2021 AAA Boys Provincial Championships Bulletin #2
2021 AAA Boys Provincial Championships Bulletin #2
Tournament Information: https://bchighschoolboysvolleyball.com/
Hotel Information:
Tournament Hotel
Sandman Hotel & Suites Kelowna
Accommodation Reservations
Sunney Engstrom
Regional Sales Manager
250 980 3154
Sales2_okanagan@sandman.ca
Please let them know you are booking for the AAA Boys Volleyball Provincial Championships when you book your rooms!
Berths
We will send these out ASAP and list them on the BCSS website and/or BC Boys Volleyball website.
Update is that the Kootenay berth has been declined by Mt. Baker Secondary. I will be meeting with the ranking committee on Sunday, November 21st?
Draw
The final draw will be sent out & posted on BC Boys Volleyball website & BCSS website once seeding is completed.
Team Check-in/Photos & Rosters
**A reminder to teams that photos and logos must be sent to BCSS on or before November 22nd at 11:59pm.
Teams need to check-in on Tuesday, November 30th between 7 – 7:30 pm in order to pickup their packages and be prepared for the 8pm Coaches Meeting.
Spectators
At this we are still limited to 1 parent/player in order to meet the requirements agreed upon by Interior Health, School District #23, BCSS and KSS administration. Teams will be provided with 12 “Guest Passes” for their team.
Provincials Clothing Orders
Provided by One Team Sports. Please click the link below to complete your team’s order for T-shirts & Hoodies.
https://bcaaavb21.itemorder.com/shop/sale/?saleCode=CWKPY
Each school will be given a code to use for their team order. Only the coach can place this order & you will be invoiced by BCSS.
Registration
Invoicing for the registration ($450.00) will be through BCSS. You will be invoiced directly for the entry fee this year.
2021 AAA Boys High School Volleyball Championships- BULLETIN #1
BULLETIN #1
2021 AAA Boys High School Volleyball Championships
Tournament Coordinator – AAA Boys Tournament Director Tony Sodaro – tony.sodaro@sd23.bc.ca
- Schools are asked to submit their roster (first and last name, grade, number, height and position) team photo (landscape with numbers visible), and school logo to BCSS on Stars no later than Monday November 22th, 2021 at 9:00 AM. If you cannot meet this deadline you may not be in the 2021 Program.
- UNIFORMS – Please take care of this right away if your team is not in compliance.
Uniforms All players except the libero must be dressed in identical uniforms, including shorts. Players uniforms must be numbered 1-99 with the number showing on the front and back of the uniform. The libero uniform must be a different dominant colour than the rest of the team and the libero number must not be the same number as any other player. If a coach wishes to raise a concern about the opponent’s uniforms, they must raise the issue with the tournament director prior to the start of the match.
- Tournament T-shirts and clothing: Team Order Forms will be due online by Tuesday, November 23, 2021 by 11:59pm. Online information to come ASAP!
- Tournament Hotel
Accommodations Sandman Hotel in Kelowna is the Official Tournament Hotel sponsor and has been block booked for this tournament. Teams can send their information after their zone qualification tournaments (with the number of rooms needed) to:
Accommodation Reservations
Adam Spivey
Sales Coordinator
1-250-980-3151
salesco_okanagan@sandman.ca
- Registration Invoicing:
Invoicing for the registration will be through BCSS. You will be invoiced directly for the entry fee, pre ordered merchandise, and passes (if applicable).
