Return: Volleyball  HomePage

  Central Virginia Volleyball Officials Association

Updated: 12/19/2023

2023 CVVOA Awards Banquet

The 2023 CVVOA Annual Awards Banquet was held Sunday, December 3rd at the Shafer Dining Hall on the campus of VCU. See the CVVOA Awards link for a list of award winners. Those winners who were not present at the banquet will receive their awards at the first membership meeting in 2024.

2023 CVVOA New Member Training Class

The first CVVOA new member traing class will be held on Wednesday, June 14th at 6:00 pm at the RVC Byrdhill location (note location change again).

Classes continue each Wednesday through August 2nd, either at Stonebridge or Byrdhill or online.

Please try and recruit at least one new member.

OLD NEWS

2022 CVVOA Annual Business Meeting

The CVVOA annual business meeting was held on Sunday November 13th at Mechanicsville High School

The following members were elected to the Executive Committee:

Bob Guagliardo - President

David Bassler - Secretary

Randall Clary & Alvin Butler - Members-at-Large

The following member was promoted from Returning to a Full member:

Hawthrone Wilkes

The following member was promoted from Transfer to Full members:

Tim Ouellet & Darren Robinson

The following members were promoted from Provisional to Full members:

Otis Bowles, Steven Demoratz, Ron Francis, Cameron Gilbert, K.C. Haydon, Christina Marino, & Ethan McCartt

The following members were promoted from Trainee to Provisional members:

CVVOA Organizational Meeting

The first in-person meeting of 2022 will take place on Monday, July 18th at 6:00 pm at Mechanicsville High School on the corner of Mechanicsville Turnpike and Lee-Davis Road. Please enter from the Lee-Davis Road side of the building and meet in the Cafeteria. Food (TBD) and water will be furnshed. Feel free to bring your own non-alcoholic beverage if you choose. Rule books will be handed out and training on one-person mechanics will take place. New rules will also be discussed. Please make sure you attend either this meeting or the one on August 1st in order to pick up your rule books and avoid a $25 fine. 

CVVOA Executive Board Changes

With the resignation of Randall Carson as president and the relocation of Phil Rollins as Commissioner, there was a change in executive board membership since the last election.

The Executive Committee made the following replacements over the course of three meetings:

Bruce Frye (was Member-at-large) was elected President to replace Randall to finish out his term.

Randall Clary was elected Member-at-Large to replace Bruce.

Hank Hartz (was Vice President) was selected as Commissioner to replace Phil.

??? was elected Vice President to replace Hank.

The email address for the CVVOA commissioner (Hank Hartz) is: commissioner@cvvoa.org

The email address for the CVVOA president (Bruce Frye) is: president@cvvoa.org

CVVOA New Member Training Class

The 2022 edition of the CVVOA New Member Training Class will begin on Wednesday, June 8th and continue every Wednesday (except 7/6) through August 3rd. All sessions will start at 6:00 pm at the Richmond Volleyball Club (North) on Byrdhill Road. Please consider inviting a relative or a friend to join. Recruiters get their 2022 dues ($45) refunded if the recruit joins and becomes a provisional member at the end of the season.

VHSL Volleyball Registration

In order to officiate any sport in the 2022-23 school year, everyone must register and pay the appropriate fee to the VHSL via the the VHSL Whistle website. The link is on the CVVOA home page. The deadline for all officials to  register, submit their exam, and view the online clinic is August 21st. The first sport you register for will cost $45. All additional sports are $30.

VHSL Rules Clinic and NFHS Online Exam

The VHSL will hold their annual volleyball rules clinic ONLINE this year. The first date (tentative) to take the clinic is Monday July 25th. That is also the first date to take the NFHS Rules Exam. The last day to complete both requirements WITHOUT PENALTY is Sunday, August 21st. Not completing these two tasks by the deadline will result in fines of $50 for each part not completed on time.

2021 VHSL Implicit Bias Requirement

Anyone who DID NOT attend the Tues. July 13 meeting must watch the NFHS Implicit Bias video (it takes about 20 minutes); download the certification of completion; and email a copy of the certificate to Phil Rollins (commissioner@cvvoa.org) by August 15. Anyone not submitting the certificate cannot referee this season (a VHSL requirement), and we need you all.  A link to the video is below with instructions on how to navigate it.  Those in attendance at the meeting are encouraged to watch it again and review the details, as we can all benefit from recognizing and addressing the implicit biases that we and others have. However, if you were at the July 13 meeting, you DO NOT have to download and send the certificate to Phil Rollins.

 Implicit Bias Link:    https://www.nfhslearn.com

 1. Click to Sign In or Register as a member of NFHS. You must be a member of NFHS to view the video. No cost.

 2. Scroll Down to Implicit Bias Box and click on "View Course."

 3. On top right of page, click on "Please Select Your State."  Select VA from Drop Down Menu.

 4. Click on Order Course (free).

 5. Click on Start Course. 

 6. When Course is Completed, Download and email a copy to commissioner@cvvoa.org

Pink Whistles

October is designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the VHSL. Whenever possible, and especially on PINK-OUT matches, please use your pink whistle and lanyard during the month.

Position of R3

The CVVOA Executive Committee has adopted a plan by which first and second-year members can get more assignments and at the same time receive immediate feedback from an association rater. In selected JV matches, the rater will be assigned the R3 position on the schedule. His/her duties are to sit in the stands and observe the JV match, focusing primarily on the R2 (1st/2nd-year) and reporting comments about his/her performance. Between the JV and Varsity match, the R3 will review some of the situations observed and provide feedback to the R2. It is the JV R2's responsibility to watch at least two sets of the varsity match to obtain an insight as to how matches should be called. More about this will be explained at the general membership meeting on July 16th.

Return: Volleyball  HomePage