18th Annual Growler Beach Volleyball Tournament
2025 Growler Dates
Tuesday July 29th- Tuesday Aug. 19th
Tuesday, July 29th- Opening Night Growler- Springdale Area Recreation Club- Cross Division play
Saturday, Aug 2nd- Junior Growler- Springdale Area Recreation Club
Tuesday, Aug 5th- Night 2 Growler- Springdale, Lake Park, and Greystone- In Division play
Saturday, Aug 9th- GrowlHer- Lake Park
Tuesday, Aug 12th- Night 3 Growler- Springdale, Lake Park, and Greystone- In Division play
Saturday, Aug 16th- Growler Masters- Greystone
Tuesday, Aug 19th- Growler Championship Night and Rock the Bald Shave Event
The Annual Growler Volleyball Tournament is a 100% volunteer driven event that raises money for childhood cancer research. All monies raised are donated to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Roughly 75 volunteers from swim clubs in the North Raleigh area donate their time, money and resources to put on the seven (7) different Growler Volleyball Tournament
events over a 4-week period.
In 2023, we raised over $207,000 which helped us surpass $1Million total raised since the Growler’s inception. In 2024, $215,000 more was raised for this cause. This fun community event originated with a few community swim clubs coming together to play volleyball against each other and in 18 years, has grown into a major fundraising event in Raleigh, North Carolina and one of St. Baldrick’s largest fundraisers on the East coast.
2025 St. Baldricks Donation Site- https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/6792/2025
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We did it again… In 2024 we raised OVER $215,000 in Donations for Children’s Cancer Research!
Exceeding the previous year by over $7,000
#1 SB event in North Carolina
#2 SB event in the Southeast
#9 SB event in the entire country!
Congratulations SARC Volleywood!!
2024 Growler Champions
Download>> 2024 Growler Schedule-Championship Final Results
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https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/Growler2024
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ONE MILLION!! ….and Counting
We have NOW exceeded the ONE MILLION mark in Total Donations to St Baldricks.
This is why we GROWL!
Meet Zeke, our 2024 Spirit of the Growler kid.
https://growlervolleyball.com/spirit-of-the-growler/2024-zeke-ramsey/
https://www.stbaldricks.org/kids/mypage/10298
100% of Admission Fees go to St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
SARC Admissions
$10 – Entrance & Water (Red)
$15 – Entrance & Food/Water (Yellow)
$20 – Entrance, Food/Water & Beer/Wine (Green)
ID Required – No Coolers Allowed
Bracelet required for Food, Beverages, and Water
We accept Cash, Checks, or Credit Cards
2024- Growler Gear. We’ve brought back a crowd favorite design, mixed with an earlier design Side placement, and given it a 3D effect. This may be our best shirt ever. Go to https://growlervolleyball.com/growler-gear/ to see available gear this year.
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Hosted by:
Springdale Area Recreation Club
9001 Leesville Rd, Raleigh NC
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FOOD LION Shopping Center Overflow PARKING.Please only park in the approved designated spots marked in YELLOW below. Do not park behind Food Lion as they are using that area for construction parking. A parking attendant will be on duty Tuesday night to monitor parking. PARKING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THEIR LOT WILL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
We encourage you to CARPOOL or Uber to Springdale. Please get with your team members and neighbors to share a ride.
Congrats to SARC’s “Set-sy and We Know It” for winning the 2024 GrowlHer title! It was a lot of fun had by all. Check the GrowlHer webpage for updates and pictures.
Congrats Seven Oaks Strokes- Winners of the 2024 Growler Masters
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2023 Highlights
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Congrats North Raleigh Legends- 2023 Growler Champs
Finalist- Crabtree’s Spikeological Warfare
Championship Night TV Coverage
https://www.wral.com/video/north-carolinians-shave-heads-for-children-with-cancer-for-st-baldricks-foundation/21013204/
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Championship Night Highlight Reel
2023 Donations $207,835
We’ve Exceeded all our Milestone Goals for 2023
Exceeded One Million all time donations- @$113,780
Exceeded the #1 event in NC- @$158,010
Exceeded our Last Year total- @$176,215
Exceeded the #10 Event in the US- $184,570
Exceeded $200K – Donations in a single year!
