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| Issue 173 (21/07/2003) - Circulation: 2800 - Regular Items: Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar. |
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Hi all - More Volleyball news from the web. Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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Div 1/2 Tournaments Required Hi Dave, As the start of the indoor season approaches, we are looking towards competing in some Div1/2 standard indoor tournaments in preparation to the start of the National League season in September. Being in Leicester we are centrally based and would be willing to travel. I would be grateful if you could ask your members if they are organising any such tournaments that we would be able to attend. Best Regards Sudhir Jethwa suds@alinto.com |
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Surrey Beach Volleyball Required
Hi Dave, We are keen to play beach volleyball and live in west byfleet surrey. Do
you know of any clubs around this area?? I would really appreciate any info. |
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London Club Required
Just wondering if there are any women’s teams in central London that would be interested in a new player. I haven’t played volleyball for over 5 years and would like to start again. Please reply to
chamrask@btinternet.com |
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NATIONAL STUDENT CUP 2004
The competition is open to all full time students in further or higher
education and the qualifying rounds are to be held in November in Leeds
and Norwich on different weekends. If you came in the top 4 teams in the 2003 Finals you have automatically qualified for the 2003 finals. Those teams are:
Ade McGraa adriennemcgraa@aol.com |
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| This weeks photos come from the Exmouth Junior Beach Open,
the senior event, the UK's largest one day 4-A-Side event was limited this
year to 110 teams (400 plus players).
The junior events were added a few years ago and are sponsored by the local
council, this years events saw an increase in numbers and a big improvement in the standard of play
over previous years, from the lowest age groups right through to the U18
pairs events. We will be seeing many of these players on the UK senior
tour in the next few years.
Don't forget it's the Exmouth Senior pairs tournament this weekend, only a few places left, more info at www.edva.org.uk |
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Exmouth Mayor Trevor Cope presented the awards to all the junior winners.
More photos from the 2003 Exmouth Beach Tournament on our Photos page. |
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Team Great Britain Great Britain finish fourth in division 2M in the 11th Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Ireland in June 2003. This is the first time this major event has been held outside of the United States and it will be the largest sporting event in the world this year. 21st - 29th June 2003 World Games / 7,000 Athletes / 3,000 Coaches and Official Delegates / 28,000 Families and Friends. The Games and competition will be centred around the greater Dublin area. However, the entire island of Ireland will have an opportunity to play an integral part in the event.
A feature of these World Games will be a Host Town Programme where all the participating teams will be hosted by local communities from the 16th - 20th June 2003.
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Great Britain Students Women's Volleyball Team
GB Student's Women's Volleyball Team which is preparing for the World University Games,
Daegu, Korea 21 -31 August 2003. Faced with the late withdrawal of 4 of his initial selection of 16, GB student coach Craig Handford has come up trumps. He has found a younger, more hungry set of replacements and is now all set to face the challenge of the World University Games in Daegu, Korea (20 - 31 August 2003) with the best that British women's student volleyball can offer. Michael McKeever michael.mckeever@ntlworld.com Full report on our Reports page. |
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Bournemouth Invitation Cup Following on from their win at the Beach Volleyball Grand Prix at Bournemouth two weeks ago, Jody Gooding and Colin Paterson again reached the Men's final here at Bournemouth in the Invitation Cup. This time it was against Morphe Bowes and Stuart Watson, both experienced professional indoor players. Jody and Colin reached the final by beating the winners of the first Invitation Cup at Boscombe in May, Mike Randall and Tim Hollis in the semi final. In this game we saw youngster Jody use his amazing power hit and block to great effect. Colin was also very effective himself, hitting some great cross court spikes from excellent setting from Jody. In the other semi, Morphe and Stuart were having a tough battle against Danny Wol and Greg Gwinnett until Stuart slid his 2.3m frame under the net and through the legs of blocker Danny. Despite immense pain Danny finished the game that eventually saw Stuart and Morphe win 2-1. In football, Stuart probably would have received a red card, but in Beach Volleyball you are allowed under the net onto your opponents court to retrieve a ball. Unfortunately for Danny he held his ground at the net, but in doing so his legs were taken away by Stuart and in the process he received torn knee ligaments. In the final Jody and Colin dominated the first set with clever play winning it easily 15-9. Stuart and Morphe hung on in the second set and just managed to sneak it 13-15. The final set saw a unhappy Jody, as he seemed to continually dispute refereeing decisions with tour referee Andries Pienaar. The crowd agreed with Andries and Jody received no sympathy from them. Stuart and Morphe looked like they had it wrapped up at 11-14, but with Stuart cramping Jody and Colin somehow managed to get match point themselves at 15-14. They then made a fatal error in serving on Morphe, he produced a perfect pass and Stuart a perfect set to allow Morphe to pull it level with a cross court power spike. This was beach volleyball at its finest, something we can now expect from an event that concentrates on the top players in the UK. In the Women's competition locals Nicky Tinsley and Julia Stevens made the final against Boscombe winners Hedda Meijer and Debbie Spokes. They got there by beating juniors Lucy Bolton and the Grand Prix winner Kerri Olding in a close fought match that finished 2-1. Lucy and Kerri did great considering they were a bit jet lagged from filming a TV commercial in Egypt, they arrived back on the morning of the tournament. Hedda and Debbie had a far easier game in their semi beating Tracey Cleeves and Veronica Orfanidou 2-0. In the final, despite great determination from Nicky and Julia, Hedda was just too powerful on the net. Debbie provided the good defence that was matched by the opposition, but nobody could match the power of Hedda. The final finished 2-0 to Hedda and Debbie. The event was run by the Bournemouth Beach Volleyball Club with help and support from Bournemouth Council, Parasol Skin Care, Mikasa, Jumpin Jaks and Pinnacle Events and Marketing Services. For further details see web site http://bbvc.beachvolleyball.org.uk or email bbvc@beachvolleyball.org.uk. Anybody thinking of trying beach volleyball can attend coaching classes at Boscombe Pier every Thursday from 6.30pm. Richard Cannon, Secretary BBVC, |
