Music was pumping, play was competitive and spirits were high! In some cases, VDL witnessed some tragedy as teams with similar players, namely the Courgar Cubs and Dodgeball I Choose You, had to cannibalize each other. Hope those cubs were tasty!

After the dust settled, two teams remained: Monday’s Champs–Ballistics–who were undefeated going in vs. Tuesday’s Champs–8 Bit–who were knocked down to the loser’s bracket AKA the “better looking” bracket by Ballistics in an earlier and thrilling match up. After a hard fought set of 4 games that went back and forth, Ballistics took the crown and another Monday Night team became rulers of the known Dodgeball Universe! Congratulations to Ballistics for winning, and good effort to 8 Bit for a valiant effort. Both teams are commended for playing at the highest level with good spirit and sportsmanship. Also a big congratulations to VDL’s very own Dylan Cooper, who was dominant throughout the tournament (no surprise here) and was awarded the TOC MVP. With that, S8 finally wrapped up. See you all in the Spring!

Also, special thanks goes out to our sponsors at Warner Brothers for providing free Invictus t-shirts, water bottles, posters and cups to the VDL community! This is a touching and inspiring movie, go check it out!

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S8 ToC Champs: Ballistics

MVP: Dylan Cooper

S8 ToC Participants

Click to see more pictures from the Tournament of Champions!

If you missed out on Sunday’s playoffs – our last and final playoffs of the season here are some highlights!

We started off the day with a fashion show! There was a stage set up so the Cexe Monday Night exec team decided that we would have some fun with it! Mike, Brandon, Billy, Grace, Pete, and Mark with his cape entered the gym with swag and strutted down that catwalk like no other! Even Steph Co got in on the action – she supplied the shirts, we supplied the models! A great entrance and we got to show off the new t-shirts VDL got in this season!

I personally asked a non-member of their team to remind them and ensure that they would bring their flag and boy did they ever! The Fighting Uruk-hai came out and reminded us why they were voted for best dressed! With their warrior cries, headbands, and their sick, sick flag they came out fighting like uruk-hai!

This season we all have something to be proud of as a team of execs won Hootie and graciously shared the prize with the runner-ups as they were so close in points! Dodgeball, I Choose You led by example this season  and showed their peers how dodgeball can be competitive yet still very spirited! The spirit ballots don’t lie! And just to show how spirited they are, they decided to share Hootie with the runner up team, who was behind by a mere point zero seven (0.07) points, team Psych! They even gave up their prize so that their team could go out and celebrate in style courtesy of VDL.

Tier A playoffs was an exciting tournament as many of teams came out hungry for the belt! It was an epic battle all the way to the finish line against Dodgeball, I Choose You and Ballistics. Dodgeball, I Choose You was not giving up without a fight trying to defend their championship from Season 7. In the end Ballistics prevailed with their whipping curve balls, there was just no escaping them.

Tier B playoffs was just as intense with the finals coming down to !dodge.equals(PWNED) and Wii Not Fit. When it came down to the finals, Wii Not Fit only had to win one set to take the title. !dodge.equals(PWNED) was not having any of it though and they came out blasting, beating Wii Not Fit 3-0 in the first series. A little shaken by what just happened during the first set, Wii Not Fit became Wii Not Lose and came back fighting strong for the win!

Winners: Ballistics

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Tournament MVP: Nick Mollica

Runner’s Up: Dodgeball, I Choose You

*WINNERS*

Here is a list of the winners from our S8 Survey. We’d like to thank everyone for their participation!

James Lui – Pigs Might Fly / Condiments
Carmine McCutcheon – Fierce Creatures / Silverstrong and the Guardians of Gymnasia
Hansen Chou – Yes We Can
Leslie Luu – Rainbox Six
Victor Ngo – Condiments
Sherman Pao – GAK GAK GAK
Nick Fruhling – Dodge Ballerz
Sarah Jane Lok – Throwing Ds / Double Ds
Jeff Styles -Unstoppabulls
Jared Bachynski – Fighting Uruk-Hai

Speak your mind and win prizes!

Dear VDL Players,

As Season 8 draws to a close, we want to thank each and every one of you for making it a tremendous success! VDL continues to grow and we love seeing just how big and friendly our community is. We are definitely one of the most spirited leagues in Vancouver!

VDL is serious about being the best dodgeball league in not just Vancouver, but in the world! We can only get better with your feedback so please fill out this short survey to share your thoughts and tell your teammates to participate (it’ll take you 5 minutes). Deadline for entry is Saturday, December 19th. We got prizes for your feedback! Up for grabs are: two $50.00 Earl’s or Futureshop gift cards, three $10.00 Starbucks gift cards, and VDL Swag for 5 lucky participants!

