Northwest Volleyball

This tournament provides an excellent opportunity for out of state teams to spend the three-day weekend in the great city of Seattle, playing volleyball against some of the best teams in the Northwest.  It is also a great opportunity for U17 and U18 teams not able or unwilling to participate in the Las Vegas Invitational.   This event has been a huge success in years past and will offer great competition for all most groups at a reasonable price. With the increased popularity of the U14, U15, & U16’s divisions over the past few years, this tournament will be the premier early season event for these age groups in the Western United States.  The tournament format will be pool play on Saturday and Sunday with playoffs on Monday — ALL TEAMS HAVE PLAYOFFS ON MONDAY.  Play should continue no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, President’s Day, so plan accordingly

• Up Officials are provided all three days; teams must supply a second referee, lines people, and score keeping crew during their officiating assignment.
• All pool play matches will be 2/3 to 25 points with a 27 point cap.  Game 3 is to 15, no cap.
• Playoffs will be 2/3 to 25, Game 3 to 15 — with no caps in any games.
• Event tees are provided by Fine Designs and will be available at most sites

At the coaches meeting: Rosters that coaches or club directors submitted into AES will be printed out ahead of time for you to verify and sign.  We will also collect your signed “Webpoint” USAV Rosters.  We will ask that you submit a phone number on the BOTH rosters so that our Tournament Director can contact you throughout the tournament if needed. THESE ROSTERS MUST MATCH AND CHANGES CAN ONLY BE MADE TO THE AES ROSTER.

All coaches are required to carry their signed players’ Medical Release Forms with them at all times during the tournament. You do not need to submit these forms at the Coaches Meeting.

2020 WAVES ARE FINAL

*We will split the 14 Club into two equally seeded 32-team divisions with the top teams from each division meeting in the Gold Finals on Monday in the same gym.

** Sumner HS is Saturday Only
*** Highline CC is Sunday-Monday

We typically get quite a few Canadian teams in our tournaments.  We ask that Canadian teams connect with our Region Office so that they can gather your documents. The region will collect your documents and contact us and inform us if your team is able to participate. Please do not procrastinate. The region WILL NOT allow your team to play without proper documentation. 

Puget Sound Region Office: 425-673-4103, office@psrvb.org

Below are links to forms that will need to be submitted to our region office so they can clear you to participate.

Required Forms - Foreign Teams Only

• Foreign Team Summary Form (Team)
• 2019 Foreign Participant Registration (Individual)
• ALL Foreign Teams : A letter of good standing from your national volleyball federation with your team entry and payment.

Registration is done through AES. You can visit www.advancedeventsystems.com to register your team. 

Entry Fees will be processed through Advanced Event Systems (AES) where you can pay online or send a check to “Northwest Volleyball Foundation (NWVBF, 15801 NE 85th St., Redmond, WA 98052).   We will begin taking registrations starting October 4, 2019.  Registration deadline will be when all divisions are filled (typically mid-January). There are no refunds after January 6, 2020. There is a $50 processing fee for refunds after 12/10/19.

ENTRY FEES (no increase)

• All teams: $500, early bird registration
• After 1/6/20 - $50 late fee added
• No Refunds after 1/6/20
• $50 processing fee for refunds after 12/10/19

TO REGISTER: 

1. Go to Advanced Event Systems to register your team and club
2. Click on Create Account if you are a new user. If you already have a password and username, skip to step 4. If not, fill out the club info and hit the submit button
3. Next, fill out the Club Director info, creating a username and password and making sure to keep your username and password in an accessible spot for future use.
4. Enter your username and password and login.
5. Once logged in, add players and staff by clicking the appropriate link. AES integrated with USAV's Webpoint system, if your region uses Webpoint, WE HIGHLY recommend using the USAV Import link. This will save you time.
6. If you are not from a Webpoint Region then you will need to manually enter or import players and staff
7. Click Teams -- add teams
8. Click on “Enter Events.” Here you can search for events by region and select our event. You will build your roster after you select the event, division(s) per team, then click BUILD ROSTER.
9. Click on Continue. You do not need to build or submit your roster to enter the tournament, however you will need to do so to be fully accepted into the event.
10. You can pay for your entry now or print out an entry form and mail with a check to Northwest Volleyball Foundation, 15801 NE 85th St., Redmond, WA 98052
11. Any teams  that have not inputted their rosters by 2/10/20 may be dropped from the tournament with no refund. At minimum, they will be assessed a $25 late-roster fee, due at the coaches meeting .

