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Miller Lite Presents the $7,000 Greetings from Asbury Park Tournament
It's getting closer, on July 5-6, 2003 in Asbury Park, NJ the JSVBA and Miller Lite will be presenting the "Greetings from Asbury Park" event.
Miller Lite Presents the: "Greetings from Asbury Park" Pro Beach Volleyball Event and Beach Lifestyle Festival
It is our very great pleasure to announce that on July 5th and 6th, 2003 in Asbury Park, NJ the Jersey Shore Volleyball Association (JSVBA) will be conducting our largest Prize Money Event in 13 years.
$7,000.00 will be awarded to the winning teams from around the Nation, with potential teams competing from countries around the world.
A beach lifestyle festival, free beach concert, six bands are currently scheduled to perform on the stage adjacent to our event, and fireworks are all planned as part of the celebration of the 4th of July and the emerging "Renaissance" of Asbury Park's Beachfront and Boardwalk.
The tournament formats call for the following:
The top 16 teams will earn a portion of the $6,500.00 Men's Pro Purse with the Champions taking home $1,560.00, 2nd place gets a whopping $1,170.00, two 3rd place teams @ $715.00 each, four 5th place teams taking $325.00 apiece, and eight 9th place teams getting $130.00.
The format for the Men's Pro Division of the Greetings from Asbury Park Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament shall be as follows:
32 teams will be permitted to compete in the Men's *Main Event*. The *Main Event* will consist of round robin pool play in eight pools with the top 2 teams from each pool returning on Sunday to compete in a single elimination Championship Bracket.
24 teams will be seeded directly into the Men's Pro Main Event based exclusively upon their standing in the JSVBA's rating and ranking points system.
Additional teams will attempt to qualify for the remaining 8 Men's *Main Event* positions by participating in a single elimination qualifying event on Saturday morning beginning at 9 AM. The Single Elimination format shall consist of the best 2 games out of 3, first 2 games to 21, 3rd game, if necessary, to 15, all games must be won by 2 points, rally scoring applies.
In pool play and during Sunday's Single Elimination a match shall consist of the best 2 games out of 3, first 2 games to 21, 3rd game, if necessary, to 15, all games must be won by 2 points, rally scoring applies.
The Women's Pro division will be playing for a $500 purse and the top 8 JSVBA women's teams based on the JSVBA Rating and Ranking Points will be seeded directly into the Women's *Main Event*. 8 additional teams will be permitted to qualify in a similar method to the men. The women's *Main Event* teams will then be split into 4 pools with the top 2 teams from each pool entering a Single Elimination playdown. The intention is to finish the Women's event on Saturday if time permits. However, the women should be prepared to return on Sunday if necessary. The top four finishers will share in the purse.
There will also be nonprofessional divisions in Men's, Women's, and Co-Ed 2's available for your participation at this event. The Men's and Women's amateurs will play on Saturday, the Co-Ed amateurs on Sunday.
We will be posting more information as it becomes finalized.
More Information on this event will be available soon.
To contact the JSVBA email jsvba@... or call 732-714-9963.
Our website address is JSVBA.COM.
And We'll See You on the Beach!
Michael Borga
President, JSVBA
Head Coach Men's Volleyball, New Jersey Institute of Technology,
a NCAA Division 2 University
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