Tournament/Site Director

John Zell
john_zell@yahoo.com

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Entry Fee

$175

Location

Address

Lima HS
1 Spartan Way
Lima, OH 45804

Web page: http://www.noacsc.org/allen/lm/lmhs/

Maps

• MapQuest maps and directions

Directions

• From Dayton:

  Northbound I-75 to exit 125 (SR. 309): at the end of the exit ramp turn west (left). Get in the right hand lane, Bellefontaine Ave (SR. 309) Follow this for approxiamtely 2 miles (you will pass Lima Memorial Hospital-on the right-then a set of RR tracks. You will come to a five point intersection. Go straight on Market Ave for about 3/4 of a mile. Turn right on Jackson St, and then right on Spartan Way.

• From Toledo:

  Southbound I-75 to exit 125B (SR 309): at the end of the exit ramp turn west (right). Get in the right hand lane, Bellefontaine Ave (SR. 309) Follow this for approxiamtely 2 miles (you will pass Lima Memorial Hospital-on the right-then a set of RR tracks. You will come to a five point intersection. Go straight on Market Ave for about 3/4 of a mile. Turn right on Jackson St, and then right on Spartan Way.

• From Columbus:

  Take 33 West to Huntsville exit SR 117. Take 117 into Lima. At the 117 and 309 intersection turn left. Get in the right hand lane, Bellefontaine Ave (SR. 309) Follow this for approxiamtely 2 miles (you will pass Lima Memorial Hospital-on the right-then a set of RR tracks. You will come to a five point intersection. Go straight on Market Ave for about 3/4 of a mile. Turn right on Jackson St, and then right on Spartan Way.

• From Fort Wayne:

  Take 30 East to SR 65 exit. Turn right(south) and go through town to North St (SR 81). Turn left(east) onto North St. You will go approximately 1 mile through an underpass and come to Jackson St. (2nd traffic light) Turn right on Jackson St, and then turn left on Spartan Way.

• From Celina:

  SR 117 eastbound: Follow SR 117 east (will change into Elm St in town) past the YMCA and VFW Post, then turn left onto Union St. (one way). Go to first traffic light and turn right on Market St. Go over RR tracks and turn left at the first traffic light, Jackson St. Then turn right on Spartan Way.

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:  Lima Senior Athletics

John Zell
1 Spartan Way
Lima, OH 45805

Checks should be mailed by January 15, 2014

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 2
8:30
and officials will be present.  The tournament
starts at 9:00 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 receive team. Teams may request the 
referee to tell them when to serve usually one minute.

This is a 16 team tournament so there will be four 4 team pools.
The playing schedule is 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 and second place teams
will go to the Gold playoffs.  The third place teams will go to
Silver playoffs while the fourth place teams go to the Bronze
playoffs.

Gold tournament will be on Courts 1 and 2
Silver Tournament will be on Court 3
Bronze Tournament will be on Court 4

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

In the event that Allen County is in a Level 3 snow emergency
of 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 in the Cafeteria
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
player's bag.  A concession stand will be available.

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 John Zell (john_zell@yahoo.com, 419‑303‑7500 /h, 419‑303‑7500 /m).

All officials needed for this event have already been hired.

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