Growler 2026 Starts July 28th!
As we approach another year of the Growler, here are a few points of order to remind/inform everyone of…
- Volunteers are needed—Please sign up via the following link and help make this the best Growler ever: https://growlervolleyball.com/player-info/volunteer/
All 4 events are now visible as volunteering options (Big, Jr., Masters, and Her).
If you are a player and want to focus on playing during the events… see if you can get your family and friends involved or volunteer to help with set up and clean up. Remember volunteering counts towards the GPI. - Registration is moving forward with 294 players registered as of this email. Captains have been notified of any missing players (based on last year’s rosters), and ALL players need to get registered before Friday EOD.
- As stated above, Set Up Saturday is 4 days away (Sat 7/25 from 9am to 1pm). Hope to see you there. We’ll have donuts, water, and beer provided to those that attend. (27 of 40 slots filled)!!! The more we get the faster we finish :)
- There will once again be a Player Pavilion this year on Weeks 1 and 4 at Springdale. Thanks to GFL, Pepsi, and Jersey Mike’s for making this possible. All players will report there to pick up a water/Gatorade and a Jersey Mike’s sub (to ensure each player has something “grab and go” that they can eat later). The Player Pavilion will be on the new deck by the covered Pool Pavilion (where the ice is) beyond the bathrooms.
- Players can come pick up your T-shirt and bands on Sunday (2-6pm) and Monday (6-8pm) if you want to avoid the Tuesday rush.
- Reminder to Captains… Captain’s meeting is Sunday (7/26) at 6:15pm at SARC. Beer will be provided :). Feel free to preview the rules before the meeting, but there are no expected changes from how we played in both 2024 and 2025. As always, I am happy to answer any questions if you have them—https://growlervolleyball.com/player-info/rules/
However, I do want to talk about some ideas for the future (event-related), and as a result, I want every team to have at least 1 representative present so we can talk them through. A.K.A. attendance is mandatory. Nothing too significant, but I don’t want to make changes in a vacuum and without the chance for input from the captains. - The Growler website has the Team Schedules listed (https://growlervolleyball.com/2026-schedule-preview/). Please familiarize yourself with where you’ll be over the 4 weeks, as that might help with where you can volunteer, etc.
All teams play at Springdale/SARC Week 1. All teams play 3 weeks at Springdale and 1 week at either Lake Park or Greystone. - Check https://growlervolleyball.com/volleyball-events/calendar/ for the full schedule of events.
- Please visit the Growler Auction to WIN parking and the Jacob Construction Volleyball cabana (for your team) on any or all 4 nights! : https://app.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/2026-growler-44642 This is under-utilized every year… Don’t miss out! The auction for night 1 closes in 4 days (Sunday at 6pm). The auction will remain open for Weeks 2-4 until the Sunday prior to those dates.
- We encourage you to CARPOOL or Uber to Springdale. Please get with your team members and neighbors to share a ride. There will be security at the Food Lion parking lot helping direct you where you can park (they are approved by the leasing company that manages that entire shopping center, but we are covering their tab this year—so treat them well, as they have been great to work with). We will also have signage provided by Springdale Printing! We CAN’T really operate at our current size without that assisted space to park. We have secured overflow parking across Fairbanks at the back of the church (near the basketball goal) after 6pm and within the office complex (blue squares below). Be careful crossing the street (use the crosswalk).
In general the security team should be sending you to the designated areas below. We’ll have them handing out fliers as well.
- Last but most importantly… let’s try to get everyone registered on the St. Baldrick’s website under each of your teams. We have 36 teams with 294 registered players currently and just 167 participants currently on the site under the Growler page. I promise the sponsors aren’t doing what they do for the volleyball… they are doing it because of how we monetize the event into amazing things for the fight against childhood cancer. So please, create a St. Baldrick’s page and send an email to those dearest to you with the donation link and explain what you are doing, why, and who it benefits. I promise it will work. We all can “collectively” make this the best year yet!
On a positive note, we are over $73K and actually 6k ahead of last year at this time… you all are amazing :)
Thanks to all in advance and the GROWLeadERship Team can’t wait for next Tuesday… It is going to be a blast.
See you all at the beach!
Bill Speri
Reminder of the NEXT Tap Takeover at Crooked Hammock, July 29th (the night after Night 1) This is a new partnership and sponsored by the Growler Masters crew! Hope to see you there… I will be :)
Print the certificate portion below and bring it with you, please, to ensure we get the $$$
Thank you to those that went to Gizmo yesterday and to the ladies of the GrowlHER leadership team that put it together and “womaned” the bar!