• MVA Championships March 31st Tournament Schedule (Updated 3/31/2012)
• 2012 Arrowhead Central (including information regarding beneficiary James Gardner. New 3/21/2012: Post-tournament Arrowhead T-shirt Orders)
• MVA Facebook Group (Posted 2/13/2012)
• 2012 R4’s Spring League Registration (Posted 3/21/2012)
• 2011-12 Tournament Schedule (Posted 9/10/2011)
• Member Registration Information (Now open for 2011-12 season)
• 2011-12 Results and Pictures (Updated 2/12/2012)
• Rule Announcement as of Roadkill 2009

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MVA Upcoming Tournaments: The complete MVA schedule is posted on the web site. Upcoming Tournaments/deadlines are:

March 17, Arrowhead: Entry fee is $150 member teams, $170 non-member teams. Add $15 after 3/9. Awards including cash & Grandma Certificates paid to 1st & 2nd in all divisions, Men's: AA, A, BB & B,; Women's: AA, HA, LA, BB & B. Click here for additional tournament information, including about the beneficiary, James Gardner.
March 31, Championships: Entry fee is $150 member teams. Add $15 after 3/23.

MVA R4's, Friday, March 9: Great Eight AA Invitational (AA teams only) Entry fee is $105 for AA until March 7. The site is Ralia in Maple Grove.
MVA R4's, Friday, March 23: Bring your "A" Game Tournament (for A teams only). Entry fee is $105 for AA until March 21. The site is Ralia in Maple Grove. (Limit of one AA player on any team)

Online Registration is available now for all MVA tournaments! Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received with a roster and entry fee.
To submit an online entry:
1. Submit an online roster. Rosters may be updated until the tournament date
2. Submit the entry fee thru pay pal on the MVA site, for 12/10 you must also submit the $15 late fee (you do not need a pay pal account)
Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received with a roster and entry fee until the available courts are full.

Arrowhead Volunteers: If you are willing to volunteer for the benefit for James Gardner in Duluth on March 17 please reply. By having volunteers for the tournament, $$ that would be paid for site directors or other help can be donated to James.

Donations for the Raffle for James: If you have a business or connection to donate anything for the raffle on March 16 at Grandma's please reply. Anything may be donated - restaurant certificates, oil changes, cars, volleyball equipment, massages, chiropractor discounts, travel discounts, personal trainer sessions - anything. I will list businesses that donate on the next MVA notes and Arrowhead emails.
The MVA will be donating 2 new Molten volleyballs. Promise Land Ministries will be donating a $20 trail ride. BeBops is donating awards for drawings!

Arrowhead T-shirts: Arrowhead T-shirts and Wristbands are available advance purchase.

Individual Registration Fee Discounted: The online individual fee to play MVA will be discounted each remaining tournament this season. The cost for 3/3 will be $15, 3/17 will be $10 and 3/31 will be $6. The one time individual fee will remain at $6 online and $10 the day of a tournament. The cost for a full membership the day of a tournament will be $40.

New! Facebook: The MVA has a new Group for MVA members only. Go to the MVA page and request to be added. If you are an MVA member or play R4's tournaments or leagues you qualify to be added. The page has event postings for every tournament and will allow MVA players/teams to comment if they want to play, if they are looking for players or to see what teams are playing. What teams are in and space left in the tournament may be posted, too.

Player/Team Match: If you are not on Facebook or are not getting responses via Facebook, a player looking for a team for any event, tournament or league, may email rick@mnvba.com with your name/contact/division(s)/position(s) along with the event date. Please send a separate email for each event. If you are a team seeking a player you may email rick@mnvba.com with your team name, division level and position you need filled and available player information will be sent to you.

Other Events:
Attention Sand Players! Hidden Beach Indoor Beach Volleyball. located in crystal , 7300 32nd Ave N , 3 courts of sugar sand!  www.hiddenbeach.biz; Contact Bob Guptil Bob 763-447-8889 or  bob@hiddenbeach.biz.

JO Boys
Crossfire JO's is holding an open gym for boys on February 26, 2012 from 5-7 PM at Velocity Performance Center in Champlin. Contact Jovi, SORENSEN_J@HOTMAIL.COM or 651-276-4396.
Boys team starting in March and running through May. For information Contact Lisa Dickman, Coaching Director, 12-1 Coach, Boys Elem Coach, Centennial Volleyball Club

Announcements & Congratulations!
Jennifer Clausen (Tenacious Divas), married James Berg in Grand Cayman on October 18, 2011. 
Amanda (WA Wreckers) & Brad welcomed Adeline Stephens Klein (8lbs.1oz.,  21in. long) into their family on 11-20-11 at 3:30pm.  She is perfect and they have already been talking Volleyball and being a future STAR! 
Kristy (R4's) & Nick had a healthy baby boy on Oct 28th...Zack William Morter, 8lb 10oz and 20.5".