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2023 St. Baldrick’s Foundation Donation Site
Please watch and share the video below to help support your fundraising efforts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbRCi-XO4w&t=5s .
This is why we GROWL!
Meet our 2023 Spirit of the Growler Kid- Sara Beth B.
Sara Beth was diagnosed at 4 months old. She has a low-grade glioma located on her hypothalamus. We first realized something was going on when more….
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We are making an IMPACT! Please watch this St Baldrick’s interview with Scot Carboni about Growler’s Impact to cure children’s cancer.
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2023 Junior Growler
Team Here for Beer raises over $1600 in this year’s Junior Growler
Congrats Teen Champs
2023 GrowlHer
2nd Annual GrowlHer raises almost $3,000 for St Baldrick’s Foundation.
Congrats Pleadies- 2023 GrowlHer Champs
2023 Senior Growler
Greystone raises over $3,000 for St. Baldricks
Congrats Harrington Grove! Back to Back Champs
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2023 Schedule
OPENING NIGHT – This Tuesday Aug. 1st. (games start at 5:30)
Featured Restaurants- Lynnwood Grill, Sharky’s, Jersey Mikes, Marcos Pizza, Wicked Links
Featured Drink- Oscar Blues, Foothills, Highland, HI Wire, Miller Lite, White Claw, dailypint brews, and Wine
Entertainment- DJ Brent
WEEK 2 Tuesday Aug. 8th (Springdale, Greystone, and Lake Park)
Featured Restaurants- Baby Moon, Thrive, Angus Barn, Manchester’s, Dominoes, Jersey Mikes
Featured Drink- Raleigh Brewing, Gizmo, Deep River, White Claw
Entertainment– Dawson Wright (Springdale)
WEEK 3 Tuesday Aug. 15th (Springdale, Greystone, and Lake Park)
Featured Restaurants- Leesville Tap Room, V-Pizza, Carolina Ale House, Manchesters, Dominoes, Jersey Mikes
Featured Drink- Founders, White Street, Lonerider, White Claw
Entertainment– The Allison Hatfield Band (Springdale)
CHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday Aug. 22nd (Springdale Games start at 5:30)
“Rock the Bald” Head Shaving Sign Up>>> Shave Schedule
NEW SHAVE STAGE- Player Pavilion Center Stage overlooking the Growler Grounds
Featured Restaurants- Lynnwood, Sharky’s, Gonza, Marcos, Wicked Links, Jersy Mikes
Featured Drink- LBC, White Claw, Daily Pint
Entertainment– DJ Brent
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Our Million Dollar Year honoring our Growler Kids.
2023 Growler Gear available for sale
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NEWS Worthy Clips
2022 WRAL Coverage of “Rock the Bald”
https://archive.tveyes.com/18120/3252830-53197/96d3f9a2-9328-438a-8f1f-03bdc619c237/WRAL_08-24-2022_01.55.38.mp4
2018- Brooke Bryand, Lindsay Rynearson, and their mother Raised more than $25,000 for St Baldrick’s in 2018.
Check out the WRAL segment on their story.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/video/17788367/
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DRONE Footage from NIGHT ONE 2021
Special Appreciation to Ryan Ball BallisticPhotography.com
2014 Growler Beach Volleyball Tournament Championship Night Video- “Feelin’ It”
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Video Drone footage from 2018 Opening night- Due to storms and unusual airport traffic, this was done early in the evening. This was filmed of the first games and only represents less than half the crowd that attended. Special Thanks and in Memory of Michael Stanley who provided this video.
https://www.tourbuzz.net/public/vtour/display/1107227?a=1#!/
GROWLeadERship Team- If you would like to be more involved with Growler, please email Bill Speri, wmsperi@gmail.com. We still need more people that will take ownership roles in managing parts of the Growler. A Big thanks to everyone on this page >> https://growlervolleyball.com/
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GO TO PAST RESULTS PAGE for achieves of all past years.