Your comments and ideas will help VDL get better and better. Thank you once again for participating in Season 8, and we look forward to seeing you in the Spring season.

With much gratitude,

The VDL Family

Recap

Check out the TOC Recap here!

The Big Dance!

The VDL Playoffs have been filled with storylines after storylines. We’ve watched breathtaking plays and jaw-dropping moments. However, the biggest story yet to unfold is finally here: The Tournament of Champions! The top three teams from all 4 league nights, plus CDL will be duking it out for eternal bragging rights on Sunday, December 20th at David Thompson. How do teams really stack up against other night’s teams? Who will emerge as the unsung hero? Which team will be crowned Rulers of the known dodgeball universe? All will be revealed in two weeks! You won’t want to miss out on this event that showcases the best of the best, so come out and cheer for your favorite teams!

Details:

- Date: Sunday, December 20th
- Time: 1:00 – 4:30PM; gyms will be opened at 12:30PM for warm-up.
- Format: Round Robin for warm-up and fun at the beginning;
then 16 team Double Knock Out Tournament
- Location: David Thompson Secondary

Updated (as of Dec. 14th)! These teams are currently confirmed:

Mondays: Ballistics; Dodgeball I Choose You; Purple Monkey Dishwashers
Tuesdays: 8 Bit; The Gun Show; Dodgystyle; Marvel-US; Cougar Cubs
Wednesday: All Day I Dream about Dodgeball; In Dodge We Trust; Recess Bullies
Thursday: DDR
CDL: TBD
*Replacement teams to fill out the tournament will be decided by the organizers based on a variety of factors: 1) previous championships; 2) playoff and league performance and 3) overlap of existing players in TOC

TOC Policies have been updated to address the issues of seeding, multiple team players, and substitutions:

Seeding:
* Champions get preferential seeding with the rest of the teams being mixed

Substitution Policy:
* Multiple team players are allowed to play for any team they played with during the regular season
* If a player’s second, third, or fourth team face off directly, that player can decide to sit out or choose a team
* Teams must have a minimum of 4 original players on the court at all times
* Maximum of 2 subs per team
* If subs are needed, permission must be granted in advance
* Subs can’t already be playing on a TOC team
* Subs can’t be shared with other teams at TOC unless prior permission is granted
* Teams with overlapping players must be able to meet the minimum original 4 players on at all times threshold if their teams are scheduled to play each other or play simultaneously. If one of the teams can’t meet this threshold at all times, then it should decline the invitation instead of defaulting.

Considerable feedback and discussion went into these policies to allow for a balanced approach between fairness, integrity of teams, minimizing odd outcomes, and operational logistics. We believe this is a good framework for a difficult challenge. If you have feedback about these policies, please contact us at league (at) vdldodgeball.ca so we can adjust them as needed or make exceptions. The deadline for team RSVPs is Wednesday, December 9th.

Don’t forget!

VDL swag will be available at TOC so bring some cash and get your hands on the latest VDL swag!

S8 ToC Participants

Winners: All Day I Dream About Dodgeball

Runner’s Up: In Dodge We Trust

Hats – or purple sombreros – off to veterans Snoop Dodggy Dodge, who took home the Best Dressed award. Three different colour schemes, matching head bands to compliment their jerseys, and so many different pairs of knee socks – these guys brought style to the Tuesday courts.
Spirit champs The Gun Show pieu-pieu-pieu-pieu-pieu-ed their way through the back door to get to Tier A finals, but last season’s champs, 8bit, dodged all of the bullets to defend their title and take the belt home.

Tier B was where the nail-biting action was at! New comers PPA did their Poh-Poh’s proud by losing their first match and fighting all the way through the back door to take it to game five of the second series in the finals against Pac-Man Family.
One on one, only two seconds left in the count to showdown, and Sarita Beaudoin with the clutch snipe to the toe to take it all for PMF!

Tier A

Winners: 8bit

Runner’s Up: The Gun Show

Tier B

Winners: Pac-Man Family

Runner’s Up: PPA (Poh-Poh’s Allstars)

Awards

Tournament MVP: Shane Babu (8bit)

Overall Best Dressed Team: Snoop Dodggy Dodge

Most Spirited Team: The Gun Show

Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to everyone for making Tuesdays so fantastic! Have a great winter break and hope to see you all for more amazing plays in season 9!

Click to see more pictures from Playoffs!

