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’s Point off W. Mission Bay Drive in Mission Bay Park.
There will be a social “Just for Fun” bracket and a competitive “For All the Marbles” mixed bracket.
Men’s, women’s and coed divisions are bringing their competitive game to the tournament where all skill levels — and spectators — are welcome.
“We started it six years ago and we’ve been doing it ever since and it gets bigger every year,” said Joel McMurrin, OMBAC volleyball event chairman. “We’re expecting about 80 to 90 (four-person) teams. We had 64 last year.”
McMurrin said the event harkens to the old days at OMBAC when volleyball was a bigger part of the club’s program before the advent of the Over The Line (OTL) Tournament each July.
The event has room to grow.
“We’re reviving the tradition of the volleyball tournament, which is one of the biggest in San Diego, and we’d 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’ll see how things go.”
Guests have to be 21 and up and there is a $5 entry fee to watch the tournament.
Drinks will be served at a courtside beer garden. 
Teams are encouraged to dress up for the epic tournament as prizes will be rewarded for best/most creative team uniforms.
For more information about the OMBAC Volleyball Tournament, visit www.ombac.org/volleyball.
There have been several monthly events this year commemorating Mission Beach’s 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.”
The centennial celebration will culminate with a Mission Beach Centennial Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Belmont Park.
For more on the Mission Beach Centennial, visit missionbeachcentennial.org, or call (858) 488-1549.