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| Here's a photo of the 9 Camborne Volleyball Club teams who took part in the Perranporth, Cornwall, Beach tournament. The year 10 boys won the youth trophy. Regards Colin Eynon eynon@camborne-comm-coll.cornwall.sch.uk |
| Brazil claim World League Final title World champions Brazil on Sunday handed Olympic champions Serbia and Montenegro a 3-2 defeat in the World League Final held in Madrid, Spain. It was a closely fought match but the world champions prevailed. In a match lasting nearly two hours, Brazil finally took the title 3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 31-29) over Serbia and Montenegro. The Brazilians started strongly. Serbia and Montenegro found it hard to settle and serve after serve failed to find their mark. A range of killer spikes helped Brazil to take the first set. Serbia and Montenegro came back to take the second and third sets. But the Brazilians did not bow to pressure and forced a thrilling tiebreak in the fourth. They went on to take the deciding set and the title. Brazil, who also won the World Championship in Argentina last year, moved from second to first spot on the FIVB World Rankings after their 3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 31-29) win to replace 2002 World league champions Russia, who now occupy the third ranking following their seventh place finish in Madrid. World League silver medallists Serbia and Montenegro move up one spot to second while bronze medallists Italy round out the top four. The big movers have been World League debutants the Czech Republic, who shocked all in reaching the 2003 World League semifinals, and have consequently moved up nine places to ninth in the world while Bulgaria, following an absence of four years from the World League, finished fifth and have seen their ranking consequently improve by nine places from 20 to 11. Players to take excellence awards for volleyball skills at the conclusion of the 14th edition of the FIVB $15 million World League final here in the Spanish capital were: Top scorer: Ivan Miljkovic, Serbia and Montenegro Top spiker: Martin Lebl, Czech Republic Top blocker: Andrija Geric, Serbia and Montenegro Top server: Andrija Geric, Serbia and Montenegro |
For the full report and results of this years Scottish Open Volleyball Tournament please see our Reports page. Alan Scott alan@stotter.free-online.co.uk |
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Beach Results from N.I. The top seeds Nick Wright and Alan Workman of the Belfast Sharks Volleyball Club won the pairs Beach Volleyball tournament on the sun and windswept North Coast at Whitepark Bay. Northern Ireland indoor volleyball international players, Portadown Co. Armaghman Wright and partner Workman from Garvagh in Co. Derry, beat Bangor brothers Ciaran and Mick McIlhone 2-1 in the final. The top seeds had squeaked into the final after coming from behind to beat another North Down pairing, Newtownards brothers Alan and Tom Moore 2-1 and scoring fewer points (10-21, 21-18, 15-13). Workman admitted that he thought they'd lost on points after 2 sets and he and Nick were mightily relieved that the FIVB Olympic format was in use requiring a deciding 3rd set to 15 points! This was the first Beach tournament in Northern Ireland this year and was
organised by the Volleyball Club of the Queen's University Belfast. |
Video from Perranport Beach tournament
Dan Eynon kellydan@eurobell.co.uk |
| Paris Beach Volleyball The water was too polluted for swimming and the only waves were from passing boats. But that didn't stop Parisians from heading to the beach Sunday. Families with bouncy children and sun worshippers toting beach towels poured onto a nearly two-mile stretch of highway along the Seine River now covered with sand and dotted with potted palm trees. Throngs of eager beach-goers hustled to grab one of 300 beach chairs lining the stretch of sand and grass, as youths bounded on trampolines or took tai chi lessons - all for free. "There's a beach vibe," said Sarah Wright, 13, of San Diego, who is on a two-week vacation with her family. "I think it's a good idea." Until Aug. 17, hammocks, parasols, beach volleyball courts and vendors peddling sandwiches and soft drinks will dominate the stretch of downtown usually jammed with cars carrying commuters. The beach, now in its second year, is part of Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's effort to make the landlocked French capital more livable. Although some drivers griped about traffic being cut off, the beach drew more than 2.3 million visitors in 2002. Organizers have doubled the beach area from a year ago, dumping about 3,000 tons of sand over the concrete. Many children jumped at the chance to build sand castles at the opening on Sunday. But it's not the quite the real thing, some said. "It's still more like a nice little walk in Paris, rather than a real beach," said Paris area resident Morgane Tay as her children, ages 6 and 3, played in the sand. Despite a few outdoor showers and sprinklers, many visitors longed for the sea and its soothing waters. It is forbidden to swim in the murky Seine, where tourist boats and barges often float by. http://www.miami.com |
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Bournemouth Beach Volleyball Club
In the men's final, local lads and number one seeds Tim Hollis and Mike
Randall beat thier fellow training partners Graham Sault and Richard
Cannon. Cannon and Sault in their first final together was on the
receiving end Tim's jump serve at full power right from the start. Despite
playing the best volleyball of his career Graham struggled to control the
power and spin of the serve as the number one seeds comfortably took the
first set. The second set saw a spirited fight back with good blocking by
Richard and fine defending by Graham to give the underdogs a chance.
