Corona Light Big Shot Volleyball Series

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There is a lot of new information/changes for the upcoming 2006 Corona Light Big Shot Volleyball Series promoted by East End Volleyball. Please be sure that you check all information that applies to you and your division.

This message contains info about the following volleyball events:
1. 2006 Season kicks off March 4-5 in Clearwater Beach
2. Tournament info, applications & online registration
3. Complete Florida Schedule
4. What is new for 2005?
5. Hotel & Travel Info
6. Win cash in EEVB's Championship Pool: Men's Open, AA, A, B and Women's Open, AA & A teams
7. Need a Partner?

1. 2006 Season kicks off March 4-5 in Clearwater Beach: Corona Light Big Shot Volleyball Series
EEVB's 2006 beach volleyball season will begin March 4-5 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The tournament will kick off an 8 tournament series in March & April including our first ever Easter Weekend Tournament at the new Club V beach volleyball facility in Clearwater. Included is an amateur tournament as part of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour's season opener in Ft. Lauderdale 4/1 that will feature an expanded Juniors Division.
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2. Tournament info, applications & online registration (only available on the web site, there will not be any mailed applications)
Links for the entire 2006 Southern Tour Application is online at http://www.eevb.net/beach.htm. You can download the application in a PDF format that can be easily printed on your computer.

3. Complete Florida Schedule

3/4-5 Clearwater Beach

3/11-12 Siesta Key

3/18-19 Miami Beach

3/21-22 Islamorada

3/25-26 Delray Beach

4/1-2 Ft. Lauderdale

4/8-9 Jacksonville

4/15-16 Clearwater

4/22-23 Ft Myers Beach

4/29-30 Singer Island

10/14-15 Siesta Key

10/21-22 Gulfview Championships, Clearwater Beach

Online registration system: Players can register at http://www.eevb.net/reg/. Leave a credit card on file at 631-728-0397. You can register online any time up to Thursday midnight before a tournament. Pre-registering allows for tournaments to start quicker.
If you are not sure that we have your correct credit card February is a good time to check. We will be in the office most of the month preparing for the tournaments.

4. What is new for 2006? Link to all EEVB pages now from the front page at www.eevb.net
a. 2 New Stops: April 15-16 at Club V in Clearwater & April 29-30 at Singer Island
Club V will offer 4-player teams on Sunday (you may even get to see the tournament director play that day) and our first ever 6-player division

b. Holiday Isle tournament prize money increased to $1,000: This will be the last ever Holiday Isle tournament. The resort will be condos next year. To celebrate a long tradition of great mid-week tournaments we have increased the prize money and made the tournament a 2-day event starting on Tuesday March 20 with the top 4 teams playing off on Wednesday

c. AVPNext fees decreased: the annual membership has been decreased to $11.

d. Flyaway tournament will be held Saturday, April 29 at Singer Island. MO, WO, MAA, MA, & WAA teams will compete for a trip to the Big Shot Championships at the Hilton Casino in Atlantic City on Sept. 9-10. There will not be any pre-qualification necessary this year to play in the Flyaway Tournament. http://www.eevb.net/flyaway.htm

e. Men's Open tournaments will now use the AVP Cross-Over format

f. AVP Wildcard tournament for the AVP Ft. Lauderdale tournament will be run this year by Florida Volleyball Series on March 18. You can reach Gino at http://www.flbeachvolleyball.com/. EEVB has moved Men's & Women's Open this weekend to Sunday march 19 allowing players to compete in 2 top notch events in one weekend.

g. VolleyMan Tournament will be at Delray beach and will feature a $500 bonus for the Coed Open team with the best combined Men's Open/Women's Open/Coed Open finish.


5. Hotel & Travel Info: http://www.eevb.net/travel.htm
EEVB will be running a travel survey at all Florida tournaments this year to obtain information that will help us get lower hotel rates and more local sponsorship. Every year I am told that volleyball players do not generate many hotel room sales and local retail/restaurant dollars. We all know this is not true. To combat this we will ask all players to fill out a survey sheet during registration. We need as many players as possible to fill out the form fully. Please do not embellish or otherwise falsify this data. Accurate completion by all players will give us all the information we need to help get better deals for all players. You can fill out the form ahead of time by downloading it at www.eevb.net/playersurvey.doc

We have a very special rate in Miami Beach at the Biscaya Hotel: $71/night. The Biscaya will run a shuttle bus to the tournament site in the morning. Please book early before rooms run out. Remember that you can always cancel a reservation but you cannot get a room if they are all gone.

6. Win cash in EEVB's Championship Pool: Men's Open, AA, A, B and Women's Open, AA & A teams
All players will earn points towards end of season prizes in Men's Open, AA, A, & B and Women's Open, AA and A divisions.
1st 90 points
2nd 40 points
3rd 20 points
4th 10 points
5th 5 points
Make playoffs but lower than 5th: 1 point
Follow your progress all season at www.eevb.net/GrandPrix.htm. Prizes are awarded at the end of the season based on season Grand Prix total, payable on 12/1/05.
Grand Prix Prize Money Awarded:
Men's Open $5,500
Women's Open $2,500
MAA & WAA $1000
MA $500
MB Merchandise prizes

Note: Last year a number of Florida players won cash and merchandise prizes based on their performances in the March tournaments.

8. Need a Partner?
Post a message on the EEVB bulletin board at http://pub35.bravenet.com/forum/2957690068/


Please pass this message on to friends and tell them to send in their email addresses for tournament updates throughout the season.
Complete info available at www.eevb.net

Richard Heiles
East End Volleyball
631-728-0397
Please note new email address eevb@I-2000.com