The Western Open
July 20, 2013
All Age Divisions Will Compete on July 20, 2013
Jetty Island, Everett WA
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110 Points will be up for grabs in the Volleyball Mecca Points Championship Series
9:30am Team Meeting at the Jetty Island Kiosk
Ferry Reservations to the Island will be handled for players & families by the tournament staff
The USAV Junior Beach Tour's Western Open National Qualifier Tournament will take place at Jetty Island July 20-21. Bids for the USA Junior Beach Tour National Championships in Milwaukee, WI the following weekend will be awarded to the top finishers in each age division. Players intending to try to earn a bid to the National Championship can enter the club division of the event ahead of time and upgrade if they earn a bid to the National Championship Division.
From USAVolleyball.org
USA Volleyball has released a preliminary schedule for the USA Volleyball Junior Beach Tour,
which will peak at the National Championships to be held July 27-28 in
Milwaukee, Wis. Teams can earn bids to compete in the Open Division at
the National Championships in preceding Junior Beach Tour Events. There
will also be a Club Division that will be open to anyone.
Also on the schedule are four Beach Skills Clinics, paid for by a
grant from Proctor & Gamble, to be held in conjunction with the Tour
events in Omaha, Chicago, Seattle and Rochester, N.Y. Beach Skills
Clinics are aimed at exposing new participants to the sport of beach
volleyball.
Registration for tour events and clinics will open by Wednesday, March 27 on the USA Volleyball web site.
New for 2013 will be the USA Junior Beach National Ranking. All
participants in the Junior Beach Tour will receive national ranking
points for every event they enter. Point leaders at the end of the
season will be invited to Holiday High Performance Camp. Also new for
2013, the tour will include both “Open” and “Grand Slam” events. Grand
Slam events will offer five bids per division to the National
Championships and extra ranking points.
“The United States had great success in beach volleyball at the 2012
Olympic Games and NCAA sand volleyball is gaining momentum,” USA
Volleyball Director of Beach Programs Ali Wood Lamberson said. “The
Junior Beach Tour is the best way for young athletes to take the first
step in beach volleyball.”
On the Junior Beach Tour schedule are two invitational events. The
fourth annual Beach High Performance Championships and a new event,
the USA International Invitational. Both events are for experienced
beach athletes looking to advance in the USA Beach pipeline. More
information on USA Beach pipeline events is available on the USA
Volleyball web site.
This is the eighth season of the Junior Beach Tour, which is open to
boys’ and girls’ beach volleyball teams (no co-ed teams) and has
divisions for ages 10-18. In 2012, a record 3,438 young athletes
participated in the tour.
The USAV Junior Beach Tour focuses on competition and fun in a
healthy environment. Players officiate their own matches and the events
foster a friendly environment among competitors. The Tour is produced
and operated by USA Volleyball in cooperation with the USAV regions.
