$40,000 Volley America Spalding Grand Prix Kicks Off Throughout Florida

Feb. 11, 2015 - PRLog -- The 2015 Volley America Grand Prix which will award $40,000 cash prizes gets started in Florida at EEVBs Florida tournaments including events at Singer Island, Ocala and Clearwater Beach. The Grand Prix should be the first reason on why players choose to play in any tournament in Florida and the US. All of the Volley America member organizations are working together to give players the best program available and a big part of that is the Grand Prix program. The $40,000 cash plus additional merchandise prizes from sponsors Spalding, Rider Sandals, Reflekt Sunglasses and Sprout Watches are funded by the membership and entry fees that players pay to Volley America tournament directors. Volley America gives back all of the membership fees through the Grand Prix program and prizes given away by Volley America member organizations. These programs are coordinated throughthe Volley America web site/database system that lets players track their results and standings in the VA National Ranking system and VA Grand Prix.

The seeding points are used to seed players when they travel outside their region to earn points at any Volley America sanctioned event across the US. There are also double point events for larger tournaments. Each group will run 1 double point event which will be noted on the Volley America web site schedule page. Players can also earn double points at the Florida Regional Championships run in July (juniors) and October (adults) by Sandbox Volleyball at International Palms Resort in Cocoa Beach and at the Volley America Nationals Oct. 24-25 in Clearwater Beach.

Organizations now awarding Volley America points in Florida at tournaments:

SSOVA
Sandbox Volleyball
First Coast Volleyball
Florida Elite Beach
Rockstar Volleyball
Ocala Beach Volleyball
VB Beach
East End Volleyball

Prize money and prizes awarded in:

Men’s doubles
Women doubles
Coed doubles
Junior Boys & Girls 18U, 16U, 14U & 12U
Grass doubles

Go to www.volleyamerica.com (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volleyamer...) and click on Grand Prix Details.

$30,000 Volley America Grand Prix: Beach

Grand Prix: a high-level sporting competition over a long & strenuous series

All players must have an Volley America # in order to receive pts and end of season prize money
All divisions receive bonus pts based on the # of teams in a division:

1st place receives bonus pts equal to the # of teams in the division
2nd place receives the same amount of bonus pts – 2
3rd place receives the same amount as 2nd place minus 3
And so forth until you get to 0.
This makes larger tournaments worth more than the weaker tournaments yet still does not penalize teams that win smaller events

Certain designated events will award double points
Prizes are based on total points earned during the season. Players earn points every time they play and make the playoffs:

1st Place = 40 points
2nd Place = 25 points
3rd Place = 15 points
5th Place = 10 points
7th Place = 8 points
9th Place = 5 points
All other = 1 point

$10,000 Volley America Grand Prix: Grass

Grand Prix: a high-level sporting competition over a long & strenuous series

All players must have an Volley America # in order to receive pts and end of season prize money

All divisions receive bonus pts based on the # of teams in a division:

1st place receives bonus pts equal to the # of teams in the division
2nd place receives the same amount of bonus pts – 2
3rd place receives the same amount as 2nd place minus 3
And so forth until you get to 0.
This makes larger tournaments worth more than the weaker tournaments yet still does not penalize teams that win smaller events

Certain designated events will award double points.
Prizes are based on total points earned during the season. Players earn points every time they play and make the playoffs:

Grass doubles receive:

1st Place = 45 points
2nd Place = 30 points
3rd Place = 15 points
5th Place = 9 points
7th Place = 6 points
9th Place = 2 points
All other = 1 point

Grass triples receive:

1st Place = 30 points
2nd Place = 20 points
3rd Place = 10 points
5th Place = 6 points
7th Place = 4 points
9th Place = 2 points
All other = 1 point

Volley America Junior Grand Prix:

Grand Prix: a high-level sporting competition over a long & strenuous series

All players must have a Volley America # in order to receive pts and end of season prize money
All divisions receive bonus pts based on the # of teams in a division:

1st place receives bonus pts equal to the # of teams in the division
2nd place receives the same amount of bonus pts – 2
3rd place receives the same amount as 2nd place minus 3
And so forth until you get to 0.
This makes larger tournaments worth more than the weaker tournaments yet still does not penalize teams that win smaller events

Certain designated events will award double points
Prizes are based on total points earned during the season. Players earn points every time they play and make the playoffs (same point breakdown as adult sand doubles).

Prizes: The top 15 players in every age group, boys and girls, will receive a Volley America long sleeve t-shirt after the season.