Mission Beach continues its next-to-last centennial celebration with an Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Mariner\u2019s Point off W. Mission Bay Drive in Mission Bay Park.
\nThere will be a social “Just for Fun” bracket and a competitive “For All the Marbles” mixed bracket.
\nMen\u2019s, women\u2019s and coed divisions are bringing their competitive game to the tournament where all skill levels \u2014 and spectators \u2014 are welcome.
\n“We started it six years ago and we\u2019ve been doing it ever since and it gets bigger every year,” said Joel McMurrin, OMBAC volleyball event chairman. “We\u2019re expecting about 80 to 90 (four-person) teams. We had 64 last year.”
\nMcMurrin said the event harkens to the old days at OMBAC when volleyball was a bigger part of the club\u2019s program before the advent of the Over The Line (OTL) Tournament each July.
\nThe event has room to grow.
\n“We\u2019re reviving the tradition of the volleyball tournament, which is one of the biggest in San Diego, and we\u2019d like to try and grow to become one of the largest in Southern California,” McMurrin said. “If it grows any more, after a few years it may become a two-day tournament. We\u2019ll see how things go.”
\nGuests have to be 21 and up and there is a $5 entry fee to watch the tournament.
\nDrinks will be served at a courtside beer garden.\u00a0
\nTeams are encouraged to dress up for the epic tournament as prizes will be rewarded for best\/most creative team uniforms.
\nFor more information about the OMBAC Volleyball Tournament, visit www.ombac.org\/volleyball.
\nThere have been several monthly events this year commemorating Mission Beach\u2019s centennial, which have included a car show, a sandcastle-building demonstration, a monument dedication, a restaurant walk and a Dive-In Movie showing of “Jaws.”
\nThe centennial celebration will culminate with a Mission Beach Centennial Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Belmont Park.
\nFor more on the Mission Beach Centennial, visit missionbeachcentennial.org, or call (858) 488-1549.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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