2020 Club Season!

Good luck to all of our club players as they play their high school and Gold Crown seasons! But it’s time to get ready for club! As always, you can keep up with us by checking the calendar.

INTERIM PRACTICE FACILITY!
We are practicing in a 3-court warehouse at 3535 CARDER CT , Littleton, CO 80129. The location is just south of Santa Fe and C-470, right next to our club home for the next few years while we work out some glitches with our new property and build our permanent home on Platte Canyon Rd.

Prepare for Club Season

DON’T LEAVE THESE TO THE LAST MINUTE!

  • Get/update your 2020 USAV Membership here. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE EDGE AS YOUR CLUB WHEN YOU REGISTER. We CANNOT POST ROSTERS until all players have registered and marked The EDGE as their club.
  • When they are posted, get your 2020 USAV Medical Release and get TWO COPIES to Jim Gibson. Download here
  • If you want a copy of the 2020 EDGE Player Contract, CLICK HERE.
  • Come to Open Gym and get fitted for your uniform/warmups
  • Come to Open Gym and get some time on the court with your new teammates!

Summer Open Gyms

All Open Gyms for the EDGE are FREE

Just get on the court and PLAY! While our new facility is being built, we are hosting our open gyms at Denver Christian School 3898 S Teller St, Lakewood, CO 80235. Bring a water bottle, your kneepads, and court shoes! While we welcome unsigned players, and players from all clubs, we do not attempt to recruit players under contract. The EDGE uses all open gyms and our camps to identify players in whom we may have an interest in signing.

Summer 2019 Open Gym Schedule

Until our new building is completed, Open Gyms will be held at: Denver Christian School 3898 S Teller St, Lakewood, CO 80235 As always, watch for updates, here, and on our calendar.

NOTE: ALL Tryouts are also open gyms for players who just want to come in and play. Open gyms themselves are not tryouts.

  • Saturday, August 10, 3pm – 5pm – BOYS TRYOUT
  • Saturday, August 10, 5pm – 7pm – OPENGYM/SIGN
  • Saturday, August 17, 5pm – 7pm – OPENGYM/SIGN
  • Saturday, August 31, 5pm – 7pm – OPENGYM/SIGN
  • Saturday, September 21, 5pm – 7pm – OPENGYM/SIGN
  • Saturday, October 12, 5pm – 7pm – OPENGYM/SIGN

What to bring to Tryouts

Keep checking back for updates, or Like Us on Facebook to keep up to date. USAV Age Definitions for the 2020 Club Season:

  • 18: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2001 (or born after Sept. 1, 2000 and are still a high school student in 12th grade or below)
  • 17: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2002
  • 16: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2003
  • 15: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2004
  • 14: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2005
  • 13: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2006
  • 12: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2007
  • 11: Players who were born on or after September 1, 2008

Club volleyball can be expensive. So the EDGE offers athletes and their families multiple ways to help them earn credit toward their club fees.

 

 

Community Carwash
Free car wash to raise money in the form of pledges and donations

 

 

How it works:

  • Collect pledges from friends and family locally and our of town (Example: Aunt Betty Pledges $.50 per car, we wash 50 cars, Aunt Betty donates $25 which is credited 100% to your account)
  • Sign up for a slot to help wash cars using the button below.
  • Download a pledge sheet HERE.
  • Donations collected during the wash will be divided equally among the volunteers during that time slot.
  • Collect pledges and turn them in 1 week after the car wash.
    100% of the pledges you collect goes directly to your account

Register
Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser
Pancake Breakfast served at Applebee’s (Wadsworth & Belleview and Highlands Ranch locations)

 

 

How it works:

  • Sign up using the button below. Choose what location/dates for which you wish to sell tickets. You may sell for as many dates as you want. There is an 8 ticket minimum that you must sell for each date you register.
  • Pick up tickets at practice from The EDGE at least two weeks prior to the event date that you signed up for.
  • Sell tickets for $10 to friends and family Turn proceeds in to The EDGE by Friday before the event date.
  • $6 from every ticket sold goes directly to your player account. Remainder goes to Applebee’s to cover costs.

Dates and Locations available:
Littleton Applebee’s(Belleview and Wadsworth)

  • Saturday August 8th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday August 24th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Sunday September 9th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Sunday September 22nd 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday October 12th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Sunday November 3rd 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday November 23rd 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday December 14th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday January 11th 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday January 25th 7:30-9:30 am

Highlands Ranch Applebee’s

  • Sunday September 22nd 7:30-9:30 am
  • Saturday November 9th 7:30-9:30 am

Register
Chocolate Bar Sales
Sell “World’s Finest Chocolate” candy bars to your friends, family and coworkers

 

 

How it works:

  • Chocolate sales will run in 3 week intervals throughout the season.
  • Sign up using the button below to select an order date, and to indicate how many boxes you would like to sell.
  • Pick up chocolate at the gym during practice the first week of the sale.
  • Turn in your proceeds and extra chocolate at practice at the gym the week after the sale ends.
  • $30 from every box sold goes directly to your player account
  • Chocolate will be sold in three-week rotations beginning July 19, 2019

Register
2 vs 2 Grass Tournament
Crash the Grass is the most fun fundraiser!

 

 

How it works:

  • Tournamnet will be on August 4 from 8am – about 3pm. Sometimes they end sooner depending on number of teams and people showing up on time.
  • Tournament is held at Clement Park in Littleton.
  • Sign up and play and get $20 towards your account.
  • Invite others to play and get $20 for each non club member that signs up to play and designates you for the $20.
  • Boys are welcome to play coed matches. Ages 12 to 18.
  • Awards for 1st and 2nd place.
  • Free food and drinks.

Register

Other Fundraising Opportunities and Work Scholarships:

  • As always the EDGE will offer King Soopers credits toward your club fees. King Soopers is switching the way they distribute fees, you will need to sign up on-line to join.
  • Work-to-play is also an additional option to players who meet financial criteria. Those players will be given work assignments such as coaching in our developmental program, working at the snack bar, clean up group, etc. Work hours will be deducted from players tuition.
  • Addition opportunities will be added as they become available.

Club Calendar!

This is the club wide volleyball events calendar. Visit the team pages to see calendars specific to each team. Pay close attention to your practice LOCATION. Practices will be split between two different locations this season.

2019 Season Highlights!

16-Walter Wins Tip-off Tournament
 15-Annie Wins Division 1 Singles Four Times
 17-Jim Takes 2nd at Colorado Crossroads
13-Corissa Takes 9th at Colorado Crossroads
 16-Walter Wins RMR Showdown
 17-Jim Takes 2nd at SCVA in Las Vegas – Wins American BID!
17-Jim Takes 2nd at Mizuno Northern Lights in Minneapolis