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Date Event TBA
2012 USA Beach Junior Tour Site
Aloha Open
April 29 Desert Open May 19 Texas Open May 19-20 Carolina Open June 2-3 San Diego Open June 2-3 Mid-South Open June 2 June 9 June 9
NorCal Open Great Plains Open
SUMMER SEASON: The 2012 USA Beach Junior Tour runs from April through August.
Junior beach rankings set for 2012 season
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SA Volleyball will launch a junior beach rankings to complement the 2012 USA
Beach Junior Tour, which is scheduled to feature 26 events in 17 states. The tour, open to registered boys’ and girls’ members ages 10 to 18, will cap 11 weekends of competition with the USA Beach Junior Tour Championships to be held July 28-29 at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee, Wis. A record 21 different USA Volleyball Re- gions are participating in this year’s tour and the new national ranking system will allow players to gauge themselves against competi- tion from around the nation. The rankings are scheduled to be initially released on April 1. “The 2012 London Games are sure to bring beach volleyball to the forefront of sports this summer. We are pleased to offer the Beach Junior Tour as a way for girls and boys to get involved and play an Olympic sport,” USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal said. “We believe the Beach Junior Rankings will add tremen- dous interest and another great benefi t to competing in the 2012 tour.” New events for 2012 include the Aloha Open (Waikiki, Hawaii), Lone Star Open (Austin, Texas), Gulf Coast Open (new loca- tion in Pensacola, Fla.), Rocky Mountain
June 10 Siesta Key Classic June 16 Gulf Coast Open June 17 Central Open
Waikiki, Hawaii Glendale, Ariz. Galveston, Texas Raleigh, N.C.
Santa Cruz, Calif. Omaha, Neb.
Crossroads of the West Salt Lake City, Utah Siesta Key, Fla. Pensacola, Fla. Milwaukee, Wis.
June 23 Heart of America Open South Kansas City, Kan. June 23 New England Open June 24 North Coast Open June 24 Lone Star Open June 24 Great Lakes Open June 30 Ohio Valley Open July 1
Hampton, N.H. Chicago, Ill. Austin, Texas Rochester, N.Y. Cincinnati, Ohio
July 1 Western Open July 7 July 7 July 8
Fort Lauderdale Classic Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Seattle, Wash.
Rocky Mountain Open Aurora, Colo. Pacifi c Open SoCal Open
July 14 Hawkeye Open Seaside, Ore.
Hermosa Beach, Calif. Des Moines, Iowa
Arizona
Lone Star Carolina
U.S. OTC, Chula Vista, Calif. Southern California Dallas, Texas
North Texas
Northern California Great Plains Intermountain Florida
Gulf Coast Badger
Heart of America New England Great Lakes Lone Star
Western Empire Ohio Valley Florida
Puget Sound
Rocky Mountain Columbia Empire Southern California Iowa
July 28-29 USA Beach Junior Tour Championship • Milwaukee, Wis. Badger Region Aug. 10-11 Pacifi c Record Challenge Seaside, Ore.
Open in Aurora, Colo., and a new location for the East Coast Open in Hampton, N.H. “We are glad to be able to continue to expand the number of tour events during this Olympic year and look forward to awarding championship bid invitations at each offi cial Open tour stop. Bids are awarded to the top three placing teams in each age division. These bids are the exclusive invitation to playing in the Open Championships in Mil- waukee,” said tour director Rick Schanz of the Elevation Group. “We had a great response to the champion- ship bids in 2011 with 115 teams accepting and playing in the open division champion- ships. We anticipate even greater representa-
New digs for USAV USA Volleyball moved into a newly remodeled 30,000 square- foot offi ce in Colorado Springs in late March, which will accom- modate 45 full-time employees with room to grow staff. The cross-town move is a nearly 17,5000 square foot upgrade
from the former headquarters, allowing USA Volleyball to offer offi ce space to three additional national governing bodies. USA Volleyball had been in its old building since 1999. The new physical mailing address: USA Volleyball, 4065 Sinton Rd., Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80907-5096.
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tion and tougher competition in 2012 with the growth and start of the NCAA sand game.” The USA Beach Junior Tour focuses on competition and fun in a healthy environment. Players offi ciate their own matches and the events foster a friendly environment among competitors.
The tour is sponsored by longtime partner Spalding King of the Beach volleyballs, and the newest sponsor Voolii Lifestyle (www.
vooliiboom.com). USA Volleyball sanctions the tour. It is produced and operated by the Elevation Group in cooperation with USAV and the USAV regions.
Event registration became available on March 15 at
usavolleyball.org.
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