It’s time for Miss LSVA of the DECADE!

Join us Saturday March 6, from 7 to 10 at South Beach Club.

Help us pick Miss LSVA of the Decade!

Tickets are $5 at the door.  Or purchase tickets in advance for $5 from one of the Miss LSVA title holders to help them with their scores on fund raising.

This is a fun event and a chance to meet other members off the court.

Get your dollars out to vote your favorite title holder to this new title!!!

It’s time for Miss LSVA 2010!

Join us Saturday February 6, from 7 to 10 at South Beach Club.

Help us pick Miss LSVA 2010!

Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door.

The theme this year is Broadway Bound.

This is a fun event and a chance to meet other members off the court.

Happy New Year LSVA members and friends!

I hope each of you had a great New Year celebration.

We are ready to start of the Spring Season of LSVA, so please mark you calendar and join us for our Spring Kickoff at:

Sunday January 10, 2010 5-9 at Meteor Bar 2306 Gensee Street

We will have live entertainment, including performances from Ireeka Phish and Summer Clearance and others. Meteor will be having drink specials and donating appetizers. We will also hold a raffle for items such as a free and discount memberships for the Spring season and tickets to the upcoming Miss LSVA and other prizes.

The Spring Season is scheduled to start at then end of January and the Downtown YMCA, please check our website for the exact date as we finalize the contract.

We will again have 3 divisions, Recreational, Competitive and Power. Due to the success of the Skills clinic, we have decided to include this as part of the Recreational division, which will run from 11:00 to 1:00 where 11:00 to 11:30 will be skill training. Competitive and Power divisions will run the same as a draft format, from 1:00 to 3:00 and 3:00 to 5:00 respectively. Ratings will apply for Competitive and Power divisions. Ratings will be done during the open play sessions. You must have a Competitive or Power rating to play in Competitive and a Power rating to play in Power.

We are excited this Spring to have two Miss LSVA events. On February 6 we will have Miss LSVA 2010, to elect the 2010 crown holder and then on March 6 we will have Miss LSVA of the decade, where the title holder from each year of the millennium will compete. Both events will be held at South Beach from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Please invite all your friends to attend as these are fundraisers and of course will be the events of the season. Anyone wanting to compete in 2010 Miss LSVA or any former title holder for Miss LSVA of the decade contact me at president@lsva.org.

And please lend all your support to us as we host the Lone Star Volleyball Classic XX1. This held Easter weekend April 2nd and 3rd. Please consider forming a team a participating in this fun tournament or help out with the setting up and running the tournament during the weekend. But plan on coming out and support your Houston teams competing. Contact me at president@lsva.org or look at our website www.lsva.org for more information.

I hope to see you out this Sunday at Meteor and if not there then on the courts this Spring!

Thanks,

Steve Ruimveld

President LSVA 2009-2010

Happy Holidays LSVA members and friends!

We have completed the Fall Season and want to invite you to come watch our end of Season tournament this Sunday, December 20 at the Downtown YMCA.

The Competitive division tournament will start promptly at 10:30 am. If you are participating please arrive early to warm-up. The Downtown YMCA opens at 10:00am.

The Power division tournament will start promptly at 2:00 pm. If you are participating please arrive early to warm-up.

I want to thank everyone that participated this Fall Season in Recreational and the Competitive and Power leagues. We also had a great turn out at our Skills Clinic and I can say I saw improvement in everyone who attended.

The board and officers and excited about the upcoming Spring Season. The season will begin late in January so please check the website and your e-mail. We are planning to have a season kick off event in early January so keep on the look out for the time and place.

I hope each and everyone has a great holiday season and can enjoy the time with your friends and family.

Thanks,

Steve Ruimveld

President LSVA 2009-2010

Fall Season 2009

Sundays at the Downtown YMCA

1600 Louisiana Street

*** 3 levels of play ***

Recreational – 11:30 to 1:00

Competitive – 1:00 to 3:00

Power – 3:00 to 5:00

2 matches per level per day!

OPEN PLAY

September 13 and September 20

$5.00 for non-members

Free for paid members of Fall League

LEAGUE PLAY

September 27 to December 20

Sep-27 Oct-4,18,25 Nov-1,8,15,22 Dec-6,20

$70.00 -1st session /$50 -additional

Early Bird discount of $10 if paid by September 13

Note: Cap of 42 members per session

Teams drafted by captains.

