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PCVC League Updates – Oct 2nd, 2018

We are now approaching week 3 of our season. Please be aware of the following upcoming events and updates:

Substitute Players

We have had several players who are currently on leave of absence or have requested a leave of absence for an upcoming period. For those players on leave, the team has the option to request a substitute player of similar skill. The exec needs help from the membership to help build a list of qualified players. Currently we have a very sparse list of potential substitutes. If you know potential players who would be willing to act as occasional substitutes please let us know or have them email info@pcvc.ca

Team Reps

Thank you to those members who have volunteered to be team reps. For those teams who didn’t submit a name for team rep, one member has been nominated to be team rep. The list of team reps is posted here. If there are issues that concern the entire team they should be brought forward to the exec through the team rep.

Realignment

Realignment is the process by which the exec will move a few players between teams to ensure that teams are balanced for the rest of the season. Realignment will occur after this Thursday. Any players affected will be notified directly as will the team rep on the affected team.

Tournaments

We have two upcoming tournaments. Our first Sixes tournament for the season is on October 20^th and has room for men and currently we are wait-listing women. Even though we are wait-listing women, any women interested in playing please email tournaments@pcvc.ca as there is a high likelihood that there will be available spots.

Our first Pairs tournament is November 3^rd. It is open for registration.

Both tournaments are open to members as well as non-members. For further information or to register please see details on our tournament page.

Incentive Night

For those of you who missed our first incentive night at Meet-and-greet, our next incentive night is Thursday, October 25^th. Come to the sponsor bar, the Erin Mills Pump, to meet your fellow members and enjoy a drink on the club.

PCVC League Updates – Sept 14th, 2018

League Play
Play kicks-off on this Thursday, Sept 20^th. The rosters are now posted as is the schedule. Each team has been assigned a designated setter. Please check this page if you are unsure who the designated setter is on your team. For league play the gyms remain the same as last year, Iona and St Paul. Please be there no later than 7:15 PM so that games can start promptly at 7:20 PM.
For this upcoming Thursday, the team doing setup is Team 3 (Iona) and Team 9 (St Paul). If you are on one of those teams, please be there at 7PM to do the setup so that we can start on time. Doing teardown will be Team 6 and Team 12. For each week the setup/teardown teams are marked on the schedule.
Within the first two weeks of play please:
a. Choose a Team Name
b. Choose a Team Rep
The Team Rep will be the connection point for the exec on matters related to your team. If you cannot agree on a Team Name or Rep, the executive will be happy to select a name or nominate a rep for you.

PCVC Attendance Policy
PCVC considers maintaining satisfactory attendance a fundamental requirement for each member. The rules and policy for attendance remains the same as last year. In short:
·        A Member is allowed up to 4 Absences for the season. Exceeding the allowable limit of absences can mean loss of eligibility for playoffs or even membership termination.
·        After multiple absences, a member is sent a warning notification.
·        A member may request a “leave of absence” from play, provided it done in advance, for a valid reason, and for a minimum of 3 consecutive weeks. While on a leave of absence, the members absences are not counted against them.
More details are posted here: Attendance Policy

Player Conduct
PCVC has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics. Please read and be familiar with the policy. Behavior contrary to the policy can lead to disciplinary action or even membership termination for offenders. While I understand that nature of sports is to bring out our competitive spirit, the onus is on each of us as adults to not let competitiveness or frustration take control of our individual behavior. Here are some examples of behavior which is not acceptable:
·        Swearing or other abusive language at other players whether on the same team or another team.
·        Physical altercations of any kind.
·        Extended arguments with officiating or line judges.
·        On-court tantrums whether verbal or in action
Players are strongly advised to not give playing advice to others unless they are certain that advice would be welcome. If any member witnesses behavior contrary to the code of conduct, please report it in writing by emailing exec@pcvc.a or using our feedback form on the website.

New Website
At the end of last season we retired the previous PCVC website and have adopted an updated, mobile-friendly website. To ease the transition for users of the website the layout has been kept similar to the previous site. In addition to email distribution, the website will be the central source of league updates and events. Any feedback on the website is always welcome.

Tournaments
The signup process for PCVC tournaments will remain the same as last year. For members to confirm a spot in a tournament they should simply make payment in accordance with the instructions on the tournament page for that tournament.
We have adopted some changes to the tournament cost as follow:

We have eliminated the differentiated cost (early-bird & regular) and now will only have a single price for tournaments. For sixes tournaments that price will remain at $25/per player and for pairs tournaments it will remain $40/per pair.
Only for those players who choose to pay by Paypal or Credit Card, consistent with the pricing for other events and membership, an additional fee will be levied to cover the cost of online payment processing. That fee is adds $1/person to the tournament cost.

The tournament schedule for the year has been posted on the tournaments page of the website.

