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Spalding's KOB All-Weather Volleyball’s will be all over the beach

The Big Shot Volleyball Series, presented by Spalding King of the Beach Volleyballs, will return to Long Beach, NY on August 11-12 with the $6,000 Totally Light 2Go Summer Breeze Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by 4C Corporation, the makers of Totally Light 2Go Powdered Energy Drinks and Vitamin Stix. The Men’s Open Finals will be recorded and shown on YouTube Tuesday night, August 14. The event is sanctioned by Volley America, the largest beach volleyball grass roots organization in the US.

Top male doubles teams will compete for $5,000 cash prizes at the tournament. Players will also earn points in the $25,000 Volley America Grand Prix, to be awarded at the end of the season. Tournament play will start at 9 am Saturday with semi-finals and finals starting Sunday at 11 am. Admission is free for all spectators. The tournament will be held on the beach at Riverside Blvd.

The Big Shot Volleyball Series holds 35 events leading to the September 8-9 Big Shot Championships in Atlantic City, NJ and the October 27-28 $5,000 Volley America National Championships at Clearwater Beach, FL.

Top male players in this weekend’s tournament include Pro Beach Volleyball player and EEVB Junior Program Coach, Mark Burik. Players also expected to compete are Brooklyn’s top player, Mike Salak, and his partner Greg Hunter from the Jersey Shore. All have played on the Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.

Top female players include Long Beach’s own Dana Fiume, who has also played on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Other top LI females competing who have also played on the Pro beach Volleyball Tour include Hilary and Melanie Pavels. Melanie also plays collegiately on the Florida State Sand Volleyball Team and as an amateur cannot accept prize money until she graduates.

Separate divisions will be held for players of intermediate and novice levels on Saturday and Sunday. The $60 entry fee entitles players to a full day of tournament play, an official Totally Light 2 GO Big Shot Volleyball t-shirt, and prizes from event sponsor’s Spalding, Bally’s Casino, Hot Buttered Sunglasses, Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, Zem Booties Sand Socks, Rider Sandals, Park & Sun net systems, Dig Magazine, and Sportime.

For further information and applications contact East End Volleyball at 631-728-0397 or www.eevb.net

About East End Volleyball
East End Volleyball has been organizing beach volleyball tournaments for 35 years since 1977. Based in the East End of Long Island, EEVB has grown into the largest beach volleyball series in the East End of the country with tournaments from Newport, RI to Hollywood, Florida. Sanctioned by Volley America, the largest beach Volleyball grass roots organization in the US, EEVB runs over 35 tournaments and leagues for over 5,000 players.

About Volley America
Volley America is the largest grass roots organization in the US for beach volleyball players. With over 12,000 dues paying members from 25 states, Volley America runs a national ranking system used to seed all tournaments. It also offers a $25,000 Grand Prix for beach players and a $10,000 Grand Prix for grass players that awards prize money to players in 8 separate divisions at the end of the season based on their results during the season. Twenty five different organizations have joined Volley America since its inception in 2011.

Summer Breeze Beach Volleyball Tournament Fact Sheet
For further info go to www.eevb.net
Date: August 11-12, 2012

Time:
8 am to 6 pm Saturday for Men's & Women's Open, A, & B Divisions
9 am to 6 pm Sunday for Coed Open, A, & B, & Men's AA & B Divisions, Junior Boys and girls
Playoffs 4-6 pm each day
Men and Women’s Open semifinals begin at 11 am Sunday

Cost: Free for spectators, $100 for Men’s Open, $60/team for all other divisions

Prizes: $75,000 during the 2012 season. Additional prizes from Totally Light 2 GO , Bally’s Casino, Hot Buttered Sunglasses, Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, Spalding, Zem Booties, Rider Sandals, Park & Sun net systems, Dig Magazine, & Sportime will be awarded in the A and B Divisions.