Monday, August 25, 2008

Volleyball in September - Summer isnt over yet

Once Labor Day hits, you can still play outdoor volleyball and here are the events that run into September.

Bssc.com - Coed Grass Doubles - Sept 7th and Sept 27th
BostonVolleyball.com - Coed Grass Doubles - Aug 31st and Sept 7th
CDGD.org (albany, ny) - Grass Mens/Womens and Coed - Sept 6th and 7th
EEVB.net (beach) - Aug 31st (CT)
Newportvolleyballclub.com - Aug 30th (king of beach - signup as an individual)

The indoor volleyball season will be starting September 20th and the new fall/winter schedule will be released shortly at Yankee.org

Volleyball Olympic Re-cap - US wins 3 of 4 Gold Medals

The USA had a great Olympic showing with 3 gold medals and 1 silver in Beijing.

The Men's Indoor Volleyball team won a Gold Medal against Brazil in a 3-1 match while the Women lost to Brazil 1-3 to win the Silver Medal.

In beach Volleyball, both of the top mens and womens teams from the US won Gold with Rogers and Delhausser defeating Brazil and May-Treanor and Walsh beating the Chinese team in a rain socked final event.

Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal as well as Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs both finished just out of the medal running in 5th place.

These teams will be back in action on the AVP tour this coming weekend in Mason, OH and below are the rest of the AVP events for the season.

08/29 - 08/31AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light - MasonLindner Family Tennis CenterMasonOHBuy Tickets
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09/06 - 09/07AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Santa Barbara Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraCABuy Tickets
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09/12 - 09/14AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light San Francisco Pier 30/32San FranciscoCABuy Tickets
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09/19 - 09/21AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Manhattan Beach OpenManhattan Beach PierManhattan BeachCA
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09/25 - 09/27AVP Crocs Tour Sanderson Ford Glendale Best of the BeachWestgate City CenterGlendaleAZ

Vollyeball Vacations to Turks & Caicos

How awesome is it that our amazing US Men's Beach Volleyball team won the Gold medal last night?! The "Beijing Beast" himself, Olympic Gold Medalist Phil Dalhausser will be joining us on our Turks and Caicos trip November 8th -15th! We thought that you might know some people interested in either booking the few spots available for our awesome Cancun trip or might want to try something different and go to the Turks and Caicos.
In appreciation of your coming with us to Cancun, we would like to let you know first about our "Gold Medal Discount." If you or your friends and family book the Turks and Caicos trip now, we'll give you $150 off the $1399 package price.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Volleyball Tournaments - Aug 23-24

NewportVolleyballclub.com - AVP Next Championships - Saturday and Sunday Open, AA, A, BB Levels

BSSC.com - Sunday - Coed Grass Open, AA, A, BB Levels

Monday, August 4, 2008

HEAD MEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACH

PROVIDENCE: Johnson & Wales University is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Head Men's Volleyball Coach. The position is part-time

Responsibilities: Responsible for administering all aspects of the Men's Volleyball program. Duties include but are not limited to: recruiting, scheduling, practice and game planning, supervision of assistants, budget management, monitoring of student-athletes athletic and academic development, fundraising, and community service. Candidates must have a solid working knowledge of the NCAA DIII rules and philosophy.

Qualifications: Minimum of two years of successful coaching at the college level preferred, Bachelor's degree preferred.

Salary: Part time position; commensurate with experience

Applications: To apply please log onto work.jwu.edu

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. AA/EOE. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.