New Mexico Beach Volleyball Videos

Aspen Battle, 2007 Part I Part II

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

King of the Beach at Sneakerz

Saturday, April 28th we return to the sands of Sneakerz for the annual early season King of the Beach tournament. What the heck is that, you may ask? This is the perfect format for guys that don't have their partners figured out for the season yet and for others to play with guys they don't normally get to side with. In this tournament, players are set in pools of four and each player gets to partner with every other player in the pool. Those with the top point differentials and records advance to a new pool of players, until the final pool, which is decided by the player with the greatest margins of victory while playing with all the remaining players. Of course, the event could adopt the AVP format of the two finalists selecting from the eliminated players, with the exception of not being able to select their normal partner. I'll list players entered for the event, you can let me know if you are interested in playing or call Tavake directly.
UPDATE:
It was a long, hot day with lots and lots of playing. We had 18 or so participants, good numbers for early in the season with a bunch of guys away and others not wanting to get sandy before their indoor matches that evening. After a double elim KoB format, the battle of attrition came down to Loric and Myself advancing with a bye to the finals. Chris and Tony fought their way out of the last pool. After a roll off, the teams were set. Chris and Loric wrecked Tony and myself who had run out of gas in the final match, played under the lights. So, for the second year, Loric wears the crown and I get the court jester shoes ;-). Here's the final 4 finish:
1) Loric Box
2) Adam Rubel
3) Chris Roosilid
4) Tony Shimkus

1 comment:

Chris said...

I'm helping Tavake out this weekend with running the tournament. Right now we have an ideal number of players for a KOB (12). All entries from this point forward will be put on a waiting list until we have multiples of 4 (i.e. 16, 20, 24, etc.). Please continue signing up with Adam or Tavake and we'll do our best to get everyone in. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call me at (505)363-1262. See you on Saturday at 8:30am.

Thanks,
Chris Roosild