by Tracy Dudley

In the past, the Castle Pines Connection has featured articles about South Metro Volleyball, an adult sports organization owned by a local Castle Pines North resident. A large part of South Metro Volleyball’s business is providing adult volleyball leagues and tournaments for players who live south of the Denver Metro area in places such as Castle Pines North, Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Lone Tree.

In June of this year, the main indoor sports facility where South Metro Volleyball has been hosting adult leagues and tournaments closed its doors due to bankruptcy. Located at I-25 and Dry Creek, SportsBridge Sports Complex was founded in 2006 by a group of people who had a lifelong love of volleyball running through several generations of their families. SportsBridge specialized in youth volleyball, offering many programs for juniors who play club volleyball in Colorado. The facility also allowed other organizations to rent courts when there were no in-house programs taking place.

South Metro Volleyball adult leagues like SportsBridge were very popular. However, when the facility shut down this summer, South Metro Volleyball and its numerous adult players were without a home. Knowing about her long-time role in the Colorado volleyball community, numerous individuals and organizations approached South Metro Volleyball owner Tracy Dudley about the future of the facility and, consequently, adult volleyball down south.

“Initially, I brainstormed on what it would take financially to get the place up and running again. Because of the prime location, the numbers were staggering, and I reluctantly shied away from the idea,” said Tracy Dudley. “However, players and organizations in the community continued to contact me, and I knew they needed me to make something happen.”

As a result of creative and arduous efforts from South Metro Volleyball, the facility will reopen its doors to adult and youth athletes on September 1 as Sports Complex at Inverness. The complex features six regulation-size volleyball courts on more than 15,000 square feet of sport court and a 4,000 square-foot enclosed artificial turf area.

In addition to volleyball leagues, tournaments, clinics, and clubs, management has added numerous other sports and fitness programs like soccer, futsal, baseball, basketball, martial arts, Yoga, Pilates, kick boxing, boot camps, lunch express workouts, Zumba, and a large variety of other target toning fitness classes.

“It takes only ten minutes to get to the sports complex from the heart of Castle Pines North, and I know our community is in need of indoor recreation options,” said Tracy Dudley. “We would love to invite Castle Pines North residents to participate in our many adult and youth programs.”

For more exciting information about Sports Complex at Inverness, please visit the facility’s website at www.InvernessSports.com.