Time for another newsletter, it's been a busy month, the SW Championships,
Launching our new logo, SW awards etc, details below.
Welcome Back to the Beach for 2014!
The season is slowly starting to take shape with events being slotted
regularly into a very busy summer schedule.
Croyde SWJBT event comes next on Saturday 28th June.
The biggest Junior Beach Weekend of the year begins on Friday 4th July with
the South West Schools Beach Volleyball Championships leading into the British
Open Junior Beach Championships on Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th July all
taking place at Sandbanks, Poole.
And The South West Junior Beach Volleyball Championships will hopefully be
taking place again this year at Weston on Saturday 12th July, this year
alongside the VEBT-venue TBC.
Don’t forget junior to enter the recreational events as well in
Perranporth and Croyde.
The South West Junior Beach Tour is now into its 7th year!
Events for this year are as follows, please share with everyone and anyone
you can think of, thank you J All the links are to be found on http://www.swjbt.co.uk
- 7/8th June Beach Student Cup – Croyde
- 21/22nd June King and Queen of the Beach Croyde open to 14+-Croyde
- 23rd Monday-June Devon Schools Beach Volleyball Championships-Croyde
- 28th June Saturday-Croyde South West Junior Beach Tour-open
- 4th July Friday South West Schools Beach Volleyball
Championships-Sandbanks
- 5/6th July British Junior Open Beach Volleyball Championships-Sandbanks
- 12th July Saturday-South West Junior Beach Championships-Weston
Note that entrants for the SW schools event is U12/U14/U16 in school years
and the SWJBT is U12/U13/U15/U17 from the 1st Jan.
See you on the sand…
SWVA Beach Officer
Beach Academy, Anaya Evans at World Under 17′s
Anaya Evans was selected to represent England at the World Under 17 European
qualifier in Portugal
Anaya alongside Yasmin Kaashoek of Devizes and LeAF competed in the 16
teamevent for the right to qualify for the World Champs in Mexico mid July.
Drawn into a pool with Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey they took the
eventual winners Czech to 21-18, 21-19 and also took a set off the power house
of Poland. They beat Turkey in a closely fought match 2-0 and progressed in
the knockout stages. Meaning they could finish no lower than 12th, however
only 11 teams would go to Mexico.
In the elimination stages, they had a 2-0 loss to France meaning they were
fighting for 9-12th place. but rebounded back and took a three set 2-1 win
against Spain meaning they could finish no lower then 10th. They lost to
Greece 2-0 but are able to take many positives moving forward into the next
round in Acapulco Mexico.
They will have to secure funding to support the trip so if you would like
to help please contact the club
Full Results http://www.cev.lu/BeachVolley-Area/BeachVolley_2BOX.aspx?ID=752&mID=920&sID=&pID=0&chID=0&phaseID=0&champID=0&Mod=
New South West VA Logo’s
We have launched our new range of SWVA logo’s, there are a total of eight
in the collection and can be used for Indoor, Beach, Grass and Sitting
volleyball.
Two years ago we started the search for a new SWVA logo, I am pleased to
say that this has now been completed. We now have a total of eight new logos
that form a SWVA theme, from this we have selected one as our main SWVA logo.
As well as input from the committee, the logo has been selected by this
years SW IRC girl’s and boy’s squads during their recent trip to London.
You may have already seen it at the SW Champs event but we will be officially
launching the new logo at the AGM today. Well done to everyone who took part
in the process.
For full details see our logo page at: swva-logo
SW Annual Awards 2014
The South West Volleyball Association appreciates the importance of
volunteers in our sport and the huge contribution they make.
The Annual Awards go a little way to recognise this years winners were:
- Doreen Dingle Award (Administration): David Walrond
- Bert Williams Award (Referees): Richard Parkes
- Coaches Award: Jurek Jankowski
- Commitment to SW Volleyball: Roy Pankhurst
You can read more about these awards on our SW
awards page
2014 Ladies Player of the Match Awards
Vicky Cooper from Royal Wootton Bassett picking up her 2013-14 Ladies
Player of the Match award at this years SW Championships after receiving nine
nominations.
2014 Men’s Player of the Match Award
Dave Tyack from the Kernow Maw team picking up the 2013/14 Men’s Player
of the Match Award after receiving nine nominations.
SW Championships Results 2014
Congratulations to our new 2014 Southwest
Champions in two thrilling finals:
Women’s SW
Champions 2014 are Plymouth Marjon
Bristol Ladies in second place
Men’s SW
Champions 2014 are City of Bristol 1
Bristol Men took the runners up spot
Men’s Final – City of
Bristol 1 vs Bristol Men 1 (Results: 18:25; 25:23; 17:15)
Womens Final – Plymouth Marjon vs Bristol Ladies 1 (Result:
25:23; 25:14)
Men’s Semi Finals:
Bristol Men 1 beat Exeter Storm 24:23
City of Bristol 1 beat Plymouth Oldboys 24:22
Women’s Semi Finals
Bristol Ladies 1 beat Bath Mavericks 23:18
Plymouth Marjon beat Plymouth 22:21
Southwest League 2014 Men’s Champions
League Winners Kernow
Southwest League Men’s Champions Kernow with Lydney Lynx in second
picking up third 2014 League trophies.
