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| Issue 186 (30/05/2004) - Circulation: 2800 - Regular Items: Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar. |
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Hi all, more news from the Volleyball Newsletter Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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New Boscombe Date
Boscombe beach has been moved, due to clashes, the new date is now the 24th July
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| London Beach Volleyball Required
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me! I moved to London a few months ago and I really want to play volleyball again!
Last summer I started playing beach volleyball and I want to continue! I would
really appreciate it if you could tell me some (beach) volleyball places in
London, SW would be great! |
| North Somerset Hi Dave, we are a friendly club playing in Churchill, North Somerset. We play social volleyball and would love to hear from similar clubs in our area who might be interested in arranging friendly matches. Thanks Rob Nicholson rnzz@hotmail.com |
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Welwyn & Hatfield Volleyball Club
Hi, In your listing of clubs in the newsletter, the link to us points to www.whvc.net
Unfortunately this domain has been usurped by pornsters (!) and our new website is:
http://www.pcbob.co.uk/whvc/ Many thanks, Bob Chapman bob.chapman@physics.org |
| VOLLEYBALL EVENTS |
| Cambridge Volleyball Tournament |
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The 14th Cambridge Volleyball Tournament
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| Find out more details, and enter the tournament by visiting our website www.cambridgevolleyball.org/2004 |
We also set aside a court for kids, with a lower net and close to the tournament HQ. During Saturday and Sunday, we organise some coaching sessions - so bring along the youngsters, and listen out for announcements, or ask at HQ.
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| Beach Coach Award Course |
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The First Beach Coach Award will be held at the picturesque village of Croyde Bay in North Devon on the weekend of 26/27 June. As well as being famous for it's surfing, Croyde Bay is also one of the main beach volleyball centres in the country, with a purpose build court on the village green and three permanent courts on the beach. |
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If you are interested in taking the course or would like more info on local B&B's and available camp site etc please email Denise at austin@seabirdsbandb.freeserve.co.uk |  |
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The British Beach Championships are coming to Poole this summer
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| British Beach Championships Men's & Women's Pairs -- All Weekend Mixed 4's - 1 day event on Saturday Men's & Women's 4's - 1 day event on Sunday U12's & U16's Boys & Girls - 1 day event on Saturday U14's and U18's Boys & Girls - 1 day event on Sunday |
Division II Men's & Women's Pairs - Sat & Sun Competitions Men's & Women's 4's - 1 day event on Sunday |
| Social Division Saturday and Sunday Competitions Mixed 4's and Men's & Women's Pairs Adult Events - Contact Sharon Wright by email: sharon.wessex@ntlworld.com Junior events - Contact Cary Wicks by email: cary@fitfortraining.co.uk |
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2004 GOLDCOAST
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Sun 20th June 2004 ¤ U19 Pool |
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B&B’s [All 01271 code] Croyde Hoe Farm 890064, Atlantis lodge 890384, West winds 890489, Koppatan 890753, Mabasu 890781, Croyde Manor 890350, Manor House Inn
890241, Billy Budds 890606, The Thatch 890349, Fig Tree 890204, St Helens Priory 890757, Chapel Farm 890429, Shuna 890537, Dunedin 890695, Jenkins 890765. And Seabirds 890676. Croyde Bay Holiday Centre 890890 is a much larger concern, very close to the beach but will usually have spaces if all else is full.
Tel/Fax Denise or Nick Austin 01271 890676 For further information. Deadline Tuesday 17th June. |
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New Volleyball Academy
Ireland's first ever volleyball academy was unveiled today at Armagh College, 27 May 2004. It is a partnership between Armagh College, the Northern Ireland Volleyball Associatio and Ulster Champion club Craigavon Aztecs and aims to develop good young players into elite athletes. In charge of volleyball is internationally qualified Armaghman Paul
McIlwaine who said "Armagh college volleyball academy puts us in the
forefront of teaching and developing volleyball performance in Ireland. It
is keeping with the best practice and advice of FIVB (the world volleyball
federation) and offers opportunities to enjoy sport and repesent Ireland in
this exciting olympic sport". |
| Exeter Volleyball Festival |
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Exeter Festival (Fun 4's, Party and the Exeter Coaver open events) are now 75% full, whilst Exmouth Beach
4's is
already 40% full with a full six weeks to go.
