Of related interest

Tournament Director: Bill Zehler
Email: zehler@ovr.org

Site Director: Tom Kohl
Email: kohl@ovr.org

AES Scheduler: Chris Bielby
Email: bielby@ovr.org

Nook Sports Need to Know Information

Borderline Junior Volleyball has been in existence since 1994. Known as the “Miami Club”, we ran

hundreds of tournaments at Miami University facilities in Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown, and local

schools in the area. We filled a huge need for events in SW OH.

As the need for us to host tournaments waned and facilities started popping up, we stopped running

events. We haven’t run tournaments the past few years. We sorely missed our loyal officials and seeing

the clubs at our events. Many of you have played in a Borderline Tournament.

Things are changing! With the construction of the new, state of the art, sports complex known as

Spooky Nook Champion Mill in Hamilton, Ohio, we are back in the tournament business! Borderline is

hosting our inaugural Borderline Bash event for American and Regional teams on February 24-25, 2024.

This is a two-day event with lots of seeding points.

The entry fee is $495, payable to Borderline Junior Volleyball. The admission fee is $10 for adults aged

19 and older. Hotel accommodations are available at the Warehouse Hotel at Champion Mill.

Help us celebrate our 30th year as a club in the OVR.

Bill

Tournament entry requires registration through AES beginning July 1 2023. OVR teams will have their team code transferred to the OVR tournament information. Out of region teams will have their team name and code transferred as well. Team acceptance is based on AES entry and received entry fee (date/time.) Team withdrawal causes loss of the entry fee unless a fully paid replacement team is entered.

Team entry fees ($495) can be paid with a check or through AES. If paying through AES, there will be a non-refundable 3% processing fee added to the entry fee. If by check, please send a separate check for each OVR tournament that you have teams entered. Not a separate check per team, just per event.

Make checks payable to: Borderline Volleyball Club and mail to:

Bill Zehler
1376 Trenton Oxford Rd
Hamilton, OH 45013

Spectators: As a reminder spectator admission is $10 per day for all individuals 19 years and older. Admission tickets (cash only) can be purchased the day of the tournament. ATM available on site. Chairs are permitted. There are bleachers and benches available. Floors are hardwood. Please do not drag chairs over the courts. Wagons and carts are prohibited. Please leave your wagon outside of the entrance or in your car.

Outside Food: Outside food is not permitted and they DO check bags for food. Water is OK.
There is a bar. Alcoholic beverages can be purchased but you cannot consume them in the gym. There are several options for dinning.

Q Sport (the vendor at the OVR Championships in Columbus) is selling volleyball specific apparel tournament T-shirts and novelty items. Cash only.

Coaches Meeting: There will not be a coaches' meeting prior to the start of the tournament. This tournament will not use AES rosters. OVR Coaches will verify team rosters online at the OVR website. If a change needs to be made to the roster, a coach can provide an updated roster when they check-in Saturday, the first day of the tournament. Upon check-in, wrist bands will be given to coaches and their staff. Roster changes cannot be made once a team starts their first match. The use of AES providing the schedule means a tournament handout to coaches is not necessary. Coaches bring your own volleyballs for warm ups.

Out of Region teams can submit a region approved roster form or use the OVR Tournament Roster form.

Thanks to those OVR coaches that have completed the online check-in procedure.

Work Team Procedures: Teams will have to supply a down official, 2 line judges, an official scorer, a Libero tracker and score flipper for the matches they are required to officiate. A coach must be present at the Scorer’s table. Please have the work team available court side at the coin toss for the next match. Each work team is to provide a whistle for the down official, pens and pencils for score table duties. At the completion of the match, please remove all pens and pencils. Be sure the coaches pickup their lineup sheets. Teams are responsible for clean-up of their bench area. The court official and or Tournament assistants will be responsible for any match papers.

Format and time schedule. Afternoon starting times can/will be adjusted due to previous teams still playing on a court.
Information current as of 2/21/2024 at 2.30PM. Please check AES for any updates or changes. Link below.

Door opens at 7:00AM. Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, Morning wave check-in begins at 7AM. Pool play starts at 8AM.
Saturday, Afternoon wave check-in begins at 2PM. Pool play starts at 3PM.

Morning wave.

13R – 14 teams
Saturday: Courts 1-4 @ 8am
Pools A & B are 4-team pools, pools C & D are 3-team pools with a cross-over match.

Sunday: Courts 1 -4 @ 8am
1st & 2nd in pool are re-seeded and go to Gold bracket on Courts 1 & 2.
3rd & 4th in pool are re-seeded and go to Silver pools on Courts 3 & 4.

14R – 24 teams
Saturday: Courts 5-10 @ 8am
Pools A-F are 4-team pools.

Sunday: Courts 5-12 @ 8am
1st to Gold bracket on Courts 5 & 6
2nd to Silver bracket on Courts 7 & 8
3rd to Bronze bracket on Courts 9 & 10
4th to Copper bracket on Courts 11 & 12.

15R – 15 teams
Saturday: Courts 11-14 @ 8am
Pools A-C are 4-team pools, Pool D is 3-team pool (best of 5).

Sunday: Courts 11-14 @ 8am
1st & 2nd to Gold bracket on Courts 21 & 22
3rd to Silver bracket on Court 23
4th to Bronze pool on Court 24.

17 Select - 27 teams
Saturday: Courts 16-22 @ 8am
Pools A-F are 4-team pools, Pool G is a 3-team pool (best of 5).

Sunday:
17 Regional (6 teams)-Courts 19-20 @ 8am
Re-seeded based on Day 1 results
All 17 Regional teams to Gold bracket based on seeding.

16 American (21 teams)-Courts 13-18 @ 8am
Reseeded based on Day 1 results
Top 8 highest seeds to Gold bracket on Courts 13 & 14
Next 4 highest seeds to Silver bracket on Court 15
Next 3 seeds to Bronze pool on Court 16
Next 3 seeds to Copper pool on Court 17
Last 3 seeds to Nickel pool on Court 18.

Afternoon wave.

13A – 21 teams
Saturday: Courts 16-22 @ 3pm
Pools A through G are 3-team pools, which will be re-seeded after Round 1 and placed in 3-team pools for Round 2.

Sunday: Courts 10-12 and 22-24 @ 12pm
ALL first and best second to Gold bracket on Courts 10-11
Next four best 2nd places to Silver bracket on Court 12
Remaining teams seeded into pools of 3 based on overall standings on courts 22-24

14A – 24 teams
Saturday: Courts 9-15 Saturday @ 3pm
Pools A-F are 4-team pools.

Sunday: Courts 9-15 @ 12pm
1st to Gold bracket on Courts 2 & 3
2nd to Silver bracket on Courts 4 & 5
3rd to Bronze bracket on Courts 6 & 7
4th to Copper bracket on Courts 8 & 9

15A – 24 teams
Saturday: Courts 9-14 @ 3pm
Pools A-F are 4-team pools.

Sunday: Courts 9-14 @ 1pm
1st to Gold bracket on Courts 14 & 15
2nd to Silver bracket on Courts 16 & 17
3rd to Bronze bracket on Courts 18 & 19
4th to Copper bracket on Courts 20 & 21.

Additional tournament information links:

OVR tournament information

AES tournament information

Should you have any questions, please contact Bill Zehler at 513-726-6739; zehler@ovr.org.

The tournament will only be cancelled if there is a level 3 snow emergency in Butler County, Ohio.