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Photos I took at this years UK School Games are now up: http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

Jon McGugan

You will find a selection of full size photos from this years National Beach Finals on our web site at: www.volleyballnewsletter.com/vnl-photo.htm

Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

The National Beach Finals at Brighton drew quite a bit of media attention for the final stages of the event. Half a dozen camera crews turned up and a regular visitor to these events informed me that this was probably the most they had ever seen at a national event before. The largest team (two video cameras, two sound men, an interviewer, a stills camera and a young lad) were filming for SKY TV. They are the boy's in the blue Nivea shirts and they appear in lots of other people's coverage of the event as well.

For the match finals, I think I counted six video cameras in all, hence quite a bit of jockeying for the best positions took place before the match started. That is except for the boys in blue, who just put their cameras in front of anyone who was in a better position. They were also recording sound from microphones taped to the net posts and hence the camera crews (particularly the one near me) talked throughout the match, much to the announce of the camera team stood next to them. For the tournament presentations, everyone lined up in a nice straight line in front of the podium, adjusted their cameras and waited for the action to start. Just as the awards were starting and on the count of two, the team in blue took three paces forward, ensuring prime position for them and in the process blocking everyone’s else’s view. Which is why my video is a side on shot of the presentations and may well explain the limited presentation images used in the BBC report.

I may well have had the smallest camera but it's what you do with it that counts, I definitely got the impression that I was the only one actually recording the match. Everyone else appeared to be looking for match highlights, action shots etc and kept moving around the court, trying a different angle. Overall an interesting experience, I was there to record the event and for me the boys in blue became part of it. I trust they got all their required shots (at the expense of others) and I look forward to seeing their program (out later in September I believe). Just one other note, girl's, don't forget to check that your bikini is strong enough to support a wireless microphone battery pack.

Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

	Volleyball UK TV Channel
	We now have a VEOH Internet TV Channel at: www.veoh.com/channels/volleyballuk Use the "Download" option to view VeohTV BETA Media software (free download) is required

Download figures for the National Beach Final videos have been hitting record levels, way past the limit set by my ISP. To date we have been using an unlimited server to provide the video service, but this has a number of limits, file size, slow downloads and we are slowly out growing it.

To try and solve this and to move the process forward to a full screen TV or HD quality service in the future, we have created a new online TV channel on the Veoh TV system (www.veoh.com) call "Volleyball UK" at: http://www.veoh.com/channels/volleyballuk

This has a number of advantages for the future, we can upload much larger files, whole matches, the back catalogue and in the near future move to full screen quality. One advantage for viewers, is that it can also background download, on request or you can subscribe to the channel for any new video to be automatically downloaded for you. No more buffering etc and we are not restricted to the number of simultaneous downloads.

On the web page you can view our videos at a low resolution, but you will need to download them to see them at the current 1mbps quality etc. For this you will also need to download and install the free Veoh Beta video browser that turns online video into Internet Television, it's very similar to the Windows Media program. Once installed, you can also watch streaming video from major television networks such as the Discovery Channel, MTV, Paramount, Cycling TV, Food & Drink TV, Travel Channel etc and other UK volleyball clubs are already using the system. [A user name is also required (which you only need to enter once)].

This may sound a bit OTT just to view a video but hopefully it will lead to a much better service. I can now store more matches online, so as a bonus feature, this is the only place you can watch last weekends women's semi-final match between Johns / Boulton and the local Brighton team of Czinegeova / Nemcova.

	National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
	NIVEA Sun VEBT Womens Semi-Final (02/09/2007) Johns / Boulton (Yellow) v Czinegeova / Nemcova (Red) > Click on image to view & download for best quality <

Volleyball in High Definition

Another aim for the future is to have some short video's in High Definition (excellent on a normal computer screen), for whole matches this is not going to happen until UK homes have at least a 20 mbps optical fibre internet connection. However parts of the world are already fibred and hence some volleyball HD type content is already available via the Veoh internet TV system.

For example you can watch part of the opening ceremony from the 2006 Volleyball world championships in Japan, well worth downloading to see the quality. Click on the above image to view / download or www.veoh.com/videos/e155073NFZdk8TA

PS: If anyone has found any other HD type volleyball content on line, could you please let me know.

Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Iran vaulted into the volleyball history books to become the new 2007 Boys’ Youth World Champion for the first time ever beating China 3:2 (21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 31-29, 15-7) in a spectacular all Asian final which lasted 130 minutes at the Gimnasio de Usos Multiples in the Mexican city of Tijuana on Sunday. The second place for China is the best ever for the country in this FIVB event.

Earlier on Sunday in Tijuana hall, France grabbed the bronze medal after defeating Argentina 3:1 (25-20, 18-25, 26-24, 27-25) in almost two hours. The young European Champions emerged victorious to close off what has been for this new generation of French players an amazing World Championship. Argentine Facundo Conte was Best Scorer of the match with 30 points, whilst French Guillaume Quesque booked 21 points. This was the first time ever for France to step into the Top Four and climb the podium. For Argentina it is a repetitive fourth place as they lost the bronze medal in 2005 to Italy. "I'm very proud of my players", stated French head coach Jocelyn Trillon, "It was a good fight during the whole match against a team like Argentina. This is my first time coaching the national team and to win the European Championship and now the bronze medal here is something I will never forget."

Poland beat Belgium 3:1 for the fifth spot. Maciej Krzywiecki led the winners with 17 points. The Belgians however can be more than satisfied with their surprising place in the ‘Elite Eight’ of the world as this was their first-time participation in a Youth World Championship.

Russia, defending two-time world champion and pre-tournament favourite, will return home with ninth place. The Russians prevailed 3:1 over the Germans with Ruslan Moskin being the Best Scorer of the match adding 28 points for his team.

Final Ranking
1. Iran, 2. China, 3. France, 4. Argentina, 5. Poland, 6. Belgium, 7. Brazil, 8. India, 9. Russia, 10. Germany, 11. Puerto Rico, 12. Mexico, 13. Cuba, 14. Tunisia, 15. USA, 16. Egypt

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