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Players Wanted!

Portsmouth Ladies (NL Div 1) are urgently looking for players to join for the 2006/7 season. The team is currently composed of a mix of experienced players and learners, and we would like to add more to the crew! We train on Wednesday nights, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at Milton Cross School, Fratton, Portsmouth. If you want to take on a new challenge, or to play again after a few years away from volleyball, please get in touch!

If you are interested, please contact Marla Baldwin at marlainuk@aol.com
Thank you!

Abbey Volleyball

We have just re-done our club website :- http://www.abbeyvolleyball.co.uk - this includes all the results and reports for the winter season.
We are also looking for new women players for the forthcoming summer and winter 06 season. Our ladies team only play in the Northants league therefore anyone living in Milton Keynes or the surrounding north easterly area would have very little travelling to do. A small but dedicated squad are in desperate need of 2/3 players to strengthen. Anyone interested can contact the club at info@abbeyvolleyball.co.uk

Thanks, Richard Billington info@abbeyvolleyball.co.uk

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Thanks Tom Ward sales@kitlocker.com

Cup Finals Ticket Scorcher!

The Prosport National Volleyball Cup Finals 2006 are just two weeks away and teams are raring to go as tickets are flying out fast. With a competitive season at a close, those teams who have battled it out to the finals are all set to earn their titles this year at the EIS on the 22nd and 23rd April.

“Sheffield welcomes us back for our National finals after 4 years” says Richard Callicott, English Volleyball Association President, and with the atmosphere at the first round of the World Championships last January at the EIS being “a full house for the key matches…electric!”, the National Cup Finals look to be equally triumphant.

With tickets being bought online, sales this year have proved fast and furious, so those 600 spaces are filling up quickly!

Please don’t miss out on your tickets, hit the link on the home page to buy your tickets online or call 01509 631699.

Rebecca Lee rlee@eng-volleyball.demon.co.uk

The 38th British Universities Volleyball Championships, supported by Prosport International, were held at Loughborough University on 10-12 March 2006. 174 teams started the journey in October and, after 472 matches, the top eight men's and women's came through to the Championship Finals, joined by the four semi finalists in the men’s and women’s Trophy. 

BUSA Finals weekend was augmented by the hosting of the four English Volleyball Association National Cup semi finals, and two EVA Shield semi finals. A veritable feast of volleyball! A very open Championship was forecast with three or four men’s team in real contention, and maybe six women’s teams capable of winning the title. 

Dear All, Please find here the link for the 2006/07 competition calendar of the Indesit European Champions' League: http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/european_cups/indesit/practical_info/index_EN.html

or navigate to the CEV website at : www.cev.lu

best regards, Shelly Bickendorf sbickendorf@cev.lu

SISLEY TREVISO WINS CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE!

Sisley TREVISO is the new champion of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06, having the honour of calling themselves “the strongest club in Europe”, after winning the final match against Greek Iraklis THESSALONIKI 3:1. In the all-Russian bronze medal match Lokomotiv BELGOROD defeated Dinamo MOSCOW 3:1. 

Sharing the first two sets, Sisley TREVISO gained the decisive point at the end of the third set (25-23), taking a 2:1 lead. Although THESSALONIKI were close to forcing a tiebreak set (21-22), Sisley managed to secure their second match point with an ace by Gustavo Endres (26-24). 

The bronze medal went to Lokomotiv BELGOROD once again after they also claimed bronze in last year’s Final Four in Thessaloniki (GRE). This year, they beat their compatriots from Dinamo MOSCOW in four sets. 

Individual Awards: 
MVP: Alessandro Fei (Sisley TREVISO)
Best Scorer: Clayton Stanley (Iraklis THESSALONIKI)
Best Spiker: Thomas John Hoff (Iraklis THESSALONIKI)
Best Server: Alessandro Fei (Sisley TREVISO)
Best Blocker: Gustavo Endres (Sisley TREVISO)
Best Setter: Valerio Vermiglio (Sisley TREVISO)
Best Libero: Alexey Verbov (Lokomotiv BELGOROD)

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