$5,000 Totally Light 2 Go Volleyball Tournament
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return to Long Beach, NY on August 1-2 with the $5,000 Totally Light
2Go Big Shot Open. The tournament will be sponsored by $c Corporation,
the makers of Totally Light 2Go Powdered Energy Drinks and Vitamin
Drinks. The event will be the first of two tournaments to be televised
on WVVH-TV, which is now available in Long Beach on FiOS.
Top male and female doubles teams will compete for $5,000 cash prizes
at the tournament. Players will also earn points in the $15,000
AVPNext Wilson Grand Prix, to be awarded at the end of the season.
Tournament play will start at 9 am Saturday with semi-finals and
finals starting Sunday at 11 am. Admission is free for all spectators.
The tournament will be held on the beach at Riverside Blvd.
The Big Shot Volleyball Series holds 35 events leading to the October
17-18 $5,000 Bud Light AVPNext National Championships at Siesta Key
beach in Sarasota, FL.
Top male players in this weekend’s tournament include Texas stars
Colin Kaslow and Tim Wooliver, Brooklyn’s Top player, Mike Salk, and
his Ghanaian partner, Seidu Ajanako, and defending champions Greg
Hunter from the Jersey Shore. All have played on the AVP Pro Beach
Volleyball Tour.
Top female players include Long Beach’s own Dana Fiume, who has been
traveling around the country playing on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
Tour. She had a personal best finish at the recent AVP Coney Island
Open in July, finishing in 13th place. She also won the barefoot LI
Championship which awarded a trip to the Barefoot Cup Championships in
San Francisco as part of the AVP San Francisco Open. Dana will be
playing in Long Beach with Shayna Munson from Ft. Lauderdale as
defending champions
Also competing is the top Montreal team Eve Dansereau and France
Diotte, Manhattan star Ginger Schuster and her up and coming partner
Katie Wright from NJ
Separate divisions will be held for players of intermediate and novice
levels on Saturday and Sunday. The $60 entry fee entitles players to a
full day of tournament play, an official Totally Light 2 GO Big Shot
Volleyball t-shirt, and prizes from event sponsor’s Bally’s Casino,
Native Eyewear, Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, Wilson Sports,
Venus Swimwear, Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority, Vincere
Sand Socks, Sweet Tomatoes, Rider Sandals, Park & Sun net systems, Dig
Magazine, Six Flags Great Adventure/Hurricane Harbor, Sportime,
AVPNext, Sixpak.com Volleygear, WVVH-TV, Horry County. The public can
met the players every Saturday evening at the official Player’s Party
at The Inn in Long Beach’s East End from 7-9 pm Saturday night.
For further information and applications contact East End Volleyball
at 631-728-0397 or www.eevb.net
About East End Volleyball
East End Volleyball has been organizing beach volleyball tournaments
for 32 years since 1977. Based in the East End of Long Island, EEVB
has grown into the largest beach volleyball series in the East End of
the country with tournaments from Newport, RI to the Florida Keys.
Sanctioned by AVPNext, the grass roots organization of the AVP Pro
Beach Volleyball Tour, EEVB runs over 35 events for over 3,000
players.
About AVPNext
AVPNext, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour's membership-based
grassroots program, works with local organizations to host and run
volleyball programs for all ages and levels of competition. It
sanctions a wide variety of volleyball tournaments, recreational
leagues and instructional camps/clinics for all ages and abilities
throughout the United States and represents the nation's largest
network of outdoor amateur volleyball associations.
About WVVH-TV:
WVVH-TV, Hamptons TV® is the largest FCC licensed TV station in
Suffolk County, broadcasting on UHF Channel 50, Cablevision 78,
Verizon FiOS Channel 14 and on Time Warner’s new Video On Demand
Channel 1111 and YouTube broadcast TV partner. Hamptons TV® is seen
throughout New York, New Jersey, Westchester and worldwide on our 24/7
web stream www.wvvh.tv WVVH-TV is the official TV station for the
Hampton Classic Horse Show and Hamptons International Film Festival.
Fact Sheet: For further info go to www.eevb.net
Time:
8 am to 6 pm Saturday for Men's & Women's Open, A, & B Divisions
9 am to 6 pm Sunday for Coed Open, A, & B, & Men's AA & B Divisions
Playoffs 4-6 pm each day
Men and Women’s Open semifinals begin at 11 am Sunday
Cost: Free for spectators, $60/team
Prizes: $75,000 during the 2009 season. Additional prizes from Totally
Light 2 GO , Bally’s Casino, Native Eyewear, Sarasota Convention &
Visitors Bureau, Wilson Sports, Venus Swimwear, Atlantic City
Convention & Visitors Authority, Vincere Sand Socks, Sweet Tomatoes,
Rider Sandals, Park & Sun net systems, Dig Magazine, Six Flags Great
Adventure/Hurricane Harbor, Sportime, AVPNext, Sixpak.com Volleygear,
WVVH-TV, Horry County will be awarded in the A and B Divisions.
Upcoming Tournaments:
Aug. 8-9: Bally's $8,000 Big Shot Championships, Atlantic City, NJ
Aug. 15-16: $4,000 McM Restoration Open, New London, CT Aug. 22-23:
$5,000 Corona Wide Open Tour, Pt. Pleasant, NJ Aug 29-30: $4,000 Rider
Sandals Open, Newport, RI
Sept. 6-7: McM Restoration Flyaway, New London, CT September 12:
Michelle O’Neill Volleyball XIII, Long Beach NY
September 19: AVPNext/Beach Hut 4 & 6s Nationals, Babylon, NY
September 26: AVPNext East Zonal Championships, Long Beach, NY October
3-4: $2500 Horry County Open, Myrtle Beach, SC October 10-11: $2500
AVPNext SE Zonal Championships, Clearwater Beach, FL October 17-18:
$6,000 AVPNext/Wilson Nationals Siesta Key, FL