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We invite everyone to join us for the newest and finest Presidents' Day Tournament in the Midwest, now in it's 5th year.
312 teams participated last year, which is our capacity. For 2008 we have added additional capacity in the Convention Center. Register early because this event will reach our maximum capacity again this year.
| Facilities | Our facility will be the Qwest Omaha Convention Center in Omaha Nebraska. Lots of space for teams and spectators. Your entire club can be in one facility! |
Courts are being provided by Sports Floors Leasing. |
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| Divisions | Club Divisions: 12's, 13's, 14's, 15's, 16's, 17's, 18's |
| Open Divisions:14's, 15's, 16's, 17's, 18's | |
| Acceptance into the Open Division is based on strength. If you wish to play in the Open Division please contact Tony Carrow via email at Neelite@aol.com. | |
| Format & Scheduling | Club Division: The format will be the same as a National
Qualifier. Pool Play on Saturday & Sunday followed by playoffs on Monday.
All teams guarenteed 7 matches minimum. 12's teams, your event will run on Saturday and Sunday only. We will attempt to give all 12's teams a minimum of 5-6 matches. |
Open Division: Only 16 teams will be accepted into each of the Open age divisions. These 16 teams will be placed into two pools of 8 teams. You will play all teams in your pool on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. After pool play finishes on Monday morning, the top two teams from each pool will go into a 4 team Gold Playoff Bracket. The winner of the Gold Bracket is the winner of that Division. The remaining teams will play their respective finishing team from the other pool, for example the #3 teams from each pool will play each other. Each team is guarenteed 8 matches in this format. |
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Scheduling:Scheduling for this event uses the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse Real Time Results system, just like the Qualifiers & USJO Nationals. Updates are done every 4-7 minutes. There will also be 20 results stations at the tournament for everyone to use. The formats used are nationally accepted formats that advance teams fairly. |
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| Seeding | We believe in seeding the tournament fairly. We will be looking at your currrent results and since it is early in the season, your club's historical strength. All seeding is reviewed by the tournament Director Tony Carrow. |
| Athletic Trainers | We believe the Athletes in Junior events deserve to have
Athletic Trainers on duty during the events. We will have a complete Athletic
Training area like those found at the Qualifiers. Why take any chances, play at an event where your players can get the best care if needed. |
| Officiating | All matches will have a paid 1st Referee. We believe that if you are investing the time to play in this event, you deserve a well officiated match. |
| Cost | The entry fee for this event is $475 per team for the Club
division and $525 for the Open division. What a deal! A three day, qualifier type event for only $475 or $525!! 12's teams $325, your event will only be on Saturday and Sunday. |
| Hotels | There are many hotels to choose from in the Omaha area. You can find your own, or select from the ones we have established low rates at. To see a list of the hotels that we have negotiated special rates with, go to our hotel page. |
| Further Info | If you need further information feel free to contact Tony Carrow of Nebraska Elite. He can be reached via email at Neelite@aol.com and will be happy to answer any questions you may have. |
| Registration Deadline | Registration for this tournament will be done using
Signuptoplay.com.
Registration will open in mid October. The deadline for registration is January
4, 2008. Note: This event reached capacity last year and had 50+ teams on the waiting list. We advise you to register early. |
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