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Issue 251 (23/01/2010)
Circulation: 3500 - Regular Items:
Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar  http://www.volleyballnewsletter.com/rss/volleyball.xml
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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South Wales / Bristol Hi, I am interested in joining a Volleyball team I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction
perhaps, South Wales/Bristol area? |
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Beach Referee Course Now Available These courses are open to all that are interested. All potential NTOs for the Beach Volleyball event at the London Olympic Games need to have a minimum qualification of a Grade 4 Beach Volleyball Referee.
For further information please contact course organiser Debra Smart on the following: Email: debra.smart@sky.com Regards, Holly Fairclough h.fairclough@volleyballengland.org |
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Dartford Club Required Hi, I am 34 years and have played Volley ball on two occasions. I want to play it recreationally, can you recommend a club? I live in Dartford, Kent |
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Inflatable Volleyball Hire
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Earls
Court 2011+1 The organisation set up in the UK to run this global event, which happens every four years, has had a couple of laws passed in the UK to stop people using certain everyday English words and event logos etc, this include the name and a very familiar logo which features five interconnecting coloured rings on a white back ground. These are now called "Games Marks" and according to the organisers web site [ http://www.london2012.com/about-us/our-brand/using-the-brand.php ] "special laws have been passed to give extra protection to some of the Games' Marks: the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 (OSPA) protects the Olympic and Paralympic symbols, mottos and various words. Added protection is provided by the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (the ‘2006 Act’). This prevents the creation of an unauthorized association between people, goods or services and London 2012." Two years ago both myself and Volleyball England had our wrists slapped by the event organisers for putting the words "Team" and "GB" next to each other in a sentence, apparently they have taken a copyright out on these two very innocent every days English words!!! I was amazed that they could do that but apparently these two words can now only be used during the games themselves and not at any other time. Unfortunately
the list of everyday words and symbol's that people can now NOT use has now grown and
include the
following: As I'm not part of the organisations, a sponsor or a licensee, myself and many others may now have a problem, I can say Beijing 2004 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 but because I live in England, it looked like I would be taking a risk if I said the name of my capital city or the year which comes after 2011, hence Earls Court 2011+1 (I think I'm safe on that one). Not wishing to have my wrists slapped again, I dived deeper into the small print and then I found it... "The words protected by OSPA can, however, be used in editorial news pieces without our authorisation and journalists are, in certain circumstances, able to use our emblem etc to illustrate an editorial piece about the Games. This exception does not however apply to businesses which produce newsletters....." Excellent, I have never make profit, I'm not a business... I'm now looking forward to the London 2012 Olympic games (not sure about that emblem - what does "in certain circumstances" mean?) London 2012 Question: Earls Court is going to be converted into a 15,000 indoor volleyball stadium and will host the largest ever volleyball event in the UK, my question is, what was the previous largest volleyball event in the UK?
To kick this off, I remember watching England women play against Canada, Cuba and Russia in a three day (mid week) Mikasa sponsored exhibition tournament at the G-MEX centre in Manchester in
1990. The event was part of Manchester’s 1996 Olympic bid, the final match was Cuba v Russia, the two best teams in the world at the time, I recall counting 4,500 spectators in a 5,000 seat stadium. Two days earlier I joined 3,500 to watch Canada v Cuba or Russia (I can't remember which), England played their matches in the afternoon, which unfortunately I could not attend. Richard Callicott has been involved with organising many of our top events over the yeas and has sent us the following details: “The biggest audience was over 30,000 at a match between Sikh Temple and Haden Hill on the West Bromwich Albion ground immediately before the football match between West Brom and Notts Forest. All right, a bit of an exhibition match but the crowd was there!! Afterwards we had to go round and pick up all the skewers in the ground, count them in and count them out!! Can you see this happening now? The year in question was I think, 1976. The indoor events were as you rightly point out, the finals of the World Student Games in Sheffield, we estimated the audience around 5,000 and it was the first event to be held in the Sheffield arena. It is appropriate therefore that our team is preparing there for London 2012. You are also right about the event in Manchester but don’t forget the Alexandra Palace event, also in the 80’s when we played Cuba v Russia women.” Richard Callicott richard@reddenhill.co.uk
TV Viewing Figures 3.5 million watched the live coverage of the Royal Bank of Scotland International Tournament from Aston Villa on BBC One (Grandstand July 1989) and almost 2 million viewers per week watched Channel 4's coverage of the Women's Internationals in London in January.
