GVBL March Madness - The Shootout
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Tickets For the Annual GVBL
March Madness Event On Sale Now
You don't want to miss the most fun community event of the year. This event has occurred every year since 2003, and has been enjoyed of upwards of 300 GVBL-ers year in and year out. We have decided that this year's theme is going to be something that has been wildly popular in the past. The Shootout! This year we are bringing in 4 Pop-A-Shot arcade like competition baskets and have friends and neighbors shoot it out to an eventual winner.
This GVBL event will be the evening of March 4th from 6-11PM at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. We will have a cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres, plenty of food for dinner and an open bar throughout! The Pop-A-Shot Shootout will occur between 7:30pm and 9:45pm. There will be tons of team baskets raffled off as prizes, some outstanding silent auction items and a 50-50 raffle. Enjoy our famous "A Year In Review" GVBL slide show and lots of fun! All this for $80 per person or $150 per couple!
Purchasers of first 50 event tickets will receive a week of free personal training at Engage Personal Training, Malvern's #1 personal training studio for people over 40.
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GVBL March Madness Themed
Team Baskets Have Been Assigned
To get the entire GVBL community involved, we have asked each team to put together a Themed, Team Basket that will be raffled off during the March Madness Shootout the evening of March 4th. The expectation will once again be that each family contributes $10 or more by either purchasing a basket item or donating cash. The value of the basket will be roughly $100 or more. Not really a big ask from each family - just asking them to donate a themed item or $10 that the team's basket committee can purchase something. Many teams have a "Team Mom/Dad" or ask your coach how you want to get involved.
Collection of the items will take place February 13th - 20th. A team volunteer can either drop off the items at the GVCO site trailer, 51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern between 9AM-4PM weekdays or email basketball@gvco.org for a pickup. Please note the GVCO Community Ctr. Complex is under construction.
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Sign Up and Have Some Fun the Night of the Event
You want to show your GVBL coach you know a little about basketball too? You have a neighbor that you want to make sure they know who the best shooter is in the neighborhood? You just want to have some fun? We have brought back the ever-popular Pop-A-Shot shootout competition to our March fundraising event. We have had a ton of fun with this at past events - a little friendly competition between our GVBL community parents the evening of the event.
Participants will be placed in 4 divisions: 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th and 7th/8th.
The winners of each division will face each other in the semi-finals.
The championship match will be the 2 semi-finalist winners with the winner's name engraved on the GVBL Shootout trophy to be immortalized forever!
- Each division has 24 spots reserved for parents of players in that division plus 8 wildcard spots
- The entry fee is $10 prior to the event and $20 at the event
- Entrants will be placed randomly in a playoff bracket
- During the 6-7PM cocktail hour, we will hold a "Pick Your Opponent" opportunity for $5. Once a pair has been picked, neither person can be re-picked
- All bracketing is available in the GVBL app. It will be updated daily until the Shootout event
Sign up while supplies (bracket spots) last! If a division has sold out online, ask if a "walk-in" slot is available at the event.
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Do you have a vacation house or time share in a warm place, up in the mountains or by a lake or the bay? Concert or sporting event tickets?
Would you consider donating it/them to our GVBL March Madness "the Shootout" fundraiser auction at the Desmond on March 4th?
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GVBL Double Elimination Playoffs |
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FEBRUARY MADNESS IS HERE!
There is one final weekend of GVBL regular season games before our GVBL double elimination playoffs occur.
The divisional coordinators through the 3rd - 8th grades are currently working out the bracket seedings. Playoff schedules are available on GVCO.org or in the GVBL app. A number of the division games will begin on or about February 13th, played both weeknights and weekends throughout the remainder of February. Championship week will begin the week of Feb 27th.
Good luck to all of our GVBL teams!
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Calling all 3rd grade GVBL boys and girls.
Do you think you will be interested in playing on our 4th grade GV tournament team beginning next fall for the 2023-2024 ?
The clinics will be hosted by a group of GVBL tournament team coaches. During the basketball clinics, a GVBL tournament teams representative will present to answer questions that parents may have about the program, commitment, scheduling, cost, etc.
Clinic Dates:
Monday, March 13th at the Gen. Wayne Elem. school lower gym;
6-7PM Boys and 7-8PM Girls
Monday, March 20th at the Gen. Wayne Elem. School lower gym;
6-7PM Girls and 7-8PM Boys
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The Jr. Hoopsters finish up this weekend with their All Star game on Saturday. The action begins at Grand Slam the 11th at 2:30pm. |
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SEND US GVBL PICTURES! We would like to include pictures from each division in our messaging. If you can capture some of the outstanding action from your team's game, we would be glad to highlight it in our messaging. Please send them to basketball@gvco.org.
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Denise Bones baked her first cake when she was 8 years old in her home in Berwyn, and her love for baking only grew from there. Bill Bones, her husband, started cooking and baking in his home in Devon when he was just 6 years old. |
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It was fate that they met years later in 1981 at Conuses Restaurant in Wayne, where Denise waited tables and Bill was a cook. After a short 9 years together, they united their passions to create something of their own… This is where Clay's Bakery was born. Along with Denise’s mother, Barbara, and named in honor of her father, Clay, the bakery was off to a running start. Bill would bake through the night, and Denise would decorate the cakes and help the customers.
Denise and Bill are still running Clay's Bakery today, creating memories that their customers will remember for years to come in the form of beautifully decorated, delicious cakes. The Bones children and grandchildren were born and raised in Malvern, with many of them growing up playing a variety of sports in Great Valley including GVBL. Their grandson is still playing for GVBL today. Denise and Bill attend every game they can, splitting their time between crafting amazing desserts and cheering on their grandson’s team.
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Without our sponsor support, there would be a financial shortfall for equipment, administration and facilities rental. GVBL would like to thank all those who have stepped up to support GVBL. Please scroll to the bottom of this publication for a complete listing of those who have provided support. If you are familiar with who they are, please reach out to thank them. In addition, as always please try and support these local businesses throughout the year, shopping and doing business right here at home.
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More Ways to Support GVCO |
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Do You Match?
It's a great way to contribute and help GVCO complete the entire new GVCO Community Center project.
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Use code #47309 for GVCO! |
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