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2010
Gulf Coast Volleyball Association
Come on out to OUR COAST, GULF
COAST VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION STEWART BEACH G-Town, TEXAS Official Sponsor FOR INFORMATION AND LODGING ON
THE ISLAND PLEASE CALL THE GALVESTON CVB TOLL FREE AT 1888GALISLE
The GCVA is sponsored in part,
and run in conjunction with the Galveston CVB, Galveston Park Board of
Trustees, and Stewart Beach. Bolle' since 1888,
Be kind to your eyes.
OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL OF THE GCVA PHOTO'S http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vicclifford/my_photos STEWART BEACH WEB CAM http://www.galveston.com/beachcam/ |
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Next Tournament
2010 USAV Junior Beach Tour TEXAS OPEN Stewart Beach, Galveston Island Saturday July 24, 2010 www.gcva.net/PreRegisteredTeams.htm You must
register via USA Vollyeball Top 3 teams in
each division earn spots on the USAV JUNIOR BEACH
CHAMPIONSHIPS August 22 in Ft. Lauderdale USA JUNIOR BEACH
NATIONALS Tourney
Check in Time:
Check in is before: 8:30AM
Players meeting: 8:45AM
Games
start: 9:00 AM
Have Questions? We have answers at |
GCVA League City
League’s
New Leagues: Start Every 7 weeks LEVELS FORMATS: Monday: Intermediate (B>BB)
Men's/Women's 2's Tuesday: Advanced (A+)
Men's/Women's 2's Wednesday: Beginner (Novice>B) and
Intermediate (BB>A) Coed 4's Thursday: Intermediate
(B>BB) and Advanced (A+) Coed 2's Friday: Junior 2’s 13 – 18 Beginner (Novice>B) and
Intermediate (BB) Coed 4's Sunday: Junior 2’s Jr High &
High School players, Junior Doubles… New Sunday Junior League
Starting Sunday July 25th
Friday Night Sand
League Champions 1st Place:
Alexis Zolan & Alicia Zolan 2nd Place: Andrea
Lopez & Alex Gaston |
NO Membership in 2010 ____________________
BEACH PASSES Beach passes will be available
this Sunday at the beach at “C” gate ONLY; C Gate is the gate right behind
the Pavilion. If you are coming in and are buying a beach please don’t pay
the $7 or $8 to park… Just tell them you want the beach pass. Beach passes are $25 and are good for the
entire year at all city beach parks. This year you cannot renew by phone but they will sell the pass at
Stewart Beach Park this year. FREE PARKING
There is
free parking at Brodies Restaurant at the MAIN GATE. There is also FREE parking at the east
gate. Look for the sign at the east
gate; the road is on the left near the gate. The lot is in-between the Sand
Piper hotel and Stewart beach (pretty close) just be careful not to get stuck
in the Sand
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"Sand
Volleyball" Moves Toward NCAA Recognition B.J. Hoeptner Evans - USA Volleyball July 24, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July
24, 2008) – The sport of “sand
volleyball,” also known as beach volleyball, took a step toward being
recognized by the NCAA, the Association announced Tuesday. The NCAA’s Committee on Women’s
Athletics voted to recommend that a governance entity from each of the
divisions sponsor legislation to add sand volleyball to the list of emerging
sports for women……… USA Volleyball
Surveying Junior Beach Players With the success of 2008 and the
anticipation of 2009 in the beach volleyball world, USA Volleyball is asking
for the help of junior beach players. USAV is interested in feedback
from junior players as it looks to expand its current Beach High Performance tryout
(formerly known as the International Selection Camp) and Performance Camp
schedule. In order to best assess and
address the needs of beach athletes in all regions, USAV is looking for
juniors to fill out the linked survey and give your thoughts on the subject. To complete the survey and be
entered into the drawing, click the link below. www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=s_2b8wRae3l25XERqS4r7W7A_3d_3d. |
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ELITE WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE BEACH
VOLLEYBALL TO BE SHOWCASED ON CBS SPORTS AND COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK CBS College Sports Network, AVCA
and AVP Partner to Host Fourth Annual Collegiate Beach Volleyball
Championship in Riverside, Calif. Network Returns Reality Program
“Go Pro or Go Home” CBS College Sports Network, along
with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and AVP Pro Beach
Volleyball, are again teaming up to stage an elite event featuring the
nation’s top women’s collegiate volleyball players. The 2009
Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship will be held in downtown
Riverside, Calif. on Saturday, April 18, in conjunction with the AVP
Crocs Tour Riverside Open. The Championship is part of the fourth
annual Alt Games, a first-of-its kind event showcasing college action
sports championships. The beach volleyball championship
showcases the nation’s top women’s collegiate volleyball players in a
team-style format with each school fielding four teams of two
players. Following the conclusion of the event, one school will be
awarded the overall Championship. The elite roster of teams
include *No. 3-ranked University of Nebraska, *No. 4-ranked University
of Texas, *No. 7-ranked University of Hawaii, *No.
13-ranked USC, *No. 16-ranked University of Utah, *No.
