Brrrrrrr It is going to be a COLD weekend for volleyball ~ We will continue on in the cold to play this Sunday at the Wichita Sports Forum located at 2668 N Greenwich Road in the Greenwich Shopping Center.  

WE MOVED THIS TOURNAMENT FROM HOOPS TO THE SPORTS FORUM due to the severe cold temperature and our concern for everyone walking so far out in the cold with limited parking at Wichita Hoops as well there are multiple eating establishments close to the Sports Forum for you to run and grab food if you choose during the day.   

WE WILL NOT CANCEL THIS WEEKEND SO PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY ~ PLEASE SEND THIS TO ALL OF YOUR FAMILIES AS I WOULD HATE THEM TO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO ON SUNDAY!!!! 

If you choose to come early the LaQuinta is a nice hotel in the parking lot next to the Forum ~ 2660 N Greenwich Ct for reservations call 888-650-0112 

Doors will open at 7:00am.  There will be a $5 Spectator Fee collected at the door.  Coaches please come prepared with your Coaching credentials/lanyard visible for the check in staff to see.  They may ask you to pay $5 if they do not see your lanyard. 

The Jump Park offers a day pass to our volleyball families, please check in at the front desk or concession stand.   

Food and Drink is allowed in the facility, however, we have met with the facility concession stand Leads and they assure us that there will be pizza, sandwiches, chili frito pie etc to help feed our families through out the day. COFFEE WILL BE READY WHEN YOU ARRIVE!  Brrrrr

Age Divisions of 4, 6, 8, and 12 tearms ALL teams will advance to tournament play ~ divisions with (5) tearms the top 3 teams will advance to bracket play.

If you are playing in a division of (6) teams you will have two pools of 3 teams.  You will play the standard 2 sets to 25 points starting 4v4 for your pool play.  Following pool play you will play a second round of pool play called a Crossover.  These matches will also be 2 sets to 25 points starting 4v4.  Following pool play all teams will advance to bracket play.   We will post the crossover and bracket at your score tables for you to see while you are playing.  

There will be NO Coaches meeting prior to the start of Pool play.  ALL playing and Officiating teams NEED to be courtside by 7:40 for the officiating team to call for captains at 7:45 for pool play to begin 8:00am straight up. 

Transitions between all matches need to be as follows:  As soon as the match is finished the new officiating team must be at the table starting the stop watch while the teams are getting to the court to start their 2 minute shared warm up.  If the next playing teams are not courtside the stopwatch still must be set for the 2 minutes.  Once the stop watch begins call for captains and do your pregame stuff.  Once the serving team has been chosen, look at your stop watch, if the 2 minutes is up then have the serving side take to the court for their 4 min warmup.  Please do NOT start the 2 minute warm up clock AFTER the Coaches meeting, it is to be done BEFORE.  If you wait until after the captains meeting then your 2 minute warmup becomes 5 to 10 minutes and thats when the end of the day becomes LATE in the day.  Please abide by what HOA and I as your tournament directorr require of the officiating teams.  

Coaches:   One Coach MUST be courtside during ALL Team Officiating Duties.  The one coach MUST perform one of the duties, R1, RII or Scorekeeping (the book) during your team's working assignment.  

Coaches:  Absolutely NO Profanity of any will be tolerated during our tournament.  You must RESPECT all teams, coaches and officiating throughout the day.  Please relay this to your teams as well.  I have been disappointed and annoyed by the lack of respect I have seen these past couple of tournaments.  We are all here for the Love of the Game and I expect Goodnes, Kindness and Grace RESPECT at all times whether calls go your way or NOT!!!! Leave the Hate at HOME

If you need me for any reason prior to this weekend, please do not hesitate to reach out at any time and I will help you.  A text to my cell phone will get answered in a more timely manner than anything else.  We look forward to serving you this upcoming weekend.  Please plan accordingly with the weather.  We will NOT Cancel due to weather unless forced to.   

Safe Travels ~ Deb Phillips Tournament Director  316-992-4634