We know it's tough to find all the information spread out over the page, so here is the information on rosters:

1. We will provide the AES rosters to our tournament directors, so there is no need for you to print them out.
2. You must bring your Webpoint roster with you to the coaches meeting. Only cross off the players that are not playing AT ALL this weekend. 
3. Canadian teams, bring the roster you created with the help of our region office.
4. You will sign and turn in BOTH rosters at the coaches meeting Saturday. 
5. The AES roster is for our Tournament Directors Reference, The Webpoint rosters get posted and ultimately get turned into the region office for verification after the event. 
6. Because it is a multi-day tournament, you only turn in the roster on Saturday.

Don't forget to wear pink on Day 2 of our event. Just one small way you can show support, via the Sideout Foundation and the Dig Pink Tour.

Wear Pink on Day 2 of all Multi-day Tournaments

Show your team’s support by wearing pink on the second day of every multi-day event. Coordinate with your team to create your own shirts or visit Shop Dig Pink® to order shirts, jerseys and more. 

College Coaches:

We will have a team information booklet for all the teams in the 18 Open. They will be available for you at Auburn High School. 

Your cost: leave a business card so we know you were here!

ROSTERS:

We are getting a lot of emails about changing rosters because of unforeseen circumstances. At this time, you cannot modify your AES roster; your WEBPOINT roster is the official roster for the tournament, so make all necessary changes to your Webpoint roster - this is the roster you turn in at the coaches meeting on Saturday and this roster must be accurate. Once you turn in your Webpoint roster, you cannot make changes.

We will have printed AES rosters at the coaches meeting and we will ask you to sign and (manually) update that roster AND turn in your official Webpoint roster. The Webpoint will stay at the HQ of the location you start, and the AES roster is our backup in case we need to contact you. You do not need to turn in rosters on Day 2 or 3.

As in previous years, in the U14’s and U16′ age groups we will use region Power League rankings (as of the January Power League) to determine seeding. This year we encourage teams to register in whichever divison they feel their team belongs in based on their skill level. We reserve the right to move teams based on seeding and/or to balance the fields. 

Seeding in an inexact science, and we do our best to ensure teams are placed in the appropriate division and have a great experience.  By selecting “Open” or “Club” you are not guaranteeing your entry into that division, however it does give our tournament director an idea of which division you feel your team should play in.  It also helps us seed teams from the Evergreen Region and Canada who do not have a Power League.

Coaches, note that we do not have the ability to add waivered players to AES rosters. That can only be done at the AES/USA Volleyball level.  If you have waivered players, we are aware that they will not appear on your AES roster.  As long as they are on your Webpoint roster -- WHICH YOU DO TURN IN AT THE COACHES MEETING -- then they will be legal to play this weekend.

As stated in our tournament information, we no longer have a Friday night coaches meeting.  You will have a coaches meeting on the first day of play at your play site.  The meeting will occur 30 minutes before play begins. PM Wave teams please be patient, since this is the busiest time of the day for Tournament directors their first priority will be to get the AM wave pools finished and AM wave teams out.

At the coaches meeting, your TD will go over facility rules and format changes that have occurred since the schedule was published in AES. They will have your AES roster for you to sign and verify. YOU WILL ALSO TURN IN YOUR USAV WEBPOINT ROSTER, which is your official tournament roster. Please make sure both rosters have your head coach's cell number in case we need to get a hold of them.  Both rosters will be turned into the Puget Sound Region office after the event.

For day 2 and day 3, you do not need to turn in a new roster. There will be a meeting before play begins only to go over the playing rules of the site.

We will update sites for 2020 as they are confirmed.

• Auburn High School (5 Courts): 711 East Main St., Auburn, WA 99802. Use the 4th St. NE entrance to access the gym Directions 
• Columbia JHS (2/3 Courts): 2901 54th Ave E, Fife, WA 98424 Directions
• Franklin Pierce HS (4 Courts): 11002 18th Ave E, Tacoma, WA 98445 Directions
• Highline College (4 Courts, Sun-Mon): 2400 S 240th St, Des Moines, WA 98198 Directions
• Kentwood High School (5 courts): 25800 – 164th Avenue SE, Covington, WA 98042 Directions
• The Lair Courts (6 Courts): 3405 Lind Ave SW, Renton, WA 98057 Directions
• Mt. Rainier HS (3 Courts): 22450 19th Ave S, Des Moines, WA 98198 Directions
• Sumner HS (3 Courts, Sat.): 1707 Main St, Sumner, WA 98390 Directions
• Washington HS (4 Courts): 12420 Ainsworth Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444 Directions

A PDF DOCUMENT WITH FACILITY RULES ON FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE POSTED HERE THE WEEK OF THE TOURNAMENT

Contact Information:

For questions about the 2020 President’s Day Weekend Tournament, please contact our Tournament Director, Tony Miranda via email at tony@volleyballnw.com  or by phone at 425-497-1051 ext. 102