Time for a July update...
Entries for this years SW League have now closed, quite a few new teams in
the ladies league this year, men down a bit on last years numbers.
We have some CEV equipment available, see below
Level Two Coaching, don't forget that if you or your club are planning to run
or host any volleyball this year, a level two qualification is the minimum
required if you wish to qualify for insurance via Volleyball England.
Regards
Dave Reece
Level Two Coaching Course
We are looking to run a Level Two Coaching course at the beginning of the
2013/14 indoor season. With the change to the new UKCC qualification, there
has not been a level two course for a while, tutors are currently going
through the new process and exam structure, this should be completed by mid
summer and hence we are looking to be one of the first regions to host a UKCC
Level 2 course.
If you are not aware, the Level 2 is the minimal qualification required to
run a coaching session and courses do not come around that often.
The course will be held over two weekends, our provisional dates are Sept
21/22 & Oct 19/20.
The course fees will be £420 or £450. Funding is available for coach
development, a ‘Funding Opportunities Guide for Coaches’ has been
developed by ScUK and is available on the SWVA & VE web sites. Local
associations and clubs also give development grants to their coaches and hence
it is not uncommon for participants to recover 50% to 60% of this fee either
direct or in future paid work.
Salisbury Volleyball Tournament
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th August
This website has been produced to provide you with all the information you
require to make our tournament fun, and your time with us – enjoyable &
relaxing.
Registered through Volleyball England ( click here ), the Salisbury
Volleyball Tournament is becoming very popular. We believe we are the only
outdoor tournament to offer a 2 vs 2 competition on the same weekend as the
main 6′s competition – outdoor music whilst you are playing and also
the only people to gather all players together (after briefing) for a special
warm up by staff from the local gym!
Web site: Salisbury
Tournament
Exmouth Beach Open
Just a reminder that the Exmouth Beach Open (Pairs) is on Sunday 11th Aug.
All
info can be found on the website: www.exmouthbeachvolleyball.com
Please forward to your club members.
Look forward to seeing you on the beach very soon …
Exeter Coaver 2013
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We are just starting to publicise this years events which are due to
be held on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August, starting off
with Fun 4′s on Saturday lunchtime, followed with the Coaver
Open (6′s) and Junior Open all day Sunday.
This years events are to be publicised through facebook given that
the old website is now out of date. Please catch up on all the news
and entry details by going to www.facebook.com/CoaverOpen
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SKY SPORTS 4 HD to broadcast Volleyball England Beach Tour
SKY SPORTS 4 & SKY SPORTS 4 HD to broadcast the Volleyball England
Beach Tour and Finals
One of the most popular sporting events on our television screens last year
was, no doubt, the Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition held in London’s
Horse Guards Parade. This is now all set to continue as Sky Sports will be
broadcasting this year’s Volleyball England Beach Tour and Finals throughout
the summer on Sky Sports 4 and Sky Sports 4 HD.
Details of all future events can be found on the website: www.volleyballengland.org.
To find out where to play volleyball please log onto www.gospike.net
Volleyball England Beach Tour 2013
TV SCHEDULE - SKY SPORTS 4 & SKY SPORTS 4 HD
Event Date
Time
Skegness 17
July 2013
19.00 – 21.00
Skegness
18 July 2013
01.30 – 03.30 (R)
Skegness
18 July 2013
10.00 – 12.00 (R)
Weston-Super-Mare 31 July 2013 18.00
– 20.00
Weston-Super-Mare 01 August 2013
02.00 – 04.00 (R)
Weston-Super-Mare 01 August 2013
08.00 – 10.00 (R)
Great Yarmouth
21 August 2013
21.00 – 23.00
Great Yarmouth
22 August 2013 04.00 –
06.00 (R)
Great Yarmouth
22 August 2013 11.00 –
13.00 (R)
Great Yarmouth
22 August 2013 15.00 –
17.00 (R)
TV listings for Weymouth and the Finals in Margate to follow, once
scheduled by Sky Sports.
For further information regarding the tour please contact:
Sanjib Sahota
Competition and Commercial Manager
s.sahota@volleyballengland.org
Weston-super-Mare VEBT Results
The Volleyball England Beach Tour was back on the road this week as a sun
drenched Weston-super-Mare welcomed the VEBT back for a second year. The
setting was perfect as a mix of new and familiar faces descended on the busy
south west coast.
