We have come a lonnnnnng way here at Volleyball Virginia.  It has never been more obvious as it was this Saturday.  With the weather being overcast, windy, rainy, and down right blustery we came very close to filling the first event of the year!!!  Just imagine if it was bright and sunny!!!  Not to worry, we have made arrangments to expand our court space on the oceanfront for our bigger events throughout the summer.  So keep on coming out and playing!!!

Not only that but if your looking for beach volleyball knowledge look no further than the Men's AA bracket.  There you would have found some of the top volleyball coaches in the area!!!  Will Stein, Dave Arnette, Jason Zuidema, Chris "less-slack" Lessick, Andrew "squints" Walton, and Kevin Holderby.  The cool part about this is that many of these coaches brought out some of their past and current players!!!!  One great example of this vast wealth of beach volleyball knowledge is while sitting with Andrew "squints" Walton and Chris "less-slack" Lessick in the tent we all came up with a great marketing idea for next year's V2 t-shirts.  It was a great idea and we will be calling it VOLLEYBALL VIRGINIA RULES!!!  Your sure to get a kick out of it.

    

 

WOMEN'S  A

 

1st Place:  Chantel Battie (Norfolk, Va.) and Kelly Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Christina Baldassari (Richmond, Va.) and    Athena Klutz (Adelphi, Maryland)

 

3rd Place:  Carol Marley (Williamsburg, Va.) and Lindsay Bomba (Newport News, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Kim Breving (Norfolk, Va.) and Mary Smith (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

MEN'S  A

 

1st Place:  (Not to worry this is their one of the year!) Scott "captain kick***" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Greg "the back scratcher" Thompson

 

2nd Place:  Phuong Hoang (Newport News, Va.) and Daniel Schuring (Hampton, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Sam Hancock (Richmond, Va.) and Brain Webb (Richmond, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Timmy Fitzpatrick (Chesapeake, Va.) and Alec Smith (Chesapeake, Va.)

 

WOMEN'S  AA

 

1st Place:  Marissa "18 wheeler" Wood (Cheas-freak, Va.) and Rebecca "it's cause they have gotten to know you" Leedom (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Janice Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.) and Sara "told ya i would play" Wilson

 

3rd Place:  Melissa Minkowski (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kelly "would i lose my clearance if i eat those brownies?" Kennedy (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Josiee Vaillant (Va. Beach, Va.) and Tina Novakovich (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

MEN"S  AA

 

1st Place:  Dave "knuckles" Keeter (Yorktown, Va.) and Nils Daurbus (Richmond, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Shane "what do you mean you can't give me the money?" Holderby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chase "what do you mean you can't give me the money" Holderby (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Mike "they have them at the south end" Flynn (Fredicksburg, Va.) and Greg "i lost my first game and my last game that day" Murphy (Fredricksburg, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Beamon "don't you worry, i'll be giving her SOMETHING for mother's day" Battie (Norfolk, Va.) and Marty Harms (Norfolk, Va.)

 

 

Special "Thanks" goes out to one of our favorite "Special Ops" guys who has returned to help us out again this summer, Juan "don't worry, i'll watch the girls" Cordero. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!  The weather turned uglier today and yet we still managed to fill the beach once again!!!!  Not to worry, we received word early this morning that due to V2's growing popularity we have been given another city block to set up on!!!!!!  Thank you to all the mothers, and everyone else who have helped us to grow.

 

COED  A

 

1st Place:  Christopher "pooh bear" Robinson (Williamsburg, Va.) and Janis "so, i played with a known criminal last week" Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Scott "captain kick***" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra "i respect you chris, that is a good decsion" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Sam Hancock (Richmond, Va.) and Deb Oznick (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Brian Day (Va. Beach, Va.) and Christina "unzip your pants, you fashion nerd" Baldassari (Richmond, Va.)

Well, it was another successful Chesapeake Jubilee!!  We had a quality turnout, a few upsets, a few surprises, and a return of a certain young buck(et) and co. who ran away with the show.

The brand new V2 grass systems made their successful debut this weekend.  They stood up to all the tests of the weekend and never needed to be adjusted.  Nothing but the best from V2.

