Manhattan Beach City Council extends registration deadline for Beach Volleyball Tournament
Following much hue ‘n’ cry, of the players and teams of the area, the Manhattan Beach City Council has extended the registration deadline for upcoming Charlie Saikley 6-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament, which is scheduled to take place from July 31 to August
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The new registration dead-line for Manhattan Beach Volleyball Tournament has been shifted to June 15.
The 6-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament in Manhattan is part of the annual surf festival for many years and usually it has a registration deadline somewhat in the month of June. However, the Manhattan Beach City Council came up with some far-reaching changes
for the upcoming 2012 edition of the tournament.
In the first place, the tournament was moved to midweek instead of the weekend and secondly the registration deadline was pushed up to March 5.
It came as a surprise for many teams and many did not know about it. Due to the abrupt change in the schedule of the event and short time for registration, the number of teams considerably decreased.
The tournament, which used to have more than 200 teams, received only 77 sign up requests. As a result, the organisers of the tournament had to extend the registration to April 2. Nonetheless, the new date proved to be useless as just a few more teams applied
for registration.
The tournament director Jay Saikley shared his views in this regard. He stated, “(Many players) weren't sure the event was going to go on. If the players don't feel sure it's going to happen, it sets everything back, including registration.”
However, the President of California Association of Beach Volleyball Chris Brown said, “The amount of teams that signed up is amazing for this early in the year.”
Following a poor response from teams, the Manhattan City Council had to further extend the date of registration. The registration deadline has been extended in order to give more time to teams to sign up for the tournament.
Currently, the Manhattan City Council is also caught up in the financial limitations as the staff has predicted a funding shortfall of around $90,000.
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