Registration

Fall 2025 Season Registration

A new season is just around the corner! Check this page for updates on the Registration Links and for everything you need to know to register.

Make sure to buy your 2025-26 Annual TSVL Membership!

This one-time $20 purchase will make you a TSVL member and is required to play in any division and to participate in most TSVL activities from now until the end of July 2026.

For more information, check "Fees and Payment" below on this page!

Competitive
Division

$125+
  • $125 Playing Fee + Annual Membership Fee: $20
  • Sunday, August 24 @ 7PM
  • Must have a Team, but register individually
  • Level Up Your Skills
  • Play Start Date: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
  • Play End Date: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Intermediate
Division

$125+
  • $125 Playing Fee + Annual Membership Fee: $20
  • Tuesday, August 26 @ 7PM
  • Must have a Team, but register individually
  • **New** Individual Sign ups , to be placed on a team
  • Develop Your Skills
  • Play Start Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
  • Play End Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

Recreational Division - Early Bird

$125+
  • $125 Playing Fee + Annual Membership Fee: $20
  • Early Bird - Wednesday, August 27 @7pm
  • Welcome back TSVL Members! See eligibility criteria below!
  • Play and Socialize
  • Play Start Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
  • Play End Date: Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Recreational Division - Open Registration

$125+
  • $125 Playing Fee + Annual Membership Fee: $20
  • Open Registration - Thursday August 28 @7pm
  • Open for everyone to register! Individual Sign-up!
  • Play and Socialize
  • Play Start Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
  • Play End Date: Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Early Bird Criteria, Recreational Division

ELIGIBILITY

Members of the following groups are eligible to register in advance for the Recreational Division:

  • Active TSVL Members (purchased a TSVL membership in either Fall 2024 or Winter 2025).
  • Rec Captains (approved by Rec Coordinator).
  • TSVL Sponsors.

Availability:

  • Limited by both time and capacity, whichever comes first.
  • Capacity is based on an anticipated number of gym permits, but is not confirmed at the time of registration. Individuals that complete the Early Bird Registration are not guaranteed a spot in the Recreational Division.
  • Spots are prioritized by timestamp but not guaranteed.
  • If the Early Bird capacity is reached, players need to register during Open Registration - even if they were eligible for the Early Bird Registration.

Equity Priority Groups

TSVL is committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups in the league.

TSVL’s Research and Member Survey (year) data indicates that Intermediate Division team formations rely heavily on referrals and word of mouth. This advantages larger communities while often creating barriers for underrepresented groups in forming teams.

TSVL continues its Equity Priority Groups (EPG) initiative for the increased recruitment and retention of members from underrepresented groups in the league.

EPG includes:

  1. Gender minorities – Women, Two Spirit, Non-Binary
  2. Transgender players
  3. Racial/ethnic minorities – African, Black/African Canadian, Central Asian, Caribbean, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islands, South Asian

For more details on how TSVL is taking steps to make the league more inclusive, check the Registration sections of the divisions links here:

https://www.tsvl.org/competitive/
https://www.tsvl.org/intermediate/
https://www.tsvl.org/recreational-2/

Fees and Payment

TSVL Membership Fee – $20 - Now ANNUAL!

The TSVL Membership is now ANNUAL; no longer tied to a specific season.

It now provides you access to all membership benefits for a full year, including league play, members-only pricing for events and tournaments, and voting rights at members’ meetings.

For the Fall 2025 Season, please note:

  • Purchased separately from registration for Fall 2025 division(s).
  • A 2025-2026 TSVL Membership is required for all league play.
  • Your purchase of the TSVL Membership does not impact registration timestamp.
  • Players that have not purchased their membership will be required to purchase it, and pay their invoiced playing fee, for their team to be officially admitted to the season.


Division Playing Fee – $125

 

Payment Due when Rostered

  • No upfront payment required at registration.

  • Once officially rostered to a team, an invoice for fees will be sent.

  • Payment is due upon receipt of the invoice.

  • Teams are rostered after gym permits and space are confirmed.

  • If TSVL cannot accommodate all registered players:

    • Only rostered players will receive invoices.

    • Unrostered players will be placed on the waitlist automatically.

 

Spartanship Fund

The Spartanship Fund provides financial support for members facing barriers to participating. Eligible players may receive partial or full coverage of the Division Playing Fee for the Fall 2025 season.

  • Apply directly through the “Spartanship Fund Request” field on the registration form.

  • The Fund is community-supported through donations and fundraising (e.g., 50/50 draws).

  • Members are encouraged to contribute if able, to help others in our volleyball community.

Play Locations

TSVL permits space in school gyms throughout downtown Toronto, along major subway and streetcar lines.

