Provincial Boys Volleyball Tournaments Held This Weekend

School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador will crown five new vollleyball champions this coming weekend. Boys teams from throughout the province will be vying for championship banners in 2A, 3A, 4A, Fair Play and Small Schools Divisions.

St. Mark�s School, Kings Cove and Bishop White All Grade in Port Rexton are co-hosting the 2A Boys Tournament. Ten teams will compete in a two division round-robin format to determine the semi-finalists. Division 1 will play at Kings Cove and will consist of St. Marks, Gill Memorial (Musgrave Hr), Eric G. Lambert School (Churchill Falls), Mountain Field Academy (Forteau) and John Watkins Academy (Hermitage). Division 2 will play round-robin matches at Port Rexton and will see action between Bishop White All Grade, Random Island Academy, Grandy�s River Collegiate (Burnt Islands), Fortune Bay Academy (St. Bernards) and Cape John Collegiate (LaScie).

Games get underway at each venue at 8 a.m. Friday and continue throughout the day, and into Saturday morning. Following the conclusion of round robin play, the top two teams from each division will meet in the semi-finals at 11 a.m. The winners meet in the championship game at 1:30.

Riverwood Academy in Wings Point is the site of the Boys 3A Volleyball championships. Ten teams will also compete in this tournament. Division A will consist of Riverwood Academy, Pasadena Academy, J. M. Olds Collegiate (Twillingate), Roncalli Central High (Port Saunders) and Holy Trinity High (Torbay). Division B participants will see action between Mealy Mountain Collegiate (Goose Bay), Leo Burke Academy (Bishops Falls), St. James Regional High (Port aux Basques), Lewisporte Collegiate and Lester Pearson Memorial (Wesleyville).

The tournament gets underway Thursday at 5:30 and continues throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two teams advance to semi-finals and the championship game Saturday afternoon.

Clarenville High is the host school for the Boys 4A Volleyball tournament. Vying for the championship are 10 teams split into two divisions. Division A consists of Clarenville High, Booth Memorial (St. John�s), Ascension Collegiate (Bay Roberts), Gander Collegiate, and Gonzaga High (St. John�s). Playing in Division B is Carmanville School, Prince of Wales Collegiate (St. John�s), Corner Brook High, Discovery Collegiate (Bonavista) and O�Donel High (Mount Pearl). The tournament gets underway at 12 noon at Clarenville High and Clarenville Middle School. The round robin portion continues throughout Saturday.

The top two teams advance to the semi-finals at 12:30 on Saturday in both venues. The gold medal match is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

Bay d�Espoir Academy in St. Albans is the site of the Fair Play Volleyball Championships featuring six teams. The team format will be a round-robin schedule. Vying for the provincial banner will be Bay d�Espoir Academy, Amos Comenius School (Hopedale), Baccalieu Collegiate (Old Perlican), Heritage Collegiate (Lethbridge), King Academy (Hr. Breton) and Tricentia Academy (Arnolds Cove).

The first match of the tournament is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Friday and continues throughout Saturday morning.. Semi final 1 will feature the 4th place team from the round robin and the 1stoverall. The second semi-final will feature the 2nd and 3rd place teams. The winners meet in the championship game.

Main River Academy is the host school for the Small Schools Boys Volleyball tournament. Eight teams will compete in a 2 division tournament. Division 1 action will consist of Swift Current Academy Raiders, St. Mary�s All Grade Wolves (Mary�s Harbour), CCM Grizzlies (Conche, Croque, Main Brook) and Main River Academy Warriors. Basque Memorial Whalers (Red Bay), St. Anne Kegnamogwom Eagles (Conne River), Our Lady of Labrador Vikings (West St. Modeste) and Long Island Academy Sabers (Beaumont)

The tournament gets underway at 9:30 Friday morning and continues throughout Friday and Saturday, with semi-finals and championship game following.

In its continuing effort to emphasize sportsmanship, School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador, are sponsoring the Sportsmanship First Program. In addition to the Team Sportsmanship Banner, each team will nominate an individual player to receive an individual sportsmanship medal.

The top teams will be rewarded with gold and silver medals, while the winner of the championship game will also receive the coveted Championship Banner.

For more information or for tournament schedules, please visit www.schoolsportsnl.ca

Convenors:
Boys Fair Play Volleyball - Doug Jackman 882-2300 (Tel) 882-2302 (Fax)
Boys Small Schools Volleyball - Jason Quilty 482-2422 (Tel) 482-2129 (Fax)
Boys 2A Volleyball - Glen O�Driscoll 447-6211 (Tel) 447-2126 (Fax)
Boys 3A Volleyball - Roy Lodge 676-2009 (Tel) 676-2382 (Fax)
Boys 4A Volleyball - Randy Manning 466-2713 (Tel) 466-1009 (Fax)

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Karen Richard
Executive Director
709-729-2795

2006 11 30                                     3:50 p.m.