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Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Tamworth VC

Tamworth Volleyball Club is a dynamic, growing club with five competitive squads (three men’s, one ladies’ and a mixed team - and with a view to possibly establishing a second ladies' team at some point) which play across the West Midlands and Leicester Leagues.

The club is currently looking to recruit further new players of all abilities - but especially those with competitive experience at local or National League level. Training and matches are spread across Sundays (separate men’s and ladies’ sessions), Tuesdays (match nights) and Thursdays (specialist training) with a junior academy on Tuesdays too.

Established in 1982, TVC is one of the largest clubs in the West Midlands and is currently pursuing its Volley 2 accreditation. With excellent training facilities, seven Level 2 coaches and three accredited referees, it is a professionally run outfit which offers playing opportunities for complete novices right up to National League players. With plans also in place for further junior development, a summer tournament and possible National KO Cup entry next season, this is a club with an ambitious growth agenda.

If you would like to be part of this, please visit www.tamworth-volleyball.com

Coach Required

Newcastle Staffs Volleyball Club is looking for enthusiastic coaches for the ladies section in our ever growing Club. We are specifically in need of a coach for our Ladies team, and anyone wishing to help with the junior girls would be most welcome. Now in our 30th year we have a large junior development section within the club and our girls have successfully reached the u16 finals and u18 semi finals this year. 

Our Ladies will next year play in Division Two. The team is predominantly Junior players mixed with a few seniors and has been very successful this year. Our teams have players with huge potential, some training with the England Development Squad. If you wish to get involved with a successful supportive Club please contact us on the details below. We hope to hear from you soon! 

Ant Viggars anthonyviggars@ntlworld.com
Head Junior Girls Coach – NSVC
www.nsvc.co.uk

Nord-pas-de-calais

Looking to do something different this summer....

 

My name is Druart Sylvain, President of the Beach Volley Commission in the "Nord-pas-de-calais", Beach volley's referee and Beach Tournament Tour in North of France : http://www.beachtour.fr Our tournaments are approved 2A in the Federal Circuit and this year we want to implement Wild Cards for foreign teams.  We pay the extra 50 € French Federation fee imposes on foreign teams and the 40 € / per team. Normally, as every years, we have P&O Ferries as sponsor, so if you come by car, the crossing will be at our expense. Druart Sylvain sdruart@wanadoo.fr

Alcester Ladies

Alcester Ladies Volleyball team who play in Div 1 of the West Midlands VB League are looking for a coach for training sessions (once a week) and matches. 

Many thanks
Rachel Naylor naylor_rachel@hotmail.com

Grade 4 Referee Course

The PBVA are delighted to host a Grade 4 Referee Course at Bournemouth University on May 8th / 9th 2010. The course is being run alongside the VE Level 3 Coaches Course. This is the first time PBVA have run a Grade 4 referee course since January 2004 and provides the ideal opportunity for all players to develop their knowledge of the rules and confidence in refereeing the game. We are delighted that VE have appointed Stewart Dunne, experienced International Referee and long-standing VE Referee Commission Member as course tutor.

Please circulate the attached flyer / application form with your club members. Unfortunately there is an age limit of 16 years for the course. If your club has junior members wishing to attend please let me know – we can arrange a Junior Referee Course if we have enough interest. 

The course is held over two days leading to the Grade 4 Referee award and costs £35. However, if any members have attended the one day Introductory Course they may gain the G4 award by attending on the Sunday only at a reduced cost of £15. They will need to provide information as to which course they attended and when. 

There is a maximum number of attendees of 24 so please encourage your members to apply.

Regards, Nick Heckford nick.heckford@tiscali.co.uk
Officials Secretary Poole – Bournemouth Volleyball Association

Sport Relief Sitting Mile 13th March Kettering

A marathon of choosing has resulted in a few thousand photos from Kettering 27/28th Feb for the U16/18 last 8s and the Senior Semis and then more from Kettering at the Sport Relief GB Sitting Slide-A-Mile.

Photos at http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

U16 / U18 Last Eights

Photos at http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

Cappuccino Report

I am impressed with what has been set up at Kettering Conference Centre (but if you go there check on map or internet as I suspect they have changed the roads since they put directions on web site). Staff are very friendly, they even supply newspapers to read in the brief moments available to have a drink. My usual test of cappuccino, they pass with a very reasonable drink at a very reasonable price.

