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Northern Ireland is hosting a qualification tournament of the Senior Men’s European Championships in Lisburn at the Lagan Valley Leisureplex from the 29th June – 1st July 2006.

Full details available at: www.nivb.com

Kind Regards Nick Wright nick@nivb.com

We play social volleyball on Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm at the ADT college in Putney. All are welcome, from beginners to experienced players.

The standard is lower league. Cost is £3 per night.

We don't do much in the way of drills and have no plans to enter any leagues, it's just for fun, though we may try some of the summer beach and grass tournaments.

Feel free to contact me if you have any queries www.clubwebsite.co.uk/putneyvolleyballclub/

Cheers Mark lundberg postmaster@mlundberg.demon.co.uk or 07775793122

I am holding a Referee's course in August can you put these details in your next issue.

Course: Referee Grade IV
Dates: August 19/20 2006
Venue: Impington Sports Centre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 9LX
Costs: Members of CVA: £12 / Non Members of CVA : £25

Funding made available by Cambridgeshire County Sports Partnership.

Kind Regards Kwok Ng kwok.w.ng@gmail.com

E.V.F. Referee & Coach Co-ordinator
Cambridge Community Volleyball Coach

Yellowave are looking for beach volleyball coaches to teach in Brighton. Anyone interested should email katie@yellowave.co.uk.

Thanks

Katie Randall
Director Yellowave Ltd
3 St Leonard's Rd
Hove
BN3 4QP
T: 01273 273625
katie@yellowave.co.uk http://www.yellowave.co.uk

Does anyone have any pictures or articles about the Scottish Open Volleyball tournment that took place around May 27th. I would appreciate anything you can send me. My daughter played for the USA team.

Thanks so much, Donna Corbin donnabo2002@yahoo.com

I am looking for a beach volleyball ref again for two days this summer. The days will be Thursday 13th July at Fistral Beach. This will be for a kids competition with the local schools and Saturday 15th July which is a open competition for Adults.

All the competitions are very relaxed as we dont usually have any professionals that play. Mainly tourists from the beach enter.

Could you let me know if you would know of anyone that would be interested and the cost. The times would be from about 10am - 5pm.

Kind regards
Gayle Lawrenson lawrenson@shark.ag

Head of UK Market
Shark AG
Floor 9, Terminus House, The High
Harlow-Essex, CM20 1XA, England UK-Europe
tel +44 (1279)636 236 fax +44 1279)636 237
mob +44 7816 917288

The Volleyball Newsletter is looking to sponsor a young adult beach volleyball team this summer. So if you and your beach partner are setting out to conquer the UK or just to gain valuable beach experience, then we would like to here from you.

For more details, please e-mail your current beach program details E.G. your beach CV, details of your training program, events entered and your plans for the future.

Regards Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Would you like to play competitive volleyball from Sept to May each year?

If so please contact DCU Volleyball Club. We train in Dublin City University 10 Mins from the city centre, with coaching provided for all levels.

Contact us on the email address below or come along to our summer fun mixed sessions every Wednesday eveing from 8pm to 10pm - All Welcome.

Jean Coleman dcuvb@hotmail.com

Brighton Course

New 5 week beach volleyball course!
Starting June 27th, 7-8pm Tues evenings - Adults beginners beach volleyball. Cost £20.

info@yellowave.co.uk

Join the kids club

Yellowave Kids clubs run every Sat, Sun and Wed for beach volleyball.

Yellowave Ltd
3 St Leonards Rd
Hove
BN3 4QP

For general enquiries:
T: 01273 273625
E: info@yellowave.co.uk

Sheffield University Volleyball Club is looking for a coach for the 2006-07 season. The club currently has 2 womens teams and 2 mens teams who compete in regular interuniversity competition in the BUSA league.

And in the EVA's student cup (Women were champions in 2005).

There is also a recreational team and a beginners and recreational section of the club.

We are primarily looking for a coach for the teams, which are composed of some GB/ England Junior and Senior players.

Anyone interested in coaching at Sheffield University please contact: volleyball@sheffield.ac.uk

Thanks Jenna Stevens-Smith jenna_stevens_smith@hotmail.com

Exmouth Beach Dates Exmouth Beach 4s Sunday 9th July Junior Beach Champs Sunday 9th July Exmouth Beach Open Sunday 23rd July SW Beach Championships Sunday 3rd September

Play or watch beach volleyball at Exmouth

All are welcome when the sands of Exmouth Beach play host to the South West Volleyball Association’s “All comers” 4 a side tournament on July 9th.

