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Hi all, more news from the web.

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Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

G Fowler g.fowler@bham.ac.uk

As most of you know a great result from last weekend in the tournament at Canterbury. Lynx beat the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian team in 3 straight games. You can read the article kindly written by Rob Richardson on VE's website later in the week. There was also a fantastic evening of volleyball at Morgan Stanley on the Monday evening were the Saudi team fired from the defeat at the weekend really wanted to take the Lynx Scalp. 

We of course denied them once again, proving the strength and depth of the club. Our thanks to Tom Middleton and Simon Nelson for their organizational skills and making both tournaments absolutely superb. Again a separate article from the Monday evening will appear on VE's website shortly, and I will try to publish to the LVA site in London ASAP. 

My sincere thanks to all members of the club who attend both tournaments and helped to make them such great occasions and drive the sport further. I know you all had a great time, well played to everyone who managed to attend. 

Robbie Barrett robert.x.barrett@jpmorgan.com

Based in Poole-Bournemouth, Wessex are looking for players who want to play a high level of volleyball. Their women's team are in Women's National League Division 1, and their men's team are in National League Division 2.

Their junior teams (starting at 8 years+) compete at high national levels at every age-group from under 14 to under 18. Contact Geoff Allen on secsqcl-alt@yahoo.co.uk

Regards
Geoff Allen
www.wessexvolleyball.com

Very straightforward win for GB with a couple of players making their debut. More photo's at: www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

International coaches, from France, Italy and Bulgaria will assist you in either improving or developing your skills. All our coaches have semi-professional experience in their own country. 

If you want to be part of a big club and you want to improve your standard, please send an email at info@buvc.co.uk.

G Fowler g.fowler@bham.ac.uk

Isis Volleyball Club is a friendly volleyball club in London's East End that is affiliated with both Volleyball England and the London Volleyball Association. Formed in July 2008, we are based at Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School, Hardinge Street, London, E1 0EB.

The Club is run by an elected executive committee and all our sessions are coached by Volleyball England Level 2 accredited volleyball coaches. Currently, we have one regular training session for our women's team, which will be competing in Division 2 of the London League in the 2008-2009 season.

Aside from our adults' squad, we will be running youth sessions from September 2008, in conjunction with Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School.

Please contact us (Club Secretary: gxavier36@googlemail.com) if you would like to participate in the sessions mentioned above. Our women's team training session is currently running close to capacity and, in order to maintain the quality of training, attendance is by invitation only so please do contact us prior to attendance to avoid disappointment.

For further details about us please visit our website: http://sites.google.com/site/isisvolleyballclub/

Gabriela da Silva Xavier g.dasilva-xavier@imperial.ac.uk

The excellent action shot appeared in last weeks edition of Castle News, the Newcastle Staffs club newsletter with a report from this years Whitefield tournament.

We have not had a caption competition for a while, no prizes but all appropriate captions will be listed in the next issue...

After a break of a year, the Exmouth beach pairs open tournament returned to the calendar, teams came from around the Southwest area to challenge the local teams in the Ladies and Men's beach pairs events. However it was a clean sweep for the Exmouth Beach VC in the Ladies Beach Pairs, with the beach pairing of Silvia Angelini & Gosia Krzyszkowska taking victory over the current Exmouth league leaders of Claire Babbage & Laura Wilson in the event final.

Silvia Angelini attaching the ball in the ladies final.

All teams competed in a series of pool rounds throughout the day, which climaxed with a knock out semi-final and final match for the 2008 event title.  Watch Match Highlights: Ladies Final.wmv More Photos at: Volleyball Newsletter Photos

Silvia Angelini & Gosia Krzyszkowska 2008 Winners

In the Men's event, Yianis Askaroglou & Steffen Paessler just beat Joerg Eulenberg & Stefan Koruntchev, two set to nil in the Men's final. 

Yianis Askaroglou & Steffen Paessler (left)  Joerg Eulenberg & Stefan Koruntchev (right)

An extremely close match with hardly anything to separate the two teams. Sets one went to two clear points at 18-16 to Yianis and Steffen.  Set two was a similar story, with just three points separating the two teams (15-12) but Yianis and Steffen had the advantage and with it the event title. Match Highlights: Mens Final.wmv

Action from the Men's Final

Contentious [four court] beach volleyball complex gets the go-ahead. Ambitious plans that could put a Kent city on the map as a leading venue for beach volleyball have been given the green light.

County councillors have approved an application for a beach volleyball complex on the Victoria Recreation Ground, Canterbury, despite protests from some residents that it meant the loss of a valuable open space. By political editor Paul Francis

Full report at: www.kentonline.co.uk

Exmouth SW Championship Results

U16 Girls: 1st Em Brennand & Rosie Kirk (Left) U18 Girls: 1st Kate Pearce & Lauren Powell (Right) U18 Girls: 2nd Beck Ashworth & Amecie Exton (Middle)

U14 Girls: 1st Robyn Sayers / Jodie Amor / Rachel Draper

Plenty of games for all teams in this years junior event, the day started off with a number of pool rounds (best of three sets matches), with the top two teams from each of the pool rounds qualified for the event final. 

A small crowd stayed on to watch the last match of the day and possibly the best match of the tournament, the U18 Boy's final. Ashley Yeo & Jack Walker took the first set 17-15 with a good display of team work but Daniel Hunter & Ryan Henry came back in the second 15-9, helped on their way with some power hitting to set up the third set and deciding set. 

With everything to play for the match went on into the early evening. The stalwarts left in the crowd, were rewarded with an excellent display of team work by Ashley Yeo & Jack Walker who took the set 15-7 and the SW U18 Junior Beach Championship 2008 title 2 sets to 1.