We were given the opportunity to deal with many new quality sponsors such as Toyota who, Jonathan "whitey" Jarrett, found out if a 500,000.00 truck could handle repeated blows from a volleyball.  We would also like to extend our CONGRATULATIONS to Jonathan and his wife Amanda "crotchbuster" Jarrett who are expecting their first child.

Other great sponsors such as Budweiser drove their trucks right up to the courts and even through them.  We have to thank Copenhagen for the chaps.  Also give a shout out to our tournament mascots HERCULES (the giant horse) and BLACK JACK (the giant steer).

The first place team went undefeated all day.  This is a tremendous feat at this tournament cause their are sooooo many distractions with the rides, food, music, sites, and crowd.  Not to worry this team pulled through with the return of one of V2's greatest young female players:  Megan "where's the money?" Schwenk.

 

1st Place:

Megan "where's the money?" Schwenk (Va. Beach, Va.)

Kenzie Lockie (Va. Beach, Va.)

Bob Hoke (Richmond, Va.)

Ross Deihn (Lancester, Pa.)

 

2nd Place:

Gene "got that monkey off my back, not once but twice" Wade (Va. Beach, Va.)

Michelle Sealock (Fairfax, Va.)

Amy "the buffer" Baluyut (Va. Beach, Va.)

Andrew "squints" Walton (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:

Justine "don't worry, it's not contagious" Ward (Va. Beach, Va.)

Marybeth Murphy (Va. Beach, Va.)

Sam Meinecke (Va. Beach, Va.)

Chris McGarity (Chesapeake, Va.)

Glen "the slumlord/carebear/can't berry/can-too-berry" Canterbury (Chesapeake, Va.)

 

4th Place:

Michelle McGovern (Va. Beach, Va.)

Jill Byrne (Chesapeake, Va.)

Mark Johnson (Va. Beach, Va.)

Jeremy Loney (Va. Beach, Va.)

      

While we faced severe thunderstorms and high winds all weekend we had many out of town teams stay and enjoy the beautiful weather that we ended up getting instead of the heavy rains and high winds.  While the locals were scared off by the threatening weather the out of towners dominate our field this weekend. 

 

MEN'S  A

1st Place:  Timmy Kidd (Richmond, Va.) and Brian Day (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Dennis Hundley (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Kevin Hundley (Fredericksburg, Va.)

3rd Place:  Steve Sherba (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Jason Albe (Colonial Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Jim "usually if i'm on top of something it is Joe" / "robo knee" / "last week i played at the south end, took 1st, and got a stupid cooler, here i took 4th and got a cool t-shirt and cool hat" Buck (Richmond, Va.) and "HOT" Joe Patterson (Richmond, Va.)

 

MEN'S  AA

1st Place:  Mike Flynn (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Joe Cox (Fredericksburg, Va.)

2nd Place:  Luke Parks (Va. Beach, Va.) and Fritz Scheuer (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Eric Borrell (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chris Unger (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Joe Minkowski (Va. Beach, Va.) and "Disco" Dan Hopkins (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

WOMEN'S   AA

1st Place:  Chantel Battie (Norfolk, Va.) and Emily Flynn (Fredericksburg, Va.)

2nd Place:  Kenzie "it all revolves around me" Lockei (Va. Beach, Va.) and Megan "welcome back to the beach!!"  Schwenk (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Michelle "double AA doesn't seem that good" Sealock (Fairfax, Va.) and Katia Walter (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Kelly Kennedy (Va. Beach, Va.) and Stacy Garhart (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

Although we have been fighting rough weather every event so far this year be sure to keep coming out and playing as the odds are in the players favor as V2 offers the most events and formats anywhere in the region.  After all it can be poor weather for all 17 events, can it?

Once again the weather was a non factor unless you count the smoking hot sand.  We played through the severe weather watch that we were in for the entire weekend that never came.

And once again the out of towners stole the show!!

 

COED  A

1st Place:  Debbie "stallion" Nash (Stafford, Va.) and John Nash (Stafford, Va.)

2nd Place:  Chris "i have to play coed AA the rest of the summer" Robinson (Williamsburg, Va.) and Carol Marley (Williamsburg, Va.)

3rd Place:  Scott "captain kick***" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra "I, Chris McGarity, am sorry. I made a mistake and I apologize.  You were right and I was wrong" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Christina Baldassari (Richmond, Va.) and Chris Regala (Richmond, Va.)

