Weymouth Beach Volleyball Local League

Organisation for 2011

Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club was originally set up to run the Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic. The same organisation team now also run the Weymouth Beach Volleyball League. Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club is run by its directors Graeme Sawyer , Pete Bennett and Lyle Harmon

Information / Fixure List

Welcome to the start of another season

TUESDAY MAY 17th

The Weymouth beach league for 2011, begins at 6.30pm on May 17th on Weymouth Beach. It will then take place every Tuesday until August. All standards fromto expert are catered for, entry is £8 for a 2-a-side team per evening.

Prize money for winning teams at each level

Look forward to seeing you on the beach.

Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club will run 3 events every Tuesday night, from Tuesday 17^th May until 2^nd Aug 2011 (weather permitting), these will be;

A Series 2 a- side
B series 2 a- side
C Series 2 side

We are a registered club with Volleyball England and are supported by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. The events have public liability insurance.

ENTRY FEE

The entry fee each week will be £8 per team

In the adult series approximately 40% of the entry fee will be given in prize money at the end of the evening.

This will be given to the winners and runners up. Precisely how this is divided up will be at the discretion of the organisers depending on size of entry.

The rest of the entry fee goes into the accounts of Weymouth Beach Volleyball club and is used for promoting all Beach Volleyball in Weymouth.

PLAYER REGISTRATION

Players need to report on the beach between 6-6.30pm on Tuesday evening. The courts will be located near the trampolines near the Pavilion.

The Club have permission for one car to be on the Esplanade to help organisation. No other cars should be parked on the Esplanade at any time.

Players can enter as many weeks as they like, although obviously the more weeks you compete the better chance you have of a higher ranking

LEVELS OF ENTRY

Teams can start in any series they choose but:

A series is designed for experienced Beach players who are aiming to improve their standard of play. They may be planning to enter the VEBT British series and/or qualifying for the Weymouth Beach Classic run by Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club from 29th July-31^st July.
B series is for players who have some experience of playing volleyball but are looking for a more social evening

The C series is for beginners to the game.

Once teams have played more than one event in the league there will be certain rules about what series they can compete in. These are:

Any team/player playing in series A and who has reached a semi final stage cannot then take part in a B Series event in the same season (except in exceptional circumstances)

If a team wins Series B they are then expected to compete in Series A the following week. After that week they may return to Series B if they wish.

MATCH ORGANISATION

Each Tuesday at 6.30pm, after entry has closed a format will be devised which gives as much playing time as possible but allows enough time for the final to be completed before dusk. This format is the responsibility solely of the organisers. The organisers will take into account number of teams, time of dusk and weather conditions

MEMBERSHIP

All players who compete in the Series will fill in a registration form with Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club. Parents of players who are Under 16 must complete a parental permission form

RANKINGS

During the 11 week season players will score points in the 2 a side competition towards gaining a Weymouth beach Ranking and becoming Weymouth Beach King or Queen of the Beach for 2011. The points will be allocated as follows:

Players that win the A series will score same the number of A points as number of teams competing on that night. (i.e 8 teams compete 8 points scored. 12 teams competing 12 points scored)

Runners Up will score half the points of total teams competing.

Losing semi finalists will score a quarter the total teams competing (assuming a minimum of 6 teams compete)

In the A series any team that wins a match on the evening will score a minimum of one point.

Teams in the B series will score points in the same way.

A points always out rank B points. ( i.e a player with 1 A point out ranks a player with 42 B points)

All points are attached to each player not per team.

All points scores results and rankings will appear on the website