Commissioner’s Corner
by Anne Hughes
New rules, a new
year, a new season and a new Millennium. Lots of changes for players and
officials. Red and yellow cards have taken on a whole new meaning and “officials
signals” are sometimes confusing for them as well as the players. All of
this takes a lot of getting used to but change is inevitable, no matter
what sport you play and I venture to say that this time next year we will
all wonder what the fuss was all about.
This Region is pleased to welcome the start
of a new Starlings program for the DC area. This program was established
in 1995 and the first club was started in 1996 in San Diego. These clubs
exclude no girls due to financial hardship. Each individual club is encouraged
to adopt a mentoring program to nurture personal growth and educational
achievement. This program allows girls aged eight to eighteen to train
and compete at USA Volleyball’s Junior Olympic level. Each club is community
based and self sustaining. If you would like to help out in any way please
contact me. The Region has a club in Wilmington, DE. and one in Baltimore,
MD.
I have received the pre-tournament Manuals
for the 2000 USA Open Volleyball Championships. Any team that is interested
may contact me or log on to www.usavolleyball.org and click on the adult
link to download the manuals. The event runs from May 27th thru June
3, 2000. The entry deadlines for applications and fees for teams entering
the OPEN tournaments is Wed, March 29th, 2000. Club, Coed, Masters and
Seniors tournaments deadline is Wed, April 26th. Please remember that
your entry is not complete until it is verified by the Commissioner. The
entry fee is $675 a team while the Co-Ed and Reverse Co-Ed is $500 a team.
— Anne Hughes
(703)451-3082
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