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It trust your Beach and Grass leagues are all going well, its been a good summer so far, time for some more news.

 


Online Membership Renewals 2014-15 now live!

South West VA membership is now live for the 2014-15 SW League, Junior Grand Prix and 2015 Junior Beach Tour programs. As well as coaches, team contacts & club sec’s, players can also register themselves via their club id. Details on the Registrations Page
Volleyball England is also pleased to announce that the registrations for clubs, coaches and referees are now open for the 2014-2015 season!

If you haven’t previously joined as a clubcoach or referee - each link will tell you everything you need to know!

If you have any questions regarding your VE membership or re-registration please contact us at info@volleyballengland.org or 01509 227722

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Killerton House “Come and Try It”

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Most of you will be aware that the National Trust would like us to make more use of their properties for events and tournaments (see news/national-trust-properties ).

This week I had the opportunity to run a public “Come and Try It” volleyball session at Killerton House near Exeter and hence see how this may work. As well as the NT event managers, Sport England’s Relationship Manager Simon Ridd also dropped in to see how it was going. We had one issue with the venue, if you would like a copy of my report, please email me.

The Torexe juniors took up the challenge to help run and staff the event, which did not start to well due to the weather. A lot of gazebo time for the morning session due to the rain but after a free cream tea lunch, the sun finally came out.

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kirton-2156_web We put up three nets at ladies and junior heights plus a number of banners. Not too many customers, mostly under 10′s and a hand full of adults joined in.

Volleyball England has agreed to provide a free net for the remainder of the summer, this will be put up later this week and will be available for anyone to use. Free public access is available to this area, just sign the attendance sheet in the sports equipment box next to the court.


Grants for NEW Teams

In a recent email to associations, Ian Poynton, VE Membership and Funding Officer is reminding everyone that if you have a new team in the South West League, National League or similar, then don’t forget to apply for a Sport England funding. sport england logo

“If a club or team is new then a Small Grant will pay for facility hire for the first year. They will also pay for anything else that is new i.e. kits for a new team, extra balls.

If it was an NVL club they would even pay for transport to away games!

So what we can do is apply to the Small Grants funding is between £300-£10,000 and I can help you to fill the application form in – items we could apply for include;

1) New posts and nets. Small Grants won’t fund fixed costs so we would have to do one of two options here 1) the school pays for the drilling of the holes in the floor, or the club 2) we “integrate” the costs into the application – but the installation doesn’t show on the quote

2) We could apply for new equipment, extra balls etc.

3) Coaching Qualification/s

4) Facility hire – Sport England could pay for facility hire for the first year of the new team!

Here is the link to the Small Grants web page http://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-different-funds/small-grants/

If you could get started by creating an account. To do so click on the apply now button. Once done I will then fill in the application form for you!

If you could give me a brief description of the new team, when they will train and play games that would be really helpful.”

If you need anymore details about Sport England funding options, see the SWVA web site for details (search: Funding) or give Ian a call 01509 227711, i.poynton@volleyballengland.org


Geoff would like to hear your views

New President Geoff Allen (left) with new Vice-President Keith Nicholls elected at this years VE AGM on 26 July.

Volleyball England’s new President, Geoff Allen, would like to hear from all volleyballers- past and present- with their ideas on how to move the sport forward and make it better for members.

Geoff may not be able to always reply to each email individually, but he will take on board everybody's views and opinions.

New President Wants YOUR Views
 

Please email geoff.allen@volleyballengland.org and mark it “confidential” if you wish to keep the content private.


CARDIFF OPEN 2014

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Cardiff Volleyball Club

Date: Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. Registration for a 9:30 start
Venue: Cardiff University Sports Centre, Tal-y-Bont, Bevan Pl, Cardiff CF14 3UX
Format: 4 courts, 6 vs 6 volleyball competition, 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams
Fees: £75 p/team, EARLY BIRD DEADLINE (31ST OF JULY) £70
Closing date: Sunday 24th August 2014

Cardiff Open Volleyball Tournament 2014 (2)

Cardiff Open Volleyball Tournament Entry Form 2014

Martin Reed martinreed@cardiffvolleyballclub.com


SW Champs Donations

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Following the SW Championships this year, we had the usual collection of forgotten and left behind clothes. A number of these were claimed but everything else has now been donated to the British Heard Foundation.

Also many thanks to the person who left an un-opened 1.25 Lt Copella Orange drink container under the team bench on court 1. Just what the worn out events managers needed after two days of competitions.

 


U18 & U16 entrants, Regional Commission, Schools & Youth Commission

Entries for this year’s U16 and U18 National Championships are now open. The entry form this year is web based, so please click on the relevant links below to view the specific competition information and begin the entry process (entry form links on the left of each page):

Feel free to distribute this further to any parties you think may be interested in entering. Please come back to me if you have any further queries.

More details: www.swva.org.uk/news/u18-u16-entrants-regional-commission-schools-youth-commission


PMVC renamed as Plymouth Mayflower Volleyball Club and announce New Junior Development section

PMVC Press release photo Plymouth’s most successful volleyball club in recent years, Plymouth Marjon Volleyball Club, has announced that it has undergone a change in name as well as announcing a new junior development program for the forthcoming season.

As agreed at their AGM, from 1st August 2014 they will be formally known as Plymouth Mayflower Volleyball Club and have moved the hub of their activity from UCP Marjon to Plymstock School.

 

Club Founder, Andrew Potter, stated some of the reasons behind the change: “PMVC has grown exponentially over the years and in many ways such as:

- Our membership (50 members were registered in 2013/14 season),

- Our range of delivery (Indoor, Outdoor, Beach and Sitting programmes and 5 teams were entered into regional competitions)

- and our reputation (our committee is often approached by Councils and Sports partnerships and individual schools to host or run volleyball competitions and events).

Our committee have recognised the need to facilitate that growth for the forthcoming seasons”

“When we started the club in 2009, participation in volleyball was in decline. Our aim was to put volleyball back on the map whilst also making grass-roots volleyball available to the Plymouth community again. We feel we have been successful in that aim but it is now time for the next chapter in that journey.”

“Our new name “Mayflower” was chosen in respect of our city’s maritime roots and also to Plymouth’s volleyball roots as the Mayflower Centre (now Life Centre) was host to a lot of volleyball activity in the 80s and 90’s.”

Full Report at: www.swva.org.uk/news/pmvc-renamed-as-plymouth-mayflower-volleyball-club-and-announce-new-junior-development-section


Volleyball at the Commonwealth Games – Unlikely

GOLDOC Chairman, Nigel Chamier OAM, confirmed there were no changes to the sports detailed in the Gold Coast Candidate City File submitted to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

Beach Volleyball will not be included on the programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games following a decision by the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC). The Corporation reaffirmed that no additional sports would be proposed for the 2018 Commonwealth Games sports programme that comprises 10 core sports (including para-sports) and an additional seven optional sports, capping the number at 17.

“The sports programme was carefully developed to provide a balance of sports with consideration given to potential athlete participation levels, the number of Commonwealth nations hosting international tournaments and participant numbers from the Commonwealth at world championships” said GOLDOC Chairman, Nigel Mr Chamier OAM. “We are confident that the sports featured in our event will have international appeal and attract the very best athletes,” he said.

Full item at: www.swva.org.uk/news/volleyball-at-the-commonwealth-games-unlikely