All events are likely to sell-out fairly soon (as they have done for
the past 4 years) so
get those entries in - if you don't want to be disappointed. |
| EXETER FESTIVAL Saturday 12th June afternoon (12.15 onwards) - Fun 4's Handicapped Saturday 12th June (7.30 to midnight) - Party with Glam Rock Band Diamondogz! and buffet Sunday 13th June (9.45am onards) - Coaver open (6's) and junior open events |
EXMOUTH BEACH 4's : Sunday 11th July Mens 4's, ladies 4's and mixed 4's plus various junior events. EXMOUTH BEACH 2's : Sunday 25th July Three divisions to cater for all standards |
| NORTHERN IRELAND FOURTH IN HOLLAND Northern Ireland finished fourth at the weekend International Volleyball tournament at Breda in the Netherlands. Success came to new NIVA Coach Gerry Ford and his team on their first outing on continental Europe recording historic wins of top club sides. |
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DE BURGST ALL STARS, recently promoted to the Dutch semi professional Division 2, lost a thrilling 5 setter to their Ulster visitors with Nick Wright (UUJ) and Mark Robinson (Craigavon Aztecs) hitting superbly well of the passes of Aztecs' Chris Grant to come from behind and win 3-2. GELVOC HOOGSTRATEN of Belgium was beaten 3-1 but the Ulstermen ran into a series of injuries as they pushed themselves to heights never reached before playing at this level. Captain Nick Wright was sidelined and the tired NIVA team played on and finished fourth behind event winners GOIRLE who beat Premier Dutch professional league compatriots DE BURGST PREMIER in the final. |
| Paddy Murphy PADYMURPHY@aol.com |
| TEAM of the WEEK |
| A clean sweep for Exeter based teams at this years South West Championships, which also includes South Wales and the Channel Islands. |
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| Despite the country bathing in glorious weather last weekend, it was time well spent indoors for the Devon Women's National League team as they took the title of Ladies South West Champions for
2004 and Exeter Heat took the men's title at the Kitto Centre in Plymouth. The win caps a good 2003/2004 season for the Devon Women team after their promotion to the English Volleyball Association's Prosport National League Division 2, where they finished a respectable 7th (out of 12) which ranks them 17th in the Country. Cleo Andrews cleo-ian@ivy-bridge.fsnet.co.uk |
| If you would like to feature as team of the week, just send in your team photo with a few note etc to: Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
| More Powers to the President and £ 4 Million Pounds in
Commission A new code of conduct was approved by the international volleyball federation Thursday that gives more power to its president and prohibits legal challenges to his authority. The FIVB also prohibited members from making public remarks that could be construed as damaging to president Ruben Acosta and the organization's image. The federation approved a new rule giving Acosta the authority to "take all actions and/or decisions including disciplinary actions" when the executive committee or board are not in session. The code was approved by a show of hands by all but a few of the 192 delegates, officials said. Exact figures were not available. Delegate Chris Schacht of Australia, who voted against the code, said he was "concerned that no president, no individual in a voluntary organization such as FIVB should have the power to suspend." Schacht said he also feared the new rules could be unworkable because some countries have constitutions which enshrine legal challenges as a right. The FIVB board of administration also upheld its policy of offering a commission of up to 10 percent to any member, including Acosta, who secures sponsorship or TV rights deals for the federation. Acosta, who gets no salary as president, has confirmed he received $6.4 million from contracts in 2000. Acosta said the FIVB enacted the policy in 1990 to avoid dealing with marketing agencies, which take up to 40 percent of the cut. www.moreover.com |
| ON-LINE CALENDAR from the VolleyballNewsletter.com web site. |
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| 22 | May | 04 | BON ACCORD 4X4 TOURNAMENT | |||
| 29/30 | May | 04 | Web | ADUR DOUBLES & TRIPLES TOURNAMENT, SOUTHWICK |
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Richard Quayle richardquayle@lineone.net |
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JUNE |
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| 5 | Jun | 04 | Web | BOSCOMBE BEACH VOLLEYBALL |
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Richard Cannon richard@rcannons.co.uk |
| 5/6 | Jun | 04 | WEYMOUTH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | |||
| 12 | Jun | 04 | Web | EXETER FUN 4'S |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 13 | Jun | 04 | Web | EXETER COAVER OPEN |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 13 | Jun | 04 | Web | EXETER JUNIOR OPEN |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 19/20 | Jun | 04 | Web | CROYDE KING & QUEEN OF THE BEACH |
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Denise Austin austin@seabirdsbandb.freeserve.co.uk |
| 20 | Jun | 04 | Web | SW VETERANS TOURNAMENT |
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Ian Loke 01305 823556 |
| 26 | Jun | 04 | Web | BOSCOMBE BEACH VOLLEYBALL |
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Richard Cannon richard@rcannons.co.uk |
| 26/27 | Jun | 04 | BEACH COACH AWARD COURSE, CROYDE |
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Denise Austin austin@seabirdsbandb.freeserve.co.uk | |
| 26/27 | Jun | 04 | Web | UK & IRELAND CORPORATE GAMES, NEWCASTLE |
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info@corporate-games.com |
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JULY |
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| 3/4 | Jul | 04 | Web | TEAM TOURS TRIP TO SPECTRUM V.Z.W, BELGIUM |
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info@teamtours4u.co.uk |
| 10 | Jul | 04 | LOWESTOFT BEACH OPEN | |||
| 10/11 | Jul | 04 | Web | SANDBANKS BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC |
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Sharon Wright sharon.wessex@ntlworld.com |
| 10/11 | Jul | 04 | Web | BRITISH JUNIOR BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS, POOLE |
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Sharon Wright sharon.wessex@ntlworld.com |
| 10/11 | Jul | 04 | Web | BRIDLINGTON BEACH 4-A-SIDE MIXED |
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Dave Speers davespeers@ntlworld.com |
| 11 | Jul | 04 | Web | EXMOUTH BEACH OPEN 4'S |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 11 | Jul | 04 | Web | EXMOUTH JUNIOR BEACH OPEN |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 24 | Jul | 04 | Web | BOSCOMBE BEACH VOLLEYBALL |
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Richard Cannon richard@rcannons.co.uk |
| 25 | Jul | 04 | Web | EXMOUTH BEACH PAIRS |
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Martin Oram martin.oram@devon.gov.uk |
| 31/1 | Jul | 04 | Web | CAMBRIDGE TOURNAMENT |
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| 31/1 | Jul | 04 | WEYMOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC | |||
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| 1 | Aug | 04 | CAMBRIDGE TOURNAMENT | |||
| 14 | Aug | 04 | Web | BOSCOMBE BEACH VOLLEYBALL |
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Richard Cannon richard@rcannons.co.uk |
| 14/15 | Aug | 04 | GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL OF VOLLEYBALL | |||
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