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Hi all, more news from the web.

Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Could you please add our volleyball club details to your website, the club is Tettenhall Tigers Volleyball Club, based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

Club URL www.tettenhall-tigersvc.co.uk

Many thanks, Mark Banks m.banks@btinternet.com

Volleyball Level 1 Sunday 30th March 10am – 6pm and Sunday 13th April 10am – 6pm 2008 At Richard Huish College, Taunton Course Tutor: Ros Sutherland, Course Cost £55, Application close Monday 17th March 2008

Application Form for more details and please contact Clare Hayes on 07890661272 or clareh@richuish.ac.uk.

Please send cheques made payable to Richard Huish College to: Clare Hayes, Sports Development, Officer, Business Development Unit (EH4), Richard Huish College, South Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3DZ

Our aim has been to provide match videos for viewing on line with the best video quality that we can achieve, this means large files and unfortunately this does not suit everyone. A number of viewers have asked if we could do a cut down YouTube type version of each match, so they can see the match before deciding to download the full version or not.

Hence we have now added a "Quick View" copy of each match, these files will stream at the much lower rate of 256 kbps and hence should start streaming within a few seconds. If they prove popular, we may add more matches in this format from our back catalogue.

The file size is about 30MB per set (20MB for set 5), which may now be in reach of the serious dial-up down loaders. [If you are watching these videos via a dial up connection, I would like to hear from you].

QUICK VIEW VIDEOS (256 kbps)
Wessex v Leeds EVA Men's Division 2 Match (16-12-2007)	Wessex v Warwick EVA Women's Division 1 Match (16-12-2007)	Taunton v Kirton Exeter & District Division 1 Match (4-12-2007)	Bristol v Lynxs EVA Men's Division 1 Match (24-11-2007)
Set 1 / 2 / 3a / 3b / 4	Set 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5	Set 1	Set 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Richmond are having a come and try Sitting Volleyball Day at the end of March so get it in your diary. They are of course looking to form a Sitting Volleyball club there. Hopefully we will be arranging a Match between Lynx and Richmond on that Sunday.

Sitting Volleyball 4 All – Sunday March 2008 (its free!!)
www.richmondvolleyball.co.uk/events/sittingvolleyball.shtml

Yours in Sport
Robbie robert.x.barrett@jpmorgan.com

Sat 23rd, 24th, 25th August 2008

Richmond Volleyball International Festival is a 3 day tournament held over the August Bank Holiday weekend set in one of the Finest Sports and Social Clubs in the Country. Held at Imber Court Sports Club which is a 10 minute walk from Sandown Racecourse, 20 min walk from the historic Hampton Court or a 10 min drive to Kingston-upon-Thames.

To enter you will need to complete an entry application form. The application form will be sent electronically at the end of April. If you’re are not on the emailing list and want to be added send your details to: contact@richmondvolleyball.co.uk

More details on the Richmond Volleyball International Festival web site. Please note once each division has reached maximum capacity (on a first-come, first-serve basis), we are unable to extend. As they say, book early to avoid disappointment - places will go quite quickly!!

Regards
David Rijvers
dr@goldeneye7.freeserve.co.uk
www.richmondvolleyball.co.uk

Men’s, Women’s & Mixed Matches 5 Indoor Courts at Fort Regent 10 National Referees Prize Money Vouchers and Trophies for the Winners and Runners-Up Accommodation at the Merton Hotel (Hotel/Flight/Ferry packages available) Free Friday Night Buffet and Drink Free Formal Gala Presentation and Award Dinner

On behalf of the Jersey Volleyball Association, our sponsors Insurance Corporation, and the States of Jersey Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, it is our pleasure to extend a personal invitation to your club/team to participate in the 23rd Jersey Open Tournament, which is being held over the week-end of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May 2008. Please note that Monday 5th May is a ‘Bank Holiday’ i.e. a public holiday in Jersey and England and provides an opportunity to see some of the Island before returning.

The Closing date is Sunday 13th April 2008, please book early to avoid disappointment - Late entries not accepted.
Click for Entry Forms etc.

PRIZE VALUE £1,875
The Mens and Womens Champions each receive £500 in the form of Travel Vouchers for the 2009 Open and the Runners-Up £250. The Mixed winners will receive a voucher for £250 and the Runner-Up £125.

Further information from
Lucy Sparks lucy.sparks@jerseymail.co.uk
www.jerseyvolleyball.com

The 2008 Exeter Ladies Challenge, will take place on Sunday the 27th April 2008 (10:00 - 18:00) at the Riverside Leisure Center, Exeter. The event caters for all playing standards, from Local / Regional to lower National League. A very popular event and limited to 12 teams only, first come first served. More details on our web site: www.exeterladieschallenge.com or email me at dave.reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

A new event this year, the Exeter Men's Challenge will take place on Sunday the 20th April 2008 (10:00 - 18:00) at the Riverside Leisure Center, Exeter. The event is for teams who play at a high local league, regional or lower National League level.

