Kick off tournament season with our Summer Season Opener tournament!

FUNDRAISER

This tournament aims to raise $5000 for the Philly Beach fund, whose mission is to create a series of beach volleyball courts for players in Philadelphia.

LOCATION

Roxborough YMCA Football Field
7201 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128 [Google Maps]

FORMATS

Women's Doubles & Men's Doubles are play on Saturday, May 31st
Coed Doubles & Gender-Blind quads will be played Sunday, June 1st

B through AA divisions

NEW MODIFIED B DIVISION

In an effort to make tournaments more accessible for our newer players, we’re trying out some modifications to our B division this season.

• Entry Price is $20/player
• Games will use Rally scoring

All other divisions remain the same

RULES

Grass Rules

Key "Old School" rules

• Large Court (30x60)
• Sideout scoring
• No Let serves (serve touching the net)
• Block does not count as a touch
• No open-hand tips, sets or pushes over the net

If pool play is not finished by 3:30pm, games will switch to rally for the rest of pool play.

PRIZES

Cash Prizes for 1st place in A and AA divisions
Merch/Opensports credit for B and BB

If there are not enough teams to fill a divisions, we may combine divisions

NOTES

• 8:30 check-in, 9:00 start
• Tournament shirts and other shirts available for purchase while supplies last
• No special "start-time" accommodations
• You can register for both days, even if OpenSports warns you that you are already registered
• Your teammate must sign the waiver by joining your team; help is available if this proves difficult
• We will be grilling for donations to the Philly Beach fund