Frequently Asked Questions

Your registration fees will cover the cost of tournament registration fees and coach travel costs (fuel/hotel/food). You will need to cover the cost of a jersey, and bringing your player to the tournaments and any expenses associated with that. 

U13 teams: 4 regional tournaments

U14-U18 teams: 2 regional tournaments (SPVC & D.C.) & 4 Volleyball Alberta tournaments

Each player wanting to tryout for NBCVC will be required to pay an $50 tryout fee and register as a recreational player through Volleyball Alberta / Volleyball Canada ($21.81 fee).

Players selected to the U14-U18 competitive teams will be required to register as a competitive player through Vollleyball Alberta / Volleyball Canada 

Each player will be required to sell raffle tickets for the club.  It is a great way to help reduce expenses and keep our fees low.

That is up to you. Sponsorship that the club receives help to keep registration costs as low as possible for all members. 

If you are wanting to fundraise for a specific team, the sponsorship you receive can be applied to your player's team specifically. Individual player sponsorships are not permitted.

NBCVC is first and foremost a competitive volleyball club. Our goal is to support and develop competitive teams and players from the ages of U12-U18. The primary consideration for team selection is to build the strongest team possible in a given age category. 

As the only community volleyball club in the North Peace region, we also try our best to give as many players the chance to play as possible. If sufficient players and coaching are available, additional teams may be created.  Many other technical, safety, and skill-dependent factors must be taken into consideration, and the final decision for team creation rests with the technical director.

Officially, NBCVC practices start in January following the Christmas break.  If gym spaces allow us access earlier, we will take advantage!

This year, for the 2025 Season, Volleyball Alberta has made some changes to the tryout process.  Clubs have been given the option to either:  

1.  Hold tryouts on specific dates during the school volleyball season in September/October.  These may or may not be followed by late November tryouts.

2.  Hold tryouts at the usual time (late November) following the completion of the school volleyball season.

NBCVC has made the decision to follow suit with other clubs in the region and hold September/October tryouts.

NBCVC does not require specific allotted volunteer hours from parents, but we couldn't run a season without them.  There are many ways to help and roles to fill.  

The team manager role must be filled by one parent.  They are the key communication link between the club, coaches, and parents.  Their responsibilities include updating TeamSnap, blocking hotel rooms, and delegating tasks among the other team parents such as:

- scorekeeper

- ball tosser (triple ball)

- helping with our home tournament

- sale of raffle tickets

 U13: Four regional tournaments: Typically 2 tournaments in Grande Prairie, 1 tournament in Peace River and 1 tournament in Dawson Creek.

U14-U18: Two regional tournaments: SPVC (Grande Prairie) and Dawson Creek; Four Volleyball Alberta tournaments.

When your team attends Premiers, their performance is ranked into divisions; the amount of divisions depends on how many teams attend the tournaments; typically there are 5 divisions.

After the first premier, your team will play teams who ranked similar to your team; your team has the ability to move up a division or down a division depending on your ranking at the previous tournament. If you miss a premier, you rank the lowest, and you will be placed in the lowest division for the following tournament (whether it be a premier tournament or the provincial tournament).

NBCVC is registered to play through Volleyball Alberta and must comply with their guidelines and regulations.  In order for players to tryout or play for NBCVC, they must also be registered with Volleyball Alberta.