We currently have six places left, so if you would like to challenge teams like the Buzzards (the local unbeaten league leaders), The Arrows (the national prison warders team) or the SWU17 regional squad, then checkout the web site at: www.exeterchallenge.com for entry details or email me at dave.reece@volleyballnewsletter.com.

National League action from Jon McGugan at: http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

27th Jan 2008
EVA Men Div 2 Oxford Students v Reading VC 1-3 (18-25 12-25 25-18 13-25)

26th Jan 2008
EVA Men Div 1 London Docklands v Warwick Riga 3-2 (26-28 25-16 25-18 14-25 15-11)
EVA Ladies Div 1 Swiss Cottage v Warwick Riga 3-0 (25-21 27-25 25-21) 26th Jan 2008

Tettenhall Tigers (based in Wolverhampton) was formed in 1994 by Nick Shaffery and from it's humble beginnings now boasts membership in excess of 70 members. Over the years the club has had many successes including victories at the National Junior Championships. Juniors & Seniors are coached to extremely high standards which has resulted in a number of junior players being invited to the prestigious Team England Summer Training Camp. Some players have also gone on to represent their country in the England Junior and Great Britain Catholic Students squads.

We encourage all those interested in the game to come along and experience it for themselves. We can offer excellent facilities and competitive rates at the King's School, Tettenhall.

Tettenhall Tigers is a Volleyball Club that has plenty to offer youngsters from development through to performance with a track record of training players to a very high standard. If you feel like coming along and giving this fantastic sport a go our training night is on a Monday evening. If you are a beginner aged 8 years and above training is 6-30pm to 7-45pm. The older session for 13+ years follows this from 7-45pm to 9-30pm. (training doesn’t take place in school holidays).

Club Achievements to date:-

Pontins Volleyball Festival U/15 Winners Pontins Volleyball Festival U/12 Winners West Midlands Woman’s League 1 Winners West Midlands Men’s League 2 Winners West Midlands Woman’s K/O Cup Winners National Junior Girls Champions U/15 (twice) National Women’s Runners-Up U/18 (twice) National Women’s Champions U/18

From www.tettenhall-tigersvc.co.uk

The BBC are having an on line debate with reference to the British Men's team playing in the Netherlands. You can view or join in at www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A31734182

The sportsman media group’, a sports and media rights agency based in Munich/Germany, and the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) have concluded a cooperation agreement for the marketing and distribution of European Volleyball competitions, amongst others the Men’s and Women’s Indesit European Champions League, the CEV Cup (Men and Women), the European League (Men) as well as the NESTEA European Beach Tour.

The distribution agreement on CEV’s media rights includes worldwide television, internet and mobile rights. The extensive cooperation aims to enhance the media coverage and the international exposure of the CEV properties. A special focus is laid on the Indesit European Champions League, Europe’s top volleyball club competition.

In order to fulfil the common intention to develop and boost European Volleyball the cooperation agreement entitles the sportsman not only to market and distribute Europe’s top volleyball competitions, but also to show the events on the World Wide Web. The internet platform LAOLA1.tv, an affiliated company of ‘the sportsman’, hosts the ‘Home of CEV Volleyball’ on the internet. Commencing on the 22nd of January, LAOALA1.tv will present the Indesit European Champions League with live coverage and highlight clips giving the CEV’s top club competition a worldwide platform and the volleyball community access to watch their favourite sport and the best volleyball players in the world on www.laola1.tv.

CEV President Mr. André Meyer emphasised in particular that “this collaboration, which has been set up for the CEV competitions is to promote the image of male and female volleyball and its sponsor partners to the benefit of the overall development of the sport. In addition to the already existing TV volleyball transmissions, successfully generated by the different national TV channels, the complementary live broadcast on internet on www.laola1.tv helps to spread volleyball pictures all over Europe”.

“We are very honoured and proud that the CEV has granted us the rights to their most prestigious properties. We are excited to be given the opportunity to develop and be part of the long-term success of one of the most exciting sports” says Thomas Krohne, CEO of ‘the sportsman media group’.”

www.cev.lu / www.thesportsman.tv

The building of two beach volleyball court has been included as one of the 25 project to be undertaken by the Exeter University Foundation. The sum of £20,000 has been allocated for the building of the two beach volleyball courts. Beach volleyball is an Olympic sport and the courts will encourage both serious sporting development and greater physical activity by casual users. 

www.ex.ac.uk/foundation/difference.shtml

Combined video and radio coverage of the American College match between Columbia College Volleyball & Univ. Illinois-Springfield, is now available on Youtube. It appear that the original match video has been edited together with the www.columbiacougars.com radio commentary, an interesting concept but it appears to works (including the adverts). Note: They appear to play the first to 30 points in this league << Click image to view >>

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