More than 50 teams are expected to compete in the Exmouth Beach 4s in the Mens, Ladies, and Mixed (2 males & 2 females) sections. The tournament, sponsored by McCaulay’s Health & Fitness, is a popular annual event at Exmouth Beach attracting players not just from Devon and Cornwall but also from Wales, Bristol, the South East and the Midlands.

The three adult team winners will be presented with a trophy, McCaulay’s branded rucksacks, T-shirts, waterbottles, mugs and, if they live locally, 3 months membership to all McCaulay’s clubs. There will also be prizes for runners up and every competitor in the tournament will receive a free t-shirt.

There’s a special competition for Juniors with entries invited for three a side mixed under 11, 12, 13 and 14 teams and under 16 and 18 two a side boys and girls teams so its an excellent day out for all the family..

Junior winning teams will be awarded trophies.
Hadrian Wakeham, Director of McCaulay’s said “The event is for all comers, people who want to have fun in the sun are very welcome as are teams from offices, the military, media, factories, schools and emergency services. No matter what your standard come along and enjoy yourselves and if participating isn’t your style just sit back and watch the entertainment”.

“Head down to Exmouth for some fun on the beach and then head home for the World Cup Final or stay in the town and enjoy a great atmosphere watching the match on a wide screen at one of the many public houses”. The competition starts at 10.00 am on July 9 and prizes will be presented at 5.00 pm.

Please visit www.swvolleyball.org.uk for information about other tournaments planned for Exmouth Beach this summer and for entry forms for all competitions. Entry forms can also be obtained from all McCaulay’s clubs (contact details below). The closing date for entries for the Exmouth Beach 4s is Sunday 2nd July 2006. The entry fee of £16 per team is payable by cheque (payable to Mike Halse) and should be posted to Mike Halse at Cherryhayes, Rosemount Lane, Honiton, EX14 1RJ. Admission for spectators is free.

McCaulay’s Health & Fitness, sponsors of South West Volleyball Association Exmouth Beach 4s and Junior Competitions, operates 4 clubs in the South West, Dinnaton Fitness & Golf near Ivybridge, Westpoint Health & Fitness Exeter, Plymouth City Centre and Newton Abbot Racecourse.

McCaulay’s www.mccaulays.com are supporters of the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and plan to have collections for the charity on the day. Six week summer membership of all 4 McCaulay’s Health & Fitness clubs plus golf course membership at Dinnaton is available for just £50.

For additional information or interview please contact Hadrian Wakeham at McCaulay’s 07789 006927

Mike Halse mike.halse@gmail.com

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Wimbledon Volleyball Club’s most successful season!

Three of Wimbledon Volleyball Club’s five teams won their respective Surrey League competitions this season, recently finished.

The men’s second division Wolves won their division 11 wins to one defeat, the team’s best ever record. In fact, they set a club record 10 match unbeaten run which started at the beginning of the season. The last match was against Teddington Shag Piles at home and the team won 25-16, 22-25, 25-10, 25-21. In the last set, the Wolves led 10-3 so Teddington’s fight back from that made it a tense affair. The team in that match consisted of Sam El-Jouzi (captain),Rob Peacock, Mojo Khan, Roland Stephan , Steven Jones, John Cann and James Burton (coach).

The men’s third division Warriors team also won at home on the same day three sets to one against Teddington Carpet Burners, again, having led by a big margin in the last set, 15-6, it turned into another nail biter but the Warriors held out to take it 25-23, and with that guarantee victory in the division. With a squad of 18 players turning up, coach Sam El-Jouzi was forced by EVA rules to select a maximum of 12 players to play. The Warriors went on to win away mid-week to finish the season with 9 wins from 10 and claimed the Division 3 title.

The newly formed mixed team, the Wombles, had earlier in the season won the inaugural Surrey Mixed Division following a close set count with Epsom.

The men’s first division team, the Flames, won their last match of the season against KS ODRA to secure their presence in the top flight next season.

The women’s team unfortunately lost their last match of the season to BA Jetsets, but went down 3-1 in battling style displaying the improvement in form this season thanks to Shy Bertilsson’s coaching. After some close results throughout the season, the mid-table showing offers promise for next season.

Wimbledon’s current register includes over 50 players from the UK and overseas, and standards range from beginners to former National League players. We offer structured training sessions and competitive matches throughout the volleyball season, which runs from October to April each year. The teams train and play home matches at Raynes Park High School, beginners at Wimbledon YMCA, and we play outdoors in the summer, locally and at tournaments.

