Covering the Court
Arizona Region
of USA Volleyball News
June
2010
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In this edition:
Harold
Cranswick Receives Doc Booth Award
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Commissioner Harold Cranswick recipient of Doc Booth Award |
Every
year at the Annual meetings of the USA Volleyball Assemblies
the RVA
Assembly (Regional Volleyball Association) awards a commissioner
the Dr. Neville A "Doc" Booth Award to a current or
former commissioner. The award is named in the honor of Dr. Neville
A. Booth, the
first USVBA commissioner of regions and former commissioner of
Region 1 - which is now the New England Region. According to
the USAV Guidebook, the award recognizes individuals who have
made significant contributions to volleyball and USA Volleyball
through the office of regional commissioner and/or as vice president
of the Regional Operations Division and/or chair of the RVA Assembly.
This year the award was given to our own Commissioner Harold
Cranswick. Harold was considered for the award by his service
for two years on the USAV Board of Directors - his position on
the USAV Board was eliminated with the restructure of USAV in
2008, the four years he was
the Assistant
VP of the Regional
Operations
Division
(ROD) and Chair of the Compliance Committee of the ROD. Harold
also served at the request of Jon Lee - then VP of the ROD -
as the liaison from the ROD to the Youth & Junior Division of
USAV. Harold has served as Commissioner of the Arizona Region
since 1997 when
he was appointed by resigning Commissioner Mary Callentine to
replace her.
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AZ Region Junior Teams Attend
Jr National Championships
The Arizona
Region sent a record number of teams to the Junior National Championships
in 2010. Many are still competing. Follow their progress on AES.
| Junior
Girls Teams - Reno, NV |
Junior
Boys Teams - Austin, TX |
Starlings
Teams - San Diego, CA |
| Teams Competing |
Teams Competing |
Teams Competing |
| Arrowhead 14 Rage - 14
National - 31st |
APV 18 Errea -
18 Club - 33rd |
Central Phx 18 Mario
- 11th Place |
| AZ Sky 12N1 - 12 National
- 29th |
APV 17 Errea -
17 Club - 8th |
Central Phx 14 Anita
- Tied 11th |
| AZ Sky 13N1 - 13 National
- 4th |
APV 15 Errea -
15 Club - 18th |
Phx Team AZ 12 Adam -
19th Place |
| AZ Sky 13N2 - 13 American
- 22nd |
AZ Fear 18 Red
- 18 Club - 9th |
Phx Team AZ 12 Amber
- 2nd Place |
| AZ Sky 14N1 - 14 Open
- 29th |
AZ Fear 14 Red
- 14 Open - 17th |
Phx Team AZ 12 Doug -
3rd Place |
| AZ Sky 16N1 - 16 National
- 16th |
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Phx Team AZ 12 Lorrie
- Tied 15th |
| AZ Storm 16 T -
16 American - 22nd |
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Phx Team AZ 14 Jason
- Tied 11th |
| AZU 14 Premier Rags Evan
- 14Am - 28th |
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Phx Team AZ 16 Kati -
Tied 11th |
| Club Red 18 Red - 18
American - 16th |
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Shonto 12's - Tied 11th
Place |
| Club Red 16 Red - 16
Open - 5th |
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Shonto 14's - 2nd Place |
| Club Red 15 Red - 15
American - 11th |
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Shonto 18's - Tied 7th
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| Spiral 18 Black - 18
Open - 29th |
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Tuba City 12's - Tied
11th Place |
| Spiral 17 Black - 17
American - 13th |
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Tuba City 14's - 25th
Place |
| Spiral 16 Black - 16
National - 22nd |
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Tuba City 16's - 2nd
Place |
| Spiral 15 Black - 15
National - 8th |
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| VBC Dinamo 17 Elite -
17 National - 22nd |
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| Zona 18-1 - 18 National
- 48th |
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Volleyball Festival Returns
to Phoenix
Volleyball Festival marched
in to Arizona on Sunday, June 17th with Opening Ceremonies at
Chase Field. The Opening Ceremonies began with a team
processional with teams dressed to show the theme
for the year "Carnivoll".
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The highlight of the evening
was Edeline Felizor and the Oceanside and Central Phoenix Starlings
teams singing
"We are the World". The crowd rose to their feet
with cheers and tears and joined in singing with the group.
Edeline is
a survivor
of the
Haiti earthquake. She is in the US sponsored
by Byron
Shewman
of Starlings
Volleyball
USA to get treatment for the 4 cervical vertibrae that were
crushed by falling debris at the school where she worked as a
teacher
and nurse. Over 500 students at the school were killed in the
7.2 earthquake that was centered near Port A Prince, Haiti
in January. Edeline and the Oceanside Starlings teams also sang
at the Opening Ceremonies of the Starlings National Championships
last week
in San Diego and were joined at Volleyball Festival by the
Central Phoenix 18's
team.
The Festival tournament is
taking place at the Phoenix Convention Center. Over 600 teams
from American Samoa to Virginia and Calgary, Canada to Rio de
Janiero,
Brazil
are participating. It is truly an international event with a
Festival Spirit of fun and participation. Follow the progress
of over 60 AZ Region teams on Advanced
Event Systems (AES).
Only those teams in the top 8 of the Gold Divisions will play
on Friday, all other teams will conclude their tournament on
Saturday, July 3rd following a day off of play and the Finals
Event. Daily event tickets
for spectators are Adults $7, Children 6-12 years
is
$5, Children
5 and under
are
free.
The Finals
for each age will take place at US Airways Center on Friday,
July
2nd. Doors open at 11 am and the first Championship Final
will take place at 12 noon. The Championship Finals Matches will
play out over the course
of
the day
and end at approximately 10 pm. Tickets
for the Finals are $15 for
Adults
and $10
for
Children
6 - 12
yrs. Tickets may be purchased at the US Airways Ticket office
AZ
Storm 18 Thunder Take Volleyball Festival Crown
AZ Storm 18 Thunder
went undefeated in the 2010 Volleyball Festival. They defeated
Kane County 18 Gold of Batavia, Illinois
to take the 18's Division Crown in US Airways Arena on July 2nd.
The match is being televised several times over the month of
July.
Check the TV schedule to watch the final match called by Paul
Sunderland and Cathy Nelson on Fox Sports AZ. Congratulatios
to Head Coach Terri Spann
and
the
AZ
Storm 18
Thunder team. Read
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