The theme seemed to be comeback victories with both DDR and Andy Pham’s Team gaining their Titles through the arduous back door journey, and good work Dirty Deeds for not having to put yourselves through it.

Congratulations to both I Love You and Duck! for being so spirited and both gaining the spirit prize! Thanks goes out to Disney’s Recess for allowing us to see such awesome uniforms night in and night out! Well done to all the finalists and thank you for showing us some spectacular games!

Tier A

Winners: Dodge Dodge Revolution: The Vu Remix – Viet Beats

Runner’s Up: The Super Heroes in Training

Tier B

Winners: Andy Pham’s Team

Runner’s Up: Guilty Pleasures

Tier C
Winners: Dirty Deeds
Runner’s Up: Enoch

Awards

Tournament MVP: Peter Tang (Dodge Dodge Revolution: The Vu Remix – Viet Beats)

Overall Best Dressed Team: Disney’s Recess

Most Spirited Team: Duck! & I love You

Thanks for making Thursday Night’s Season 8 playoffs a brilliant event! We look forward to seeing all of you going for gold again in Season 9! Have an awesome winter break from Dodgeball and heal up for next season!

Click to see more pictures from Playoffs!

Thank you everybody for participating in the Spooktacular Week!! It’s nice to have everybody show up in awesome costumes and share the spirit! Please check below to see if you won any prizes! If you see your friend’s name/team, let them know,  so they don’t miss out on their prize!

Your friendly neighborhood ghosts,
The VDL Family

** Updates: The Winners!!

[Click here to visit the Spooktacular Photo Gallery]

Monday

Best Dressed Team: Average Joes    |     Runner up: Wii Not Fit

Best Dressed Individual: Mystery man dressed in black/white cartoon outfit! (Chippendale) , Nicole (!dodge.equals(PWNED))

Tuesday

Best Dressed Team: Team Doug Phan Community College     |     Runner up: Marvel-Us

Best Dressed Individual: Keith in Spiderman Costume (SnoopDodgy Dog), Justin Ray as a Bear (PacMan), Lawrence as Sushi (JD Shooters)

Wednesday

Best Dressed Team:  Absolute Chaos     |     Runner up:  Firece Creatures

Best Dressed Individual: Sarah (Double Ds), Mark as Gundam (Double Ds)

Thursday

Best Dressed Team:  I Love You     |     Runner up: The Nihilists

Best Dressed Individuals: Thu (Beast Infection), Mario Mushroom couple (Disney’s Recess), Queenie as Naruto (Condiments), Bonnie as Chun-Li (TeaBaggers)

* If you have not received an email regarding the prize,  please email emoon@vdldodgeball.ca.

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UPDATE 3:  It’s official. We’re sold out again! Don’t fret though! You can still sign up for our skills clinic, and you will be put on our wait list.  Just follow the same link below to register! See you guys this Saturday!

UPDATE 2:  A big thank you to everyone who signed up and attended our Co-Ed Skills Clinic! It was an awesome turnout, and due to the high volume of requests for a another clinic,…. we’re happy to announce, we have organized a SECOND Co-Ed Skills Clinic set for October 17 at Kensington Community Center.

Date: Saturday, Oct 17th
Time: 7-10pm
Place: Kensington Community Center (map)
Who: Any Season 8 VDL player
Max: 35 players/clinic
Cost: $5/person

Please follow the link below to sign up!

The first clinic sold out like hot cakes, don’t miss this last opportunity of the season!
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UPDATE: The Co-Ed Skills Clinic is now officially SOLD OUT! A big thank you to everyone who signed up! For those of you who might have missed out! Don’t fret! If there is enough interest shown among the players, please follow the link below and sign up, and you will be put on our wait-list. We are going to try to throw a second clinic!

Yeap! You heard right. It’s not a lie. This season we’re bringing back our Co-Ed Skills Clinic by popular demand. All the techniques taught on one exclusive night; proper throwing, clean blocking, effective catching and best of all, individual game strategy.

Of course, we won’t end the night without any games. There will be round robin games, so everyone can test out their new sought out skills on the court.

So, where is all this fun going to take place?

Date: Monday, October 5, 2009
Time: 7 – 10pm
Place:  Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary (map)
Who: Any Season 8 VDL player
Max: 35 players/clinic
Cost: $5/person

If you are interested in attending the Skills Clinic, please reserve your spot by following this link: https://vdldodgeball.wufoo.com/forms/vdl-season-8-skills-clinic/

Photo Schedule:

Wednesday – Sep 30
Thursday – Oct 1
Monday – Oct 5
Tuesday – Oct 6

We are looking forward to seeing all teams participate!