Top seeds Mark Garcia-Kidd and Carl Butcher were on court relativel early,
making light work of newcomers to the tour this year Rodriguez/Barrios Aquino
although the losing pair had just come through a tough three setter in the
first round. Fellow newcomers Janer Perez/Pavon Ponce were unlucky not to make
it further in the contender’s bracket, losing out to the experienced pair of
Bobus/Gartshore 15-12 in the third. The semi-final line up saw
Garcia-Kidd/Butcher edge a three set thriller, 18-16 in the third. Not to be
out-done, Sheaf/Lasocki won their semi 15-13, keeping the crowd on the edge of
their seats throughout. The final was a show case of speed, agility, power and
athleticism as both pairs chased down every ball. Garcia-Kidd/Butcher,
appearing in their first tour final, were unlucky not to sneak a win having
led in the third. Sheaf/Lasocki fought back, edging ahead and sealing the win
15-13.
Jake Sheaf, Beach Volleyball Advisory Group player representative and
Weston-super-Mare 2013 winner, said “After being crowned champions at Weston
last year, I was determined to defend my crown. My normal team mate Chris
Gregory was absent due to injury but Tomek was a great replacement. It was a
tough couple of days in the heat but we managed to battle through and take
home the title against some tough opposition. Big thanks to Volleyball
England, the supporters, volunteers, players and especially the council who
put in a lot of hard work to make this a great event”.
In the women’s draw, former professional indoor player Vicky Palmer
teamed up with Skegness runner-up Laura Plonka. They were pushed all the way
in their first match against Bednarova/Rogat, narrowly missing out on what
would have been a huge upset. Top seeds Ferretti/Mierture were surprise losers
in the fourth round, going down in three sets to Seyfert/Orszaghova 15-12 in
the third. They had another shot at making the semi finals via the
contender’s bracket, but Bednarova/Rogat had other ideas as they despatched
the top seeds in straight sets 21-19, 21-19. This gave them the chance to have
another crack at Palmer/Plonka the following day, however Palmer/Plonka once
again proved too strong and they won in 2 sets. They faced Grimson/Dyakiewicz
in the final, another of the stronger pairs on the tour. It looked to be all
over at 20-15 in the second set, but a run of 5 straight points from Grimson/Dyakiewicz
brought the scores level. Palmer/lonka regained composure though, and took the
next two points to take the 2013 Weston-super-Mare title.
Thank you to all the players, staff, volunteers and officials for
supporting the event, and to North Somerset council for all their hard work in
building the site to such a high standard.
For a full lsit of results, please click here
or to see more picturs from the weekend, please visit our facebook
page
News article photo courtesy of Rich Collar (aerialcircus.webs.com).
Sandbanks CEV Beach Volleyball Festival
A fantastic weekend of beach volleyball saw the Sandbanks CEV Beach
Volleyball Festival & Junior Volleyball England Beach Tour host 210 teams
over three days. Teams from all over England and Europe made the journey to
Sandbanks Beach in Poole, notably 10 junior teams from Landstede Volleyball in
Zwolle, Holland.; the tournament is fast becoming their favourite event on the
summer beach tour calendar.
48 teams competed in the South-West Schools Championships (organised by
Denise Austin) on Friday whilst the remaining tournament infrastructure was
being set up. By Saturday morning the sky was blue with no breeze and rising
temperatures. Following a group warm up by Fitness First which filled the
promenade with players, volunteers and even some passers by joining in the
fun, play kicked off at 9.30am with players of all ages showing off their
growing talent and excellent skills on court. Fantastic performances by the
young athletes continued throughout the weekend attracting lots interest from
the general public who stayed to watch and find out more about the sport.
Breaks in play on centre court were filled with games aimed at getting
people involved in the sport. Serving the ball in the bucket and having a
rally with a giant beach ball proved to be the most popular. The tournament
was also visited by three local Olympians, Dan Hunter (Team GB Men), Lucy
Wicks (Team GB Women) and Ben Pipes (Team GB Men’s Captain) who were on hand
to answer questions, sign autographs and have photographs with many young
budding Olympians.
With brilliant sunshine all weekend and temperatures of up to 28 degrees,
players and volunteers were very grateful to Fitness First and ASDA for their
donations of bottled water, and also Boots for providing a full range of much
needed sun cream. Another special thank you goes out to Sportset who provided
all of the junior prizes and to Volleyball England for their support of the
event.
Chairman of Wessex Volleyball Club, Geoff Allen said “When the weather is
so good, everyone enjoys their beach volleyball. But there is a lot of
planning and hard work that goes into making an event like Sandbanks run
smoothly and a massive thank you is due to the group of Wessex parents who
give their time so freely. We were honoured that the CEV chose to
support Sandbanks this year. Hopefully, this will show them that such support
can bring great results.”