However good setting and hitting from Mike Randall stopped the come back
clinching a very close set and the game 2-0. |
Outlaw Volleyball
The only exception to this, and one of my two complaints with this game, is that the AI controlled characters seem to have an uncanny ability to dive superhuman distances to save a spike and still get enough loft on the ball to allow their partner to race over and return the ball over the net. Believe me; there is nothing worse than making a perfect spike towards the back line only to have your opponent make an impossible save. This will happen with regularity, and frustration is bound to occur. Simon & Schuster Interactive Review by Mark Skorupa |
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-Daegu, Korea August 2003 GB Students take bronze at Whitefield tournament The GB Students Women's team were edged out of a shot for gold by the eventual winners Bath, and an outrageous line call that had Bath coach, Olympian Mo Glover doubled up in laughter. With a team rocked by a potential career ending knee injury to star setter Carly Williams and the refusal by the Scottish Volleyball Association to release their 2 players, the depleted young student team lost a roller coaster semi-final in a heart-breaking tiebreaker 15 -13. They recovered from this disappointment to take the 3rd place place with a 25-20, 25-21 victory over the cosmopolitan London team from Swiss Cottage. In their first competitive outing as a team, Saturday's pool matches against Warwick Riga, Swiss Cottage, Ashcombe and GB Police saw the Students overcome their recent setbacks to achieve a perfect played 4 , won 4, without dropping a set. The returnees from the 2001 Beijing World University Games, Rachel Laybourne (17 kills, 1 block), Katie Virr (17 kills, 1 block) and Chantel Mortimer (7 kills, 5 blocks) dominated at the net and new comers Rachel Bragg (14 kills, 2 blocks) and Lianè Herbert (7 kills, 7 blocks) showed their ability with classy performances. Setter Lucy Wicks, the only GB player to be on court for every point over the weekend, began to connect better with her hitters as the day progressed and Nicola Osborne demonstrated her versatility by playing both middle and swing hitter roles during the day. Libero Sara Palmer passed as many serves as the rest of the team together (average 1.9) and serving specialist Helen Brown contributed points at crucial times. In a semi final dominated by the serve, GB scored 7 serve aces, 11 kills and 3 blocks to run away with the first set 25 - 16. At 21 - 19 to Bath in the second, and Rachel Bragg on a run of 3 ace jump serves Bath called a time out. Bragg came straight back in and pounded another jump serve ace - clearly in, called out, Bath coach Mo Glover doubled up in laughter at the outrageous call in her team's favour, and the heart knocked out of the Students. Opportunity and the second set lost 25 - 19. Under the continuing strict instructions of coach Handford to keep up the serving pressure in the third set (the focus is Korea, not the safe option here and now) GB made vital serving errors; Bath's tough serving created too many problems for the Student's reception unit and a couple of exciting and close rallies saw the experience of Bath's setter Lewis and slide attacker Smith combine to make the difference. Disappointed but not downhearted, the Students continue their training in Loughborough, travel to Sweden 26 - 30 July (hosted by Kolbecks VC) and Belgium 7 - 11 August (hosted by Hecktel VC) before flying to Korea 16 August for the 22nd Universiade (21 - 31 August) Rachel Bragg, Helen Brown, Liane Herbert, Rachel Laybourne, Chantel Mortimer, Sarah Palmer, Katie Virr, Lucy Wicks (all Loughborough), Elaine Krawczwk (Strathclyde), Lisa Mullarkey (Kings College London), Shauna Mullin (Heriot-Watt), Nicola Osbourne (Oxford), Team: Rachel Bragg, Helen Brown, Liane Herbert, Rachel Laybourne, Chantel Mortimer, Sarah Palmer, Katie Virr, Lucy Wicks (all Loughborough), Elaine Krawczwk (Strathclyde), Lisa Mullarkey (Kings College London), Shauna Mullin (Heriot-Watt), Nicola Osborne (Oxford) Coach Craig Handford, Manager Michael McKeever Michael McKeever michael.mckeever@ntlworld.com |
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