Beach Tournament FAQ
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Q. How Do I Enter a GCVA Tournament?
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Q. How do I pay for an Online Registration, E-Mail, Phone Entry? A. For USAV National and Regional Qualifiers you have to pay using their onine registration system and pay online. Walk up Entrys can pay by cash or check (Made out to GCVA) |
| Q. Do I have to be a GCVA member to play in the tournament? A. No. There are no membership requirements for Adult GCVA tournaments or leagues, However all our Junior Divisions are USAV/LSR sactioned events so All junior players need to be USAV Members (from any region) |
| Q. What time do I have to be there? A. Check in time is before 8:30AM. We are usually there by 5:00AM however we normally cannot accept entrys until after 7:30AM. We have a players meeting at 8:45 and play starts at 9:00. We try to start as close as we can to 9:00AM and may take entries up until pool play starts. We reserve the right to let or deny anyone entry into a tournament who shows up late. |
| Q. How do I find Check-In? A. East beach is one of the easiest places to find. Follow I45 (changes to Broadway) until you hit the Seawall. Turn Left at the seawall until it ends (actually right before it ends) Turn right on Bodiker Road. The courts are in front and sometimes to the east of the pavilion. Look for the Orange Stage area or the Big GCVA Blue Tent. You cannot miss it. There are 20 permenant courts and we have room for 30 portables. |
| Q. What happens if I am late for check-in? A. You might lose your spot in the tournament. If your entry is pre-paid you will forfeit your entry fee. If your entry is a phone, fax, or e-mail entry see the question below. While we try to understand, our responsibilities are with the players that are there on time. When you are late no one knows for sure whether you are coming or not. Just because you called in does not mean you are in the tournament. No body gets put into a pool unless their entry is PAID. |
| Q. What happens if I don't show up after entering by Phone, Fax, or E-Mail? A. Your Phone, Fax, and E-Mail entry privileges will be revoked for the rest of the season. You must then pre-pay or register at the beach and pay the $10 late fee because we could not accept your e-mail, phone, or fax entry. That may seem harsh but our responsibilities are to the players that do show up. |
| Q. What do I do at Check-In? A. First and foremost, don’t be late, at the very least; it will cost you money and possibly your spot in the tournament. More importantly, about 200 to 300 people are waiting for you so that we can start. When you get to the site, come to the big blue tent, and fill out the registration form, even if you called, faxed, or e-mailed your registration. Remember you are not in the tournament until your name is on the board. Your name is not on the board until you PAY. Once you pay and your name is on the board then you can go to your net, and set up camp. A caution is we sometimes re-pool and your net # can change. All pools are completed by the time the captains meeting starts. While the rules are being read please check again, on the board, for your team net #. After the captains meeting we start pool. We then expect team # 1 to come up to the check in table and pick up their pool's clipboard. The clipboard will have the division and net #. We then would like the person who picked up the clipboard to fill in the team names from the team board in that pool. |
| Q. What do I do when I get to my Net? A. First thing you should do is to check the court for any foreign objects. After the captains meeting your clipboard and pool sheet should be there within 5 minutes. Please check to see if your name is on the clipboard. Then check to see what team # you are. It should have been on the check in board but it could have changed. (We try very hard to make sure that all the pool sheets are at the courts by 9:00 AM). Check to see if you play, referee, keep score, or are waiting to play according to the schedule on the sheet. Usually, someone at the net has played before and knows the drill. Yes, you must referee when you are scheduled to do so. If you need a rulebook we have them at the director's booth and a short version is on the back of the clipboard. Then you can warm-up or just chill out until your time to play. |
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Q. What division do I play in? For Juniors USAV offers even age divisions 12u, 14u, 16u, 18u . Hour age is determined by your age on Sept 1, of the current year. If you are 13 you need to play 14u. You can never play down a division. If boys are playing in the girls divisions they need to play up an age group. Boys 15 years of age or older need to play Men's if Boys division does not make. We only offer boys divisions at USAV Qualifiewrs |
| Q. What do I do at the End of Pool Play? A.. If you did well in pool play and are one of the top two teams on your net you will continue on to the single elimination playoffs. The winner of pool should bring the pool sheet to the director's booth and then await the start of the playoffs. If you didn't do so well, you can usually find other players to commiserate your mutually bad fortune with, go home, stay and watch the playoffs, or just hang out. |
| Q. What happens if I'm in the Playoffs? A. In the playoffs you will play back-to-back matches until you either lose or win the tournament. The matches may require you to move from net to net in your division and after each match (IMPORTANT) you need to fill in your result on the playoff board. |
| Q. What do I do if I lose in the Playoffs? A. You must stay and referee the next match. If you don't and the teams complain to us you will forfeit the next time you make the playoffs and referee then. This severely draconian penalty is strictly enforced! Stay and Ref! If you won, you would stay to play. |
| Q. What happens if I win? Or what are the prizes? A. You come to the director's tent and we all celebrate your victory with handshakes, hugging, kissing, backslapping, and, oh yeah, we give you your Prizes. Please see the prize list for a general idea of prizes. |
| Q. Do you give away money? A. If you asked this question I have a feeling the GCVA is not for you. I suggest you go to an AVP qualifier or some other type of pro tournament. |
| Q. How can I find someone to play with? A. Go to GCVA web site to post a listing and then look through the other listings to find someone you might want to play with. The only other answer is to ask anyone and everyone that you think might want to play (Don’t limit yourself to just people you already know play VB) until someone either says yes or suggests someone else for you to play with. |
| Q. Can I bring food, drinks, etc to EAST Beach/Apffel Park? A.You can bring food, beverages, umbrellas Etc. East Beach does have a concession stand ,outdoor showers changing rooms, life guards, umbrella & chair rental East beach does have rules concerning pets, etc. You can have Tents max 10 x 10 inside the volleyball area. The GCVA does not make up or enforce any rules. The parks dept. and East Beach park staff/Galveston Sherrif office enforce them. Any other questions? Please e-mail them to: gcva@juno.com or call us at 832.928.4120 |
| Contact us anytime for more info at gcva@juno.com or vic@gcva.net, or call 832-928-4120 |
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