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Dates: Each Wednesday beginning May 9th Format: 4 Person Draw. Teams will be selected randomly each week. Check-In Time: 6:00 – 6:15 pm. You must be there no later than 6:15 for the draw in order to play. Location: Cottonwood Complex – 4400 S 1300 E, SLC These nights are FREE. No pre-registration is required. New teams are drawn every Wednesday night. If there are enough youth, a youth division will be set up. For more info, contact Shea Seever sheaseever@gmail.com |
Want to play for free by setting up nets at UOVA tournaments? Become a UOVA member and attend the Net Set Up Clinic and you can play for free if the tournament director needs your help to set up nets. The net set-up clinic will be held on Wednesday, April 11th at 6:30 pm Wednesday, April 13th at 6:30 pm at Cottonwood Complex (4400 South 1300 East), Salt Lake City. Call Lon at 801.244.5434 or email Lon at lon@uova.org if you plan on attending.
Cliff Notes version:
- 1st place pts = # of teams in division. 2nd place = 1st minus 2. 3rd = 2nd minus 3, etc.
- More teams will get points in large divisions
- If you win a division you have to move up
- If you place and get points in a division, you have to stay in that division
Details:
UOVA has adopted a new points system for the 2012 tournaments. In previous years we have awarded a set number of points for first, second, and third. This year, points will be awarded based on the number of teams in the division. We felt it would be more fair for teams winning and placing in a big tournament to receive more points than someone winning/placing in the same division at a different tournament with just a few teams. This may also increase the number of teams that receive points and therefore affect what division more people can play in.
Points: First place will receive as many points as there are teams in the division. So if there are 8 teams, 1st will get 8 points. If there are 25 teams, 1st will get 25 points. Teams after that will be awarded the points of the place ahead of them, minus their own place: second place will get the first place points minus 2, third place will get the second place points minus 3, etc. Points will be awarded down as far as we can. Here are a couple examples:
6 teams in a division
1st Place – 6 pts
2nd Place – 4 pts (6 minus 2)
3rd Place – 1 pt (4 minus 3)
15 teams in a division
1st Place – 15 pts
2nd Place – 13 pts (15 minus 2)
3rd Place – 10 pts (13 minus 3)
4th Place – 6 pts (10 minus 4)
5th Place – 1 pt (6 minus 5)
31 teams in a division (largest division in the last 2 years)
1st Place – 31 pts
2nd Place – 29 pts (31 minus 2)
3rd Place – 26 pts (29 minus 3)
4th Place – 22 pts (26 minus 4)
5th Place – 17 pts (22 minus 5)
6th Place – 11 pts (17 minus 6)
7th Place – 4 pts (11 minus 7)
In Single Elimination brackets, we normally end up with ties for 5th, and 9th if the bracket is large enough. Double elimination has ties for 5th, 7th, 9th, etc. All teams that tie for a finish position will be awarded the same number of points. So if our 31 team example above was a single elimination bracket, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th would all be awarded 17 points (5th place).
No points are awarded for divisions with less than 6 teams.
Advancing to the next division: No change is being made to this rule. If you win a tournament with at least 6 teams in the division, you must move up to the next division. So if you win Novice, you have to play in B the rest of the season. Same for B and A.
Remaining in a division: This rule has also not changed, but it may affect more people. If you get points in a division, you cannot play in a lower division for the rest of the year. So if you advance out of pool and place 5th in our 15 team example in an A division, you will get 1 point and you will need to play in A, AA, or Open the rest of the year. If you place 3rd in a division with 6 teams, you get 1 point and you will not be able to move down to a lower division. The reasoning here is that if you are good enough to advance out of pool in a division, you are good enough to stay in that division. Placing 3rd in a 6 team division would have kept you in that division last year, so we stuck with the 1 point minimum.
Year-to-year division movement: Again, no change. If you place in the top 10 of the final rankings of a division (top 20 for Mens Open) you will need to need to stay in that division (or higher) the next year. If you are not in the top 10, but have points in a division, you can move down 1 division the next year.
If you have comments or questions, add a comment to this post here on our website or on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/UtahOutdoorVolleyballAssociation) so we don’t have to answer the same questions over and over.
Thanks!
The UOVA Board
Thanks for making 2011 another great season!
You can check out the final results here: http://uova.org/blog/members/results/2011-results
and final rankings here: http://uova.org/blog/members/rankings/2011-rankings
The new schedule (including downloadable PDF and Google Calendar) is available on the Schedule page. We have 31 tournaments scheduled this year!
Our online registration for 2011 is also open. Check it out on our Registration page.
Thank you all for another great season!
The final results (http://uova.org/blog/members/results/2010-results) and rankings (http://uova.org/blog/members/rankings/2010-rankings) are posted so feel free to check them out.
You are always welcome to let us know what you think, but as we start preparing for next year this is a great time to let us know what you thought of the 2010 season and what you would like to see in 2011. For example:
* Are there tournament formats you’d like to see more or less of? Triples? Fours? Parent/Child? Jrs? Coed?
* Are there locations you’d like to see more or less of?
* Anything on the website that bugs you or that you really like?
* What about the current rules? Would you prefer short courts for all divisions?
* One thing we focused on as a board was trying to improve start times, and encourage decent prizes. How did we do? Better? Worse?
* Did you like the UOVA bags this year? Any suggestions for next year?
Those are just some ideas – feel free to comment on any or all of those, or any other topic you’d like us to take a look at. Use the Contact Form on our website to let us know what you think: http://uova.org/blog/contact
It’s also not too soon to start thinking of T-Shirt designs for next year.
Have a great winter and see you in the spring!
Thanks-
UOVA Board
UOVA announces its Juniors Clinic to help youth ages 12 – 17 develop their outdoor volleyball skills. Clinics will be held every Wednesday beginning July 7th at 6:00 pm at Cottonwood Complex (4400 South 1300 East, north of the sand courts). These clinics are FREE!
2010 Juniors Skill Clinic Schedule
July 7 – Passing
July 14 – Blocking
July 21 – Hitting
July 28 – Setting
August 4 – Serving
August 11 – Defense
There are a number of UOVA Tournaments left with a with a Juniors Only Division or a Parent/Child Division:
July 3 – Park City 28th Annual Independence Day – Jr’s
July 5 – UVU Coed Tournament – Parent/Child Division
July 10 – Blazing Hot Coed Classic – Jr’s
July 17 – Ogden City Summer Fest – Jr’s
July 24 – Pioneer Day Doubles – Jr’s
August 7 – Park City Arts Festival – Jr’s
October 16 – St. George Closer – Jr’s
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Dates: Each Wednesday beginning May 12th
Format: 4 Person Draw. Teams will be selected randomly each week. Check-In Time: 5:30 – 5:45 pm. You must be there no later than 6:00 for the draw in order to play. Location: Cottonwood Complex – 4400 S 1300 E, SLC. West Field (North of the Sand Courts) This league is FREE. No pre-registration is required. New teams are drawn every Wednesday night. Level of play will be divided into two divisions: Competitive for skilled players (Open, A, and competitive B) and Recreational (B, Novice, and beginners). If there are enough youth, a youth division will be set up as well. For more info, contact Shea Seever sheaseever@gmail.com |
The UOVA site is now integrated with a Google Calendar for our schedule. Click the “Schedule” link above, then the “+ Google Calendar” button on the bottom of the schedule to add the UOVA Calendars to your Google Calendar.
Welcome to the new UOVA website! This new site is designed to be more interactive including:
Take a look around and let us know what you think or how we can improve!
