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It’s that time of the year again when we find out who the top teams in the region are as we go head to head with our top SW, NL, BUCS, Local and Crown service teams for this years title and bragging rights.

Twenty eight teams have entered this years event (6/7th May) from all corners of the region, Swansea from the North West, Guernsey flying in from the South, Cheltenham & Gloucester from the North and Royal Wootton Bassett from the East to name a few.

The annual selection process for this years SW squads to represent the region at the annual Inter Regional Championships Tournament in Kettering in May took place over the last couple of weekends. The U17 Boys took part in the Exeter Men’s Challenge as part of their selection process and last weekend was a two day event for the U16 Girls and the U15 Boys,  with Saturday training and the Exeter Ladies Challenge event on Sunday.

Well done to everyone who took part and to the coaching team for arranging the training.

Exeter Challenge Results and Squad Selection

SW U16 Girls – Third (Coach: Joana Osorio)

SW U17 Boys – Fourth (Coach: Ben Fairweather)

Congratulation to the following U17 Boys on their seletion into this years SW Squad:

Adam Adie, Niral Kerai, John Morgan, Toby Tapp, Leighton Osborne, Jack Williams, Owen McNeil, Danny Mulford, Ben Ball, Michael Bryan, Aiden Lander & Stasiu Dunat.

SW U15 Boys – eighth (Coach: Dave Samuels / Ass: Louis Samules)

SW U14 Girls

As with the other squads, this years U14 Girls selection event took place on Saturday. Following the training and match session, head Coach Kate Falkner has selected the following players represent the Southwest Region this year:

Jess Falkner Ham, Niamh McCabe, Mischa Jankowska, Isobel Babbage, Kate Hill-Anning, Holly Angel, Bea Stone, Esme Raistrick, Mia Nicholson.

Once again a wide selection of teams travelled to Exeter to take on this years challenge and at the end of the day it was the home team and current SW Champions Torexe who took the event title.

In second place and with their highest position to date was Royal Wootton Bassett (above), third SW U16 Girls and in fourth place and making their first appearance at the event was Cheddar (below).

Well done to everyone involved and look out for next years dates early in 2018.

Are any of your club members looking to become qualified coaches? If so, they may be interested in the following UKCC Level 1 course that is due to be held in Bristol in May 2017:

Bristol – UKCC Level 1 Coaching Course

• Location:
  • Wellsway School
    Chandag Road
    Keynsham
    Bristol
    BS31 1PH
    United Kingdom

• Price per person: £190.00
• Dates:
  • 20^th May 2017, 10am-6pm
  • 21^st May 2017, 9am-6pm
  • 11^th June 2017, 9am-5pm
• Sign up deadline:
  • 3pm Friday 12^th May 2017

To find out more about the UKCC Level 1 course, please click here.

Kind Regards,
Laura Woodruff
Project Delivery Team Officer
01509 227730

The Exeter Challenge title for 2017 went to the Bristol Bombers after a closly fought match against Exeter Storm.

2017 Results

Second place went to Exeter Storm (above) and third place went to Torexe Topguns (below).

Thank you to everyone who took part, look out for the 2018 event dates early next year.

Exeter Challenge

The FIVB Coaches Manual Level 11 has been produced as an E-book b u CEV, please see below the link. Share with as many as you wish.

http://ebook.cev.lu/development/FIVBCoachesManualLevelII/

Kind Regards, Stewart Dunne

SW Awards 2017