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The following Newsletter has been forwarded to you, from the Volleyball Newsletter E-Mail list. The UK's leading on line Volleyball News service, providing up to date volleyball information, direct to newsletter members throughout the UK and Ireland. Articles are collected from a variety of sources and credited appropriately. The Volleyball Newsletter uses advertising sponsorship to support our free and non-profit making service to newsletter members. To advertise your volleyball events or products, direct to players, club and league secretaries throughout the UK and Ireland, then please see our web site for details or contact Dave at Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
| Issue 224 (07/12/2007) Circulation: 3200 - Regular Items: Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar. |
Hi all, more news from the web. One problem with sticking anything on the web, is that its available to anyone in the world. The number of hits on our match video page has recently gone through the roof as more and more people from around the world discover the page. This is unfortunately not good for my download limits and as this is primarily a UK only service, the video page has now been moved to a new location. All links to the page and videos via the web site, newsletter, RSS news feed and tool bar will all still work but if you have previously booked marked the page, it will no longer work. Please always follow the links on the web site to see and view all available videos. Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
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Malory v Riga Photos
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Volleyball Coaching Day
Essex Volleyball Association is hosting a coach development day including:
After lunch those attending in the morning plus anyone with a volleyball coaching qualification can join a workshop that will show how Sitting Volleyball can be introduced and developed. Sitting Volleyball is an inclusive team sport which allows male and female players of all abilities and disabilities to play together. It is also a Paralympic sport. Sunday 13th January 2008, 9.30-1.30 Mini Volley coaching course (accredited) / 2.00-5.00 Sitting Volleyball Workshop (attendance certificate) / Lunch will be provided. Sandon School, Chelmsford, Essex / £5 to attend one or both sessions / We acknowledge the financial support of Essex CC Competitions Mgrs. / Tutor: Steve Jones, Coach Development Officer, Volleyball England For further details or to reserve a place - contact the Course Organiser Ken Edwards, ken.edwards@volleyball.co.uk, Closing Date 31st December 2007 Kenneth Edwards ken.edwards@volleyball.co.uk |
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Volleyball Coaching and Education Services
Could you please add my new Website to the Volleyball Newsletter website and if possible could you feature it in one of the upcoming newsletters. Volleyball Coaching and Education Services (Ireland) www.volleyballces.com
Many Thanks, John Walsh |
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GB volleyball team floundering in Flanders
Daily Mail reports on the British team in Holland, Mike Dickson (19/11/2007) The quest for homegrown glory at the 2012 Olympics is taking British sport to the strangest of places — for example, the foot of the Dutch professional volleyball league. There you will find, occupying basement position in the table, Club Martinus — unremarkable except for the fact that the long established Amsterdam outfit is, in fact, the British national team. To see the rest of the report please see the Daily Mail web site at: www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.html?in_article_id=494824&in_page_id=1781 |
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City of Bristol v London Lynx
Watch the recent EVA Men's Division 1 Match between City of Bristol and London Lynx.
City of Bristol
London Lynx Click the above "Set ?" links to view on line or Right click the video link and "Save Target as" to download. To watch on your TV, download and transfer to a DVD disk etc. |
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Referees course, Bolton
Dear all, the Greater Manchester Volleyball Association are running a Grade IV Referees Course. Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th January 2008 9am - 5pm (TBC) Fairfield High School, Droylesden. Cost: £25 per person. Subsidy for GMVA members on successful completion of course. For more details please contact Adam Gillibrnad adam@a-gillibrand.org Limited places available. Better knowledge of rules makes for better players. Bolton Volleyball boltonvolleyball@a-gillibrand.org |
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Under Pressure in the Dome.
 Access to the dome is via a revolving door (which also stops the air from escaping), as soon as you are in, the surprises continue, first it's very white and bright, then you notice the noise. As well as the general background fan noise, every hit or bounce of the ball reverberates around the Dome, hopefully you can hear this on the video's below but you soon get used to it. Next up is the safety talk for all new visitors, the Dome is a bit like a giant bouncy castle, it's kept up by air, if the fans stop due to a power outage etc, the Dome will slowly collapse and the weight of the material could trapping people inside. To avoid this a pressure sensor constantly monitors the air pressure inside and if it drops below a certain level, the alarms and orange flashing light will go off. Evacuating the Dome is also slightly different to your regular sports hall. To avoid a sudden loss of air pressure and consequent collapse of the roof when the fire doors are opened, the procedure is for everyone to congregate by their nearest fire exit. When everyone is ready, all the fire doors can be opened at the same time, thereby not trapping anyone inside. As there are no walls, all the lights are free standing and face upwards, excellent news for setters but you do get a ball shadow on the roof near the side of the Dome. Match balls are fine but the lighter junior volleyballs can get affected by the air flow from the fans around the Dome. Occasionally the ball does hit the roof, it also gets lost down behind the side boards. Changing rooms and shower facilities are located in an adjacent building, which means a short trip in the open between the two buildings. As well as Volleyball Taunton, the venue is also used by British Colleges Sports (BCS) for their regional volleyball rounds and the College is also starting a Volleyball Academy. If you would like to see more of this venue, have a look at the videos below.