For more information on the Sandbanks Beach Festival, click here
For results, please click here
More photos at: http://www.swva.org.uk/photo-album?wppa-album=37&wppa-cover=0&wppa-occur=1
CEV Equipment
The SWVA have been allocated 16 nets (nets only, no posts) and 33 Miksa
balls from the CEV sponsored Youth Beach Volleyball Summer Fest.
Terms and conditions received state that the equipment needs to be
available all year around and used for development. An administration fee has
already been paid by the SWVA to collect and to import the equipment (e.g. £20
per net), this will be passed on.
If you would like to apply for some or all of the equipment, please apply
via the web site. All applications will be assessed and announced at the
next SWVA meeting (5th Oct 2013 Weston Super Mare).
Exmouth Beach 4′s Results
Plenty of all day action and perfect weather for this years Exmouth Beach
4′s tournament, blue sky, high 20′s temperature (or was that low
30’s), no wind and too hot hot to walk on sand.
Unfortunately a much smaller event this year due to sand erosion on the
beach but thanks to some sand dune bashing by the local council we were able
to hold the event while the tide was out.
Also making it’s first outing since the Men’s Olympic Gold Medal match
at Horse Guards last August, the Olympic beach centre court net and associated
banners, a photo opportunity for all.
First: Fat Bottomed Girls
This years women’s title went to the local Exmouth Beach VC team of Fat
Bottomed Girls, beating Four Non Blonds from Bristol in the final.
Second: Four Non Blonds
In the men’s event, it was Sandy Balls from Bristol taking this years
title over UVGOT2BJOKING
First: Sandy Balls
Second: UVGOT2BJOKING
In the Mixed event, Flip Flop Ninjas from Plymouth came out top, beating
Dirty Sets to the title.
First: Flip Flop Ninjas
See you all for the Exmouth Beach Pairs Open 11th August.
Slide show http://www.edva.org.uk/photo-album
Larger photos at: http://dave-reece.smugmug.com/Volleyball/Exmouth-4s-2013/30419778_dXxVs4
Coaching Volleyball
John Forman from Exeter University has set up a coaching web site, you can
get involved at: http://coachingvb.com
John is currently the head coach for the University of Exeter Volleyball
Club BUCS teams, having also coached the Devon Ladies through the second half
of the 2012-13 NVL1 season an to the South West Championship.
He previously coached in Division I of NCAA Women’s Volleyball in the US,
with additional experience at the Juniors club level. He founded and ran what
is now one of the biggest clubs in New England. John worked with a fellow
coach to create and publish the book Inside
College Volleyball, and patented the Precision Passer volleyball training
aide.
Perranporth Results
Results and report on the Charity pairs.
A good crowd with high winds,what else you ask when at Perranporth, but
despite the conditions some high class VB was seen and remarked on by the
locals.
- The Pairs County Champions were M. Jenkins and D. Jokubauskas
- The Plate winners were Y.Yoling and L.Knupke
- The Ladies Cup won by E.Cranck and K. Withins
- The youth was won by J. Rashleigh and R. Ashby
- The Spirit of the games was won by J. Allen and N Boorman
- The over 50′s won by A. Bryant and A.Nicholls
- The over 60′s cup won as usual by J. Gilbert and A. Conquest
The Sunday was a rain affected day with 4 teams only taking part Yeovil 1
and 2 Countrymen and the mad lot from Dudley with their air plastic guitars.
Wet I don’t ever remember in all my years of running Countrymen’s beach VB
being so wet.
The final was played out between Yeovil 1 and 2 Guess who one. My personnel
thanks to Yeovil for making at least a VB Match
Alan Conquest MBE
Calendar
July 2013
- 20-12 Jul Whitefield Web
Site
- 27-28 Jul VEBT Great Yarmouth
- 28 Jul VEJBT Great Yarmouth
August 2013
September 2013
October 2013
- 05 Oct SWVA Meeting
- 18-20 Oct Guernsey Open Tournament volleyballguernsey.com
- 19/20 Oct SW
Level 2 Coaching Course (Part 2/2) - Details
- 26/27 Oct SW Level 1 Coaching course (Part
1/2) – Bedminster, Bristol
- 26/27/28 Oct UKCC Level 1 Coaching course
(Part 1/2/3) Barnstaple- Petroc College Email denise@beachvolleyballinc.com
November 2013
- 2 Nov SW Level 1 Coaching Course (Part
2/2) – Bedminster, Bristol
- 10 Nov SW Vets Tournament – TBC