 

COED  AA

1st Place:  TEAM BROWN 

Pete "the cambodian crippler" Duch (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jen "nice pooper" Pelkowski (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Mike "we almost had the tri-fecta / mine are bigger" Flynn (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Emily Flynn (Fredericksburg, Va.)

3rd Place:  Lindsay "welcome back to the sand" Callahan (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chris "less-slacker" Lessick (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Kevin "i had to let them win, they are my ride back to Fredericksburg" Hundley (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Anne "it's Willson with 2 L's" Willson (Burlington, N.C.)

 

 

We had a blast and made alot of new friends this weekend.  Thank you to all of those who did not believe the weatherman. 

    So far this summer every event we have hosted has been met with an advisory from the weather service.  The last two times it was a tornado and severe weather warnings.  This time it was a smoke advisory from the fires to the south.  Never to be detered from their love of beach volleyball the players came out once again.  Must be the quality of the product.  They came from north, south, and west.  (No one from Europe this time.)

     The women were met with a crowd as applause rained down on their courts all day in recognition of their fine play.  (And many of their fine looks.)  Speaking of looks both the women and men liked the new V2 look setup of the courts.  We do aim to please.  But just wait for the next event we are gonna knock your socks off.

 

MEN'S  A

1st Place:  Luke Pieczynski (Richmond, Va) and Nate Liberati (Richmond, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Glen "i have the excuse ready / slumlord / carebear / can-too-bury / can't berry" Canterbury (Chesapeake, Va.) and Joe "i'm officially a part-time local at the Windjammer in Hilton Head" Uydess (Richmond, Va.) 

 

3rd Place:  Donny "we are just gonna trade hats when we play and one us gets picked on" Coleman (Va. Beach, Va.) and Scott "we usually trade sunglasses when one of us gets all the serves" Coleman (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

4th Place:  "Little" Frank "did you ask him where my money is for my back surgery from that tournament i played with you?" Russo (Chesapeake, Va.) and Scott "sub-slime" Calaman (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

WOMEN'S  AA

 

1st Place:  Janis Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.) and Wendy Marshall (Williamsburg, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Rebecca Leedom (Va. Beach, Va.) and Marissa "i know i am cute and adorable cause my daddy tells me so everyday" Wood (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Megan Winstead (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.) and Tracy Maurice (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)

 

4th Place:  Carrie "but my nickname is carebear" Michielen (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chantel BatTie (Norfolk, Va.)

 

 

MEN'S  AA

 

1st Place:  Dave "knuckles" Keeter (Yorktown, Va.)  and Nils Dauburs (Richmond, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Dave "kid" Curran (Chesapeake, Va.) and Jeff "curly" Ernsberger (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Chris "i love this format, hands down, by far and away the better tournaments.  no contest" Unger (Va. Beach, Va.) and Matt "excuse me, that is my girlfriend" Bosse (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Luke Parks (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jeremy "i'm not were i was last year" Ayers (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

As always another successful event.  We had scouts from the south end on the boardwalk, promoters from out of state, and scores of passerbyers hanging out and watching.  Hopefully some of them even learned a thing or two and will no doubt take it back with them. 

 

Be sure to check us out again in another 2 weeks!!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

 

COED  A

1st Place:  Mary Smith (Va. Beach, Va) and Phil "that's a long way to carry a chair" Allen (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Scott "captain kick***" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Bill "i don't really need to know her last name" Gardner (Hampton, Va.) and Carol "i don't even know his last name" Marley (Hampton, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Erin "just sit and look pretty / soon to be walton" Scott (Va. Beach, Va.) and Andrew "squints / he jumps high but he can't hit" Walton (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

We have all heard and even had the famous childhood argument of "My dad is better that your dad".  Well Scott and Kendra Drew actually set out to test that theory this Father's Day as we were all treated to a special mid-day Father's Day match.  Kendra "spousal abuse" Ward and her father Ken "thought we were playing to 5?" Ward (If you do not recognize Mr. Ward by name you may remember him for his patented and now famous "reverse, no look, behind the head, 2 handed spike.") teamed up to take on Scott "go stand at the net" Drew and his father Tony "but, i'm too tired to lift my arms" Drew.  Of course the paparazzi was there.  Not sure if they were from Volleyball Magazine or MAD Magazine but, there were a lot of pictures taken during this much anticipated match up.  In all honesty, we are not even sure who the winner of the match was but Mr. Drew claims that "i'm still undefeated in my age bracket".  But, regardless of who won, knowing both the kids, these two Fathers have done a great job and are both winners.  HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all the DADs out there (including Gene Wade).

