1) Fill out the online
bid acceptance form ASAP. The first team to fill out the form will
get a free disc courtesy of the last team that fills out the form.
2) Make sure you are very familiar
with all of the information on the Registration Paperwork
page.
4) If you have not done so already, send in the $400 tournament fee
check ASAP. (The check should be made out to St. Johnsbury Academy and
sent to Josh Seamon, SJAI2012, 1000 Main St., St. Johnsbury, VT 05819)
Tournament Updates:
With 16 girls teams and 40 open teams, the 2012 St. Johnsbury Invite
will be the largest to date. I'm projecting around 900 players and 200
coaches will be in attendance. At least 168 games will be played across
23 fields.
Every team will play at least 6 games.
The girls division will be broken into A and B divisions of 8 teams
each, with cross-over games at the end of pool play on Saturday between
the two divisions. Every girls team will have the ability to win either
division. The open division will be divided into A, B, and C divisions
of
16, 16, and 8 teams respectively. There will be cross-over games at the
end of pool play on Saturday between the A and B divisions. There will
also most likely be cross-over games between the B and C divisions.
This mean that if you start in the A division that you'll be able to
win the A or B divisions. If you start in the B division you will be
able to win any of the three divisions, and if you start in the C
division you'll be able to win the B or C divisions.
Teams will be placed into divisions based on their USA Ultimate RRI
ranking on May 7th. Please report all of your games to USA Ultimate's
score reporter system: http://scores.usaultimate.org/
Breakmark will be returning to
provide an amazing array of
tournament gear. Additionally, Five
and Savage will be
contributing items to team packs.
The Saturday night dinner-dance-trade event is shaping up to be even
more spectacular than ever before. In addition to renting even more
lighting and sound equipment for the dance, I am trying to pull in a
fourth bouncy structure to augment the three bouncy castles that will
be returning.
We will also be running a dance on Friday night for the St. Johnsbury
Academy community and any teams that arrive that night. We'll be in the
same location using the same equipment as the Saturday night dance, so
the event will be well worth attending if you're in town. The exact
time has not been set, but it's likely the event will run from 7 to
10pm. The dance will cost $1 for players participating in the
tournament.
In the 7 years we have hosted the St. Johnsbury Invite, we have always been able to provide free
housing to every team that has
made the request. This year, due to the extreme
number of teams requesting housing (40+), we are not going to be able
to gaurantee free housing for every team. That being said, we will do
our absolute best to find housing for every team. Our goal is to make
housing assignments by early-mid April.
An important message from the guy at
the center of the logistics storm:
The St. Johnsbury Invite is one of the recurring highlights of my life.
Putting it together each year is such a worthwhile endeavor because of
all of the amazing teams that attend. You make the event so special and
I adore seeing you all together in St. Johnsbury. From your spirited,
competative intensity on the field, to the one of a kind explosion of
fun that you make out of the Saturday night dinner-dance-trade event, I
love seeing and experiencing it all.
The behind the scenes logistics are enormous. 50+ on the ground
volunteers arrange everything from 56 team boxes, to setting up
enormous tents and coordinating dinner for 1,000. My dance crew spends
3 days setting up and running a prefessional sound and lighting setup.
In addition, 30+ local families open their homes and act as team hosts.
In terms of paperwork, I have to make sure 56 teams complete online
rosters, and arrange an NCSI background checked chaperone.
You can help all of these logisitical endeavors run as smoothly as
possible by completing all of your
paperwork on time or even early.
Every year you do an phenominal
job at getting everything done that needs to get done. (Last year, of
795 players on rosters, 791 had no outstanding items.)
So, please keep it up. Start your paperwork as early as you can and get
it done and out of the way. It'll make my life so much easier.
Team
// State //
Division
Amherst JVA // MA
// Girls
Amherst JVB // MA
// Girls
Andover // MA
// Girls
Beacon // NY
// Girls
BFA Fairfax // VT
// Girls
Columbia // NJ
// Girls
Concord-Carlisle //
MA // Girls
Longmeadow // MA
// Girls
Lower Merion //
PA // Girls
Lyndon Institute //
VT // Girls
Needham // MA
// Girls
PVPA // MA
// Girls
Quebec // QC
// Girls
St. Johnsbury JV //
VT // Girls
St. Johnsbury V //
VT // Girls
Stuyvesant // NY
// Girls
Acton-Boxborough //
MA // Open
Andover A // MA
// Open
Brattleboro // VT
// Open
Burlington // VT
// Open
Burr & Burton //
VT // Open
Cape Elizabeth //
ME // Open
Compass // VT
// Open
Concord-Carlisle //
MA // Open
Cumberland // ME
// Open
CVU Red // VT
// Open
CVU White // VT
// Open
Falmouth // ME
// Open
Fieldston A // NY
// Open
Fieldston B // NY
// Open
Fryeburg Academy //
ME // Open
Hopkinton // MA
// Open
John Jay // NY
// Open
Lexington // MA
// Open
Longmeadow JV //
MA // Open
Longmeadow V //
MA // Open
Lyndon Institute //
VT // Open
Merriconeag // ME
// Open
Middletown // CT
// Open
Montpelier A //
VT // Open
Montpelier B //
VT // Open
Needham B // MA
// Open
Newton South //
MA // Open
Nipmuc // MA
// Open
Northampton // MA
// Open
Putney // VT
// Open
PVPA // MA
// Open
Quebec // QC
// Open
Rochester BlueREY //
NY // Open
South Portland //
ME // Open
Spaulding // VT
// Open
St. Johnsbury JV //
VT // Open
St. Johnsbury V //
VT // Open
Stuyvesant // NY
// Open
Vermont Commons //
VT // Open
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1/31/12 Bid Update
The submitted bids page for the 2012 St. Johnsbury Invite has just been updated.
12/28/11 Bid Update
The submitted bids page for the 2012 St. Johnsbury Invite has just been updated.
12/8/11 Bid Update
The submitted bids page for the 2012 St. Johnsbury Invite has just been updated.
SJAI2012: Bids now being accepted!
SJAI2012 - Initial Bid Post
Bids are now being accepted for the 8th annual St. Johnsbury Academy
Invitational.
Date: May 19th and May 20th,
2012 Location: St. Johnsbury, VT # of Girls Teams: 16 # of Open Teams: 40 Cost: $400 Tournament website: www.SJAInvite.org
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