Tournament: Sherwood Island
Website: Southern Connecticut Volleyball: Home Page Location: Sherwood Island, Westport, CT
Google Maps Website:Sherwood Island Formats: Men's 2's/Women's 2's (Saturday)/Reverse Coed 2's (Sunday)
Cost: Prepaid $45 (team), Phone Registration $50 (team), Day of Tourney $55 (team). $5 per person late check in fee (after 8:45)
Facility: Sherwood Island is an interesting place to play. The first thing that you will notice is that there is a parking fee to get into the park. This can range from affordable for CT residents during the spring to outstanding for non-residents during the summer. There is a nearby
park-and-ride facility. I recommend carpooling or meeting up there to split the parking fee.
Turnout varies with them having to combine divisions at some tournaments to running almost 20 nets at others.
I haven't found much in the way of food establishments nearby but if you have 2 games off, you can normally drive out to US-1 and there are a lot of restaurants, supermarkets, etc.,.. Keep your parking ticket or you will have to pay to get back in to the park.
There are two bathrooms that are normally open. They're probably a good 1/4 mile walk or so from the play area.
The field you play in is normally pretty good. The ground is fairly level but you will notice that there is always a tilt. You do switch sides every few points to even this out. The biggest complaint I have is that sometimes there is a fair amount of proof that the canada geese have been there. The last two years I have not seen this as an issue. Maybe the park is keeping after this.
Overall I like playing at sherwood. The people who run it are friendly. The level of play is normally competitive and they run enough different divisions where most people can find a level where they belong. I'm also biased because this is one of the closest tournaments for me.
Rules of Play: Up Next: No Beach Volleyball, Red Cross Benefit