Tournament/Site Director

Elizabeth Zicha
ezicha@muskingum.edu

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Entry Fee

$175

Location

Address

Philo HS
4000 Miller's Lane
Duncan Falls, OH 43734

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Maps

• MapQuest maps and directions

Tournament Information

Thanks so much for attending our tournaments.  We appreciate 
having the opportunity to see your team play.

Entry fee is $175.00 per team.  Please write your entry fee 
check payable to:  Elizabeth Zicha and mail to the following
address:

Elizabeth Zicha
50 Shadyside Drive
New Concord, OH  43762

Checks should be mailed by January 15, 2013

Non OVR teams need to submit the following entry form with their 
entry fee check:
http://www.ovr.org/forms/OVR_Tournament_Entry_Form.pdf

Doors open at 8:00 am.  There is a coaches' meeting on Court 1
of the tournament and officials will be present.  The tournament
starts at 9:00 am sharp!

Pool play is the best of three sets with rally scoring.  Each
non-deciding set will be to 25 points with a minimum two point 
advantage with no scoring cap.  The deciding set, if needed will
be to 15 points with a minimum two point advantage with no
scoring
cap.  Change sides when a team reaches 8 points. All warm-ups
will
 use the 2-4-4 format: 2 minutes shared court,4 minutes serving
team,
4 minutes serve receive team.  Teams may request the referee to
tell 
them when to serve usually one minute.

This is a 12 team tournament so there will be three 4 team pools.
The playing schedule will be as follows:

Match 1 1 vs 3 (2 refs)
Match 2 2 vs 4 (1 refs)
Match 3 1 vs 4 (3 refs)
Match 4 2 vs 3 (1 refs)
Match 5 3 vs 4 (2 refs)
Match 6 1 vs 2 (4 refs)

All teams advance and will be ranked within their pools based
upon match percentage first.  For any ties the OVR tiebreaking
procedure will be used.  All first place, second place, and the
top two third place teams go to the Gold playoffs.  The remaining
third place and all fourth place teams to the Silver playoffs

Awards will be given to the 2 teams remaining in the Gold
playoffs.

If the event that Muskingum County is in a Level 3 snow emergency
or
that the tournament must be cancelled due to unforeseen
circumstances,
teams will receive their entry fee back within 3 days of the
tournament
date.

Teams will have plenty of space to camp outside of the competition
area.
It is requested that no ball handling be done in the camping
area.

NO OUTSIDE FOOD IS ALLOWED - Individual portions are allowed in a
players'
bag.  A concession stand will be available at each of the playing
sites.

All coolers must remain in cars and are prohibited from being in
and
outside any facility hosting an OVR sanctioned event

There will be seating provided at each site and chairs will be
allowed
as well.

Pools

Note: OVR rankings appearing in the following listings are intended only as a helpful tool for tournament directors. They are subject to frequent change, including after the pools are set, and other factors may also be considered when determining pools and order of play.

Officials [Hired officials: sign in for more information]

The officials' assigner for this event is Elizabeth Zicha (ezicha@muskingum.edu, 740‑826‑8328 /w, 740‑624‑0798 /m, 740‑826‑8300 /f).

1 officials are still required for this event.

1. (hired) : Head Official
2. (hired)
3. (hired)
4. (hired)
5. (hired)