NVVA house league tournaments

[FPYCparent]

Any insights on NVHL (?Northern Virginia House League?) tournaments hosted by/at NVVA? How different are these events from CHRVA one-days? My youngest will be playing in her first "travel-lite" tournament there in mid-April.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been to one but they are small. The level of play is lower and mixed but you are expecting that with a “travel-lite” team. What specific questions do you have?

[FPYCparent]

No specific questions. I'm just wondering what to expect (beyond the overall level of play) ... particularly in comparison to CHRVA one-days. Number of teams participating, number of matches, will I be there all day.

I did find this website, but it's not adding much value at the moment:

https://www.nvva.com/ourevents/nvhl

[Anonymous]

I haven't been this year, but went last year. Tickets are free, which is nice. They usually have a food truck but you'll probably want to run out for food. As long as it's not a Sunday, there's plenty of parking at the church lot. Definitely bring chairs. It typically runs all day, depending on how well your team does if you're in the finish playoff matches.

[Anonymous]

Is the level of competition for NVVL somewhere between rec and club? What kind of player is it best suited for?

[FPYCparent]

My kid is playing in this weekend's tournament in Sterling. There is a separate website (only accessible after a Google account login) with more information. It looks like there is a 15/16s division with three or four teams (three of those teams are NVVA, I think. A fourth team is listed but doesn't appear on the match schedule). The 13/14s division has six teams (four from NVVA).

I really don't know what to expect, but I'll try to remember to share more next week if there is anything memorable.


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Probably not worth bumping this thread, but the tournament at NVVA yesterday was fine. I mean, these are house/travel-lite teams, so the level of play on that level. There were only two non-NVVA teams among the 10 teams playing. The four-team 15/16 division was all NVVA. The facility is OK, I guess. There are six "regular" courts and one beach court. Free guest wi-fi. All matches were livestreamed for free ... as far as I could tell. Although they weren't using something fancy like AES or SportWrench, you could follow results on a Google document and a whiteboard within the venue. You could buy a few snacks and maybe some clothing, but you're within a mile or two of the usual NoVA fast food offerings. Wegman's is within a a short drive as well.