Growler 2026 continues at Springdale, Greystone, and Lake Park!
- WEATHER: It looks like a chance of rain again… but hopefully normal and not lightning, etc. We are due to get lucky, but with 3 locations, we might not all have the same experience. The Growler methodology is to get the games in, despite the fact we just didn’t… The plan for next week will be to do what we can to make that happen!!
- Week 1 results (and “pending” games at the end of schedule): https://growlervolleyball.com/growler-night-1-schedule-and-results/
FYI/FYA:
- The schedule is merely an order of games… so “if the getting is good” with the weather or just general “flow,” please roll game to game and don’t wait for the scheduled start time with extended warm-ups. Eventually there will be court crossover that might hold us up… but again, be ready to play immediately following the previous game if at all possible.
- If you have any on-site questions or concerns, these are my site POCs:
Lake Park: Brooke Bryand, Stew Esposito, and Brian Tobey
Greystone: Bill Speri and Allison Andrews
Springdale: Cristine Allison, Kevin Hampton, Frank Koch, and Haleigh Broglin.
I will likely set up a text group with us all to stay on the same page with how the night is going. - Food at Springdale will be Lynnwood Pizza and Original Grills BBQ and Slaw. Lake Park will have V-Pizza and Jersey Mike’s Subs. Greystone will have Piper’s Tavern Pizza and Manchester’s.
- Beer will once again be available from multiple breweries: Deep River Brewing Co. and Gizmo Brew Works at SARC. A few varieties of Deep River at Lake Park and Greystone (two taps per player feedback 😊). All 3 locations will also have White Claw seltzer and boxed wine. It should go without saying BUT… the seltzer cans are meant for consumption while at the event and any leftovers will be used at future events… So please don’t fill your coolers on the way out the door 😊.
- Volunteers are still needed at all locations; please sign up to assist if you can: https://growlervolleyball.com/player-info/volunteer/
- Please help keep your general area clean… We have a multitude of trash cans at SARC (provided by our partner GFL), so locating the trash should not be an issue. We did real well on this item in Week 1!! We also have LARGE Gatorade and Water bottles (Thanks to Pepsi Bottling)… Please try to keep track of them so we aren’t throwing them away half full :) “Team Clean Up” assignments remain in effect at all 3 locations. Lake Park and Greystone folks, be sure to do your part… it’s more broad than the SARC tasks :) As Cristine stated, this went really well last year; let’s keep it up!
- The game schedule is located on the website and linked here… https://growlervolleyball.com/2026-schedule-preview/
- Everyone will play 4 games!
- ALSO, we just went over $97K ($89k last year) on St. Baldrick’s site with 195 of the 300 players with pages (189 last year). 20 of the 36 teams are over the $1500 required. 28 are over $1000. THREE are already over $5K!
- Parking spot and Cabana auction available here: https://app.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/2026-growler-44642 Week 2 closes Sunday at 8pm
- NOTE: Team Overserved has once again secured some great auction items with all proceeds going to St. Baldrick’s. The Auction is open… https://app.galabid.com/overserved2026/items
NOTE: Lost and found at SARC is now just outside the back gate on the green stage we used to use for shaving. There were a few more items than normal following the storm.
I appreciate those that attended the fundraiser at Crooked Hammock Wednesday night… we just secured a free keg from them as we start down the potential sponsorship road with them in the future.
Thanks as always for all you do!!
If you need to contact me: Bill Speri – 919-824-6767 or wmsperi@gmail.com