Saturday play will include all of Pool 1 and two rounds of Pool 2. Sunday will include the remainder of Pool 2 and Bracket play. On Saturday all 3-team pools will start play at 8:30 rather than 8 a.m. On Saturday, the U-12 Division will start play at 9 a.m. If you are not in a 3-team pool or in the U-12 Division, you will start play at 8 a.m. on Saturday. All divisions will begin play on Sunday at 8 a.m.
ENTRANT INFORMATION
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
All entry requests received have been acknowledged by return email. There is still room for additional entries in all Divisions. If interested, please contact l.danielson@charter.net ASAP. Entries will close Wednesday January 20. If you suddenly find that you must cancel at this late date, please advise immediately.
Team rosters are due not later than Wednesday January 20 (right now would be a good time). Email to l.danielson@charter.net or mail to Larry Danielson, 5009 Madera Way, Yakima, WA 98908. It is strongly suggested that all coaches have an up to date copy of their USAV roster with them at their first match on Saturday morning should there be any questions regarding eligible players and/or officiating certification.
Preliminary seeding will be done Saturday January 23. If you have information that will help that process, please email to us.
COACHES MEETING
Coaches meeting will be Friday evening, January 29, 2010 at 9 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 1507 N. First Street, Yakima, WA 98901. Doors will open at 8 p.m. to pick up coaches packets. The short meeting will begin at 9 p.m. Coaches packets will be handed out and last minute information will be disseminated. There will be some changes/corrections announced to the book. We strongly encourage attendance at this coaches meeting. Tournament Headquarters will be at East Valley High School.
BASIC GYM RULES
No electric croc pots, cookers, coffee makers, etc. allowed at any of the playing sites. No pets allowed at any site. Only water (and that means no coffee) allowed in any gym area.
Please be respectful of other teams’ needs with regard to space for your Team Area at your play facility.
SOUVINEERS
No-Dinx Custom Shirt Werks will be at various multi-court venues during the tournament for sale of commemorative t-shirts and other volleyball items.
PLAY FORMAT
Two rounds of pool play followed by single-elimination playoffs. All teams will play a full Pool 1 on Saturday starting at 8 a.m., followed by two rounds of Pool 2. Sunday’s play will also begin at 8 a.m. and will consist of the conclusion of Pool 2 play followed by the bracket play. Most divisions should finish by 5 p.m. on Sunday. Any 3-team pool will play three games of five.
All teams will play two pools prior to beginning playoff brackets. In the U-14 and U-16 Divisions, teams will be seeded into Power and Challenge Divisions. This will allow all teams to compete at the appropriate level for their team and avoids the unrewarding mismatches that inevitably occur when stronger more experienced teams match up with less seasoned teams in the early round of the tournament. The U-12 and U-18 Divisions will not be divided initially but will undoubtedly stratify after the first pool.
The Northwest Jamboree is the major inter-regional competition of the season, bringing together the top teams from the three USAV Regions that span Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho and Montana. At times in past years the Jamboree has also had entries from California and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is the largest tournament of the year hosted by Team Yakima (we also are hosting a Feb 7 U-16 tournament and a Feb 28 U-14 tournament).
This January 30-31, 2010 Northwest Jamboree is the 32nd Annual edition and we are happy that you can be a part of it. Hopefully your stay in Yakima will be pleasant and that you will make plans to be here for next years 33rd Annual NW Jamboree!