Category Archives: General Tournament Updates

12/2/19 Update

With the addition of Essex (VT), Lexington (MA), Acton-Box (MA), WWP (NJ), Burlington (VT), and Williston (MA), we’re now half full with 15 girls teams and 18 boys teams!

You can submit your bid right here!

An interactive map of where everyone is coming in from is online here.

PVI2020 bids now being accepted!

We are excited to announce that bids are now being accepted for the 7th Annual Pioneer Valley Invitational!

Website: PVInvite.org
Date: May 16th and 17th, 2020
Divisions (# of teams): Youth Girls (24-32), Youth Boys (24-32)
Location: Oxbow Marina, Northampton, MA
Cost: $500 (Free if you fly in!)
USAU Sanctioned: Yes
Lined fields: Yes
Guaranteed # of games: 6
Saturday night dinner/dance/trade night: Yes!

Team will be admitted on a rolling basis.

Want to help consult for PVI2020?

Every year we work really, really hard to create an amazing PVI experience for all teams.

We collect lots of feedback, balance a bajillion factors, and try to his a moving target and create an awesome weekend for everyone. We ADORE the challenge!

We have loved what we have created, but we ALWAYS try to make things better each year.

Would you like to help us create the next iteration of the PVI?

Josh is putting together a tourney consultation group of players, coaches, chaperones, friends, and family members that would like to help build the awesome.

Josh plans on bouncing early ideas off of this group and using it as a way to source more and more great ideas from the unreal PVI community.

We’re looking for all sorts of expertise: Scheduling, tourney central management, logistics, media, equity programs… everything. If you want to help make the PVI better, please join!

The group will mainly work via email. There may be a few conference calls. You can contribute as much or as little time as you have.

If this sounds like something you’re up for, please email josh@pvinvite.org.

PVI2019 – Sunday Update 1

Buffy the Tournament Director

Good morning everyone!

Here’s to another amazing day of ultimate!

Please remember to drive SUPER slow on Island Pond Road!

Please make sure you know the schedule. Let us know now if you have any questions.

There is no check in this morning. Go straight to your games

Please make sure your return your team box bin. Make sure it’s clean!

Please make sure you turn in your Sunday spirit score sheet to tournament central immediately after your last game is done today. Please make sure you:

  • Fully identify your team
  • Fully identify all of your opponents (Each column needs to be labeled with your opponent’s name.)
  • Hand in the physical copy of the form. Do not text it to us.
  • Use whole numbers only
  • Please write carefully and legibly. Please.
  • Remember, some schools have more than one team in each division!

Here are the complete spirit standings after one day of play:

PVI2019 – Saturday PM Update 2

Wow.

What a day indeed! Here’s where things stand:

Some photos from today are online here and here.

The full schedule is online here. Please look it over in detail and make sure you know where to be when. Send questions in ASAP if you have any.

The Falmouth B boys are running low on numbers and are looking for some pickup players. Anyone from another team is welcome to join them for some or all of their games tomorrow which will take place at 9:30, 12:30, 2:00, and 3:30pm. If you’re interested in picking up with them, please email their coach James Whiting at whitingjamesf@gmail.com.

A pickup game for family and friends of players was called for… so we’re going to schedule two of them! The first one will take place from 8-9am on Field 14 and the second from 12:30 to 1:30 on field 5. Anyone is free to come on out and play… players too if you’d like! Bring a dark and a light and have some fun!

Please make sure you turn in your Sunday spirit score sheet to tournament central immediately after your last game is done tomorrow. Please make sure you:

  • Fully identify your team
  • Fully identify all of your opponents (Each column needs to be labeled with your opponent’s name.)
  • Use whole numbers only
  • Please write carefully and legibly. Please.
  • Remember, some schools have more than one team in each division!

The Awards Ceremony will take place 5:20pm at Tournament Central.

T.W. Photography