 

 

COED  AA

1st Place:  Chris "i like playing down at the south end every now and then.  it reminds me how nice it is to play here / less-slack" Lessick (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jen "nice pooper / i'll text you if you get a phone" Pelkowski. (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Janis "welcome to the wonderful world of women's and coed AA from now on" Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.) and Chris "i liked playing this level" Robinson (Williamsburg, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Greg Murphy (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Melissa Dowell (Fredericksburg, Va.)

 

4th Place:  John Nash (Swansquarter, N.C.) and Debbie "2 minutes until what?" Nash (Swansquarter, N.C.)

We filled the event this weekend!!!!!!!!!  AND on both days too!!!!!  Sounds like the players are waking up and taking notice of the volleyball happenings in the local area.

The women players showed up in droves on Saturday. In fact they filled the entire division and we could not fit one more team even if we wanted to.   Why?  Was it the new court locations?  The new pink V2 nets?  The new red lines making these courts stand out from the men's courts?  The straight shooting, honest and direct emails from V2 that the ladies forward to each other?  Or is it the fact that we are so tall that the ladies can wear heels when they go out with us??

     

WOMEN'S  AA

 

1st Place:  Jody Lindstrom (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jen Wanner (Lancaster, Pa.)

2nd Place:  Megan "backdoor" Winstead (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.) and Tracey "on the corner"  Maurice (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)

3rd Place:  Brandy Bagget (Va. Beach, Va.) and Katia "machine gun dig" Walter (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Sara Wilson (Va. Beach, Va.) and Janis Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.)

 

Well, it looks like the men from Richmond came to dominate the men's A division and would have gotten away with it too if not for the effort of Ryan Scott and Camden Lund.

MEN'S  A

 

1st Place:  Billy Jones (Richmond, Va.) and Randy Jones (Richmond, Va.)

2nd Place:  Chris Regall (Richmond, Va.) and Sam Hancock (Richmond, Va.)

3rd Place:  Ryan Scott (Va. Beach, Va.) and Camden Lund (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Trey Gregory (Richmond, Va.) and Cliff Wingfield (Richmond, Va.)

 

MEN'S  AA

1st Place: Dave "knuckles" Keeter (Yorktown, Va.) and Jeff Mordica (Poquoson, Va.)

2nd Place:  Ron "i lost the wrong 2 games" Horn (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Kelvin Coln (Puerto Rico)

3rd Place:  Boris Podwojcik (Mt. Aire, N.C.) and Pete Duch (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Dustin "dust-incredible" Crosby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Luke Parks (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

We would like to thank all the long distance players who not only showed up from around the state of North Carolina but those who came from the state of Indiana and the country of  Puerto Rico.

Once again a very filling event!!!!!!!!  This day was DOMINATED by the out of towners.  And believe us when we tell you that they like the fact that they get treated fairly and without prejudice!!!

 

COED  A

 

1st Place:  Scott "i never want janis by one of my matches ever again" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra "thank you for the pictures" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Craig "the poet" Vanderau (Va. Beach, Va.) and Lindsay Bomba (Newport News, Va.)

3rd Place:  Deb Oznick (Va. Beach, Va.) and Brian Day (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Chris Regalo (Richmond, Va.) and Christina Baldassari (Richmond, Va.)

 

The coed AA finals left many locals not knowing who to cheer for as their was not a local in the mix.

COED  AA

1st Place:  Boris Podwojcik (Mount Aire, N.C.) and Christine Schlegelmilch (Reston, Va.)

2nd Place:  Kari Belin (Richmond, Va.) and Ron "i picked the wrong two games to loose, TWICE" Horn.  (Ron was strongly supported by his very lovely wife Ali "you only had to win 1 out of 4 games!" Horn)

3rd Place:  Russell "the local pro / broken knee" Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.) and Mindy Vergara (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Greg "MURPHY, 2 MINUTES!!" Murphy (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Melissa Dowell (Fredericksburg, Va.)

 

Once again, thank you to all of our looooooong distance players from around the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana and from the country of Puerto Rico. 

