Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Master's Tournament
@     Yucatan Liquid Stand
Saturday October 17th 2009  
sponsored by: Winning Edge Sports

King of the Beach Open


General Information:
Yucatan Liquid Stand (1850 Beltline Road, Coppell, Texas 75019) is located 1.2 miles west of I-35E on Beltline Road. map link You must register by 9:00 PM, Friday the 16th so that we can arrange for ghost players to fill any empty slots in the pools. (Registration Deadline may be waived if enough ghost players are available) Sign in will begin at 11:15 AM in the Yucatan parking lot. Entry fees must be paid by 11:45 AM. Un-seeded players will draw for pool assignments at 11:50 AM. Warm up for the first game begins at 12:00 PM. We will be taking a short break between pool play and play offs, so you will have a chance to grab a bite to eat.

Door Prizes: After the first round of pool play there will be a drawing for a door prize. All participants are eligible, including ghost players. The winner will receive a Wilson AVP Game Ball.  If we have eight or more ghost players signed up there will be a separate drawing for them.  (2 balls awarded)

History: This will be the seventh annual Master's Tournament. The first three tournaments were won by Mark Winkler. For more details: History

King of The Beach Open (Handicapped)
The concept for the Master's King of the Beach Open Handicapped Division was developed in order to get the numerous older players, who rarely, if ever, play in tournaments, out to compete. Since there is a wide age range of players 36 and older, an age based handicap points system was developed. The idea for that came from USAV, where a handicap is awarded to a team when it competes in a younger division.

Rules: You must be at least 36 years old to compete. Let serve, rally scoring to 21, side change every seven points, antennas and the 8 x 16 meter court will be used.

Format: Players will be assigned by seeding, and drawing, into 4 person pools. Seeding will be based on prior Master's Tournament finishes. The drawing will determine order of play in pool. There will be two rounds of Pool play with 3 games to 21 in each round. Games will end at 21. The must win by two rule is not in effect. After the first round, players will be assigned new pools based on their rank in pool. Playoff/finals pool rankings will be determined by: Number of wins then (PF)-(PA) + (H). (points for-points against + handicap)

Winners of each round will advance to the finals pool or a playoff pool, if needed. Winners of both rounds may receive a bye.

Playoff and final rounds will have the same basic format as the opening round, the number and length of games will be determined by the director based on the pace and other tournament variables.

The champion will be the finals player with the highest PF-PA+H rank. In case of a tie the champion will be the one with the most wins. If they are tied in number of wins, then the winner is the one with the earliest birth date. (Birth date has determined finishing position at two events.)

Payout: $200 Guaranteed - $100 Champion, $50 Second, $34 third & $16 fourth. One hundred percent of entry fees, beyond the first $200 will be added to the purse.

Entry Fee: 16 dollars

Registration: Participants must be registered by 9:00 PM Friday the 17th of October. This will allow us to determine the number of ghost players needed and ensure their availability. You do not have to pay at time of registration; you can pay at the door. Select "Pay by Check or Money Order" on the check out page.

Ghost players: Ghost players will be used to complete partial pools, maximum one per pool. If, for example, we have 18 entrants, two players short of five full pools. Two ghost players would be used to fill out the pools. Ghost players are not in the competition and cannot advance. They will have "A" level or better skills. We are going to try to have a bunch of players come out so that if they are not used as a ghost they will be able to play pick up games.  If you would like to be a ghost player, click register online. Put: "Make me a ghost" in the comments section of the order form.  You will have a chance to win the door prize even if you are not needed.

Handicaps: 36-38 years=(0), 39-42 years=(1), 43-47 years=(3), 48-52 years=(5), 53-57 years=(7), 58-62 years=(9), 63-67=(11), 68+ = (13) points

Master's King of the Beach Handicapped
 Price: $15.00

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