Welcome to the official website of the annual Shamrock Festival volleyball tournament. Here you will find all of the information you need to ensure that your team and its fans enjoy our tournament. The dates for the 2011 Shamrock Festival will be posted here in September 2010. As always, the tournament will be held in the Roanoke Valley for teams in the 14, 16, and 18 & under age divisions with teams in the 13, 15, and 17 & under age divisions all encouraged to play-up in the higher age groups. The 2010 Shamrock Festival saw 228 teams competing from VA, NC, PA, MD, TN, SC, & WV and included teams from 7 different USAV regions. Historically, Shamrock has attracted teams from as far north as NY & NJ and as far south as GA & FL. In addition, we attract dozens of college coaches from all over the East Coast each year… click HERE for a list of schools who recruited at Shamrock in 2010. We also typically enjoy some very nice post-tournament coverage on prepvolleyball.com.

The Shamrock Festival is one of the largest nationally-sanctioned USAV tournament and one of the premier volleyball events for juniors on the East Coast. Follow all of the tournament action on this website with live scoring updates every hour throughout the tournament. Registration opens on December 1st and will be handled through AES. Teams will be accepted based on the date of registration and receipt of payment. You are strongly encouraged to register and mail your payment early as the tournament typically fills up in a matter of days. Hotel reservations will again be coordinated by Tournament Director Tamalyn Tanis, who asks all teams interested in hotels to please complete a Housing Request Form and send it to us per the instructions on the Hotel Info page of our website. There is a limited supply of hotel rooms in the area and this process simply helps ensure that large room blocks are not reserved by teams prior to their acceptance into the tournament. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime.