The tour-ending Carolina Region Junior Beach Tour Championships (CR JBT Championships) will be coming to the Southern Sand Complex in Apex (near Raleigh) on:

• July 14, 2018 – Open (aka Gold) division bid earners
• July 21, 2018 – AA (aka Silver) division bid earners

Qualification for Championships:  This is a by-invitation-only event. Teams earn bids to either the Open or AA divisions based on high finishes at a CR JBT event. Anyone signing up that did not earn a bid will be removed. If space is left prior to the Open/Gold division event, extra bids will be offered to teams based on rankings from the 2018 season during the 1-2 weeks before the event.  If space is left prior to the AA/Silver division event, then it may be opened to all non-bid earners on a first-come, first-serve basis. NOTE:  BOTH players on a team must be members of the Carolina Region to be eligible to participate in these Championships.

Bids to the Carolina Region Tour Championships are offered as follows:

• • Beach National Qualifiers:
    • Open Division:
      • All players earning a bid to the national championships in either the National Open or Regional Open divisions will also receive a bid to the CRJBT championships.
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    • AA Division Bids:
      • Bids are awarded based on the size of the AA division as mentioned under the Standard Events section
  • Beach Regional Qualifiers/Premier Tour Events:
    • Open Division Bids:
      • 1-3 teams: 1st Place
      • 4-7 teams: 1st and 2nd Place
      • 8+ teams: All Semi-finalists
    • AA Division Bids:
      • Bids are awarded based on the size of the AA division as mentioned under the Standard Events section.
  • Standard Events (Open and AA divisions) – Bids are awarded based on the playoff sizes within each division (For example: A division of 14 teams may have an Open (or Gold) 8-team playoff with AA (or Silver) 6-team playoff). Minimum of 3 teams required:
    • 3-7 teams: 1st place team. The bid can trickle down to 2nd place if 1st place team already has a bid.
    • 8-11 teams: 1st and 2nd place teams. No trickling down of bids.
    • 12+ teams – All Semi-finalists. No trickling down of bids.

All divisions play on Saturday: Girls 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U & Boys 18U, 14U (based on interest).

Dates/Times/Format:

 

• Saturday, July 14 or July 21 (Championships – Standard Doubles)
  • Check-in starts at 8AM. Competition starts shortly after 8:30AM through around 4 pm.
  • Format: Pool play followed by playoff brackets. Depending on final field and pool sizes, top teams from each pool will advance to a championships playoff bracket. Remaining teams will compete in consolation bracket as space/time permits. If space permits, we will try to keep pools to 4 so full match play can be incorporated whenever possible.

Locations (about 5 miles apart):

Primary: Southern Sand Volleyball Complex – 6175 Old Jenks Rd, Apex, NC, 27523

Overflow: Green Hope Elementary School Park – 2750 Louis Stephens Dr, Cary, NC 27519

Host Hotels: Courtyard and Residence Inn of Cary. Closest hotels to complex (5 minutes). We have special rates available at these two nearby Marriott chain hotels for anyone looking for accomodations.

• Both the Courtyard’s special rates and the Residence Inn’s (kitchens included in rooms) special rates are available at this page.

Cost/Registration:

• $60/team.  Registration link will be provided to bid winners via email.