Spirit Rubric

Here is the 5-point spirit rubric we’d like teams to use when giving out spirit scores this weekend:

5 – Highest level of respect shown throughout game towards opponents, officials, and spectators. For the level of play, showed excellent knowledge of the rules and abided by them throughout the game. Any conflicts were resolved amicably and without incident. Opposing team’s conduct added to our enjoyment of the game. The opposing team unfailingly played fairly and with an excellent attitude.

4 – Respect shown throughout the game towards opponents, officials, and spectators. For the level of play, showed above average knowledge of the rules and abided by them throughout the game. Any conflicts were resolved favorably and without incident. Opposing team’s conduct did not detract from our enjoyment of the game. The opposing team played fairly and with a good attitude.

3 – Generally exhibited respect towards opponents, officials, and spectators. For the level of play, showed adequate knowledge of the rules and abided by them during the game. Any conflicts were resolved plainly and without incident. Opposing team’s conduct generally did not detract from our enjoyment of the game. The opposing team generally played fairly and with a decent attitude.

2 – Exhibited a lack of respect towards opponents, officials, and/or spectators. For the level of play, showed a lack of knowledge of or disregard for the rules at points during the game. Any conflicts were resolved heatedly or led to contentious incidents. Opposing team’s conduct detracted somewhat from our enjoyment of the game. The opposing team played unfairly and/or with a poor attitude.

1 – Exhibited a major lack of respect towards opponents, officials, and/or spectators. For the level of play, exhibited no knowledge of the rules or blatantly disregarded them during the game. Conflicts were resolved acrimoniously or led directly to contentious incidents. Opposing team’s conduct made the game basically unenjoyable. The opposing team played unfairly and their attitude was abysmal.

Not yet cleared to play

PVI2014-Logo2The following teams are not yet cleared to play. Remember, the absolute final rostering deadline is this Wednesday (5/14) at 3pm. Please make sure your roster is super shiny complete by that time. Delete players who are not coming. Make sure all players that are coming are on your roster. Complete team status can be viewed right here.

If you have questions about tasks you need to complete:
1) Check out the Paperwork page
2) Email me (josh@pvinvite.org)… immediately

Not yet cleared to play:

Cumberland Girls
Lexington Girls
Longmeadow A Girls
Needham B Girls
Berkshires Open
John Jay Open
Longmeadow B Open
Montpelier JV Open
PVPA Open

Coming soon:

1) Seedings: Round 2
2) The first draft of the game schedule

Also, by this point, all teams that requested housing should have received an email connecting them to their host. Please let me know if you have not received the email.

Oh, and the fields are looking great!

Quick Update

A few important updates:

1) All teams that requested housing on the Dinner & Housing form will receive housing! Emails connecting hosts to teams will start going out in the next 12 hours.

2) Games will start at 8:30am on Saturday and end by 5pm on Sunday. We will be posting a first draft of the game schedule in the next few days. Please make sure you report all of your game scores to Scorereport.net.

3) The Saturday night event schedule is as follows:
Showers: 5-8pm
Dinner: 6-8pm
Dance: 7-10pm
Social activities: 6-10pm
All Saturday night events take place at JFK Middle School.

Chaperone clearance tip

If you are a chaperone that has been pending for a long time in NCSI, log on to ncsisafe.com and click on “check your background screening status” and follow prompts. Sometimes NCSI requests additional information from chaperones but the email gets caught in junk mail. If you take care of submitting that additional info, checks typically clear within 1-2 business days after.

Cleared to participate

Help cheer up these puppies!

Help cheer up these puppies!

The following teams have been cleared to participate. If your team is not on the list, please look over the Team Status sheet to find out why. Look for red blocks.

The absolute deadline for modifying your roster is Wednesday, 5/14 at 3pm EST. By that time please make sure your roster is completely finished. Remove players that aren’t coming.

You must have an NCSI background checked chaperone and at least 12 rostered players to participate. Please let me know NOW if you think either of these requirements are going to pose a problem.

Amherst JVA Girls
Amherst JVB Open
Amherst JVB Girls
Attleboro Open
Beacon Girls
Cape Elizabeth Open
Concord-Carlisle B Open
Cumberland Open
Falmouth Girls
Falmouth Open
Montpelier V Open
Needham A Girls
Needham B Open
North Country Open
Ottawa Open
Ottawa Girls

An updated note about water

Potable drinking water: Of course there will be plenty of water for the players throughout the weekend. However, we do not have easy access to potable water sources and so ask your help in facilitating the “flow” of refilling water bottles. Each player should bring at lease one labeled (name of team and player) water bottle. Please come each morning with a full bottle of water.

We are in need of…
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…additional 5 gallon water dispensers. If you can loan us one for the weekend, we’ll offer an extra loud cheer!!!! Contact Volunteer Director Melinda at melbiker@aol.com if you have one to spare.

Dinner Payments

Screen Shot 2014-04-23 at 2.47.41 PMHere’s what teams owe for dinner. At this point our dinner order has been locked in.

Unless your check is being mailed by Wednesday afternoon (5/7), please bring payment to the captain’s meeting on Saturday morning. Please note that your team will not be allowed to participate until your dinner payment has been paid in full.

Checks should be made out to “Ultimate Good” and sent to:

Josh Seamon
PVI2014 Dinner
183 Main St. #1
Easthampton, MA 01027

Team Name Division State $ owes for dinner
Amherst JVB Open MA $80.00
Attleboro Open MA $260.00
Cape Elizabeth Open ME $150.00
Columbia JV Open NJ $200.00
Concord-Carlisle Girls MA $120.00
Concord-Carlisle A Open MA $160.00
Concord-Carlisle B Open MA $180.00
Cumberland Open ME $80.00
Cumberland Girls ME $90.00
Falmouth Girls ME $200.00
Falmouth Open ME $200.00
Lexington Girls MA $150.00
Longmeadow A Open MA $190.00
Longmeadow A Girls MA $200.00
Longmeadow B Open MA $150.00
Longmeadow B Girls MA $200.00
Needham A Girls MA $130.00
Needham B Girls MA $100.00
Needham B Open MA $300.00
Northampton JV Girls MA $150.00
Northampton JV Open MA $150.00
Northampton V Girls MA $150.00
Northampton V Open MA $150.00
Ottawa Open ON $220.00
Ottawa Girls ON $250.00

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Oh, and P.S.: The tourney discs have arrived!