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Hi all, more news from the web.

Due to work, the newsletter (and match video's) have had to take a bit of a back seat recently, hence it's a little irregular at the moment.

Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Professional Coach, Bristol

Regards
Gordon Trevett gordon.trevett@bristol.ac.uk

Civil Service and British Uni Dates

A few dates for you....

Wimbledon VC - Junior Volleyball

Regards
Sam el-jouzis@halcrow.com

Level 1 Coaching Course, Exeter.

If you are interested in attending this course please contact Paul Mouland at Exeter University Mouland, Paul P.D.Mouland@exeter.ac.uk for further details.

Ros Sutherland ros.sutherland@googlemail.com

Product Sampling Opportunities.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Regards Sam sam@impactagency.co.uk

Czech Team Looking for Tournments.

I wonder if you could help us by giving details of any possible Team/Tournaments that would be willing to host the team, They of course expect to Pay all costs and expenses themselves, This would be a great opportunity for the team to broaden their experience and make new friends, I know very little about the sport so if you are able to help I will put you directly in touch With Martin Priybl (Assistant coach)

I look forward to your kind reply
Best regards
Nick Barker nicholas-barker@sky.com nicholas-barker@sky.com

Oxford University Volleyball Club.

The address for the site is www.ouvc.net (and it will remain the same when the new version is uploaded).

Gareth Whitehead whitehead.g@googlemail.com

Epsom Volleyball Club.

We would like someone keen to develop their own game as well as offering their skills in helping to develop the Junior section of the Club. Epsom play in the Surrey League, but Ashcome and Guildford are close, and would offer the opportunity for National League competition. Anyone who may be interested should contact Carole Rice:- crice@btinternet.com

Many thanks.
Carole Rice crice@btinternet.com

Barra, Brazil.

www.jodygooding.com / www.gbbeachboys.com

Liz cushygooding@mac.com

London Lynx Sitting Volleyball League.

I would encourage every single member to make the most of this great opportunity and really help to make the tournament a great success, as I have said previously it can only lead to bigger and better things for the club and the sport as a whole.

Simon Nelson Simon.Nelson@morganstanley.com

Senior Cup Semis Photos

• EVA Men's Cup Semi: London Malory v London Polonia 3-0 25:22 25:22 25:20 
• EVA Women's Cup Semi: City of Wolverhampton v Coventry & Warwick Riga 1 3-0 25-18 25-14 28-26 
• EVA Men's Cup Semi: Sheffield v Newcastle 3-0 Won 3-0 25-19 29-27 25-20 
• EVA Women's Cup Semi: Swiss Cottage v Ashcombe Dorking 3-0 25:18 25:15 25:18

All photos at: www.mcgugan.nildram.co.uk/volleyball/index.html

Jon McGugan

Salisbury Tournament

- Format: 6v6 Mixed*, Mens & Ladies * Minimum of 3 Ladies on court at all times.  - No. of courts: 14 at present, but plenty of space to expand if necessary. - Level: Regional experienced and novice teams. Teams of a higher ability are also welcome. - Entry fees: £75 per team affiliated to the EVA, £85 per team for non EVA affiliated teams. £5 per 'team' for disco entry (if paid in advance), £1 per person if paid on the weekend of the tournament.

Application forms are currently being sent to teams we have contact addresses for. If you have not received the e-mail, as of 25/02/09, then please download 

Any queries, please do not hesitate to contact either Lynsay Scratchley or John Postance via volley.digsetspike.ball@googlemail.com 

Hope you see you in July. Salisbury Volleyball Club volley.digsetspike.ball@googlemail.com

2009 SW Junior Beach Tour Dates

The 2009 SW Junior Beach Tour dates have now been released, this is the first year for the full tour and will involve seven events.  Starting at Barry Island in South Wales on the 6th June and finishing at Weymouth in Dorset on the 26th July.

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. Points will be awarded at each event for the U16's & U18's players and team points for the U12 & U14 teams, the top eight ranked players or teams will be invited to the grand final at the Animal Windfest at Sandbanks in September.

The tour has been put together by Denise Austin and as well as beach events, also involves the beach courts at Bath University. 

For the second year running, the SWVA Junior Beach Championships will be help at Exmouth in East Devon ( 12th July), the event is open to any players or team from the South West, South Wales and the Channel Island. For more details, start times, entry deadlines, organiser and website details, please check out the SWVA website: www.swva.org.uk or direct at: www.swva.org.uk/beachtour_dates.html

Some of last years SW Beach Champions

Weston Beach and Glos Tournament Correction

The Juniors would be the Beach Grand Prix playing U12/U14 Mixed 3’s U16/U18 Girls and Boys 2’s.

Entry Forms: Weston-S-M Adult / Weston-S-M Juniors

The Gloucester Festival Junior section would be for Under 12s playing 3 - A - Side and Under 16s playing 6 - A - Side.

Please contact Janet Leach Janet@Leach1911.freeserve.co.uk for entry details etc.

Regards
Janet janet@leach1911.freeserve.co.uk

League Record

Thanks for the feed back, it appears (from memory at least) that Britannia Music City achieved this in Division One on their way to winning the league and cup double in 1995-96.

Its quite an acheivement for a division one club to acheive, so the next question, does anyone have a record of this. Unfortunately the VE web site appears to have a typo in their list of past winners, listing London QKX as the winners for that season.

The club disbanded in 1997 and I wouldn't expect people to still have copies of the Volleyball World magazine from that year lying around. However I have been told that Paul Westhead, Steve Colpus or Vanessa Lucas may be able to confirm this one way or another, so if any of you guy's are reading this, can you then please drop us a line.

League update: Devon Women VC, already EVA Ladies Div 3S champions but can they make it the perfect season with one match to go.

Dave.Reece@VolleyballNewsletter.com

VL Points System

People are always looking for alternative ways to promote volleyball development, Volleyball Lancashire have come up with a VL Points system for member clubs.

From the web site:
The VL Points system has been set up to encourage clubs to develop the sport in their local area. The incentive for all clubs is to turn development work into pounds off league fees. In April clubs will return a simple table of evidence (downloadable below) showing their development during the year.

 Development is marked on a points scale and those points are then converted to pounds which are returned to the club up to a maximum of £70 (initial league deposit). Examples of awards are 2 points awarded for a schools training session, 1 point awarded for each article in the press. At season end there will also be a trophy awarded to the club showing the most development through these points. 

You can read more at http://www.sportyrich2000.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html

Volleyball Lancashire is the re-branded name of the Lancashire Volleyball Association. The key aims are, Promote school development, Publicise the sport countywide, Develop a flourishing league which supports performance pathways.

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