Volleyball was also listed in England, as a top ten participation sport (Sports Council survey 1975-1985), with 25,000 registered players in 1,200 affiliated clubs. Can anyone add anymore details to the above events, crowd sizes or even better, have a copy of any event programs, photo's etc, or can someone dive in to the history archives with their collection of Volleyball World magazines and find a bigger event, please let us know what you find. Dave.Reece@VolleyballNewsletter.com |
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Volleyball Magazine The American Volleyball Magazine has recently added an on line digital version to it's popular monthly magazine.
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Kudda.com Video Clinic Kudda.com is a video coaching web site which has a collection of 69 free coaching videos: Intermediate and Advanced: In this series of free instructional videos for coaches of youth volleyball, the coaches from St Pius X explain and demonstrate a variety of volleyball games. Great for coaches looking to add some variation and fun into their practices.
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British
Volleyball to Remain in Sheffield
Since 2007, when GB Volleyball based itself at the English Institute of Sport, more than 17 international volleyball teams have visited the city and a total of 23 European League, European Championship and World Championship matches have been played. Financially the Sheffield economy has benefited from over £1 million of the program’s budget being directly spent in Sheffield on accommodation, events, travel and equipment. In May 2010, Sheffield will host a European Volleyball Championships fixture, which will see the GB men’s team play Azerbaijan on Saturday, May 15, at the EIS Sheffield. Sheffield will also host the European Women's Volleyball Championships 2nd round pool games featuring Great Britain, Israel, Slovakia and Ukraine over the weekend of 28-30 May 2010 at EIS Sheffield. Councillor Sylvia Dunkley, Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Tourism at Sheffield City Council said: “The Great Britain volleyball program is a major part of Sheffield’s sporting economy. We were delighted when the British Volleyball Federation decided to base their top athletes here in 2007 and we’re very pleased to be able to continue that partnership in the lead up to London 2012. Volleyball is a sport that is played across the world and by hosting international matches such as the European Championships next May we have the opportunity to display our city to athletes from across Europe. GB Volleyball already has a good record of working with local Sheffield schools and the Sheffield Volleyball Club is helping to increase the numbers of people playing the sport. We’re hopeful that this new agreement, that will see GB Volleyball act as an advocate for Sheffield with England Volleyball, will mean there are even more opportunities for local people in Sheffield to play this sport.” Richard Callicott, British Volleyball Federation President, said: “The British Volleyball Federation is proud to call Sheffield home for our Great Britain men’s and women’s Performance programs. The progress we have made with both our men’s and women’s teams is going well and is clearly on track as we approach the Olympic Games. The support we have had from Sheffield City Council and Sheffield International Venues is invaluable in producing the British teams for London 2012.” The announcement has also received support from another of Sheffield’s London 2012 hopefuls, world champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis. Ennis, who trains alongside many of the British Volleyball players at the EIS Sheffield Strength and Conditioning Gym, said: “The volleyball athletes are in the gym most days. They have an incredible work ethic and go through some very tough schedules, so it is great to see the progress they are making, I think my coach, Tony Minichiello has his eye on a few of the players who have the strength, willpower and natural athletic ability to be top performers." Tony Minichiello agreed, saying: "Volleyball has some really special athletes who are working hard to develop their skills. There are a couple of players who are posting incredible scores which would make any coach sit up and take notice." |
| CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UPDATE |
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Champions League Update - Men A tremendous Volleyball night with a total of 12 matches concluded the League Round of the 2009/2010 CEV Indesit Champions League and the starting field for the Playoffs 12 is finally completed. The Drawing of Lots scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. will therefore feature: TRENTINO BetClic and Dinamo MOSCOW (Pool A), Zenit KAZAN and CSKA SOFIA (Pool B), Lube Banca Marche MACERATA and Hypo Tirol INNSBRUCK (Pool C), PGE Skra BELCHATOW and Knack Randstad ROESELARE (Pool D), VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN and Panathinaikos ATHENS (Pool E) and last, but not least, Asseco Resovia RZESZOW plus ACH Volley BLED that qualified from Pool F. Olympiacos PIRAEUS will also make it to the Playoffs 12 as the best third-ranked team of the prelims, whereas four more clubs (CAI TERUEL, TOURS VB, Noliko MAASEIK and CoprAtlantide PIACENZA) will be moved to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup.
Champions League Update -
Women Taking into consideration the final standings of the various Pools, Romania’s Metal GALATI will make it to the Playoffs as the best fourth-ranked team of the preliminaries. The emotions will have their climax now on Thursday afternoon with the Drawing of Lots for the Playoffs being staged at the CEV premises in Luxembourg, hence penciling the match-ups that will delight all Volleyball fans in the coming weeks.
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