Be a captain and pick your team!

SKILLS CLINIC

September 27 to December 6

11:00-11:30

$20 Fee for entire Fall Season.

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Lone Star Volleyball Association

Format:
Equally distributed ability teams will be randomly formed and will play a round robin type format. Each match will consist of two games to 15 points, rally scoring, on a 25 minute time limit. Top teams will compete in a championship. The format will vary based on the number of participants. Teams are guaranteed to play a minimum of 2 matches. Top 2 teams will receive prizes, totaling an overall value of $75.

Fee:
$10.00 per person to play in the tournament
FREE to get into Third Coast to watch & socialize
Donations are welcome at any time. This is a fundraiser!!!!

Activities:
1. Blind Draw Tournament

2. Free Food - Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips

3. Cash Bar for beverages – Third Coast has a snack bar where you’ll find 21 Types of Beer & Wine, Spring Water, ELIXIR Herbal Tonics, Energy Drinks, Gatorade, Soft Drinks, Snacks, Energy Bars, etc. Cash bar means you pay for what you purchase.

4. Social at Guava Lamp after the event. 10:00pm - ???

Stipulations:
1. Tournament Registration is from 6:00pm – 6:25pm.
BE THERE ON TIME. Due to limited space we are only allowing the first 40 – 48 people to participate in the tournament. All others are welcome to stay and watch and socialize.

2. No coolers are allowed in the facility.

3. No outside beverages are allowed. All beverages must be purchased at Third Coast. All major credit cards are accepted EXCEPT American Express.

4. Bring your ID.

5. PAY TO PLAY. Please do not get onto a court unless you have paid fees. If you are seen by a Third Coast staff member and playing on one of their Open Play Courts, and you have not paid an open play fee, you could be removed from the venue.

6. All minors must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE!!!!

Greetings LSVA members and friends!

We have completed 3 weeks of the Summer Season and we are looking forward to a fun and competitive 4 weeks ahead. We have a few exciting announcements to make.

For the Elite and Power divisions:  In preparation for the upcoming NAGVA tournament in San Antonio, teams participating in the tournament may play as a complete team on Friday evenings (August 17 & August 24).   Players without a team will be put in a pool to form teams. If you bring a team, you must have a complete team of at least 6 players with a team composition that fits your division.  If you do not have a complete team, those players will be placed in the pool to form teams.

For the Recreational division:  On Fridays, a free skills clinic hosted by Coach Ricci Ruiz will take place from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm.  The clinic develops basic skills of passing, serving, hitting and setting.  We hope this will help players improve their skills and confidence.  Following the clinic, recreational open play will resume from 8 pm – 10 pm.

Determining Your Division of Play:  Player safety and the integrity of the level of play at each division are our primary concern. It is for these reasons LSVA requires a rating for each player. As an organization associated with NAGVA, we use NAGVA ratings to determine your appropriate division of play. The Elite and Power divisions are meant for players that want to compete at a tournament level. To play in these divisions, a player must have participated in a NAGVA tournament and therefore have a NAGVA rating. This rating will be used to determine a players division. Elite is for players with a rating of BB or higher while Power is for players with a rating of B or higher.

The Recreational and Competitive divisions do not require a NAGVA rating. Recreational is for beginners while Competitive is for those with a basic knowledge of volleyball yet little knowledge of team strategies. Players may play down a division, but not up.  If a player does not have a NAGVA rating, then the officers will determine one for the individual.  New member evaluation will occur at the Recreational court from 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm.  If you disagree with this rating, we ask that you achieve an appropriate rating by attending a NAGVA tournament.  Note that this system will be in place for the Fall Season when we start league play, so please understand your rating if you are planning to play in the Fall league.

Upcoming Fall Season:  We are finalizing the dates and location of the Fall Season.  Tentatively, the season will begin the weekend following Labor Day.  We are also in the process of organizing a social to kickoff the Fall Season. Keep your calendar open for the second weekend in August. I can tell you that there will be lots of sand involved!

Again, I thank everyone for their patience, input, and understanding as the new officers and board members complete the Summer Season of 2009.  I truly hope each of you have enjoyed your time with LSVA this Season and hope you have met some new friends and learned some new volleyball skills.

Thanks,

Steve Ruimveld
President, LSVA 2009-2010

For more information, please visit the Current Season tab.