Our October Sixes tournament is open and is accepting registrations now. If you plan to play sign-up early.

Not getting email from PCVC?

PCVC periodically sends out league updates by email to both PCVC members and the PCVC volleyball community. PCVC members sign up for email as part of registration. More recently some recipients have reported that they have not received email notifications and updates from PCVC. Please check your “Junk Mail” folders and see if the emails have been placed there. If so please mark them as “Not Junk” to let the system know that these emails should not be filtered in future. Outlook.com, Hotmail, Gmail and others have put aggressive filters in place to filter out spam, however sometimes those filters also block PCVC emails and updates.

Seeking new members for 2018-2019

Date/Time:
22 Aug 2018
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Location:
Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

Status: Open

Event Type: Other

The Port Credit Volleyball Club (PCVC) is recruiting new members for the 2018-2019 season who have the skills necessary to play semi-competitive volleyball. The PCVC is both a sport and social club, members are encouraged to participate in social activities in addition to playing in the volleyball league and tournaments.

PCVC requires that new prospective members demonstrate the required skills to play at a semi-competitive level. To establish that a new member meets that qualification, a candidate must either:

Demonstrate their skill level at our tryout session.
Be a past-PCVC member or player whose skills were witnessed by an executive member within the previous calendar year.
Have played in previous PCVC tournaments and whose skills were witnessed by an executive member within the previous calendar year.

To Register for tryouts please click the following link:

Register for PCVC 2018 Tryouts

Participants should come appropriately dressed to play and prepared to participate in drills to demonstrate their volleyball skills. A video of previous tryouts is posted at: Info Report #146 (PCVC Tryouts)

Past members and tournament players who wish to be considered for membership without attending tryouts are asked to contact our Membership Secretary.

If you have any questions, please contact the Membership Secretary at (info@pcvc.ca).

Membership Renewal for 2018-2019

The deadline to renew membership for existing PCVC members for the 2018-2019 season was August 15th, 2018, and has now passed. Any member who has not renewed their membership by that deadline has been deemed to have resigned from PCVC. Please contact info@pcvc.ca if there are any questions regarding membership renewal.

PCVC Beach Tournament July 7th

Date/Time:
7 Jul 2018
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:
EVP Canada

Status: Closed

Event Type: Beach Tournament

Entry is a an individual and the tournament organizers will create balanced teams. Team entry is not permitted. No registrations or payments are accepted on the day of the tournament.

Tournament is restricted to a maximum of 36 players (9 teams). Prizes for the top 3 teams as well as door prizes. Snack bar and patio with food and beverages are available for an additional cost.

Level: Semi-Competitive/Advanced Intermediate
Cost: $40.00

Only register if the tournament status is Open.

Winter 2018 – Playoff Winners

Congratulations to Top-Tier Winners, Team 11 – Diane and the 7 setters.

The winning team:

Alyson Cross
Ann Marie Lloyd
Diane Yin
Jason Marshall
Juan Jimenez
Justin Strozynski
Lloyd Jones
Prantik Saha

Congratulations to Consolation-Tier Winners, Team 4 – Jenny and the Jets.

The winning team:

Bico Doan
Evan Russell
Fatima Lao
Jeff Wrathall
Jenny Slater
Kevin Waher
Myron Haluk
Steve Green

Prizes for Season and Playoff Winners will be presented at the annual banquet.

Final Standings — Winter Season

Here are the final standings for the Regular Winter season. Where teams are tied for wins, their overall +/- is used as a tiebreaker.

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	+/-	Pct
1	#7 – Hot Mess	48	34	14	149	0.708
2	#1 – Mo for Middle	48	31	17	121	0.646
3	#10 – Volley the Blue Sky	48	29	19	71	0.604
4	#11 – Diane and the 7 setters	48	28	20	83	0.583
5	#9 – Soft Dumps in the Corner	48	27	21	44	0.563
6	#5 – Where the Teams Have No Name	48	26	22	65	0.542
7	#8 – Team Ed	48	26	22	-28	0.542
8	#6 – We Play in Mysterious Ways	48	20	28	-60	0.417
9	#12 – Hard Tips	48	18	30	-66	0.375
10	#2 – Jenny and the Jets	48	18	30	-121	0.375
11	#3 – Just Pick One	48	17	31	-115	0.354
12	#4 – Tape, Tip, Toke	48	14	34	-143	0.292

Congratulations to Team #7 – Hot Mess on coming out on top in a hotly contested race. Winning team members:

Andreina Valentini
Dave Lyubarsky
Diane Ulman
Laura Field
Matt Hartwell
Michael Mitchell
Paul Quevedo
Robbie Bodanis

Playoff schedule for April 26^th and May 3^rd:

Location	Tier	Teams
Iona	Top	#7,#1,#10,#11,#9, #5
St Paul	Consolation	#8,#6,#12, #2,#3, #4