Photos from the sitting Volleyball demonstration match at this years 2012 SW Championship.

Plymouth Marjon v Royal Navy (plus friends) 

For more information about sitting volleyball in the area, please contact Chris Teoh christeoh77@yahoo.co.uk

In just under twelve months, we’ve hosted over 8,000 elite athletes across 183 days of competition, spanning all Olympic sports and disciplines and 6 Paralympic sports; we’ve showcased 28 of our iconic new, existing and temporary venues in London and across the UK; we’ve had new world records in a number of sports, including 3 during the Track Cycling World Cup Classic; we’ve deployed a workforce of more than 25,000, including many of you, our Games Makers; we’ve welcomed over 350,000 spectators; and we’ve created a new brand, London Prepares, and in doing so flooded the market with 24,000 t shirts and over 350,000 spectator programmes, whilst also dressing our venues superbly.

In delivering our test event programme, we’ve tested many aspects of our Games time operations across a huge range of Functional Areas. Our activity generated exceptional feedback from athletes, spectators and the media and will undoubtedly enhance our Games this summer.

I wanted to thank you all for the work you’ve done to make the successful delivery of test events possible. Despite, at times, challenging conditions you have performed superbly and I hope that you have enjoyed the opportunity to gain experience of the activities you be involved in at Games time.

You may have seen coverage of the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece yesterday. The Greek leg of the relay has now begun, with the torch set to arrive on our shores next week.  With just 77 days remaining until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, there is plenty to be excited about.

Thank you to you all for your efforts and I look forward to meeting many of you in just a few months’ time.

Kind regards

Paul

Chief Executive Officer
LOCOG

Follow the Championship online this weekend to find out which is the top team in the region for 2012. Twenty four teams have entered this year and you can catch all the action and result as it happens right here on the front page:

On Sunday morning before the start of play there will be a demonstration match of Sitting Volleyball starting at 8:30am.

The order of play can be downloaded here

SW Champs Schedule 2012

Further information can be found on the SW Championships page.

Bristol 1 Ladies from Div 2 South, likewise Wessex Men gained promotion from Div2 South.

In this weekends playoffs, there was celebration for Team South Wales. The team, who only formed in 2009, were victorious in both their matches beating both Leeds and Herts VC and were promoted in to Women’s Division One at the expense of Leeds. Leeds also lost to Herts VC in the final match of the day. It’s been a great season for the Cardiff club who play in the Women’s Shield at The National Cup Finals this coming weekend.

Plymouth Ladies

For the fourth time in the events history, Plymouth Ladies took the top spot, beating Smashing Cabbages, a representative side from Devon Women and friends in the event final.

Smashing Cabbages

Third place went to Nick Chicks, with Wiltshire Mavericks in fourth.

Full results at: www.ExeterLadiesChallenge.com

Nick Chicks

Wlitshire Mavericks

The beach courts have been funded by Volleyball England as part of the Go Spike campaign, aimed at getting more people playing volleyball regularly. The courts will be up throughout the summer available for anyone on the beach to have a go at and experience this number one beach sport!

The courts are being installed at the following locations:

• Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs (Nottingham)
• Skegness (Lincolnshire)
• Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset)
• Weymouth (Dorset)
• Clacton-On-Sea (Essex)
• Bridlington (Yorkshire)
• Perranporth (Cornwall)
• Polzeath (Cornwall)
• Redcar (Redcar & Cleveland)

There are a number of other beach volleyball facilities around the country that are available to use.

The tournament is an annual outdoor (grass) tournament organised by the Bristol Volleyball Club, now in its 7th year. It is the pinnacle of our club’s season and an event not to be missed.

This years tournament will be on the weekend of 26th & 27th May, at Wick Sports Ground, just outside of Bristol.

The tournament is mixed 6-a-side played to Bristol & District league rules. It is an open tournament, so teams from accross the country can enter, not just teams from BVC.

We pride ourselves on the party – this year we’ll have two live bands and DJ Dimi on decks, all in the usual tournament marquee.

There will also be a DIY BBQ in the evening for all those taking up the inclusive food option.

The tournament bar will be open all weekend serving a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Prices are very reasonable and we ask you to try to use the bar where possible rather than bring your own as all proceeds go to the club, which we’ll reinvest into equipment and training provision next season.

There is free onsite camping and parking.

Get the date in your diary and start putting your team together!

Please email me for more information or look on the club website: www.bristolvc.org.uk/wick

Ania (BVC Soc. Sec.)

The camp’s head coach will be Vangelis Koutouleas, a former international player and coach from Greece and current head coach of one of the Great Britian beach volleyball teams. The camp has been designed to provide maximm training and playing opportunities and an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful island of Rhodes.

The camp registration form and schedule are attached. Prices start from only £350 per person for the entire week and include coaching, 4-star hotel accommodation, 3 meals per day, airport transfers, an end-of-camp tournament, social activities and even free drinks at the hotel bar!

Feel free to pass this on to whomever you think may be interested and email us at Rhodes@sideout.co.uk if you have any more questions or require more information.

See you on the sand!
The SideOut team.
From Mark Kontopoulos mark@sideout.co.uk

Following the successful organization of the Summer Training Camp for Scuola di Pallavolo Anderlini of Modena, Italy, we are now extending our invitation to more Volleyball Clubs all over Europe to let us help you organize your own Training Camp in Malta. It will be a great opportunity for your players to enjoy volleyball and the beaches in sunny Malta, while for us it will be an opportunity to increase our network of friends in the volleyball community.

Please take your time to go through the 2 attached files for more
information about these camps and do not hesitate to contact us with any queries you might have. We will make sure to reply in less than 24 hours.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Kris Croker
President
Scuola di Pallavolo Malta
info@sdpmalta.com