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Cowichan Outdoor Volleyball results!  Thanks to the wonders of modern tech stuff, the results for week 3 are now available in the results section of the web site. League standing will be computed and updated once there's a bit more time.

Thanks to all who came out and helped Bonnie with set-up. I'll be away next week too, so it would be great to have some support then too.

 

Brilliant sunshine, biting wind

Week 2 of outdoor grass play was marked by gorgeous blue sunny skies, which warmed our hearts, and a biting westerly wind, which attempted to strip all our heat away and twist the flight of the balls. None the less, despite the adversarial wind, competition was exceptionally good at all levels of the league.

Great to see the high school teams competing so well and having fun on the beautiful grass of Brentwood, and I must mention the real youngsters of the league from Bonner middle school. "The Tragically Hit" occasionally live up to their name, but these youngsters are consisently passing the ball well and playing 3 hit volleyball ... keep it up !!

Results from this week's play are posted in the results section of the site. Four matches were not recorded ( interestingly all of them between top 2 seeds in the divisions) , so we deem them to be draws and award 1 point to each team in that match. Yes it does matter ..... records your scores at the end of the games!!

Great to see so many faces out at Catrina's for the post play social. Once again thanks to the staff at Catrina's for the venue and great food and bevies, if you haven't joined us yet .... make it a date for next week! Thanks also to our sponsors for the wonderful draw prizes we are able to give away at the social, ( any potential sponsors don't hesitate to contact Bonnie or myself) so please support these great LOCAL businesses who support healthy outdoor activity in our area!


Current league standings will be generated later this week, but right now it's 1:45 am and I'm bagged ...... tine for some ZZZZZZZs before getting to that day job. 

Have a great week and see you all on the courts next Wednesday!

1 down, 8 to go

 

The 2012 outdoor season spiked off to a great start last Wednesday. We had 32 teams take to the turf as we returned to the location that started it all ... Brentwood College School fields. With warmish weather and no hint of precipitation, shorts and Ts abounded early on.

As ever, the first night involved a lot of extra set-up time as we tried to lay out the net positions for the new field and trained many of our newcomers in court set-up, however we were underway and banging balls around by 6:45 and while if was certainly dusk as the last spike was laid, the sole floodlighton the tennis court proved most useful during cleanup.


As this last week was seeding night so we could a feel for the true spread of abilities in our teams, positions within the tables doesn't mean much, but the scores are all posted ( I hope correctly as we did have a paper-work mix-up which took some sorting ) and The galleries are updated with photos form the evening. See if you can catch yourself in action or even dogging it!

This coming Wednesday, we're at it again, this time league points are on the line and now we've all oiled away the rust, I'm sure the action will heat-up ( as I hope the weather does !) and the crows will go wild! See ya all on the 9th!

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Map of COVL venues

Below you'll find an embedded google map of our COVL venues.

Game location is indicated by the BLUE marker post and corresponds to Brentwood College School playing fields. Turn off the highway at the light by the Co-Op gas station.

This years socials are at Catrina's Grill in the Mill Bay Centre. This is indicated by the Burger and Glass on the map. It's just a hop skip and a jump from the fields we play on!

Once again our socials feature great company, great food and great prizes.

 


View COVL Spring League Sites in a larger map

2012 Overall League standings

1 You've Been Served
2 Great Relations
3 Pacmen
4 Ten Sowsand Bucks
5 Block Party
6 Alcaballics
7 DCS Chargers
8 Foursome
9 Andi-Capped
10 Young Guns
11 New Kids on the Block
12 BCS Shock
13 Brentwood Ballers
14 Chemainus Cougars
15 Unusual Suspects
16 Setsations
17 Serve-ivors
18 Pepperdill Spikers
19 Grass Stainers
20 Dig Us
21 Sergves You Right
22 Spiked Punch
23 ATAK
24 Kelsey Breakers
25 Bump Buddies
26 Dougan's Diggers
27 Kiss my Pass
28 Cowichan T-birds
29 Sets on the Beach
30 Ball Ox
31 Sets Appeal
32 Venturers
33 Cheeky Tomatoes
34 Tragically Hit

    CONGRATULATIONS to the Senior Teams from Cowichan Secondary and Duncan Christian School who have sent me their bid for sponsorship and have been accepted to represent their school in our volleyball league. So look out, we have some new serious athletes gracing our fields this year!

    Here's Olivia's winning entry:

    "Offering a free entry for one team at every high school is a great
    opportunity for us.  We are all interested in keeping our hands on the
    ball, and improving our skills for the returning school season.
    Participating in this league would keep our competitive level up and
    our bodies in shape over the spring time and up coming summer.
    We are really excited to play our best, have a great time, and be a
    positive influence on and off the grass court"

    Registration documents for download