Prizes awarded to the top 4 teams in each divison: 4s, Rec. 1, & Rec 2
1st: Hooded sweatshirts or similar items, or Sunglasses
2nd: Hooded sweatshirts or similar items, or Sunglasses
3rd & 4th: Long sleeve t-shirts
Prizes will be awarded at LI League Championships Saturday of Labor Day Weekend.
Please plan to play or send a rep from your team to pick up prizes that day. Teams that cannot pick up at championships will receive prizes later in month.
$15 EEVB MEMBERSHIP required for all league players: We are now requiring players to obtain an EEVB membership instead of the national memberships required in the past. We are doing this to control the rising national membership costs for our players while still be able to fund liability insurances required by our host sites. Memberships will be done through VolleyballLife.com, which is where captains will also construct their rosters. Complete info on this new program will be updated online over the next 2 weeks.
Tournament players will still need the $35 Silver AVP Membership to compete in weekend tournaments. We will credit the $15 EEVB membership fee to any league player who registers for an AVP Membership to participate in our AVP-affiliated weekend tournaments in Long Beach.
Divisions:
Recreational Coed 6s: 2 Females required on the court at all times for each team.
Rec 1 is more competitive, and the rules are more tightly enforced.
Rec 2 is for recreational level teams with loose rules.
NOTE: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday night Long Beach Recreational Coed 6s teams are registering in one division. At the completion of the 5th week, we will break the Recreational Coed 6s Division into 2 separate divisions based on winning percentage. All teams above and below .500 winning percentage will be placed in Rec 1 and Rec 2 Divisions, respectively, This procedure works well to break the league into more and less competitive divisions to everyone’s benefit.
4s (any gender combo): is the strongest division where rules are even more strictly enforced.
Format:
Teams will be assigned to a net each night and will play against the other teams assigned to that net. The first 2 full teams to arrive should start play. If there are not 2 full teams at the court by 6:30, the first 2 teams on the schedule must play regardless how many players they have or else they forfeit. Then move on to the next game with the 3rd team.
The final winning team each night will return the completed schedule & results to the league manager (blue box by the ramp). It is the responsibility of each winning team to make sure that the scores are entered properly on the schedule sheet. Last losing team each night must bring in boundary ropes.
When you leave the beach after play, we recommend that you take a photo of the result sheet for reference. Please check that all your wins are properly recorded. Most times when someone says their record is recorded improperly, it is because they forgot to circle all their wins. This becomes evident when we show them a photo of the sheet turned in.
Make sure that you cross off all un-played games when you leave so that someone does not take credit for a win after you leave. Cross out the game and mark “DARK” or “RAIN” as a reason or the game not being played.
We will check the result sheet in question and let you know what it shows. We will make changes depending on what the sheet shows.
If we do decide to change your record, it will not affect the already released schedule. The change will show up the following week.
If a team posts on sportsYou by 6 pm night of play that they are not coming, they will only receive 4 forfeits instead of 6 in exchange for their courtesy telling other teams which lets them get started earlier.
Thanks.
EEVB League Championships: Saturday, September 5
Location: Laurelton Blvd Beach, Long Beach, NY
$20 entry fee for all EEVB league teams!
Must pre-register to participate, no walk-ons.
Note about rosters and subs for the playoffs: The league goal is to foster good, honorable competition on the volleyball court with every team following the spirit of fair competition. Players/teams should strive to reach their highest level of competition in a fair sportsmanlike manner. Winning is important but it should be far from the ultimate goal. This is not the Pros and the prizes are not really worth that much. Even bragging rights, while fun, are not worth winning at all costs. Too often it seems like we have minor problems with subs and rosters at the playoffs. We could run attendance on every team every night, give every player an ID card which you need to scan every week (tough luck if you forget to bring it). Or maybe have each team send in a picture of their entire team each week just to make sure that all players have competed at least 3 times during the season before the playoffs. And if someone is not on the roster but played all season they would be disqualified from the playoffs for a bureaucratic oversight. The real goal is just to have fair and fun competition. EEVB has followed the same general approach over the years of good sportsmanship and competition and that no one tries to game the system, which is mostly what has happened over the past 38 years. We expect teams to be looking to win in a fair and honorable manner. I expect every team to submit their rosters on time. That teams will not “sneak” in a player, especially a ringer, for the playoffs. That teams with a legitimate problem such as a late season injury will contact us about adding a new player of equal or lower skill level to their roster. That all teams will follow a path of good sportsmanship as they strive to reach their best performance. This is what most of the teams already do and this is the way that everyone should act. I guarantee that we will all know and appreciate which players/teams do follow this path. And we will all know who does not which cannot make winning the wrong way worth it. Thanks.
