July, 7, 2008
Stumptown VB


There's new VB organization in town and I couldn't think of a better name: stumptown. Anyway here's the link. Stumptownvb

April, 6, 2008
New Place to play


OK, we'll maybe it's just new to me. The Courts in the Pearl are open and ready for rentals. I don't see a drop in night but I'd like to see something on Sundays or Thursdays. Honestly what could be better on first Thursdays in the Pearl- Wine, Art and Volleball.
more info here The Courts in the Pearl

March 31, 2008
Cleaning out the Cob Webs


Trying to clean up this website and update all information. I've tried my best to clean up the links and I'll focus on the Leagues and Tournaments in the next few days. It's a little like walking into an old house you haven't visited in a while, everything is still there just trying to remember where it's at.

March 30, 2008
Long time no see.. and no play 2


Oh dear lord, for some reason I came out of retirement a few months ago because I lost a little weight. I realize now it was my ego, that thing was about 25lbs... who knew?

As I get round to some of the old stomping grounds again I'll try to give you an updated assessment of the Open gyms. Right now the courts in Beaverton on Friday night are easily the best time around. I've been to Marshall on a few night and this comes close due to the selective nature of the staff. At Marshal Center in Vancouver not all players are selected to play on the top court so this does lead to very competitive play. I was also asked to play on a league there and was very impressed with the level of competition.

Don't be a stranger, if you see me out there and dont recognize me because I'm getting roofed or worse yet limping around please say hi.

Semptember 12, 2006
Long time no see.. and no play
I don't play as much as used to.. hell I don't play at all lately so here's all the news that's fit to print.

Portland Metro Christian Volleyball league has a new website. Anybody here knows volleyball in this area has come to know this as the most competitive league in the city and in my opinion the best run. The new URL is http://www.leaguelineup.com/pmcva

Great info here from players on open gyms lately.

This from George..
By the way, I went to the Firstenburg Community center in Vancouver. The open court (both power and rec ball) happens on Monday nite at 7:45 PM lasting until 10:00 PM............ and yes, you were right the power volleyball players are not gutsy enough to kick the less experienced players off the "A" court so there are essentially two courts of rec ball. Very sad to a person looking for a good game of advanced ball.

This from Heather..
I'm new to Portland, so I took the list of what you said would be open on Monday nights and called the gyms. Here are my findings:
Fulton: 10 people with more expected with the fall
East Portland: 5 players came last night. More expected in fall.
Mt Scott: 24 people came on 2 nets. However, the gym is closing the next two weeks for remodeling, so staff predict that players will move over to East Portland during this period.
St Johns: No volleyball scheduled.
Heather

Thx Heather I'll update the site.

Anybody up for some Texas Hold'em and some VB. La Center is hosting an open gym onSundays.

I'm starting an open court power volleyball session to coincide with school seasons at La Center Middle School just south of La Center on Lockwood Creek Road. Our first open court will be Sunday, September 17th. Contact number is 360 263 2015. With the local talent and some outside talent, the level of play is expected to be about that of the Mount Scott Sunday afternoon power Volleyball side (without the infiltration of the less talented players from the recreational court. If you have played at Mount Scott, you know what I'm talking about. For some reason, the players on the "A" court don't seem to have the pluck to ask the rec players from the "B" court to go back to the "B" court when they start migrating over to the "A" court). There are two courts. The fee is $1.00 an hour with a $1.00 per night contribution for new balls. I would appreciate your posting of this latest volleyball venue.

George Shipley georgeshipley@juno.com

This from the courts

Hi Mark,
 
We have just scheduled some weekend days for volleyball tournaments 
here at The Courts in Beaverton.  We will be holding 3 different 
coed 6's tournaments.  The dates for these are October 1st, October 
29th, and November 12th.We have also scheduled in two dates for Coed 
4's tournaments.  They will be held on October 15th and November 11th. 
Another day that people may want to keep in mind is the Friday after 
Thanksgiving, November 24th, as we will be holding another Turkey 
Draw Volleyball Tournament.  This is a good chance for people to 
come have some fun while working off their big holiday meal.Attached 
are the flyers for each of these tournaments in a pdf file.  If 
you could get some of the information up on your website that 
would be great.
 
Let me know if you have any questions about anything.  

Thanks for your help,
Dan Cramer
thecourtsbeavton@aol.com
503-646-7905