Hi everyone and welcome to the start of the 2024-25 Beach season
Firstly, for those of you who are not already aware, Josh Eickhoff (Hoff) has decided to step down from his role as President of the Beach Committee. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for all of his hard work the last few years with making sure the comps have run smoothly and for all his contributions behind the scenes. We expect big things from him this season now that he will be focusing entirely on playing 😉.
In terms of the organisation for the beach season and the running of the comps on a week-by-week basis, we have decided the remaining members of the committee will split the role, and we will not have a designated President for the foreseeable future. This means that any of your questions regarding entry or other issues can be directed at the Beach email address – beach@volleyballtasmania.com.au and any questions you have on the day of competitions can be directed to Brady, Josh (Jev), Ben or Sami.
Lastly, we have decided to make a slight change to the way that MVP votes are calculated and awarded. Only those playing in Division 1 will be eligible for the main MVP awards and there will be MVP’s in both men’s/women’s pairs and mixed pairs. This means that there will be 4 MVP’s in total (1 MVP woman from Women’s Pairs, 1 MVP women for Mixed pairs, 1 MVP man from Mens Pairs, and 1 MVP man from Mixed pairs.) This should hopefully give those who only play one day of each weekend more of an opportunity to compete for these awards. The masters competition will also have its own MVP votes, with winners receiving a small prize (likely of the drinkable kind!), so even if you don’t play any or the majority of the other rounds, you can still have a good chance of being crown Masters MVP!
Please see below the schedule for the 2024-25 season. We hope to have the Rev Sports events up for the whole year ASAP so that we can get game times/ rosters emailed out to participants the Friday night before each round!
9th November 2024 – King/ Queen of the Beach
23rd November 2024 – Mixed 4s
7th / 8th December 2024 – Round 1 (Men’s/Women’s on Saturday & Mixed on Sunday)
4th / 5th January 2025 - Round 2 (Mixed on Saturday & Men’s/ Women’s on Sunday)
18th / 19th January 2025 – Round 3 (Men’s/Women’s on Saturday & Mixed on Sunday)
25th/ 26th January 2025 – MASTERS (more details to follow)
27th January 2025 (Public Holiday) – Mixed 4s
1st / 2nd February 2025 – Round 4 (Mixed on Saturday & Men’s/ Women’s on Sunday)
15th/ 16th February 2025 – TWO DAY COMP* (Men’s/ Women’s pairs – pool games on Saturday and finals games on Sunday)
22nd / 23rd February 2025 – Round 5 (STATE CHAMPS**).
23rd February 4pm onwards – End of Season dinner/ drinks following the final matches on Sunday. Venue TBC but looking at somewhere in Kingston so people can walk there following the finals matches!
Monday Night Twilight Comp – Brady is once again going to organise the Monday night twilight competition running from the 9th December to the 10th February. More details to come shortly but will be the same format as last season with Div 1 having teams of 3 and Div 2 having teams of 4!
Notes:
*To be eligible to play in the two-day comp you must have played at least one day of another round. Winners of this round will receive prize money (Amount TBC as will be based largely on number of entries and potential sponsorship – watch this space!)
**To be eligible for state champs must have played at least 2 formal rounds.
Finally, if you haven’t already, please take the time to complete the below survey based on last years beach season. These responses really help us to plan the formats and logistics of the season and while we unfortunately can please everyone (we wish we could!) we do use these responses when developing the pan for the upcoming year.
Beach 2023-24 Survey: https://forms.gle/JKYHNg2MeFn5u3BF6
Stay tuned for more info regarding the sign ups for each round and logistics of the Monday Night comp! We look forwards to seeing you all back on the beach in a few short months!! Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions 😊
Brady, Josh, Ben and Sami
Volleyball Tasmania Beach Volleyball Committee
