QENY | Tournament Information
Quest for Excellence Tournament | Tournament Information
January 3-4, 2026 | Registration August 4, 2025
QENY (pronounced “Kenny”) is sanctioned by USA Volleyball through the North Carolina Region.
RISE Indoor Sports
419 Twins Way
Advance, NC 27006
336-920-7473
Why QENY?
- QENY is a great way to get the season started!
- This tournament was designed to allow new teams to play with multiple line-ups in a low risk environment and have as many ball touches as possible.
- The QENY format has a minimum match guarantee of 5 games!
- The QENY format of 3 age divisions improves the odds for competitive play in all matches.
- The QENY format allows teams to play Saturday then re-sort the teams for Sunday when they compete for their individual age division. Saturday determines who you play Sunday. Basically, no matter what happens, you have a chance of winning Sunday!
QENY | Tournament Registration
- Event registration opens August 4, 2025 in Advanced Event Systems (AES)
- The entry and refund deadline is December 30, 2025, 5:00 PM EST. Teams must be entered and paid by this deadline to be considered for acceptance. Refunds will not be given after this deadline.
- Teams are permitted to register for the event without rosters. However, it is imperative that rosters be loaded into AES as soon as possible to ensure that coaches, team representatives, etc. receive vital tournament information via AES email. Rosters are required to remain eligible to compete at the tournament.
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ROSTER DEADLINE: January 2, 2026 (100% complete and accurate roster must be submitted by January 2, via AES)
- Teams play in mixed age divisions.
- REFUND POLICY: A full refund will be given with written notice to Lucky Dog Volleyball (tournaments@luckydogvolleyball.com) if received by December 19, 2025, 5:00 PM EST. There will be no refunds for withdrawn or dropped teams after this date.
- Teams wishing to register after the deadline, or after a division has filled, may be placed on a waiting list. Teams will be notified if a spot opens up to accept the team.
- Checks will not be cashed for teams that are not accepted into the event.
- The hotel blocks will be available starting September 4, 2025.
QENY | Team Check-In
- All team will be responsible for checking in via AES.
- Team Check-In Opens Wednesday, December 31st at 12 a.m.
- Deadline to Check-In your team is Friday, January 2nd at 6 p.m.
- There will be no onsite roster changes. All roster changes must be made by Friday, January 2nd at 6 p.m.
- Lucky Dog will provide 3 Coach VIP Tickets per team. It is up to the head coach on how these are used. These 3 Tickets will be emailed to you prior to the event, please make sure the email we have for coaches in AES is correct.
QENY | Schedule Format
- Saturday play begins at 8AM, doors open at 7 AM.
- Sunday play starts at 8 AM. Doors open at 7 AM.
- Teams play in mixed age divisions on Saturday and then are split into their respective age divisions on Sunday, each age division crowning a champion
- More information will be posted on tournament format closer to the event
QENY | General Event Information
Spectator Admission
ALL Tickets will be pre-purchased online before the event - there will be NO ON-SITE Sales in the box office this year!
Please have your ID ready upon arrival as well will be cross checking your ID with your ticket!
Ticket Link will be available closer to the event!
Facility Rules
- Outside food is not allowed.
- Personal beverage containers are permitted.
- Coolers, stadium chairs, and large baggage are not allowed inside or outside of the facilities [lobby, playing venue, sidewalks].
- Team “camping” is prohibited.
- Boom boxes or portable speakers are not allowed to be used inside the facility unless they are connected to headphones.
- “Warm-up music” broadcasted from a speaker or sound system is not allowed.
- No tripods are allowed. A monopod may be used.
- Ball handling and horseplay is not allowed in the lobby areas.
- View Lucky Dog Volleyball's: Photo Policy
Balls & Ball Handling
Lucky Dog Volleyball will have balls and carts available for check-out for teams that are flying. Please email tournaments@luckydogvolleyball.com if you will need to check-out balls, so we can have them available at your playing location.
- The tournament ball is the Molten Super Touch™.
- For the safety and protection of our guests, ball handling is not allowed off the playing court surface.
Parking
Parking is $5/day - CASH is preferred as it will speed along the process!
Hotels
Click here to see hotel offers and book your stay today.
Awards
Teams finishing in 1st and 2nd places will be awarded a team award along with individual awards.