RBVL Heads Down the Homestretch
By
Joe McGivney
The Rockaway Beach Volleyball
League was greeted in week 8 with more beautiful weather at Riis Park.
Will it ever end?
A moderate wind churned things up a little bit
but the conditions were really close to perfect.
Can it continue next week?
And the two weeks after?
Let’s hope so.
Position week featured many key battles for
placement in 8 of the 10 divisions.
Only the Beach and Moon divisions had regularly
scheduled games.
Here are the results of the battles between the
top two teams in each division.
In the Ocean, 2nd
place team Freedhand’s beat Kobeyaki 3-2; in the Ocean Breeze, JG Electric
zapped the Mighty Crom 4-1; in the Wave, Kiss My Ace upset frontrunner Pico bar
4-1; in the Beach Breeze, Kevin C. Buckley’s Sandstorms whooped RBNY PT 4-1; in
the Boardwalk, Breezy Point Lumber edged It’s All Good 3-2, winning game 5 by a
21-19 score; in the Sun, Rock Beach shut out division leader Newtown Sharks and
jumped into a tie for first place; in the Sun Ray, Le Greann broke their tie for
first with a 3-2 win over Bulloch’s Tows in the Sands; in the Star,
DysFUNctional only won 1 game against the Downtown Diggers and barely held onto
their first place position.
The pennant races are starting to tighten up as
the stretch run to the playoffs begins.
The Invisible Girl appeared for Casino Auto Body and so
did the Visible Girl, who happened to be invisible last week.
Brianna, Katie and Lauren spearheaded Casino to a tight 3-2 victory over
the Sand Spikers. That meant
Emergency Girl, Alana, got the night off for a change.
What a treat for Casino to see HOF former player Anna stop by for a visit
from the West Coast. Coach Rocky’s
beach chair dates back to his high school graduation in the early seventies when
he received it as a gift but the gray vintage duct tape holding it together was
from a more vintage year, say, around 1990.
It’s All Good is battling for a championship in the Boardwalk but has
another dubious record at stake as well.
No one is sure who has more runner-up finishes in league history but
informal discussions point to Abbracciamento’s and It’s All Good in a dead heat.
Neither Rocky nor Bugsy wants to win this battle.
The King is dead! TBG just
gave way to TBDL – The Big Disabled List.
He was unable to answer the bell for game 6 after a very rough concert in
Prospect Park the other night. continue
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
THE SECOND TEAM ON THE SCHEDULE IS THE
HOME TEAM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PICK
UP EQUIPMENT BAG BY 630 AND HAVE IT SET UP
BY 645 OR YOU FORFIET.
THE FIRST # TEAM ON THE SCHEDULE IS THE AWAY
TEAM AND IS RESPONSIBLE TO BRING THE NET UP
AS SOON AS MATCH PLAY IS OVER. MAKE SURE:
YOU CHECK
THE BAG FOR BALL AND ALL EQUIPMENT
BEFORE YOU LEAVE BEACH. TRY TO GET
ALL THE SAND OUT OF BAG.
DO NOT PUT SHOVEL IN V.B. BAG
BRING BAG AND SHOVEL TO THE TABLE
RIGHT NEAR THE POD (dont leave on
benches ) OPEN THE BAG STEVE CANNOT
SEE THROUGH IT.
WAIT WHILE IT IS CHECKED AND MARKED
RETURNED THEN YOU CAN GO ON YOUR
MERRY WAY
IF THERE
ARE PROBLEMS WITH EQUIPMENT LET
PERSON KNOW ABOUT
BROKE PARTS & IT
WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF
Court Layout
Want to be a
sports
writer? Want to volunteer
to write an article for the Wave about the
volleyball league this year. Drop John
an email and let him know if interested.
johnsica@gmail.com
SCHEDULES: Below is links to all
divisions
Schedule
Ocean
Oc.Brz
Wave
Beach
BchBez
Boardwk
Moon
Star
Sun
SunRay
Bar Schedule:
6/14
open
6/21
Pico
6/28
Hibernian Bar
7/5
Open – Gearth, Wind and Fireman band at
beach
7/12
open – The Gray Riders band at beach
7/19
Community House
7/26
open?????
8/2
open
8/9
BHYC
playoffs
ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE THEIR SIGNED ROSTERS IN
ON PRACTICE NIGHT OR DELIVERED TO PATTY BY
MONDAY MAY 29. 550 Beach 133st. OR YOU WILL
FORFEIT THE FIRST WEEK.
CAPTAINS, CHECK WITH YOUR BAR SPONSORS
IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING A
VOLLEYBALL NIGHT.
IF SO, CONTACT
FORTHWITH: PATTY
psmoule@yahoo.com .
|
Theresa Sutterlin sutterlin1123@aol.com |
ATT: REFS CHECK REF AVAILABILITY FORM
AGAIN. THE DATES FOR THE PLAYOFFS HAVE
BEEN CORRECTED
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