Friday-Saturday, 2-3 September 2022
After a 2-year hiatus, we're back! Mark your calendar. More info to be posted here later. See below for how past events have been run. This one will be similar. Even Coach Kobo and Coach Hirai will look exactly the same as they did a few years ago.
After a 2-year hiatus, we're back! Mark your calendar. More info to be posted here later. See below for how past events have been run. This one will be similar. Even Coach Kobo and Coach Hirai will look exactly the same as they did a few years ago.
2022 MATCH SCHEDULE (tentative)
Welcome, volleyball players, coaches, and fans. Greetings from the Senri & Osaka International Schools (SOIS) of Kwansei Gakuin, and welcome to the annual Sabers Invitational Girls Volleyball Festival (aka, the “Takako Cup”). This is a one-and-a-half-day event with 3 or 4 teams playing Friday after school, and then more teams joining for a full day on Saturday. This is a friendly volleyball festival designed to get in some early season experiences. No trophies, no stress. Thanks, everyone. The Sabers look forward to seeing you. |
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Sabers Girls Volleyball Festival: Friday-Saturday, 6-7 September 2019
- WHO: 7 schools, 8 teams – CA, EJK, KIUA, MBIS, MCP, NIS, SOIS
- WHAT: Friendly girls volleyball festival (no trophy; a “competitive friendly” atmosphere)
- WHERE: Senri & Osaka Internaional Schools, Osaka, Japan. Directions here.
- WHEN: 16:00 Friday afternoon start. 08:15 Saturday morning start.
- REFEREES: Osaka Volleyball Federation officials
- RULES: FIVB 2017-2020, 2 sets only (to 25 points). No 3rd set. Only 2 sets.
- SCHEDULE: Listed times are approximate. Shotgun schedule: If a match finishes early, next teams be ready. 5 minutes on-court warm-up (2-2-1).
- FESTIVAL FEE: ¥10,000 per team (to help cover cost of officials)
- HOSPITALITY AREA: gym mezzanine level - sandwiches, snacks, drinks for coaches.
- FUTONS: ¥1500 per set
2017 RESULTS (pdf)
Another Sabers Invitational high school girls volleyball festival is in the books. Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation and camaraderie.
It was great to see some familiar faces - both players and coaches - and also to see a few new faces, too. We finished in good time, and I had a good time, so let's do it again next year, shall we? (Feedback welcome.)
Click on the link above to see results, though final scores were not the main thing.
Another Sabers Invitational high school girls volleyball festival is in the books. Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation and camaraderie.
It was great to see some familiar faces - both players and coaches - and also to see a few new faces, too. We finished in good time, and I had a good time, so let's do it again next year, shall we? (Feedback welcome.)
Click on the link above to see results, though final scores were not the main thing.
- MCP, EJK, and newcomer CIS all had 3 wins.
- MBIS was undefeated, 2-0
- 2017 MATCH SCHEDULE (pdf)
- Special welcome to a Kanto team new to the competition, Canada International School Huskies.
2016 RESULTS (pdf)
Click on the link above to see results, though final scores were not the main thing.
Click on the link above to see results, though final scores were not the main thing.
- CA: undefeated, 3-0.
- EJK: good showing, 4-1.
- NIS: 3-1, all matches 3 sets.
2015 RESULTS (pdf)
- Special congrats to MC Perry who veni, vidi, vici, defeating all Kansai teams with authority (pardon my Latin grammar).
- MATCH SCHEDULE 2015 (pdf)
2014 RESULTS (pdf)