Second Place Lydney Lynx
Volunteering Opportunities – Sainsbury’s 2014 School
Games
Would you like to play a part in the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games?
Volleyball England is offering you the opportunity to be involved in the
Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games in Manchester from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th
September 2014.
There are a range of fantastic volunteer roles including Assistant
Technical Delegate, Court Managers, Courtside Assistant Manager,
Competition Results Manager, Media Manager, Media Assistant,
Statisticians, Safeguarding Officer
Benefits of being an Official:
● The opportunity to work at a major event with some of the UK’s top
junior athletes
● Develop a range of transferable skills which look great on your CV
● Accommodation provided if not local
● Travel expenses covered by prior agreement
● Uniform
● Meals and other refreshments
To register your interest in volunteering please check out our Volunteering
page here,
complete the application form and return it to j.moore@volleyballengland.org.
Please note – the deadline for application is Friday 13th June.
If you require any additional information or have any questions please
contact Jonathan Moore, Competitions Manager on j.moore@volleyballengland.org.
SW Champs 2014 Behind the Scenes
A quick look behind the scenes of the 2014 South West Championships
Plenty of Silver wear up for grabs at this years event.
Rest area and cafe.
Tournament results desk and up to date positions displayed on the big
screen.
Sat in the sports hall all on my own in the morning, my noise metre
recorded a noise level of 53 dB’s. [Quiet / Light Auto Traffic / urban
daytime]
Once the action started it maxed out at 102 dB’s for the women and 100
dB’s for the Men. [B-747-200 Takeoff / Blow Dryer / Helicopter / Chain
Saw / Subway Train].
FYI The event hooter is regulated at 100 dB’s (a noise safety
requirement)
Out side, in the picnic and sun bathing area, it was much quieter.
Finding that deliberate mistake on the results table (we always put one in
just to keep teams on their toes).
Too many trophies to hold, it was a full collection this year for the
Plymouth Marjon girls. SW Champions and SW League Champions.
Plenty of people checking the on line results page during the tournament.
Over 300 page hits during the event.
Gillette Great Start Programme Open
Applications are open for the Gillette Great Start programme. The scheme,
run in partnership with sports coach UK, celebrates the role of coaching and
supports coaches by offering aspiring and amateur coaches who wish to further
their qualifications the opportunity to apply for grants.
> Applications
can be made via the brand’s Facebook page
Last date for receipt of applications is 31 August 2014.
New Strategic Plan launched for Volleyball England!
Volleyball England today launched its new Strategic Plan for the next four
years. Predominantly funded by Sport England (£4.6m), the new plan sees a
focus on specific investment areas across England targeting 14-25 year olds.
Volleyball England is delighted to support the Government focus of
developing a sporting habit for life amongst 14-25 year olds and believe the
sport has an ideal profile to meet the needs of the 21st century young person
and will be looking to provide offers accordingly.
The funding Volleyball England has secured (£4.6m over 4 years) from Sport
England is to be used exclusively to deliver the outcomes commissioned by
Sport England.
- 11,060 adults participating weekly
- 128 recreational players certified as disabled playing within our clubs
- 100 junior players within our programmes
- 10% of our identified talent progressing into the junior programmes
- 15 sitting volleyball athletes with supported performance plans
- 16 supported coaches deployed within the performance pathway
To see the full Strategic Plan 2013-17 please click
here or to see a summary of the key points in the plan please click
here.
VE Individual Registration Benefits Package Survey
Calling all Volleyballers! We want to improve our member services and
offers to you.
By asking you to fill in this short survey you will help us to create a
‘best in class’ Volleyball England Membership.
Everyone that completes our survey will be entered into a prize draw for a
chance to win one of four Mikasa London 2012 volleyballs exclusively signed by
the Super 8s All Stars!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GW67S9K
Calendar
JUNE 2014
- 21-22nd Jun King and Queen of the Beach
Croyde Gold
Coast Ocean Fest
- 21-22nd June CEV Continental Cup –
Bournemouth
- 23rd June Devon Schools Beach
Championships
- 28th Jun SWJBT Croyde Entry
Form
- 28-29th Jun Great Yarmouth VEBT
- 29th June – Mixed 4′s Funday
Tournament, Taunton Tournament
info & entry form
JULY 2014
AUGUST 2014
- 1-3rd Aug Weymouth VEBT
- 2-3th Aug Newbury Tournament – www.newburyvolleyballclub.co.uk
- 2-3 Aug UKCC Level 2 Coaching – Cardiff
- 9-10 Aug UKCC Level 2 Coaching – Cardiff
- 9-10th Aug Salisbury Volleyball Tournament
– tournament
- 18-29th Aug FIVB Level II Coaching
SEPTEMBER 2014
- 13-14th Sep Cardiff Open Tournament
- 20th Sep SW Girls Training U14 & U16
Exeter Riverside 11:00 – 16:00
- 27th Sep SW Boys Training Exeter Riverside
LC 11:00 – 16:00