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Dates for the 2010 NW Jamboree have been announced as Saturday & Sunday, January 30 & 31, 2010
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We have left the information from the 2009 edition of the NW Jamboree below to give you an idea of what to possibly expect for the 2010 edition next year.
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2009 info below
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Click here for results of Pool 1 on Saturday.
Click on Age Divisions below for final results.
Click here to see teams that were registered
for the 2009 NW Jamboree
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2009 Northwest Jamboree Tournament
This January 31-February 1, 2009 Northwest Jamboree is the 31st Annual edition and we are happy that you can be a part of it. We wish it were at our traditional dates in March, but .......... it was out of our control. Hopefully your stay in Yakima will be pleasant and you will make plans to be here for next year's 32nd Annual Jamboree.
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Info for those that are asking -- No electric crock 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.
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.
Please be respectful of other teams' needs with regard to space for your Team Area. And please do your best to maintain a relatively clean area.
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Coaches meeting will be Friday evening, January 30, 2009, at 9 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Plaza Yakima Gateway Hotel, 9 North 9th Street (on Yakima Avenue). Directions off I-82 would be to take Yakima Avenue exit (Exit 33) into town until you see the motel on the right (north side). Doors will open at 8 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.
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The Northwest Junior Jamboree is the major inter-regional competition of the season, bringing together 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 and is played on 58 courts this year over several multi-court venues in Yakima. All teams will play two pools prior to beginning playoff brackets. In the U-16 and U-14 Divisions two competitive divisions will play simultaneously, referred to as Power and Challenge divisions. These can be compared to the Open and Club designations used in other USAV competitions. This allows 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 rounds of a tournament.
Format
Two rounds of pool play followed by single-elimination playoffs. All Pool 1 matches and all Playoff Bracket matches are best 2 out of 3 games starting at 0-0. All Pool 2 matches are 2-set matches starting at 4-4, except in 3-team pools when teams will play 3-set matches starting at 4-4.
In 2009 both Power Division and Challenge Division will play one pool in either an a.m. or p.m. wave on Saturday. The a.m. wave will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude about 2 p.m. The p.m. wave will start at 2 p.m. and end around 8 p.m.
On Sunday all teams will then play their second pool followed by bracket play. All teams, regardless of Power or Challenge Division, will start play on Sunday at 8 a.m. Most divisions should finish by 5 p.m. on Sunday. Any 3-team pools in U-12 Division will play three games (not 3 of 5). Any 3-team pools in U-18, U-16, and U-14 Divisions will be 3 of 5.
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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 should there be any questions regarding eligible players and/or officiating certification.
Click here for Playing Site Addresses
Maps of Playing Sites in Yakima and in the Yakima Valley.
The top map is of Yakima Sites. Click on the map to get the full version. It is a large file and may take a little while to load and you will need to scroll around the map to cover it all.
The bottom map is of playing sites in the greater Yakima Valley.
Detailed maps and driving instructions to all sites will be contained in the tournament booklet distributed at the Coaches Meeting prior to the tournament.
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Dates for this year's 2009 Northwest Jamboree will be Saturday and Sunday January 31 and February 1. Entry is to be requested by email to l.danielson@charter.net Your entry request will be acknowledged by reply email that same day. Entry fee for 2009 will be $250, the same as last year.
Entry - A Three-Step Process
1. The first date that entry can be requested for an Evergreen Region Tournament is Saturday, December 13, 2008. Please email l.danielson@charter.net with your request. One person (such as the club director) can make entry requests for all the teams in one email if desired. Specify your club, the actual team name and age division. Make sure you include the contact name as well as an email address and phone number. The intention is to acknowledge requests the same day to the email address of the individual making the entry request.
2. Follow up by printing and sending the entry form (see below) for each team to Team Yakima, c/o Linda Thomas, P.O. Box 8343, Yakima, WA 98908. You may send one check to cover multiple teams but we need a separate entry form for each team. The entry fee is $250 per team. Make checks payable to Team Yakima. Send entry form ASAP even if you do not have your USAV registration completed yet.
3. When you have them, send rosters with player USAV numbers, uniform numbers and officiating certification to same address by January 15, 2009 at the latest. Please begin your efforts early in order to have your roster by that date. In order to participate it is mandatory that your roster be submitted by the team/club.
4. Since you will have very little tournament experience this early in the season on which to base your specific information, it is not necessary to specify which division you would like for your team unless you are quite sure of your team's comparative ranking. The seeding committee will review the results of tournaments in all three NW Regions and will arrive at seeding decisions. If you wish, you may submit seeding information updates to Larry Danielson by email at l.danielson@charter.net . Be sure to identify the Club name and Team name in your email. Tentative seeding results and playing sites will posted on this website (www.teamyakima.com ) as soon as completed
Entry Form click here. Print the form (right click-print) and send it by mail to Team Yakima, P O Box 8343, Yakima, WA 98908.
Housing information
A listing of Yakima area lodging is on its own page of our website. Click "Yakima Lodging" in the left-hand scroll bar, or click here to go to that page. Sometimes it has been advisable to secure early bookings in nearby locations with the expectation that closer accommodations will become available in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
For additional information: Contact the Yakima Visitors and Convention Bureau at www.visityakima.com. You will go directly to the lodging section of their site; use links within the site to get additional info regarding dining, etc.