Coaching:
Fridley HS Head Volleyball Coach. Anyone interested go to the Fridley High School website to apply.  www.Fridley.k12.mn.us

REMINDER: POLICY ON ALCOHOL

Anyone caught consuming alcohol at any site used by the MVA, this includes the parking lot, will be suspended from any further participation in the MVA. This includes tournament and league play.

Anyone caught vandalizing a site will be suspended from further participation in MVA play. The weekend of 11/15/2008 someone urinated on the walls in the men’s bathroom at M1. If this happens again we will lose the site. If anyone knows who is responsible they should be made accountable for the damages. These people are jeopardizing YOUR playing sites and sites are not easy to find for adults right now.

REMINDER: POLICY ON SMOKING

M1 has a NO SMOKING POLICY on their property.  No smoking within 75 feet of the entrance.  Violators of this policy are putting adult playing sites at risk.  Please observe this policy to ensure continued availability of sites for all players.

Policies

IMPORTANT!
* The MVA does not accept faxed entries unless used in conjunction with online payments.  Credit cards are accepted online only.
* MVA policy is that entry fees will not be refunded for teams that drop from tournaments for any reason past the deadline date.  The MVA is billed and responsible for all courts reserved up to a month prior to all tournaments. Unless the MVA charges a higher fee overall for tournaments during the season to cover for teams that drop from tournaments or site refund funds for the same reason, it is not possible to refund entry fees.
* Before registering for a tournament listed with location of Twin Cities, consider that courts may be used in Andover and/or Hastings.  No refund or credit will be given for teams that register but do not wish to travel to these sites.

Tournament Late Fees
Team tournament entry late fees will be $35 if paid on the day of the tournament vs. $20 if paid online before the tournament.  Click here to pay team entry late fee online.

Policy on Smoking
Several sites are smoke free including the grounds if it is a school. If you are at M1 or Shakopee this weekend the only place you can smoke is in your car. You may not smoke outside the building.

Parking at M1
M1 has plenty of on site parking but everyone needs to be sure that they park in a designated and marked parking area in the M1 lot – not across the street or on the street. Please car pool if possible.

Food and Beverages
Food and beverages are only allowed in off court areas at any MVA playing site. As a team rep you are responsible to be sure your team understands this and where the designated eating/break areas are at each site. Score tables on the playing surface are not a break area to eat.

Member Registration Information
The Member Registration Information has been updated for the 2011-12 season.  Check out the Individual registration discounts available to members registering online.

Uniform Requirements
All players must wear a jersey with a number. Jerseys do not need to match but numbers should be non duplicated front and back. If a team does not have matching uniforms then the Libero should not have a number so they are easier to identify. Since the libero is the only player that does not need a number, if a player does not have a number they will be designated as the Libero.

Reasons for Numbered Uniforms
1. For line ups for the teams that actually take them to help them keep track of servers and rotation;
2. It would be nearly impossible for teams to identify a libero without some uniform or number requirements and it’s already confusing in how they sub in and out;
3. It helps an opposing team to be able to call out which players are in the front row by the number on their jersey;
4. It is helpful in the event of misconduct to identify a player by their number.

Teams will forfeit 5 points per game for each player excluding the libero that is not wearing a number.

Tournament Formats
One pool for one division: The top four teams to playoffs and  has 3 playoff rounds on the one court; no playoff game for teams tied for  4th place
Two pools for one division: The top three teams advance from  each pool and has 3 playoff rounds on 2 courts, no  playoffs game for teams tied for 3rd place
Three pools for one division: The top two teams advance to  playoffs from each pool and has 3 playoff rounds on 2  courts. The 3rd place team in each pool advances to a separate  consolation bracket with 2 playoff rounds on the third court. There is not a  playoff game for teams tied for 3rd place.
Four pools for one division: The top two teams advance to  playoffs from each pool and has 3 playoff rounds using  4 courts the first round and then 2. The 3rd place team in each pool  advances to a separate consolation playoff bracket with 2 playoff rounds that  uses 2 courts after the first playoff round. The 3rd place teams officiate the first round of regular playoffs. There is  not a playoff game for teams tied for 3rd place.

These formats  will allow for the maximum number of teams to advance and still finish around  the 7 PM time. This is  not a guarantee that tournaments will not finish earlier or later than 7 PM.  Pools with multiple divisions may use other options for playoffs--for instance  divisions mixed with AA and A teams. Playoff advancement would be determined by  the number of teams from each division and the number of courts.

Tie Breaker process:
1. Head to head play for all teams tied  starting with games played against each other and then point differential  against each other.
2. Overall point  differential