"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people
will never forget how you made them feel."
–Maya Angelou

No Attitudes Allowed Schedule for Main Beach, Santa Cruz

Items to bring to a tournament and driving directions (compiled by John Crawbuck)

With a few exceptions, all tournaments are for players that have never earned a California Beach Volleyball Association rating. They take place on Saturdays once a month and include categories for Coed Doubles, Men's Doubles and Novice Coed Doubles (Inexperienced players only in Coed Novice and two men are not allowed to play together). Many questions can be answered in our Frequently Asked Questions including rain in the forecast.

Click on event date to register online through Active.com. "Cookies" need to be enabled to process registration. It is not necessary to join Active.com to use online registration. Active.com charges a small processing fee to handle the registration. Registrations can also be mailed to: Phil Kaplan, 726 Trevethan Ave, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95065 (allow 2 weeks prior to a tournament).

Each registration includes a $12 donation split between Save Our Shores, Second Harvest Food Bank (in place of canned food donation in past), Saint Francis Soup Kitchen, Spinal Cord Society, Santa Cruz SPCA, Native Animal Rescue of Santa Cruz and numerous other non-profits. We are also accepting old cell phones, ink jet cartridges, and energy bar wrappers (foil inside) to help raise funds for the Orangutan Conservancy and Save Our Shores. Read about our Mission Statement. Thanks.

2012 Beach Tournament Schedule (all Saturdays)

Click on date for online registration. All tournaments include categories for Coed, Men and Coed Novice.

March 24 (canceled due to rain)
April 14 (All categories plus Women's and Senior Men's (50+) Doubles)
May 12
June 16 (one currently-rated CBVA player allowed per team in the June tournament with Phil's prior approval)
July 14
August 11
September 15
October 6
November 3

Note that these tournaments fill up very quickly due to their enormous popularity (and with good reason, they're SO much fun!) So do register as early as you can.

Refund Policy and instructions in the event of rain.

Check Santa Cruz weather.

Capitola Classic Indoor Tournament (6-Person Coed Indoor Volleyball Tournaments)

indoor action

Photo by John Bandhauer

The Capitola Community Activities hosts all-day coed (3 women-3 men) tournaments at the New Brighton School gymnasium in Capitola (Washburn Street between Park and Monterey Avenues). "B" level teams only, please. ("Sandbaggers", "Stacked" or "A" level teams showing up at the tournament will be forfeited from the tournament without a refund.) Tournament format will be half the day playing traditional coed rules and half the day playing reverse coed rules of play. All teams will advance to a single elimination playoff. All matches will be officiated by certified referees. Tournament is limited to 8 teams on a first come, first served basis. Entry fee is $95 plus a non-perishable item of food per player for donation to a community food bank. Since space is so limited, full payment is required to secure a spot in the tournament and can be sent to Phil Kaplan, 726 Trevethan Ave, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95065. Phone-in reservations will not be accepted. Click here for email.

Schedule:

Saturday, January 7, 2012 (Reverse/Traditional (Traditional Playoffs)
Saturday, April 7, 2012 (Traditional/Reverse (Reverse Playoffs)
Saturday, September 8, 2012 (Reverse/Traditional (Traditonal Playoffs)

Click for FAQs about Capitola Indoor Tournaments

Click for Photos and Results of Indoor Tournaments