swva-newsletter – issue 332 – 2018 Oct

October 2018 / Issue: 332 / SWVA Membership: 1,800

Hi all,

Time for a Newsletter.

Dave Reece

Past Newsletter: https://www.swva.org.uk/newsletter

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New SW Junior Beach Program

Inter Regional Beach Championships

We have been invited to enter a number of U17 teams in to the 2019 Inter Regional Beach Tournament in Cardiff for the 13th-14th July (date TBC).

The SWVA currently does not have a Junior Beach Program, hence before we can enter we need a South West Beach Development Officer to set up and help run a IRC Beach Program. We also need a Head Beach Coach and Assistant Beach Coaches to help run the program.

We are also always open to hearing from volunteers who would like to come and help out as well. More details on our “Join the Beach Team” page at: https://www.swva.org.uk/join-the-beach-team

Positions available:

  • Beach Development Office (Team Manager)
  • Head Beach U17 Coach
  • Assistant U17 Girls Coach
  • Assistant U17 Boys Coach
  • Beach Child Wealfare Office
  • Beach Volunteers

Please apply on line, closing date for all positions is the 31st December 2018

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SW Regional Squad Training

The first training session for the South West regional squads is on Saturday. The session is open to all juniors living (or playing for a club) in the South West who were under 17 on 1 September (but those younger than 13 should get prior agreement). It takes place at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter. Girls will be training from 11AM to 2PM and boys from 2PM to 6PM. More details can be found here.

The end of the journey: Bello brothers in Buenos Aires

The end of the journey: Bello brothers in Buenos Aires

Javier and Joaquin Bello’s journey at the Youth Olympic Games came to end with a 5th place finish, after they were edged out in the beach volleyball quarter finals by hosts Argentina.

Saved as the last match of the day in front of a partisan home crowd, the game lived up to its top billing. Having been narrowly defeated in three sets by the Argentinian pair of Amieva and Zelayeta the last time they met, the Bello brothers knew it was going to be a tough battle and the opening set turned into a titanic clash.

After the first few points were nip and tuck, Team GB’s Javier and Joaquin edged in front before being pegged back to 16-16 by the South Americans. Once again, the twins took the initiative and reached 20 points first but couldn’t seal the set. When the match was levelled at 20-20 the match became a monumental battle of wills to establish the 2-point lead to take the set.

Javier and Joaquin had the early opportunities to win the set, before defending a run of set points themselves. They had another couple of chances to take it before finally, the Argentinians forced victory 35-33.

From VE – More Info: https://www.swva.org.uk/beach/the-end-of-the-journey-bello-brothers-in-buenos-aires

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1969 to 2019 Time to Celebrate

The South West Amateur Volleyball Association was formed in 1969, which means we will soon be 50 years old – Time to celebrate…..

  • We would like to celebrate our success at all our events throughout the years.
  • We would like a 50th Volleyball Logo or similar (prize available), get drawing.
  • We would also like to see your photos, particularly from the first half. When shorts were short, hair was long, the ball was white and we mostly appeared in Black & White (and looked a lot younger than today).

Plus any other interesting information, souveniers or bits of history that we can share.

Exeter University SW Champions 1971

The Early Years

The sport in the South West was given a boost when the new Sports Hall at Exeter University was opened in 1968, it provided a large (3 court) playing area for volleyball, the like of which had never been seen before in the South West and provided an excellent venue for hosting tournaments and league events. At the time, the vast majority of volleyball was played in school gym’s (with low ceilings) or on out doors courts.

In March 1970, the South West Amateur Volleyball Association (now SWVA) ran an Invitation Tournament at Exeter University with some of the top teams in the country plus a Southwest regional side (drawn mostly from Devon & Somerset). The event saw a very exciting final between Southgate Technical College (British Champions 1967-68) and Spark London (British Champions 1969), the top two English teams at the time, the match was also shown on BBC TV.

A week long Summer School was also run in Exeter, which provided an excellent opportunity to learn to coach volleyball, in was led by Mike Hibbert, Roy Pankhurst and Ken Harvey. Exeter University had won the inaugural SW Championships in 1971, with Ron Richards and Toomas Ojasoo (now EVA Chief Executive Officer) in the team.

Thanks to Ron Richards for the above info, if you can add anything to the above, then please get in touch Dave.Reece@Network100.co.uk

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And if you can reconise us, a few more pic’s of your committee members and coaches looking a lot younger:

Hopefully we can put to gether a collection of photos from across the region, please forward or contact myself at Dave.Reece@Network 100.co.uk

Thank you

 

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