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August 12, 2024 Mark Tanis

The 2025 Shamrock Festival will be the weekend of March 15-16, 2025 in Roanoke, VA and has now been added to AES with team registration opening on 10/13/24. We will also again offer a Friday evening (March 14th) Recruiting Showcase (up to 9 courts / grades 8-12) and Kids' Instructional Clinic (up to 4 courts / ages 5-12) at the Berglund Center. We will offer the following age groups in 2024:

* 18's Division - for any 17's or 18's teams.

* 17’s Division - for any 16’s or 17’s teams.

* 16's Division - for any 15's or 16's teams.

* 15’s Division - for any 14’s or 15’s teams.

* 13/14's Division - for any 13's or 14's teams.

* 12's Division - for any 11's or 12's teams

Details on the tournament format for each age group will be announced once we determine the number of teams in each division.

Welcome to the official website of the annual Shamrock Festival volleyball tournament, where you will find all of the information you need to ensure that your team and its fans enjoy our tournament. As always, the tournament will be held in the Roanoke Valley for teams in the 12’s, 14’s, 15 Club, 16’s, and 18’s Divisions with teams in the 11’s to 18’s age groups. Teams are seeded based on results so that all teams play teams of increasingly similar strength as the tournament progresses. All teams will be scheduled to play at least 6 matches during tournament weekend. The Shamrock Festival annually hosts up to 200 teams from VA, NC, PA, MD, DE, TN, SC, & WV and often includes teams from 6-8 different USAV regions so you are likely to play multiple teams that you have never played before. Historically, Shamrock has also 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 have committed to recruit at the Shamrock Festival.

Follow all of the tournament action on AES with match results updated in real-time throughout the tournament on AES. Tournament registration opens in October and is also handled through AES. Teams will be accepted - pending availability - upon receipt of a signed Entry Form, upon full payment of team entry fees via check, and upon confirmation that the team’s hotel rooms have been booked through Traveling Teams (N/A for local teams). You are strongly encouraged to register and mail your payment early as the tournament typically fills up quickly. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime.