JAMBOREE INFORMATION
March 10-11, 2012
GENERAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
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Coaches Meeting will be Friday, March 9 at 9:00 PM at a TBD Location
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Officials Meeting is Friday, March 9 at 7:30 PM at a TBD location.
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Tournament contact is Brenda Moore at 425-894-7933.
ENTRANT INFORMATION
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Registration for the March 10-11, 2012 NW Jamboree will be done via Advanced Event Systems (AES).
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Teams will be seeded for NW Junior Jamboree on Saturday, March 3.
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Applications will be accepted until February 15.
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A copy of the pools will be emailed to the coaches or club directors, at the email address Bob Braun, the Team Yakima Tournament Director has on file for each team.
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Booklet will be posted on the Website by March 1.
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The age division booklet and draft schedule will be emailed to Club Directors on March 1 by Bob Braun.
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Coaches or Club Directors should contact Eric Carlson if you want to have input where your team(s) fit, power or challenge.
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Eric Carlson - 509-728-1703 or carlsonpaavo@netzero.net
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On Saturday all team pools will start play at 8 AM.
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All divisions will begin play on Sunday at 8 AM.
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Saturday play will include all of Pool 1 and two rounds of Pool 2.
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Sunday will include the remainder of Pool 2 and Bracket play.
All entries must be done through the computerized Advanced Event Systems (AES) program which is utilized for all Evergreen Region tournaments, as well as the Volleyball Festival and national qualifiers (such as PNQ). If your club does not have an AES account, it must be established prior to attempting tournament entry. Accounts are done on a "club" basis. Log on to www.advancedeventsystem.com and click on "Create a New Account" for details. We recommend that you create an account as soon as possible, in order to submit entry requests for the NW Jamboree on the first permissible entry date of December 10, 2011.
After you have entered your team(s) through the AES program, you must fill out and mail the registration form (go to the Registration Form page above). Mail the completed form(s) to Team Yakima, PO Box 8343, Yakima, WA 98908.
Team rosters are due not later than March 3, 2011. Mail to Bob Braun, 316 N 42nd Avenue, 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... if you have information that will help that process, please email Eric Carlson as listed above.
COACHES MEETING
Coaches meeting Friday at 9:00 PM. Doors will open at 8 PM to pick up coaches packets. The short meeting will begin at 9 PM. 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 announced in January.
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.
SOUVENIRS
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 .
This March 10-11 Northwest Jamboree is the 34rd 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 year's 35 th Annual NW Jamboree!