The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador:

Provincial Volleyball Tryout

On February 28 - March 1, the Newfoundland and Labrador Volleyball Association will be holding tryouts for the provincial Boys Midget team and Girls Midget +1 team. The boys tryout will be held at Memorial University Gymnasium and the girls will be held at Queen Elizabeth High in Foxtrap. The boys tryout will start on Friday from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. and will continue on Saturday from 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. The girls tryout will take place on Saturday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and continue from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Boys who are eligible to tryout for the midget teams are those athletes born in 1981 or later. Girls eligible for the midget +1 team are those born in 1980 only. All tryouts will have a registration fee of $20 per player with the proceeds of those fees used to help offset the training and travel costs of the teams. Athletes can register by contacting the NLVA at (709) 576-0817 or at the beginning of the first tryout session.

This team will be competing in an Eastern Canadian Championship which will be held in Stephenville next summer. The championship will feature teams from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI. The NLVA is inviting all eligible players to come along and tryout.

Contact: Stephen Bartlett, (709) 576-0817.