U16 Boys Champions 1st Matt Hunter & Ryan Stout (left) 2nd Charlie Grant & Lewis Norvill (Right) Watch Match Highlights: Boys U16 Final.wmv More Photos at: Volleyball Newsletter Photos

U18 Boys Champions:  1st Ashley Yeo & Jack Walker (Right)  2nd Daniel Hunter & Ryan Henry (Left) Watch Match Highlights: Boys U18 Final.wmv More Photos at: Volleyball Newsletter Photos

Dave Reece Dave.Reece@Volleyballnewsletter.com

Upon arrival we were greeted by "Andrei and Olga" who were part of the Leningradka Volleyball Club. Leningradka is a member of the 'Super League" of Russia and last year finished 5th. It trains out of the Dynamo training hall and plays mainly in the Platonov Volleyball Academy training hall. Both are close to each other which is also used by Lodaga, their second team which place 7th in the National League. Both have the 'typical' Russian players - tall, lanky, thin and well skilled. Jump serve, high ball attack and strong block are typical of the style of game that greets you on the court. All players on both
teams are 'professional' - meaning that they are well paid and their only job is volleyball.

Andrey, our host, was saying that there are 10 volleyball academies, similar to the Platonov Academy in the St. Petersburg area. Each Academy has about 300 students of various ages which translates into
3000 athletes training towards a higher level of volleyball. All the clubs have younger generations attached to them. There are 42 University aged teams that play in the St. Petersburg league and aim
to take part in the Russian Championships. The company that sponsors Leningradka is mainly that owned by its coach Kashin (it is a holding company of banks, communication, bedroom and kitchen supplier, etc.). He became interested in volleyball, eventually got into coaching, enjoyed it and now has bought his own team to challenge for the Super League title. Their goal is to finish in the top 3 this year. They have 3 foreign players, one being a Cuban (Fernandez), one from the Netherlands (their starting center blocker - Vizer) and one other- each receive over a '6 figure' salary. Additionally, they have two players on the Russian Olympic Team in Beijing.

See the full report at: Report from Russia  

Lorne Sawula lorne@britishvolleyball.org

This is your chance to enter your organisations sporting teams into this corporate multi-sport festival and compete for medals and corporate awards. Be a part of the Celebrations, Grand Parade of Athletes and the Great Games Party in the great city of Newquay. There is a sport for everyone, from beginners to elite competitors and Beach Volleyball will be prominent on the programme.

To get involved, contact hq@corporate-games.com or visit www.corporate-games.com for more details. For telephone enquiries contact 01733 380 888. The Cornwall Corporate Games will be in Newquay from the 19th – 21st September 2008. For the ultimate mix of sport, business and tourism, why not join in? 

Newquay is the West Countries beach paradise, with seven miles of soft, golden sand. Famous for its nightlife, surfing, 11 beaches, and of course a full range of water sports. Newquay provides its visitors with a vast variety of entertainment and choices. Explore the cliff tops, walk along one of the superb beaches or visit some of the many attractions in the town or close by.

For a brochure or information on this Games please email cor@corporate-games.com indicating the code COR and provide your postal address OR contact directly, 
Tel 44 (0)1733 380 888 
Fax 44 (0)1733 380 890

Ben Sedgemore ben@corporate-games.com

As Junior Beach Volleyball continues to develop across the Southwest, the region has launched a new web site and plans for a 2009 beach league. You can access the site via the main www.swva.org.uk site or direct at: http://www.swva.org.uk/beach/index.html

Our aim over the winter is to add more information about junior beach volleyball and what’s going on in the SW, to create a SW Junior Beach Tour for 2009 and to cement links between all the clubs that are providing junior beach volleyball coaching by becoming SWVA satellite centres for beach volleyball and to establish SW squads for junior beach volleyball training.

The SWVA will be inviting clubs who are already working with junior beach players to become SW Satelite training centres (STC), Bath University and The Academy of Beach Sports in Croyde have already come on board as recognised centres and its hoped that there will be more to follow. 

The STCs will provide junior coaching on a regular basis during the summer and the STC coaches will be invited to take part in the SW Junior Beach Squad training session with the Squad Coaches to exchange and develop information about beach volleyball coaching. 

SW Junior Beach Tour (SWJBT)

Denise Austin in Croyde for the female squads and Vince Joyce in Sandbanks will be leading the SW Junior Beach Volleyball Squads. For 2009 there will be invitational camps held where possible to fit around the playing schedule to assist in the development of the junior beach athletes taking part in the SWJBT. For 2010 players who have performed well on the SWJBT will form the SW Squads and the squad will look towards developing their playing experience through out the UK and Europe. 

SW Junior Beach Tour Over the winter the aim is to add more information about junior beach volleyball and what's going on in the SW, to create a SW Junior Beach Tour for 2009 and to cement links between all the clubs that are providing junior beach volleyball coaching by becoming SWVA satellite centres for beach volleyball and to establish SW squads for junior beach volleyball training.

So please keep this page bookmarked to keep up to date on what's happening on the beach volleyball scene in the south west in the near future. The SWVA will be starting the SWJBT in summer 2009, it will run on similar lines to the VEBT with ranking points, Championship Race winners, Open and Grand Slam events, Triple Crown Winners, SW Championships and SW Finals.

It is hoped the tour will run at the following venues, Barry Island, Bath Uni, Weston-Super-Mare, Croyde, Perranporth, Exmouth, Weymouth and Sandbanks. With some of the larger more established events holding Grand Slams and The Animal Windfest at Sandbanks, holding the Finals. Once the VEBT dates have been finalised the SWJBT dates will be announced. 

Denise Austin
SWVA Beach Officer
austin@seabirdsbandb.freeserve.co.uk

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