HAPPY (belated) JULY 4TH!!!!!

     We have yet to have an event this entire summer without some sort of severe weather or ozone advisory.  Why should today's event be any different?  That's right we were in a severe weather watch all day and almost got through the event before the really serve weather hit.  We made it down to the final four and an unbeaten team in the winners bracket so we awarded them first and the rest tied for second.

 

     It was a relatively short day but we had wayyyyyyy to many, absolutely hilarious, one liners to write about and keep track of.    We were privileged to be witness to the comedic styling of Will Stein (It was worth the appearance fee) Brandon Duvall (Who displayed excellent timing in his deliveries.  Must be working at the comedy club is paying off.) and a very rare special quest appearance by none other than Dave Albaugh.  The really scary thing is that all 3 of these guys can both vote and breed!!!!!

 

Reverse Coed Results

1st Place:  Dustin "dustin-incredible" Crosby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jody Lindstrom (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Glen "just Glen" Canterbury (Chesapeake, Va.)  and Megan Winstead (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)

2nd Place:  Jen Wanner (Lancaster, Pa.) and Kyle Price (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Janice Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.) and Brandon "B-Woody" Duvall (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone out at the AVPnext Zonal Championships!!!!

What a great day for the AVPnext Mid-Atlantic Zonal Championships!!!  The only advisory this weekend was a surf advisory.  The weather was beautiful and the players were greeted with a few new perks.  The women now have a center court to call their own.  The men's center court has chairs and umbrella's for the players.  There were new custom made V2 tents on site as well as 16 foot blades.  Not only that but we expanded another block to cater to the masses.  Oh yes, did we mention FREE VOLLEYBALLS!!!! That is correct.  Every winner of pool play got to keep the 2 brand new court balls and the top 4 winning teams in each division got new balls also.  Some players went home with multiple balls and other prizes plus some cash all for just 20 bucks!!!!!!  (That is unless of course, they had a free, or in Brian Day's case, 1/2 entry for paying attention to emails!!)

 

     WOMEN'S  AA

1st Place:  We have to go out of state to find our women's winners yet again.  Tracy "nick says that stretching next to us helps his blood get circulating" Maurice (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.) and Megan "there they go screaming at me from the balconies.  That's two years in a row now" Winstead (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)

 

2nd Place:  Chantel Battie (Norfolk, Va.) and Kelly Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Jolinda "wha? we get balls for......" Smithson (Richmond, Va.) and Christina "we get more free balls for wha???" Baldassari (Richmond, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Mindy "i like it here.  i will be recruiting more players for you guys" Vergara (Va. Beach, Va.) and her partner who needed a lesson in fashion sense upon arrival Morgan Linney (Chesapeake, Va.)

 

     MEN'S  A

1st Place:  Scott "do not call me chris robinson / i'm not gonna mark it. i will sell it to pete cause he trains and i do not even know what that is" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Greg "we have to move up again" Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Ray Greive (Va. Beach, Va.) and Mike Powell (Va. Beach, Va.)   Welcome to the area fellas.

 

3rd Place:  Sam "i get my own ball" Hancock (Richmond, Va.) and Brain "half price / she's not playing so she makes me late" Day (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Zach Sutter (Chesapeake, Va.) and Andrew Dee (Chesapeake, Va.)

 

     MEN'S  AA

     Lots of history took place on and off the courts this week.  For those of you who can remember this far back:  Brain "the green hornet" Harmon, Trip Fitch, and Steve Blevins are made appearances.  All married and with kids.  Others from that rat pack, Chris McGarity were there also.  The only one missing was Gabor Tarjan who just happened to call during the event.  These guys have all had many battles both on and off the court and it was great to see them all together and playing again.  (of course none of them were playing together on the same team and Brain claims that even though he and Steve tied for 5th that Brain won or is the better player cause Brian got elimination from the event after Steve did, atleast time wise.  So, the vicious cycle of trash talking and remembering ourselves as being better than what we really were comes back to the forefront. 

 

     Another piece of history or rather, soon to be making history are youngsters Josh "i remember how to register for the event after what happened last time" Walker and Mike Warren.  These two young bucks took a 2 seed into the playoffs and did not lose a match until the winners bracket finals and then lost in the finals of the event.  Both losses came at the hands of the same team.  Take that team out of the event and Josh and Mike win the AVPnext Mid-Atlantic Zonal Championships.  Look for some big things from these two.