For details of training sessions and upcoming fixtures please visit the Wimbledon Volleyball Club web site: Jason Stone jasonjamesstone@hotmail.com

http://www.wimbledonvolleyball.com

Volleyball hopefuls, setting out on the long road to 2012, gather in Glasgow on Thursday 9th June for the first of several five-day intensive training camps.

The GB Volleyball camp will be held at Jordanhill College from the 8th-13th June. Further Performance Development and Talent Identification camps will take place throughout the UK over the summer months, featuring Volleyball and Beach Volleyball disciplines.

The best and most promising players from across the UK will be seeking to impress the coaches, who currently oversee the national team programmes for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and feature.

This camp will be the first of many for players to stake their claim for a place in the elite performance group which will have the Olympic Games in 2012 in their sights.

For updates on other training camps, please keep checking the website http://www.volleyballengland.org

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

Introduction

The Montreux Masters 2006 were won by Brazil who beat China in 5 sets after having been behind by 2-1.Cuba took third place by 3-0 victory over Italy. Some of the teams such as Poland and Russia were not at full strength and finished as last on places 7 and 8. Germany who has also successfully completed qualification for the European championships became 5 before Japan.

Analyses.

This competition is played in two separate pools of 4 teams. The numbers 1 and 2 of each pool play in cross semi finals for a place in the final, the numbers 3 and 4 play in similar way for places 5 to 8 in final qualification. There is hence no full round robin competition in which all teams play each other, which may bias some of the analyses .This article will present some statistical data for both teams and players.

Full Report see MONTREUX MASTERS 2006 By Leo van Hal

Leo van Hal volleystats@yahoogroups.com

Sunday June 11th @ 3:00pm, Will Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser win four straight? Will Misty May and Kerri Walsh make it five for five?

Log on http://www.AVP.com
To watch the Men's and Women's finals
LIVE on Streaming Video starting at 3pm (PT) on Sunday

For more info visit http://www.AVP.com

For the first time ever, the AVP will stream live video of both the women's and men's finals on AVP.com beginning at 3 p.m. PDT on Sunday. Log on to http://www.AVP.com for details.

From 26th August to 3rd September the sixteen best women’s Under-19 European teams - out of a total of 33 participating teams - will face each other in two separate pools of six teams, one pool being played in Metz and the other in St. Dié-des-Vosges (FRA).

It will be the first appearance of the 2002 and 2004 titleholder Italy, 2004 runner-up Serbia Montenegro, 2004 bronze medallist Russia and host team France, who were already automatically qualified for the Final Round. They will be challenged by the eight teams that qualified from the four qualification pools at the end of May this year, namely Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Pool I consists of Italy, France, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic and Croatia who will compete in a single round robin event in St. Dié-des-Vosges. To view the match schedule of the women’s Pool I please click here. Serbia Montenegro, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Netherlands and Poland will play in Metz.

For more information please view www.cev.lu/ or the competition website at www.volleyeuro2006.com

The eight qualifying teams to reach the Final Round of the men’s Junior European Championships are Poland, Slovakia, France, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Ukraine and Italy, who will meet the defending under-20 men’s European champion and host of the Final Round Russia, the 2004 runner-up Netherlands, the 2004 bronze medal winner Germany as well as Serbia Montenegro who finished fourth in the previous edition.

Women’s Junior European Championship 2006
Pool I:	BEL	BLR	CRO	CZE	FRA	ITA
Pool II:	NED	POL	RUS	SCG	TUR	UKR

Men’s Junior European Championship 2006 September 6-14, Russia.
Participating teams: BEL, BUL, FRA, GER, ITA, NED, POL, RUS, SCG, SLO, SVK, UKR

Shelly Bickendorf communication@cev.lu
CEV Press Officer

With the women idle for another week before the first SWATCH-FIVB World Tour grand slam event in the Swiss Alps, the international Beach Volleyball tour for men makes it annual stop in Portugal for the Volkswagen Open de Portugal in Espinho.

The US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal marks the 12th-straight year that Espinho hosts the worlds best Beach Volleyball players on the Praia da Baia. Competition is scheduled to begin Tuesday afternoon with country quota matches followed by the Qualification Tournament Wednesday to determine the final eight berths for Thursdays opening Main Draw rounds.

The finals for the Volkswagen Open de Portugal are set for Sunday when the last two teams compete for the $32,000 first-place prize and the fourth gold medal on the 15-stop mens SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. Germanys Julius Brink, who won the 2005 Espinho title with Kjell Schneider, returns with Christoph Dieckmann as his partner this year as the pair placed third in the SWATCH season opener last month in Shanghai.

