Good afternoon!

I wanted you and your daughter to know that I have just accepted the head 15's coaching position for the New RiverValley program.

No, it's not in the Radford area. It's centered here in Roanoke.

I have been offered their top15's team. A girl qualifies for this team if she was born on or after Sept 1st, 1994.

If we have the talent from the girls at tryouts, and the commitment & desire of the parents, this team may become a National team, with its goal to win the Old Dominion Region Championship on April 17-18, and thus participate in Nationals in Reno for 4 days around the July 4th holiday.Two of my teams have won the Old Dominion Regionand gone to Nationals! One in 2006 in Atlanta and the other last year in Miami.

The NRV website is here: Tryouts will be Dec 6th at The Edge. There's a lot ofon the site.

To give you an idea of the girls who I'm looking for: I want them to be either on their school varsity team now, or have as their goal to be on their school's varsity team next year.

To give you an idea of what kind of tournament schedule I'm considering,it would be something like the following:

Jan 16 - 18:MonumentCity Classic (Richmond) Jan 16-18

Jan 30: Day Tournament

Feb 13 - 15: Capitol Hill Classic (Wash DC)

Feb 27: Day Tournament

March 13 - 14: ShamrockFestival(Roanoke)

March 27: Day Tournament

April 2 - 4: Big South Qualifier (Atlanta)

April 17 - 18: Hi Neighbor (Asheville) or the Old Dominion Region Bid Tournament (to qualify for Nationals) and if we win it, we make plans for Reno!! If we're an Open team, we'll go to HiNeighbor, and we'll probably be done for the year. If we're a National team, we'll go to the Bid, hopefully win it, and then hopefully make plans for the months thereafter! :)

To get more info on the multi-day tournaments, you can touch here. The info about the Day Tournaments is not available yet, but when it is, it'll be posted here

I would very much appreciate it if you would forward this email to other girls/parents that you know, asI only have a small # of email addresses. Thank you very much.

If you have some questions about the club, please contact Karen Bolton. Her email address is above. If you have questions for me, please ask anytime.

I can't wait to start another season! I hope you have a great weekend and have a great final weeks of your school season!

Coach Houser

Coach Tom Houser
Director, STAR Volleyball Site Camps
Qualified for Junior Nationals in 2006 and 2009.

The moreof ourselves thatwe sacrifice forour team,
the more gloryourteam will give back to us.