Failure to meet this deadline would mean that your entry be put on a wait list. (There is a good chance that entries could be limited in the Club divisions [AA, A, BB, B].)  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 club 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 23rd thru Tues. May 26th
  • US Open Championships
  • A and AA Club Tournaments
  • Men & Women’s 45, 55 & Over Tournaments
  • Men’s 65 & Over Tournament
  • Women’s 65 & Men’s 75 & Over Tournaments (Sun-Tue)
  • B/BB Reverse Co-ed Tournament (Mon-Tue)
  • B/BB Regular Co-ed Tournament (Sat-Sun)
  • Men & Women U-Volley Competition (Mon-Tue)
• 2nd Half - Wed. May 27th thru Sat. May 30th
  • B and BB Club Tournaments
  • Men & Women’s 40, 50 & Over Tournaments
  • Men’s 60, 70 & Over Tournament
  • Women’s 60, 70 & Over Tournament (Wed-Fri)

 

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 National Office or 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.  See next paragraph for mailing directions.

 

Entry Deadline:

• All Open division, Senior (65, 70, 75), U-Volley and Co-Ed applications must be sent to the National Office and received by Wednesday, March 18th. Send copy to GEVA office.
• All Masters and Seniors (40, 45, 50, 55, 60) must be sent to the National Office and received by Wednesday, April 1st.  Send copy to GEVA office.
• All Club division (AA, A, BB, B) applications must be post marked by Wednesday, March 25th 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 to qualify, teams must electronically submit a 250-word newsletter article about their National tournament experience to the Commissioner by September 1, 2009.  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:

• April 30, 2009: No charge for changes to rosters prior to this date
• May 1, 2009:  $50 charge for addition of players at first match (tournament only)
• Before September 1: Newsletter article submission to GEVA Office

• Saturday, 18 April 2009: Men's BB, Queens College, Flushing, NY (20 teams)
• Sunday, 19 April 2009: Women's BB, Queens College, Flushing, NY (20 teams)
• Sunday, 19 April 2009: Men's B, PowerZone, Denville, NJ
• Sunday, 19 April 2009: Women's B, PowerZone, Denville, NJ
• Sunday, 19 April 2009: Men's A/AA, Queens College, Flushing, NY
• Sunday, 19 April 2009: Women's A/AA, Queens College, Flushing, NY

Requirements:

• Each team must have played four times; each player three times.
• A tournament entry form (roster) is posted on the web. Certified scorekeepers will be indicated on the tournament entry form.
• Fee for regionals is $180 (made out to GEVA). If a team has two scorekeepers listed on their tournament entry form, the fee is $90. A check and the tournament entry form must be sent to Felicia Green. This entry must be post marked by April 1, 2009.
• The final posting of the scorekeepers will take place this week. If two scorekeepers do not appear on the tournament entry form then the team does not have two scorekeepers. If a team sends in the lesser fee without having two certified scorekeepers on their tournament entry form they will NOT be entered into Regionals.