  • For a list of these locations and information on how to get there, please see Locations & Set Up.

The specific location where your team plays each week is posted by the Division Coordinator on the Division's Season Map.

REGISTRATION 101

We care about our members and want you all to be equally knowledgeable about how registration goes. This guide is suitable for all divisions.

If you have any questions specific to registration, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant coordinator (rec@tsvl.org or intermediate@tsvl.org or comp@tsvl.org) and/or operations (operations@tsvl.org).

TSVL Registration 101

  1. How do I know what information I need to register?
  • Registration is done through TeamSnap individually for all divisions. If you aren’t already in TeamSnap you will register with the platform when you are signing up for the Division. It doesn't take long and everyone who is new must go through it. Be sure you input your information accurately, in particular the email you wish to use. There are specific fields you’ll need to fill in when you register that vary somewhat between the Competitive, Intermediate, and Recreational Divisions. 
  • If you have a TeamSnap account, verify that your username and password work and that your profile and payment information are updated.  Most of your basic information will be included automatically, but check it for accuracy.  
  • NOTE: Competitive and Intermediate Division players are required to provide their team's and captain’s names. Please ensure these are entered with the correct spelling.
  1. Where do I find the registration link?
  • The easiest place to get the links is from tsvl.org/registration
  • They will also be shared to our email list.
  1. What happens when registration opens at 7:00 pm?

Strategies for everyone:

  • You can use a desktop or laptop computer, tablet or phone, but you will have more functionality and be faster on a desktop or laptop. We've heard some people have had more issues using a tablet. Whatever you use, make sure you have a stable internet connection. 
  • Have all your information ready before you sit down. This is especially important if you're registering for someone else; get their information in advance (see Q1 above). 
  • Use the correct link provided to login to the TeamSnap registration portal. It won't open until 7:00pm.
  • Be sure to include all the information requested on the registration/checkout page. Be complete and accurate. Teams/players have missed out by prioritizing speed over accuracy.

Strategies for teams:

  • Have a registration party in person or on Zoom, so you know everyone can be online at the same time. The most frequent mistake we hear is one player getting online late and letting the whole team down. 
  • A team registering for the Competitive Division is only assigned a priority rank after their sixth team member is registered. The team’s timestamp is that of their sixth member’s registration. If a subsequent team member’s registration improves the team’s priority ranking, a new rank will be issued with that team member’s registration timestamp.
  • Captains should ensure that all their players have both the correct spelling of the team name and the captain’s name.
  1. Your Membership Fee must be bought when you are successfully rostered in a division.
  • Player fees will be invoiced after rostering. This invoice will include your membership fee, which is charged once per season.
  1. What does it mean to be a "Returning Player" or "Active Member"?

Returning Player (Competitive and Intermediate Divisions ONLY):

  • To qualify as a Returning Player for Fall 2025, you must have been on ANY team's roster in the respective Division in the Fall 2024 or Winter 2025 season. This does not apply to substitute players.

Active Member (Recreational Division ONLY):

  • To qualify as an Active Member for Fall 2025, you must have purchased at least one membership in the two previously available TSVL Membership Seasons, Fall 2024 or Winter 2025.

For more details on the application of these definitions, visit the Division's homepage.

  1. What about refunds? Are there any charges for requesting a refund?
  • Refunds are available under the conditions listed on the division pages. You do not need to provide a reason for requesting a refund. 

 

See you on the courts! 

 

The TSVL is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit adult volleyball league catering mainly to the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transpeople, queer and LGBTQ-friendly community in Toronto, Canada. The League provides an inclusive and fun environment to play volleyball and a social place to enjoy the company of new people and old friends.  TSVL is the largest not-for-profit gay sports league in Canada.  Learn More Here

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Toronto Spartan Volleyball League
473 Church St., PO Box #232, Toronto, ON, M4Y 2C5

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Toronto is located on traditional territories of Indigenous people dating back countless generations, whose connection to this land continues to this date. As a result of past and ongoing colonization, invaluable culture, language, and history have been destroyed. In addition, we operate freely on land that was once the territory of a people that now have been displaced to other spaces and whose rights to hunt and fish have been denied.

We acknowledge that our league operates on the traditional territories of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe peoples, whose presence here continues to this day. In particular, the gyms we play in are located on the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and within the boundaries of the Toronto Purchase Treaty (Treaty No 13) – a problematic “purchase” of land by the Crown from the River Credit Mississaugas and the subject of one of the largest claim settlements in Canadian history.

In recognizing that we are all treaty peoples, we will continue to acknowledge the land we operate on, but also work to uphold our treaty obligations to learn, understand, respect, and care for the land in partnership with its original stewards.