List of Schools with Logos already on File
List of Schools with Logos already on File
| AA | AAA | Schools that must submit PDF copies of their logos |
| Abbotsford Christian | Argyle | Vernon |
| Bellenas | Belmont | Burnaby North |
| Burnsview | Burnaby South | Earl Marriott |
| Clarence Fulton | Centennial | Riverside |
| College Heights | Charles Best | |
| Cowichan | Claremont | |
| David Thompson | Delta | |
| DP Todd | Dover Bay | |
| Eric Hamber | Elgin Park | |
| George Elliot | Fraser Heights | |
| JN Burnett | Gleneagle | |
| Lambrick Park | GP Vanier | |
| Langley Christian | Heritage Woods | |
| Langley Fundamental | Kelowna | |
| Mark Isfeld | Kwantlen Park | |
| McRoberts | McMath | |
| MEI | Mission | |
| Mission | Moscrop | |
| Moscrop | Mount Baker | |
| Mt Boucherie | North Peace | |
| Pacific Christian | Oak Bay | |
| Parkland | OKM | |
| Princess Margaret | Penticton | |
| Richmond | Prince Charles | |
| Richmond Christian | Prince George | |
| Royal Bay | Prince of Wales | |
| SaHali | Reynolds | |
| Smithers | Rutland | |
| South Okanangan | Seaquam | |
| Spectrum | Semiahmoo | |
| St Michaels | St Georges | |
| Steveston London | Van Tech | |
| Surrey Christian | ||
| Timberline | ||
| Valleyview | ||
| WL Seaton |
NEW* 2018 BC High School Boys Registration Instructions
2018 BC High School Boys “AA/AAA” Volleyball Registration
Coaches and Athletic Directors:
For 2018 – “AA” & “AAA” senior boys’ volleyball teams must complete the following tasks:
1. BC School Sports Registration “STARS”
When entering your senior boys’ volleyball team in to the BCSS “Stars” database include the following required information:
- First and last name of athlete. (Use the following style: Joe Smith)
- Grade
- Height – use feet and inches
- Uniform/Jersey #
- Head coach name
- Head coach email
- Head coach cell #
NEW: Please ensure the head coach’s name, email and cell phone # are listed in STARS
DO NOT use the Athletic Director’s name or school phone # as the contact.
Deadline for complete registrations in STARS: October 17, 2018
2. Team Photo
All teams must submit a quality colour digital team photo. Make sure you follow these instructions:
- “Landscape” orientation, JPG format. Note: Vertical pictures will not be accepted!
- Place ½ the team sitting on a bench or chairs, and the other ½ standing behind. Coaches should be in the picture and situated on the outside edges.
- Players should be in uniform (tops, shorts, shoes), with numbers clearly visible.
- Use a light background, preferably without lines or patterns. A blank wall/screen would be best. Do not stand in front of your school logo….use a plain background.
- Ensure each team member’s uniform number corresponds to the roster submitted in STARS..
- If necessary, please crop the image. Large files may not transmit well via email.
Note: Pictures that do not meet the criteria laid out will not appear in the tournament program.
Deadline for submission: Friday, October 27 File must be sent via email
3. Team Logo – We may not have a copy of your logo in PDF…..
Check our website: bchighschoolboysvolleyball.com to see if there is a copy of your school logo (in PDF) on record with the tournament. If there isn’t, or if you have a new logo, you must submit your COLOUR PDF school logo via email. Deadline for submission: Friday, October 27 File must be sent via email
Instructions for submitting team photo and school logo:
- Save your team photo as a PDF, label with the name of your school and email to the email address listed below.
- Place your school name in the SUBJECT line of the email.
- ENSURE your team picture includes everyone listed on your BCSS roster.
- EMAIL your team photo and logo to bchighschoolboysvolleyball@gmail.com
Teams need to complete all 3 steps of the registration process to appear in the BC Championship program.
Questions? Email me at bchighschoolboysvolleyball@gmail.com
Sharon Carter
Tournament Director
Girls happy to join the boys in 52-team Big Kahuna Championships
“I’m excited,” said Seaquam head coach Todd Clarke, the BCs’ girls coordinator. “I feel this is the right direction for girls volleyball, worth the effort, worth the try. It’s going to be a unique event, and whoever wins it this year will have a unique memory.”
By Bob Carter
High school volleyball’s biggest provincial party will look a little larger, and more feminine, this fall.
