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Welcome.
Welcome to Mike and Diane's Volleyball World, your exclusive source for
Sprakers volleyball action. For those who are interested, we also provide
useful information on events beyond the Houghton
back yard.
Below is the summer schedule for the World. We may put a go/no go message up on
this site when weather conditions are iffy, but if there's no help here and
you're in doubt about weather conditions, please call 673-5235 and check for a
message on the answering machine.
Tournament Results
8/15/2008
Our t-shirts sold out early again this year. No doubt because of a “one
of a kind” design by Adam Sollien. Did Uncle Phil pose for Adam’s sketches? Do
you want to design our t-shirt? Contact us.
Thanks to those whose donations and time made our tournament a success once
again. We are sending a check to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for
$2,200.00 and to ALS Association of Upstate NY for $2,200.00.
Thanks to the following for donating door prizes or extra time/money. Terry and
Jamie Bullock, Tim Stewart, Eric Lawrence, Kelly and Dave Holt, Steve
Largeteau, Lila MacPhail, Rick Lavigne, Jim Woljick, Larry Laurence, Mike
O’Neil, Lisa Wend, Katie Gootee, Kristy Lynch, George & Sandy
Lawrence….hope we haven’t missed anyone else!
Thanks to our EMT staff: Brook Rowley, Steve Largeteau, Patty Dykeman, Bob
Payst.
Thanks to those volunteering to officiate finals: Terry & Jamie Bullock,
Sandy Misiewicz, Megan Waddle, Travis Kemmer and others who may have filled in.
Last but not least thanks to our Grand Wizzerd, Barry Shannon for gathering
those fantastic “Big Three” raffle prizes!!!!!
See here for results and pictures.
And here are the big raffle winners:
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32" HD LCD TV - Hilary Kellog from Canojoharie - ticket #175
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IPod Nano - Natalie Lavallee from Ballston Spa - ticket #270
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HP Digital Camera - Barb Corrigan from Canojoharie - ticket #166
Congratulations, and thanks to everybody who bought raffle tickets and came out
to support our causes!
Mike and Diane's 7th Annual Tournament
3/13/2008
Please mark your calendars for August 9th for this year's King and Queen
tournament at Volleyball World. Keep in mind that we always try to schedule our
tournament the 2nd Saturday of August.
Proceeds will benefit Juvenile Diabetes and the ALS Association (Lou Gehrig's
Disease) in honor of Ed King, Special Olympics athlete currently in hospice
care and Donald Hendrickson, Diane's father who passed away due to ALS. Click
here for details and a registration form.
So please save the date, AUGUST 9, 2007 and join us here at Volleyball World.
Local Volleyball Author
10/18/2007
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Hey, check this out! Jen Sangiacomo, CDGD organizer
and awesome
doubles player went and wrote a book about the doubles game! That's just
unbelievably cool. This book is available on Amazon.com (among other places),
and you can get it right here right now.
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Old News
After a year or so, we archive the news items, but if you're interested
in the Volleyball World history, here you go.
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