Jon McGugan

Perranporth 2010 Beachfest

Entry forms for Perranporth 2010 Beachfest are on the front page (bottom left corner) of the new New Cornish Volleyball Website www.cornwallvolleyball.co.uk Perranporth this year is on 5th and 6th June with the normal format of Pairs on the Saturday and Fours on the Sunday. We are proud to join the official Volleyball England Beachfest Series this year - so it's going to be bigger and better than ever. They'll be Men's Ladies and Youth (under 18) nets on both days. Mixed teams allowed on the men's net but ladies only on the ladies net. Come and join us for a fantastic weekend of great volleyball in a glorious setting. The festival campsite is at Haven Perran Sands, a family friendly holiday park. Discount pitches are available by phoning 0871 230 1911 choose option 3 and quote discount code 'volleyball' If you haven't already done so why not become a fan on face book? Search 'perranporth 2010 beachfest'. You can also find out more info on the volleyball england website. Please feel free to distribute this to all your friends and team mates!!

Milo Perrin miloperrin@yahoo.co.uk
Perranporth 2010 Beachfest

British Universities Volleyball Finals

The 42nd British Universities Volleyball Championships were held in Sheffield on 12-14 March 2010, as part of the BUCS Championships which saw 26 sports contest their finals in the city, over five days, and saw over 6,200 competitors give their all. Volleyball is one of the larger Championships, with a Final 8 Tournament for Men’s and Women’s Championships, and a Final 4 for the Men’s and Women’s Trophy all in the same venue over the weekend. Twenty four teams, two hundred and seventy players and coaches, twenty three nationalities – a great mix, excellent environment and atmosphere and some great volleyball......

......A crowd of over 200 watched the Championship Finals on a central show court. Good local support for Sheffield Hallam certainly added to the occasion. Other teams simply enjoyed the spectacle and recognised and rewarded good play from all. Leeds Met Carnegie women, with their Hungarian junior internationals to the fore, looked in control taking the first set 25-19, and at 10-5 in the second it looked all over. But Bath persisted, served well, picked up lots of ball in defence and made the transition offence count. Bath clawed back, applied pressure and went 19-17 in front. Time out, a serve here, an error there, and momentum swung as Leeds Met took the set, and the Championship for the first time, 25-22.

In the men’s final Leeds Met started all guns blazing, as defending champions would. Great passing, distribution and execution and Hallam were put to the sword 25-20. Hallam re-grouped, Callum Green and Simon Mintoft blocked, scored points and the tide turned. Leeds Met errors, Hallam pressure, marvellous defence by Matt Howe and the second set to Sheffield Hallam 25-19. Game on in the decider! Full on hitting, met by spectacular back court defence, massive blocking and great excitement for the crowd as Sheffield Hallam wrested back the Crown 15-10.

Jim Miller (Sheffield Hallam) and Dori Kun (Leeds Met Carnegie) were awarded the Lucozade Sport Player of the Final Awards.

Click for the Full Report

Lenny Barry lenny.barry@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Chairman British Universities Volleyball

Exmouth Beach Volleyball

Entry forms for the 2010 Exmouth Beach 4's (4th July) and Beach Pairs (8th Aug) events are now available on line from the www.ExmouthBeachVolleyball.com web site. If you are local, then don't forget to enter the summer league, Beach Pairs & Recreational 4's which runs on Tuesday evenings, again more details on the web site.

U15 Final Birmingham

U15 Finals 20/21st March 2010 Camp Hill School Birmingham, truly a wonderful venue, long may it be available. Just shows what can be done at a school (agreed it is grant maintained) and only 3 years old. Hopefully the VE paper (Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy) will be implemented in a lot of places. Most photos now up, as before if anyone is particularly interested in a photo(s) but doesn't like the exposure, colour balance or cropping please let me know.

Warning: Boys Gallery 5 is very large, gallery 6 is even bigger.

There was some great kit at the U15,16 and 18 events, sadly a lot of teams seem to think there is something good about plain dark blue and black. ASL U18 Girls and U15 Tettenhall Tigers Girls were particularly good and a great example to people who want to promote volleyball instead of hiding it away in the dark.

All photos at http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

Jon McGugan

Cappuccino Report

Sadly no cappuccino but the coffee was very good and the catering showed what can be done at very reasonable prices. Lighting very good and the school staff I met were outstandingly friendly. It was interesting to observe how often coaches were calling balls out on the end line that landed in.