The Big Kahuna BC Volleyball Championships have expanded from the normal array of 36 teams (20 AAA boys and 16 AA boys) to 52 with the addition of 16 AAAA girls squads. The four-day BCs will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at Langley Events Centre.
The boys, as in the past, are scheduled to compete Wednesday through Saturday, and the girls’ three-day championship runs from Thursday to Saturday. The three tournaments will come to a stirring conclusion with all bronze- and gold-medal matches set for the final day.
Organizers are eager to see how the experiment develops.
“I’m excited,” said Seaquam head coach Todd Clarke, the BCs’ girls coordinator. “I feel this is the right direction for girls volleyball, worth the effort, worth the try. It’s going to be a unique event, and whoever wins it this year will have a unique memory.”
Sharon Carter, the Championships’ director, recalled the U.S. Nationals as a club coach and seeing “hundreds of athletes competing side by side, all in the same venue. The excitement was palpable. Our committee wants to provide a big-tournament atmosphere to the BCs.”
Mike Toakley, head coach of defending AAAA girls champion Belmont, also is enthused about the venture.
“The idea was sold to us as a showcase for high school volleyball, not just girls’ volleyball or boys’, but the sport as a whole,” Toakley said. “This is going to be more of a spectacle.”
Making the spectacle a reality has demanded more organizing work across the board. The most demanding challenges, Carter said, are re-doing schedules and finding enough officials to accommodate the girls’ presence. The event’s match count will be 176, an increase of 54.
The girls actually have been included before – they joined the AA and AAA boys in 2003 at Kelowna – but this marks the first time volleyball’s top tiers of boys and girls share the bright provincial spotlight in the Vancouver area.
Toakley said part of the incentive from the girls’ side was the possibility of more media coverage. “A lot of people think the media are more likely to show up,” he said, “if the boys and girls are at one place.”
The girls’ AAAA provincials normally are held at a different locale, a different zone, each year, and 2017 was the Fraser Valley’s turn. Though the girls are accustomed to being the only show in town, wherever the town might be, other factors certainly sweeten this year’s inclusion at the LEC.
“There was some concern that the focus will be taken off the girls a little bit,” Earl Marriott head girls coach Mark Cassell said, “but the bigness of it will compensate for anything we might lose. The girls like that it’s a big event.”
All matches at the Championships will be played at the LEC, another bonus for the girls who usually have to switch between two or three venues at the provincials.
Another obvious difference: Wherever the girls look, they’ll find boys. “We might have to deal with distractions a little more,” Cassell hinted.
Fortunately, Toakley, Clarke, Cassell and others have considerable coaching experience at the BCs, probably enough to handle any of the new variables this year’s event may present.
In 1997, Toakley’s first year teaching at Belmont, he led the Bulldog boys to a provincial title, and in 2000 he did it with the Victoria school’s senior girls, again in his first year with the team. Last season the girls claimed another BC title with a squad consisting mostly of Grade 10s and 11s that qualified as a wild card.
That sets up Belmont as the favourite to repeat.
“This group is pretty focussed, even though they know they’re the favourites,” Toakley said. “Of course, you always have to worry about complacency.”
Clarke’s girls have made the BCs in nine of the past 13 years, winning the title in 2011 and finishing second the next two seasons.
Cassell, coaching EMS for the ninth year, has guided the Mariners to two silver medals and two bronze in the past five seasons and would love to grab gold this fall, especially so close to home. He thinks playing the BCs a half-hour drive from the school could attract more EMS fans, possibly providing an edge.
Most of all, Clarke knows that this year’s experience will be new in multiple ways. He also knows that the girls coaches will have plenty to dissect after the event at their AGM.
If anything, he is energized by the prospects of playing at the spacious LEC.
“We’re playing in a different venue, there’s a different vibe and a whole new level of organization,” Clarke said. “There’s definitely something special about it. We want people to realize that they’re privileged to play there.”
