Volleyball Video Channel

Check out the current matches, now being shown on the volleyball video Channel

Regular visitors to the web site, will already be aware of the video service, so far over 130 people have watched the match. Before I made it public, I asked a number of people to test the service, some of their comments are listed below;

• I think it is a great idea.
• We dont have the correct software to view this (I did try though).
• Really enjoyed the video, I think the ref got it wrong, the ball did touch the ariel. I would watch volleyball in almost any format, I think the quality is great.
• It is watchable, and I would watch a whole match on it.
• watched it, might not manage a whole hr but then have had a few glasses of red wine tonight, I couldn't always work out which side won the point until the side cheered...
• Thanks for the on-line video channel and I can download the video and it took about 5 or 6 minutes to load up to my PC. Once loaded, I then create a play list to link to the media and it works fine... Job well done!

To watch the above online video, you will need a broadband service of 1 Mbps or greater, Windows Media Player or a similar program.

• All videos are in the WMV format for online video streaming at 1 Mbps.
• The screen image will be approximately 18 cm x 15 cm.
• The file size is about 140 MB per set.
• Not sure of your set up, then try our 1 minute Video Sample before proceeding.
• Each set has it's own file, so you don't have to watch the whole match all in one sitting.
• Some media players will buffer 10% of the file (set) before starting, hence their may be a long pause at the beginning of each set.
• During busy times, the download may become jittery, just pause the media player for a short while (to let the player download a bit more of the file) before continuing with the match.

UKTV Volleyball Coverage. Finally Volleyball has made it to TV, well Internet TV anyway. Here are some live streams of the Whitefield Tournament Finals. www.sportuk.tv/pages/volleyball/index.html Cormac J Byrne byrnesnight@yahoo.co.uk This site recorded and now have TV play back from the Whitfield Tournament 2006.

Beach Volleyball pictures Please let everyone know that all the pictures from the beach events at Sandbanks (921 pictures) and Weymouth (705 pictures) can now be found on my site at www.fotocom.co.uk . Just follow the links to the Event Photography section. Many Thanks Paul Graham contact@fotocom.co.uk www.fotocom.co.uk

Please could you make a change on your calendar from 19/20 August to 30 Sept/1 Oct for Referee's Grade 4 Award (Introductory Course), Cambridge.

• Dates: 30 September/1October (2 day course)
• Venue: Impington Sports Centre, New Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire, CB4 9LX
• Times: 9:00-1700hrs
• Cost: £12 within Cambridgeshire, £25 outside Cambridgeshire

Funding made available through County Sports Partnership

please email for application forms.

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

Major new Beach Sponsorship Deal.

The Sun newspaper is sponsoring the British Beach Volleyball Championships in Brighton at the weekend. You can see their online report at:

www.thesun.co.uk

The 6th European University Championships were held in Eindhoven at the start of July. UK had three teams involved London men and women, and Sheffield Hallam men. Sixteen women's teams and twenty men's entered the European University Championships, which are a high level event with many senior and junior international players on show playing for their home universities.

The British teams were full of experienced NVL Division 1 players - like Albrecht Glitz and Nik Ruh (Docklands), Spyros Masouros (Polonia), Tom Ward, Ben Wilkinson, Efe Eurero, Sam Bussey (all England senior internationals at Hallam), Kathleen Noreisch (Polonia Ladies) - but turned out to be no match for the height, power and experience of some of the opposition!

The draw was a little unkind, to London men in particular, as it pitched them in with Surgut State (Russia), Gazi (Turkey) and Latvia. Hallam drew Graz (Austria), Ljubliana (Slovenia) and Rennes (France). London women drew Graz (Austria) and Munchen (Germany) when a Turkish team failed to appear.

London men started well, taking the first set against a tall, powerful but lethargic Surgut, but were unable to sustain it and went down 1-3.

You can read the full report at: BUSA Report

Lenny Barry lenny.barry@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk

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