5/11 Update

Screen Shot 2016-04-12 at 11.37.13 AMThe 3rd Annual Pioneer Valley Invitational is almost upon us! Here’s what all teams need to know:

1) The following teams are not yet cleared to play. You can find out why on the team status spreadsheet.

  • Northampton JV (Girls)
  • Needham B (Boys)
  • PVCICS (Boys)

Everyone else: Please make sure your rosters are 100% clean. That means you should:

  • Remove players they aren’t attending.
  • Make sure all USAU player fees are paid.
  • Make sure all players have signed the online waiver.
  • Make 100% all of your players are on your online event roster. Teams found to be playing with unrostered players will be asked to leave immediately.

2) The first version of the schedule is now online. Please look it over and let me know ASAP if you see any issues. Note that “La” means the looser of game a. The schedule will be open for public comment until this Sunday night at 6pm. I will be coming up with the initial rankings of teams by this coming Monday evening and will send it out for two days of comment. I will be locking in the tournament full tournament schedule + rankings by next Wednesday, 5/18 night. Some notes about the schedule

  • All teams have the chance to win their division.
  • The boys division has two power pools of 4. All teams in those two pools will automatically qualify for pre-quarters. All other teams have to win their pools to make it to the pre-quarters.
  • Most teams will begin play at 9am on Saturday and Sunday. All teams will be done playing by 5:15pm on Saturday, if not sooner. All teams will be done playing by 3:30pm on Sunday, if not sooner. The Awards ceremony on Sunday will be completed by 4:30 at the latest.
  • Most teams will play 6 games. Some will play 7. A few will play 5.

3) Your dinner check must arrive in Easthampton by this Friday for us to be able to serve your team dinner on Saturday night. ($12 per person, checks payable to “Ultimate Good” and sent to Josh Seamon, PVI2016 Dinner, 183 Main St. #1, Easthampton, MA 01027) Please make sure your team’s name is written in the memo field of the check. You can also send payments via PayPal to me at jseamon@gmail.com. If you do send me funds via PayPal, please email me directly afterwards so that I can confirm receipt. The following teams owe the following amounts of money based on the number of dinner tickets they ordered through the housing and dinner form:

  • Worcester Boys ($144)
  • Concord-Carlisle Girls ($180)
  • Northampton V Girls ($180)
  • Concord-Carlisle A Boys ($180)
  • Concord-Carlisle B Boys ($180)
  • Montreal Boys ($180)
  • Mamaroneck Boys ($216)
  • Northampton V Boys ($252)
  • Beacon Girls ($300)
  • Columbia JV Boys ($384)

4) Teams will be provided with team boxes that contain fruit, various items (apples, bananas, bread, brownie bites ,Nutella, peanut butter, plastic knives, pretzels, Twizzlers). Additionally, the following items will be available for tournament participants at tourney central: bagels, cream cheese, gatorade mix, red lemonade, Nutella, paper towels, peanut butter, and watermelons. A minimal amount of other food will be for sale at the event. Please plan your lunches accordingly.

5) Everyone is going to drive below 20mph on Island Pond Rd., right? 🙂