 

     Nick Korbe got his first tournament win EVER and Dave Goodman got his first win in a tournament EVER!!!  Dave's partner Kevin "we should have won 2 more" Holderby expects to be the most sought after player after accomplishing this feat with Dave and he asks that you not call him at home and ask him to  play cause he is old and has kids. Told ya people, history was made all over the place this weekend.

 

1st place:  Pete "the cambodian crippler" Duch (Va. Beach, Va.) and HIS FIRST EVER TOURNAMENT WIN Nick "i'm gonna wear the shirt over my medal and take it off in front of unger when i get home so he can see it" Korbe (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Mike (i was not sure which was the gay ear so i got both of them pierced" Warren (Va. Beach, Va.) and Josh "all i have is singles cause it was ladies night last night" Walker (Hawaii or Va. Beach, Va. for now.)

 

3rd Place:   Albert Koch (Va. Beach, Va) and Matt "we wish you all the best in your move to raleigh, n.c." Bosse (Va. Beach, Va and then Raleigh, N.C.)

 

4th Place:  Shane "we have to ref all the matches!?" Holderby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chase "we know we ref after we lose" Holderby (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

Thank you to everyone who came out to play today and thank you for making and becoming part of volleyball history!!!!!

Congratulations to all of our AVPnext Mid-Atlantic Zonal Championships!!!!!

 

COED 

1st Place:  Scott Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra "shutterbug" Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

2nd Place:  Brian "i've seen glen so much lately i thought ann marie dumped him" Day (Va. Beach, Va.) and Deb "this line is closed for business" Oznick (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

3rd Place:  Michelle "i finished higher than gene" Sealock (Fairfax, Va.) and Glen "i always finish higher than gene" Canterbury (Chesapeake, Va.)

 

4th Place:  Gene "i'll pay you the 5.00 on monday" Wade (Va. Beach, Va.) and Christina Baldassari (Richmond, Va.)

 

     Also wanted to thank Sam Hancock for his phone calling abilities.  And give a special shout out to Riley and Tanner Drew.  They may be appearing in the Zonal Championships wrap-ups as well.

Thank goodness we had the foresight to set up another block of courts.  We certainly needed them this weekend as we almost filled, even with all the extra courts setup!!!!

 

     WOMEN'S  AA

     As the women improve so do their playing conditions as they now also have a full block with their very own center court!!  To give you an example of how tough it is to play and win in a V2 event ask some of the self proclaimed "local pro" women who did not even place in a V2 double A event.

 

1st Place:  Kelly Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chantel Battie (Norfolk, Va.)

2nd Place:  Marissa Wood (Chesapeake, Va.) and Kelly McCarter (Chesapeake, Va.)

3rd Place:  Tina Novakovich (Va. Beach, Va.) and Josie Vaillance (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Kenzie Lockie (Va. Beach, Va.) and Megan Schwenk (Va. Beach, Va.)

We would also like to thank the team that made the drive from Queens N.Y. to play with us this weekend.

 

    

     MEN'S  A

 

1st Place:  Jim Buck (Richmond, Va.) and Chris "sub for hot joe" Rogala (Richmond, Va.)

2nd Place:  Donnie Coleman (Va. Beach, Va.) and Dave "apple cider honey brown or apple cider strawberry blonde?" Jones (Charlottesville, Va.)

3rd Place:  Jud "i've got it under control just give me the board" Dinsmore (Chesapeake, Va.) and Colin Miller (Queens, N.Y.)

4th Place:  Greg "how is she your girl courtney?" Wood (Norfolk, Va.) and Cory Childress (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

     MEN'S  AA

 

1st Place:  Dave "knuckles" Keeter (Yorktown, Va.) and Jeff Mordica (Poquoson, Va.)

2nd Place:  Dustin "dust-incredible!!" Crosby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Luke Parks (Virginia Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Pete "the cambodian crippler" Dutch (Va. Beach, Va.) and Chris "i could not carry pete like nick did last week" Unger (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  "BIG" Mike Warren (Va. Beach, Va.) and Josh "singles" Walker (Va. Beach, Va.)

COED  A

 

1st Place:  Joanna Nist (Summerset, Pa.) and Justin Haupt (Johnstown, Pa.)

