Tournament Information

Tournament Dates: March 25-26, 2023

Team OWA Theme Park Night:  Friday March 24, 2023-  Free Ticket for all participating teams

Location -

Foley Event Center (Courts 1-12)

1001 East Pride Blvd. 

Foley, AL 36535

Foley High School (Courts 13-14)

1 Pride Pl

Foley, AL 36532

Registration Opens: CLOSED

Registration Deadline: CLOSED

Hotel Lodging Form (1 per team)

WAVE SCHEDULE: 

11/12 American- AM

12 American- AM

12 USA- AM/PM

13 American- AM/PM

13 USA- PM

14 American- PM

14 USA- PM

15 American- PM

15 USA- AM

16 USA- AM

17/18 USA- AM

Cost:   11u-18u  $400 per team

Spectator Admission: 

1. On Jan. 2, 2023,  the Gulf Coast Region increased the price of tickets to $10 a day and $15 for a tournament pass.
2. Chaperones receive free entry- please have your USAV Chaperone card on your phone or a copy to show the ticket desk. 
3. Please bring exact cash if possible

No food tables or outside chairs allowed inside the venue.  Outside food may be consumed in the mezzanine areas, or outside the facility, but not on the gym floor.  

OWA PARK NIGHT PROCEDURES

Check-In

1. All players and coaches from registered teams receive free admission to OWA Amusement Park on Friday 3/24 from 5:00pm-9:00pm.  
2. To receive your free ticket, please enter downtown OWA near the clock and walk towards the ticketing area.  We will be set up at a table outside of El Diablo, the new Mexican restaurant near the amusement park entrance.  An LAV Representative will be there to hand out the free ticket to the players and coaches.
3. Friends and families will be able to purchase their $25 ticket at the ticket booth by telling them they are with the LAV Spring Fling. 

Tournament procedures

Check-In

1. All coaches will check-in before starting pool play at the table opposite the ticket table- with a roster and an accommodation form. 
2. Coaches should bring a team roster with player numbers and USAV numbers (or be prepared to sign the one we provide printed from AES.
3. Coaches will fill out an accommodation form using the Google Form below.  Coaches may fill it out before arriving using the link.  Please make sure you know which hotels are being utilized as well as how many nights for each hotel before filling out the form. It will ask you for a Friday night total at each hotel and a Saturday night total at each hotel.
4. ACCOMMODATION GOOGLE FORM 

Schedule 

1. Will be live by Wednesday evening 6:00pm
2. Coaches and spectators should check back to AES for any schedule changes- we will NOT notify you unless it is Friday after 3:00pm
3. Spectators should be aware that if you cancel your room, and the schedule changes, it will be difficult to get the room back as Foley Hotels are very full due to a soccer tournament in town.

Baller TV

1. All matches will be streamed using Baller TV
2. Click here to watch 

Tournament Structure

1. All teams will participate in pool play on Saturday- 2 out of 3 sets with the deciding 3rd set to 15 points.
2. On Sunday- In all bracket play, first round losers will have a consolation match.  (guaranteed 2 matches Sunday)
3. Please check to see if you ref before leaving on Sunday. LAV will do our best to help fill in for out of town officiating teams to allow those teams to get home as early as possible on Sunday afternoon.

Tournament Awards

1. At the conclusion of your match, please take your team to the Spring Fling Backdrop near the Check-in Desk in the lobby for your team’s award and a picture.
2. Champions of gold brackets will be awarded with Champion T-shirts and gold medals
3. Runner up of all gold brackets will be awarded medals.
4. Champions of all silver brackets will be awarded medals.

Ticketing

1. On Jan. 2, 2023,  the Gulf Coast Region increased the price of tickets to $10 a day and $15 for a tournament pass.
2. Chaperones receive free entry- please have your USAV Chaperone card on your phone or a copy to show the ticket desk. 
3. Please bring exact cash if possible

Food and Drink and Seating

1. Food and drink (non water) may be consumed outside the facility or in the upper mezzanines- NOT ON THE COMPETITION FLOOR- If you choose to eat in the mezzanine, please clean up your own trash. 
2. Food tables are not allowed set up outside or inside the facility.
3. No red drink is allowed inside facility at any time.
4. We will have a monitor stationed at the floor to not allow food onto the court as well as court monitors to help enforce the policy.  Please help us by not trying to sneak food onto the floor. 
5. Please help us keep the facility clean.
6. No outside chairs are allowed in the facility.
7. Please take a seat around the court where your daughter is playing. Please do not take a seat if your daughter is officiating. 

Officiating

1. GCR will allow player R2 in 11U-18U. (Coaches should be assisting 11U-14U players in R2 duties and mentoring them throughout the match)
2. Coach of all divisions 11U-18U MUST be at the scorers table to assist and R2 and scoresheet if players are handling all officiating duties.

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