19-ranked University of San Diego, University of North Carolina and
UC Riverside. Extensive television coverage of
the Alt Games and beach volleyball championship kicks-off with a special
one-hour program airing on CBS Sports on Saturday, May 16 (2:00
PM, ET). The show launches three weeks of Olympic style and sports specific
programming on CBS College Sports Network, which includes the return of the
Network’s popular reality program “GO PRO OR GO HOME.” Go Pro or Go Home will air as a two-part series
that brings viewers on-the-sand and behind-the-scenes during a special AVP
Invitational Elite Camp/Combine held in Hermosa Beach, Calif. for the
nation’s top 16 graduating senior collegiate women’s volleyball
players. The combine features skills instruction from top
professional players including Gold Medal Olympians Kerri Walsh, Phil
Dalhausser, Todd Rogers. The combine concludes with a round robin tournament
that awards the winning team with a main draw berth at an AVP Crocs Tour
event (specific event is to be determined). Go Pro or Go Home will
document the emotion and excitement of the winning team, leading up to and
during their AVP Tour debut. The Collegiate Beach Volleyball
Championship will adhere strictly to NCAA guidelines for participation. “The Collegiate Beach Volleyball
Championship has been at the forefront of the movement to add Sand Volleyball
as an NCAA sport,” said Kathy DeBoer, Executive Director,
AVCA. “We anticipate the NCAA adding it to the Emerging Sports
list for women next month, which would pave the way for colleges and
universities to sponsor it as a varsity sport beginning with the 2010-2011
academic year.” “Together with the AVCA and AVP,
we have developed an event that has significantly helped grow and promote the
sport of beach volleyball while showcasing the best collegiate programs and
players in women’s volleyball,” said Billy Stone, Executive Producer, and The
Alt Games. “Now in its fourth year, the Collegiate Beach Volleyball
Championship continues to produce compelling action and storylines that make
it a perfect event for The Alt Games.” “The Alt Games are a perfect way
to showcase the momentum behind the sand volleyball movement,” said Al Lau,
Vice President, Player Relations and New Media at the AVP. “We can start
growing our sport on the college level and creating new beach volleyball
stars around the country.” More than 500 competitors from 45
different colleges and universities nationwide are expected to compete at the
2009 Alt Games, which will ultimately crown 11 national men’s and women’s
champions in both individual and team events. For more information,
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NCAA
Approves Sand Volleyball as Emerging Sport
(April 21, 2009) – The NCAA Division I Legislative
Council added sand volleyball to the list of emerging sports for women, it
was announced today, clearing the way for schools to use the sport toward
minimum sponsorship requirements and minimum financial aid awards. NCAA
Division II had already voted to add sand volleyball to the emerging sports
list at the 2009 NCAA Convention in January. “The opportunity to play sand
volleyball in the spring will spur growth in the sport. I wish I had that
opportunity when I was at Stanford,” said 2008 Olympic Beach Gold Medalist,
Kerri Walsh. “Additionally, this development will give more women an
opportunity for a professional volleyball career in the United States." Capitalizing on the recent
success of USA Volleyball’s beach teams in the Olympics and the growth in
grassroots programs, the NCAA’s Committee on Women’s Athletics made the
recommendation to add the sport to the emerging sports list last summer. "The United States has a
proud and successful history in sand volleyball, having won at least one gold
medal in every Summer Games since the discipline was added to the Olympic
program in 1996,” said USAV CEO Doug Beal. “This move by the NCAA is
wonderful, particularly in light of the increased varsity athletic
opportunities for young women at the collegiate level and the synergy with
already existing USA Volleyball programs.” "The addition of sand
volleyball as an NCAA sport will help us grow the discipline and increase its
visibility around the country,” said Ali Wood Lamberson, USA Volleyball’s
Director of Beach Programs. “Along with USA Volleyball's already existing
Beach High Performance and Development Programs and the USA Beach Junior
Tour, NCAA sand volleyball opportunities will start young athletes looking at
beach as an option much earlier in their careers. This will help the
United States sustain our level of competitive excellence. Further,
USAV is poised to support NCAA sand volleyball with various programs including
coach and official education programs.” The NCAA will call the new sport
“sand” volleyball, rather than “beach” volleyball, in hopes that the sport
will have broad appeal across the country and not be confined to coastal
areas. Already schools including The University of Texas, the
University of Nebraska, and the University of Utah are competing in
collegiate competitions in the spring. “The addition of sand volleyball
to the list of collegiate options is significant for our sport,” said Kathy
DeBoer, Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
“With more than 400,000 girls playing high school volleyball, we welcome the
addition of collegiate roster spots.” The group most responsible for
spreading the popularity of the sport beyond the California coast is the
Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) which hosts a series of
competitions on man-made courts at in-land locations like Cincinnati, Ohio,
Atlanta, Ga., and Las Vegas, Nev. The AVP also sponsors a series of
indoor sand competitions in January and February called “Hot Winter Nights”
in cold-weather cities like Omaha, Ne. and Grand Rapids, Mich. “We are thrilled that the NCAA
has voted to make sand volleyball a collegiate sport,” said Jason Hodell, CEO
of AVP Pro Beach Volleyball. “The vote confirms the momentum behind the sport
of beach volleyball, and we are excited to help grow our sport on the college
level and create new beach volleyball stars around the country.” The NCAA will spend the next year
developing the rules that will govern sand volleyball as a collegiate sport,
including regulations on financial aid, playing dates and recruiting.
Institutions will be able to sponsor varsity programs starting in the
2010-2011 academic year. |
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Hope to C,ya, At The Beach