2nd Place:  Brian Day (Va. Beach, Va.) and Deb Oznick (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Jud Dinsmore (Chesapeake, Va.) and Lori Dinsmore (Chesapeke, Va.)

4th Place:  Heidi Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.) and Greg "i'm tired" Thompson (Va.Beach, Va.)

 

 

     COED  AA

 

1st Place:  Chris "less-slack" Lessick (Va. Beach, Va.) and Josie Vailiant (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Albert Koch (Chesapeake, Va.) and Tina Novakovich (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Kyle "i have not been home" Price (Va. Beach, Va.) and Brittany "no relation to jim the anvil, bret, or own hart" Hart (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Chris Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kelly "i just keep pushing him" Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

Again a "thanks" goes out to the Queens, N.Y. team all all the teams from P.A. that made the drive down to play this weekend.

Registration looked like a sea of black and gold as members of the volleyball community came out to show their support for the entire community at large as we all wore our Forever United t-shirts.  Almost half of the players in the event showed their community spirit by sporting these quality threads.  Thank you very much to everyone who showed their support.  We thank you and the entire community thanks you. 

 

WOMEN'S  A

1st Place: Christina Baldassari (Proud community supporter from Richmond, Va.) and Jolinda Smithson (Richmond, Va.)

2nd Place: Kim Breving (Va. Beach, Va.) and Mary Smith (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Tiffany Sanford (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jessica Alverson (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Kendra "twizzler" Drew (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.) and Heidi Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

WOMEN'S  AA

1st Place:  This team was a top unbeaten seed going into the playoffs.  They played the lowest seeded team in the first round of playoffs, who that they had beaten in pool play 30-9, only to loose to them in the first round of playoffs.  To lose in the first round of playoffs makes for a reaaalllllyyyyy long day.  And that really made these ladies angry.  These two ladies were able to extract their revenge in a two game final not just on the team that beat them earlier but they took it out on every team that they played along the way.  Note to all the women AA players out there:  Don't make Jodi Lindstrom (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jen Warren (Lancaster, Pa.) angry!!!! 

2nd Place:  Marissa Wood (Proud community supporter from Chesapeake, Va.) and Rebecca Leedom (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Emily "don't say that he'll put it on the website" Flynn (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Alli "i like this number one seed stuff" Horn (Fredericksburg, Va.)

4th Place:  Jen "nice pooper" Pelkowski (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.) and Kari Hall (Proud community supporter from Alexandria, Va.)

 

 

MENS  A

1st Place:  Cliff Wingfield (Richmond, Va.) and Zane Reasoner (Richmond, Va.)

2nd Place:  Camden Lund (Va. Beach, Va.) and Ryan Scott (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Mike Powell (Va. Beach, Va.) and Ray Greive (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Sam Hancock (Proud community supporter from Richmond, Va.)  and Richard "breadsticks" Murden (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

MENS  AA

1st Place:  Kevin Jones (Va. Beach, Va.) and Jeff Ernsberger (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Dustin "in-credible" Crosby (Va. Beach, Va.) and Luke Parks (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  We all have either said it or thought it about these two players.  "They have the talent.  They just need to put it together. (mainly mentally)"  These guys, once playoffs started were seeded 11th but, they did manage to "put it together" as their first playoff loss did not occur until the winners bracket finals.  Dan " you cost me 4 matches for my team" Keros (Va. Beach, Va.) and Fritz Schever (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Kelvin Colon (Puerto Rico) and Ron "this is my lucky court.  everytime i get this court i get the number seed" Horn (Fredericksburg, Va.)

 

Almost 1/2 of the men's AA division should be recognized as proud community supporters.

 

Thank you to everyone who believes as we do that the local volleyball scene needs a fair, safe, and fun environment in which everyone can enjoy.

Again with the supportive sea of black and gold as the Forever United T-shirts swarmed over the boardwalk during the morning registration.

 

COED  A

This division should have been called the "when couples argue" division.  And you may need to note that not all of these couples were on the same teams!!!  We had some brothers battling it out in a total grudge match!!!  There was so much topsy-turvey action in this division that the 4 vs. 6 seed was the winners bracket finals match!!!

1st Place:  Chris "i need a new nickname" Rogala (Richmond, Va.) and Christina "ball machine" Baldassari (Proud community supporter from Richmond, Va.)