Also returning are four players that have competed in the previous 11 Portuguese mens event, including four-time winner Emanuel Rego of Brazil. Other perfect Espinho participants are Portugals Luis Maia, Martin Conde of Argentina and Spains Javier Bosma. Emanuel won twice in Espinho with Jose Loiola and current partner Ricardo Santos. Ricardo has also won four times, including once with ZeMarco de Melo and once with Loiola.

In the last SWATCH mens event this past week in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, Switzerlands Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel rebounded from a Friday defeat to SWATCH-FIVB World champions Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil to win their last five matches to claim their seventh FIVB title and their third gold medal at an open event.

The Swiss Successes were remarkable as Heuscher and Kobel avenged their setback to Marcio Araujo and Fabio by defeating their first of two Brazilian teams Sunday with an 18-21, 21-17 and 15-13 semi-final victory. After falling behind 7-3 in the third and deciding set of the gold medal match to Athens 2004 Olympic champions Emanuel and Ricardo, the Swiss rallied again to win the match 14-21, 21-17 and 15-12.

The Italian finale was the sixth-time the two teams have met since Emaneul and Ricardo posted an Athens Olympic semi-final win. Bronze medalists at the 2004 Olympic Games, Heuscher and Kobel have now won five of 12 matches against the Brazilian champions, including two-straight wins.

To defeat the top two ranked teams on the SWATCH tour in the same day is unbelievable, said Kobel after the 59-minute finale. We did not give up when we were behind in both matches. Patricks play was the difference and he deserved the SWATCH award for the most outstanding player. It is a great feeling and it will give us an emotional lift heading into the Gstaad grand slam in two weeks.

With the Swiss victory, all three mens and womens events have featured different winners so far this season. Marcio Araujo and Fabio captured the mens season opener in China three weeks ago before Emanuel and Ricardo claimed the gold medal in Croatia. Womens gold medalists this season have been Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca of Brazil (Modena, Italy), Chinas Xue Chen/Zhang Xi (Shanghai) and Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh of the United States (Athens).

This weeks event is the third of six-straight weeks of SWATCH-FIVB World Tour action in Europe. Following the Volkswagen Open de Portugal stop, double gender competition at the same site resumes for seven-straight weeks starting with back-to-back Grand Slam stops in Switzerland (Gstaad, June 20-25), Norway (Stavanger, June 27-July 2).

2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Leaders, Through June 11, three mens and three womens events

Mens Rank, events, titles, earnings
1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3, 1, $66,000
2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 3, 1, $50,000
3, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 2, 1, $38,000
4, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 3, 0, $27,000
5, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3, 0, $22,000
5, Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser, United States, 1, 0, $22,000
5, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil, 3, 0, $22,000
8, Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, Argentina, 3, 0, $19,000
9, Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland, 3, 0, $18,500
10, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 2, 0, $18,000
11, Roberto Lopes/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 3, 0, $16,500
12, Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway, 3, 0, $16,000
12, Christoph Dieckmann/Julius Brink, Germany, 1, 0, $16,000
12, Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States, 1, 0, $16,000

Mens Rank, points
1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 1,560
2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 1,260
3, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 900
4, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 840
4, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 840
6, Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland, 720
6, Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, Argentina, 720
8, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 660
9, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 600
9, Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway, 600
9, Roberto Lopes/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 600
12, Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser, United States, 540
12, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil, 540

Womens Rank, events, titles, earnings
1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 3, 1, $64,000
2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 2, 1, $54,000
3, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 3, 0, $46,000
4, Xi Zhang/Chen Xue, China, 3, 1, $39,500
5, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 3, 0, $30,000
6, Lu Wang/Linjun Ji, China, 3, 0, $25,000
7, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 3, 0, $24,000
7, Elaine Youngs/Rachel Wacholder, USA, 2, 0, $24,000
9, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 3, 0, $23,000
10, Ying Zhang/Man Zuo, China, 3, 0, $21,000
11, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 3, 0, $20,000
12, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3, 0, $17,000

Womens Rank, points
1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 1,560
2, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 1,320
3, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 1,140
4, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 1,080
5, Xi Zhang/Chen Xue, China, 900
5, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 900
7, Elaine Youngs/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 840
7, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 840
9, Ying Zhang/Man Zuo, China, 780
10, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 780
11, Lu Wang/Linjun Ji, China, 678
12, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 660

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