2009 HS Volleyball Invitational ....

Articatz Volleyball would like to invite
Varsity and Junior Varsity Volleyball teams to Gwinn, MI and the facility of the
Gwinn High School for our
FIFTH ANNUAL

Varsity Volleyball Invitational Tournament

on September 19th, 2009
and
Junior Varsity and Freshman Volleyball Tournament

on October 24th, 2009.

TEAMS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING 2009
Munising (V/JV)
Gladstone (JV/FR)
Marquette (V/JV/FR)
Superior Central (V/JV)
Houghton (V/JV)
Rapid River (V/JV)
Chassell (V)
Calumet (V/JV/FR)
Escanaba (JV)
Engadine (V)
Gwinn (V/JV)
Dollar Bay (V)
Hancock (V/JV)

I would like to thank all the teams for attending

our tournament in the past four years.
Because of the level of teams and the great cooperation from the coaches,
we have been able to host an outstanding event.

If you are interested in attending this tournament please click on the link below
(High school tournament contract doc.)

Introducing A New Club in Our Area........

We are so excited to introduce another volleyball club program in our area:

The Delta Elite Volleyball Club:

In their first season, the program is intended to service the female athletes of Delta County, Michigan, who wish to improve their fundamental volleyball skills, to have a great time with other great athletes, and to explore their options for funding their college educations through collegiate volleyball. Currently, they are sponsoring one team in the 17 and under age bracket. Female athletes that are 18 and in their senior year of high school are welcome to practice with them but are not eligible for competition. They hope to expand in the future to include a younger age group as well, though gym availability is currently a limiting factor.

Club Leadership
Director and Coach Bron Harmon, Escanaba bharmonup@hotmail.com
Bron Harmon has been actively involved in volleyball since she was 15. Having played in high school and college, coaching was the next logical step. She has coached at the middle school, freshman, junior varsity, and varsity levels; led or helped with many clinics and summer camps; was an assistant coach to Tracy Hruska within the Articatz VBC; and continues to play in her spare time. Her family graciously understands her passion for kids, coaching, and volleyball and actively supports her continued participation in the game.

For more information on this new club program please click the link below

DELTA ELITE

"just play"

Position Training Clinic......

Articatz Volleyball Club

Would like to invite you to improve your volleyball skills at our

POSITION TRAINING CLINIC

This clinic is for anyone who is interested in becoming a better

Setter, Outside, Middle or Libero

You don’t have to be affiliated with the club program it is open to the public.

We will be training at the Sands Township Complex (Multi-purpose room)

987 South M-553

Practice days: Saturdays

Times for Positions
Setters: 10-11am
Outsides: 11-12pm
Middles: 12-1pm
Libero: 1-1:30pm

Cost: $15 per person per session
(you must pay for three sessions)

If you are interested in attending please go to http://www.articatz.com/36.html?sm=79203

(here you will see all the dates for training)

We hope to improve the areas volleyball one player and position at a time!

The Future of Articatz............

School is beginning and it is already time to let everyone know about

the future of the Articatz Volleyball Club.

We recently were informed that the status of the West Branch Fitness Community Center is in question. Barry Bahrmann resigned as the director of the facility as noted in the Mining Journal towards the end of our season last year, he was integral in the establishment and viability of the facility. Without that strong leadership, there has been a large amount of instability in support for the WBFCC on the part of the West Branch Township Board.

Given this instability, we have decided to look for an alternative training facility. After considerable time and discussion we have been able to attain time slots at Northern Michigan University for the Articatz Volleyball Club to train. Tentative days for practice are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9pm. These are tentative and will be subject to change based on other events that may be scheduled by the University.

We are excited about the prospects of being able to train at these top notch facilities (Vandament Arena is one of the best volleyball facilities in all of NCAA Division II).

"We believe that it will make the program that much stronger."

We look for everyone’s support of this change in venues for our program.

We will be providing much more detail as things continue to unfold in this new chapter for Articatz Volleyball.