2nd Place:  Deb Oznick (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.) and Brian Day (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Scott "make sure you let everyone know that i beat my brother" Coleman (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kelly "i haven't been out cause i go to church on sundays" Blessing (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Sam "thank you" Hancock (Proud community supporter from Richmond, Va.) and Ngan Lam (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

 

COED  AA (Or: World Welterweight "Chinese Nine-man minus seven" coed open international championships - virginia beach, va. sponsored by V2 - Volleyball Virginia

1st Place:  Chris "less-slack" Lessick (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.) and Jen "nice pooper" Pelkowski (Proud community supporter from Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Russell "the love muscle" Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.) and Mindi "i got here early so that i could have the court with the umbrellas and chairs" Vergara (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Phil "phil-doe" Allen (Va. Beach, Va.) and Mary Smith (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th Place:  Chris Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kelly Scharver (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

Thank you again to all the players and fans on the boardwalk who came out to show their support for, not just the volleyball community, but the entire community by wearing their Forever United Together t-shirts.

This weekend was all about the KING and QUEEN of the beach.  (And the best tournament ran at the south end of Va. Beach in over 7 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)  We busted out all the swag from AVP bags, Wilson official AVP balls, OAKLEY sunglasses, AVP sandsocks, AVP visors, and of course all the high quality Volleyball Virginia merchandise:  hats and new VOLLEYBALL VIRGINIA RULES t-shirts and of course the CASH$$$$

    

    

MEN'S  A

1st: King:  Brian Day (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd: Prince:  Greg Wood (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd: Count:  Richard "breadsticks" Murden (Chesapeake, Va.)

4th:  Jester:  (this title suits him as this kid is a clown) Bryce Ernsberger (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

Quite down ya'll cause the KING IS HERE:

MEN'S  AA

This final four came down to the last match.  As all King of the Beach formats should.  It was a battle of the "bigs" as there was a tie between BIG Joe Foulis and BIG Mike Warren.

1st: KING:  "BIG" Mike Warren (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd: PRINCE:  "BIG" Joe Foulis (WestPoint, Va.)

3rd: COUNT:  Kyle "my dad is on the phone giving the family a play by play of the final four" Price (Va. Beach, Va.)

4th: JESTER:  Greg Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

WOMEN'S  AA

We would really like to mention our true appreciation of the out of town players this weekend.  Mainly the women.  We hope that the lessons and attitude that they displayed for their fellow players really helped out and take hold in the future to help move or sport forward in the community. 

1st:  QUEEN:  Christine Schlegelmilch (Reston, Va.)

2nd:  PRINCESS:  Janis "it's o.k. we know you are craig's girl" Dixon (Williamsburg, Va.)

3rd:  COUNTESS:  Kelly Kennedy (Va. Beach, VA.)

4th:  JESTER(ess):  Jen "last year's queen" Pelkowski (Va. Beach, Va.)

The coed A division had a nice side story other than who won and who lost.  Scott Drew and Greg Thompson who are regular men's partners and never play with anyone else EVER, unless of course, it is coed and they both happen to be playing with their wives.  To make matters even worse they ended up having to play against each other.  So, they agreed to, just for this day, not share the same tent or share any food or water with each other.  ha.  They played each other multiple times and wanted this tournament victory very much and it was because of that these two teams finished in the top two.

 

COED  A

1st Place:  Scott Drew (Va. Beach, Va.) and Kendra Drew (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Greg Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.) and Heidi Thompson (Va. Beach, Va.)

3rd Place:  Claudio Borgiotti (Vienna, Va.) and Isabella Borgiotti (Vienna, Va.)

 

 

COED  AA

1st Place:  Josie Vailant (Va. Beach, Va.)  and Chris "less-slack" Lessick (Va. Beach, Va.)

2nd Place:  Jessica Bensley (Baltimore, Md.) and Alex Novitski (Baltimore, Va.)

3rd Place:  Melissa Dowell (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Greg "2 minutes!!" Murphy (Fredericksburg, Va.)

4th Place:  Christine Schlegelmich (Reston, Va.) and Nick Korbe (Va. Beach, Va.)

 

It was our last beach event of the summer.  (This year.)  We are sure to go longer into the summer next year and we look forward to having everyone back out. 

 

-Until then