New Mexico Beach Volleyball 2007

This could be the best year for sand volleyball in New Mexico in a really long time. With Charlie's Sandbox addition of four outdoor sandcourts, bringing the total at the facility to 6 outdoor and 2 indoor sand, we have the possibility of running larger events. For the first time in a while, Men and Women will have concurrent tournaments at that location. Sneakerz remains in the mix, running its annual summer sand series with monthly volleyball tournaments. Finally, we are looking at two special events in state taking off and establishing themselves for the first time this year. There will be a major event in May at Charlie's Sandbox - The Sandia Mountain New Mexico Volleyball Classic. This event promises to offer cash and prizes that is already drawing in top players from around the country and offering competition for all levels of play. There will also be a major tournament in Taos July 28th-29th. This event will feature open play on three sand courts and amateur divisions on the grass. There may be additional events added to te schedule in upcoming weeks. All this means good things for the growth of volleyball in New Mexico. Here is the official Sand Schedule for New Mexico, 2007:

Date	Title	Surface	Format	Location
4/14	Sandbox Tourney	Sand	2’s-W,M,Jr	Charlie’s Sandbox
4/28	Sneakerz King of the Beach	Sand	2’s – KoB	Sneakerz
5/12	Sandia Mountain New Mexico Volleyball Classic	Sand	2’s – M,W (Open, A, B)	Charlie’s Sandbox
5/19	ARVCRebels.com	Grass	2’s-M,W,Jr (Sat) 2’s-Coed; 4’s-Coed (Sun)	Manzano Mesa Park
5/26	Sneakerz Series #1	Sand	2’s-M	Sneakerz
6/9	Sandbox Tourney	Sand	2’s-W,M,Jr	Charlie’s Sandbox
6/10	ABQ Volleyfest Series #1	Grass	2’s-M,W,Jr	Manzano Mesa Park
6/23-24	ABQ Volleyfest Series #2	Grass	2’s-M,W,Jr (Sat) 2’s-Coed; 4’s-Coed (Sun)	Manzano Mesa Park
6/30	Sneakerz Series #2	Sand	2’s-M	Sneakerz
7/8	ABQ Volleyfest Series #3	Grass	2’-Coed (Aspen Format)	Manzano Mesa Park
7/14	Sandbox Tourney	Sand	2’s-W,M,Jr	Charlie’s Sandbox
7/21-22	ABQ Volleyfest Series #2	Grass	2’s-M,W,Jr (Sat) 2’s-Coed; 4’s-Coed (Sun)	Manzano Mesa Park
7/28-29	Taos Solar Spike Open	Sand (open)/ Grass (other)	2’s-M,W (Open,A,B); Jr	Taos
8/4	Sneakerz Series #3	Sand	2’s-M	Sneakerz
8/11-12	ABQ Volleyfest Final Series	Grass	2’s-M,W,Jr (Sat) 2’s-Coed; 4’s-Coed (Sun)	Manzano Mesa Park
8/18	Sandbox Tourney	Sand	2’s-W,M,Jr	Charlie’s Sandbox
8/25	Sneakerz Series Finale	Sand	2’s-M	Sneakerz
9/15	Sandbox Tourney	Sand	2’s-W,M,Jr	Charlie’s Sandbox

Contact Information

Location	Director/ Event Info
Charlie’s Sandbox	M-Adam Rubel; nmsvbteam[at]gmail.com W-Stephanie Sauer; stephsauer14[at]yahoo.com With 8 sand courts, tournaments here promise to be a good time. Cash and prizes for all events. $20-36 Entry Fee More info: http://desertsandvb.blogspot.com/ http://desertnmwsandvball.blogspot.com/
Sneakerz	Tavake Misailegalu; 505-720-4209 2 sand courts and longest running tournament series in New Mexico. High payouts and year-end bonus pool. Cash Prizes. $30 Entry Fee. More info: http://www.sneakerzsportsbar.com/
Sandia Mountain Classic	Sonny Marquez www.plasticclothing.com; 505-269-6119; sonny[at]plasticclothing.com First year and first major tournament in NM in a long time. Top players from around the country as well as multiple divisions for all skill levels. Special events. All entries receive Tee shirt. $60 Entry fee, registration online at Plastic website. More info visit: http://sandiavolleyball.blogspot.com/
Abq Volleyfest and grass Events	Fred Ader: 505-480-4196, fmader[at]sandia.gov Long running grass series of tournaments, featuring multiple levels of competition. Cash and prizes. $20 entry fee, pre-reg. More info: http://www.arvcrebels.com/
Taos Solar Spike Open	First year event hoping to draw teams from around the region. Run on three sand courts and many grass courts. Cash and prizes. $50/team entry fee. http://www.solarspikevolleyball.com

2007: Loric & Adam's early travel scedule

We had the chance to sit down this past weekend and pour over some of the many schedules put out by different tours and events and we have come up with our tentative travel schedule. It's going up here to let you all know about some great events and for those that are interested in tracking our progress during the year. We are real excited about this upcoming season. Both of us have been training real hard and are in very good physical shape. Having the opportunity to play in the sand throughout the winter has kept our skills sharp and our game at a good level. While we were considering some of the other AVP stops, the tentative schedule at this point shows more events that are small draws and off the beaches, frankly at places we aren't all that interested in traveling to. We would have liked to get out to CA for an EVP, but Loric's teaching schedule means we will have to miss those. I am hoping to pick up a partner for an East End tourney in Florida in March, as I will be out there on business anyhow. And, the exciting news is a couple of major events here in New Mexico. Lucky 66 is in the final stages of piecing together a large event that will draw national caliber players. We are also working on getting a Taos event together at the end of July that will have the promise of a great draw, as new sand courts are being built and grass divisions can be offered as well. There will also be three bars running events in Albuquerque throughout the summer: Charlie' Sandbox will have 8 sand courts; Lucky 66 will have 4; and Sneakerz will have 2. This should prove to be a great summer for volleyball! Here is our early travel plans:
3/3 - Clearwater Beach, FL - East End - Adam is picking up a partner for this event.
3/24 - Delray, FL - East End - Adam will pick up a partner for this event.
4/19 - Dallas, TX - AVP - If we can somehow be allowed into the draw and be given the opportunity to build points. Very tentative travel site.
5/3 - Huntington Beach, CA - AVP - Only with a guarantee from the AVP we can get in this year.
5/5 - Santa Monica, CA - CBVA
5/12 - Sandia Mountain Volleyball Classic - Big event in NM, Check it.
6/2 - Denver, CO - CPVA - This one is looking more likely than the one the following week.
6/16 - Vail, CO - King of the Mountain - The mighty Vail tourney
7/5 - Seaside Heights, NJ - AVP - I've got family back there, so it should make this stop easy.
7/7 - NJ - Local tourney, looks like GAV is running one.
7/14 - Manhattan Beach, CA - GAV - Coast to coast, this is vacation time, should be a great tourney.
7/19 - Long Beach, CA - AVP - Hopefully we will have a whole bunch of AVP points by this one.
7/21 - Play del Rey, CA - CBVA - More volley on the beach
7/28 or 8/4 - Taos, NM - One of these dates, this should be a real fun tourney.
8/9 - Manhattan Beach, CA - AVP - So long as they are allowed to run it, this is the big one.
8/11 - Ocean Beach, CA - CBVA
9/1 - Aspen, CO - Motherlode - The mother of all lode tourneys, always fun.

Hopefully we will get the local schedule together in the next couple of weeks!