Note: In the Exeter & District League (www.edva.org.uk), all five sets are played in each match (hence the 1-4 score line), as well as giving two hours of volleyball, the five sets also gives teams the opportunity to rotate and include more players. Two points are award for the match win, plus a point for each set won, thereby losing teams have the opportunity to pick up one or two bonus points from each match. |
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The Nestea tour has been confirmed for Blackpool.
 BVUK helped Blackpool make its successful bid to host the English Masters of the NESTEA European Championship Tour in 2008 and 2009.
Supported and sanctioned by the English Volleyball Association, the English Masters 2008 will feature up to 120 top male and female teams, including Britain's top pairings. Significantly more than 100 hours of TV footage of the event will be broadcast across more than 180 countries worldwide. The event follows BVUK's staging of the UK's first FIVB International Exhibition Tournament which took place on Blackpool's iconic promenade in 2007. It was also the first international Beach Volleyball tournament to be held in the UK under floodlights. To host the English Masters 2008, Blackpool will build a 2,000 seat stadium on the promenade along with extensive facilities for players, VIPs, medical support and the world's media. Constructing a Centre Court plus four practice and qualifying courts on the promenade will require around 1,000 tons of sand form the resort's famous beach. A total of some 130 staff will be recruited to run the event which will be managed by Beach Volleyball UK Ltd working with a Swiss based team from GSM, the company that markets the tour events across Europe on behalf of the CEV. The CEV or Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, is the governing body for volleyball in Europe, while beach volleyball events in England are sanctioned by the English Volleyball Association, the sport's English governing body. Blackpool will host the event in 2008 and 2009, and has an option for 2010. More info: www.beach-volleyball.co.uk/nestea.htm Best Regards, Dave Spokes daves@beach-volleyball.co.uk |
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Warwick Riga v Polonia.
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Hike Cuba Fundraiser
Hello team Volleyball, I'm sure that you all appreciate the wonderful work Robbie Barrett has done (in conjunction with others) in getting the sitting volleyball team off the ground and he now needs a bit off support from us. Firstly we must all make sure he doesn't go overboard with his recuperation and recovery! Nurse Hung, is hanging in there in a valiant effort to keep her patient on the straight and narrow, not an easy task! To help the invalid ease back into society we have organised a leisurely trekking holiday for him across Cuba. He has offered to raise money for the Douglas Bader Foundation and help other unfortunates like himself and other disabled people! If you think Robbie can do it why not sponsor him and show your support. His fund-raising page is www.justgiving.com/robertbarrett Kiera kieraf1@btinternet.com
In the past few years I have also re-entered the sporting arena here in the UK, helping to build both a local Sitting Volleyball Club (East London Lynx Sitting Volleyball Club), of which I am the manager, and a National GB Squad capable of vying for a medal in 2012, of which I am currently the Captain. I had a heart attack on October 3rd 2007 due to cholesterol build up and had the unusual pleasure of clearing the blocked arties in a 3 hour Angioplasty operation, and having 7 Stents fitted to keep those arteries which were thinning so badly now open. The Doc referred to it as having a full metal Jacket fitted. I feel well on the way to recovery and have been working back to full activity all be it more slowly than I of course would like but I’m getting there. As part of my recovery Kiera has set me a goal of hiking across Cuba with her group of other fund raisers and it would be great if I could raise the funding to do that. However I haven’t really left my self a lot of time to get the funding together so any aid you can give would of course be greatly received. Cheers Robbie To read Robbies full profile (which I personally recommend), please check out our reports page |
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Volleyball Coaching and Education Services
 Hi! I am John Walsh. I was the East & Midlands Development Officer with the Volleyball Association of Ireland from August 2005 until October 2007. My role with the Volleyball Association of Ireland was to roll out the J4 Game to Teachers, Schools, Teacher Training Colleges, Sports Courses in Post Leaving Cert Colleges and along with the early development of Volleyball with the different Local Authorities and the Local Sports Partnerships.
John Walsh |
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