The SWVA works with Volleyball England as part of the Regional Talent Development Programme. Training is offered for young people at Under 15 and Under 17 for boys and Under 14 and Under 16 for girls. Selection for admittance to SW training is open to all young people in these age groups and up to 2 years younger. Regional training starts in September and continues until the National Inter Regional Championships in May.

Dates for this years training for both the Girls and Boys are now listed on the Calendar, with the boys starting on the 14th Sep (in Exeter) and the Girls on the 28th Sep (in Burham on Sea).

Objectives:

• The training is run to offer opportunities for young players to improve their play by working with the regional squad coaches.
• To have the opportunity to meet other young players from around the region and enjoy working with a large ‘same age group’.
• To prepare Regional Representative teams to compete in the National Inter Regional Championships.

You will find more information on the web site under the Junior Section, plus instructions for “Signing in” and for completing your “Parent Consent Form”. Any other issues or enquiries, please contact one of the coaches or team manager (again contact details on the web page).

Please pass on to any youngster in your club or school.

PMVC are holding a 25 hour volleyball marathon on the 6th and 7th September 2013. The event will begin at the Life Centre at 17:00 on 6/9/2013 and end at 18:00 on 7/9/2013. We are hosting this event for the following reasons: To Celebrate 25 years since the formation of the EDVA To celebrate one year on from London 2012 To raise the profile of all the forms of Volleyball to be enjoyed in the 2013/14 in Plymouth and the local area To raise money for charity – our chosen charity is Heartswell SW which is a registered charity committed to supporting heart patients, their partners and carers across the Westcountry.

The programme for the days (and night) will include a range of activities including preseason friendly fixtures for each of our PMVC teams (2 in EDVA Division 1, 1 in SW Ladies and 1 in SW Mens Leagues), a through-the-night king and queen of the court competition for anyone to enter, as well as Junior, Adult and sitting volleyball coaching sessions on the Saturday afternoon. (The full programme of events is still to be formalised and will be dependant on availability of teams for friendlies.)

The event is open to all to participate and you do not have to be part of the PMVC club to be a part of the action. You don’t have to do the whole 25 hours either so it doesn’t matter whether you are young or old, a beginner or experienced or an individual or a team we will welcome you to get involved.

If you are a player, part of an EDVA or local league team, or a SW Men’s or Ladies side and want to challenge one of our teams, please contact Rob Young on 07584 688282 or email on ryoung6189@gmail.com so we can provide you with the necessary sponsorship forms to be a part of the action – we will also be happy for people to join in on the action on the day where our organisers will be happy to receive any donations towards the event.

The event is kindly sponsored by the Life Centre, Dominos Pizza and Lang & Potter -

VolleyFest 2013

Celebrating 25 Years of Exeter & District Volleyball Association!

I just thought I would send these out now as a reminder ready for the autumn.  Again, anyone who would like to help run any of them, this would be appreciated (I am unable to be the on 8^th December).

SW Volleyball Association

Junior Tournament Booking 2013-14

Grand Prix Bookings

Saturday 19^th October 1013 12 – 4 p.m Christie Miller

Saturday 16^th November 2013 1 – 5 p.m.– Hutton Moor

Sunday 8^th December 2013  1 – 5 p.m. – Hutton Moor

Saturday 11^th January 2014 – Taunton (TBC)

U15  SW Regional Qualifiers

Saturday 1^st February 2014  and or Sunday 2^nd February

These are the dates put aside for the regional qualifiers (SW) for the regional rounds (S)  of the U15 national cups.

It has been decided to follow the VE directives this year and let individual clubs ‘bid’ to hold the events.  If you are interested in doing this, please let me know and I will make sure you get the relevant information when it becomes available.

South- West Mini-Championships

Saturday 8th or Sunday 9^th March (TBC) Leaf Studio School, Bournemouth

In the meantime, enjoy the summer.

David Walrond
dc.walrond@ntlworld.com

We have a vacancy for one or two more coaches or assistant coaches to join our SW Girls squads this year. Girls training takes place about once a month during the winter season with about 35 girls from around the region at each session.

The girls take part in five hour training sessions, team trials and match training, all leading up to the end of season Inter Regional Championships in Kettering. Where the various regional squads from around the country compete for the national title.

We have some excellent coaches already involved in the program and for any existing or new coach, this is an excellent opportunity to learn, expand your knowledge and to work with some of our best youngsters in the region. Training sessions are mostly held in Burnham on Sea on a Saturday during the day.

If you would like to join the team, get involved (coaching or in another capacity) or would just like to find out more, then please contact either myself Dave Reece Dave.reece@network100.co.uk or Girls Head Coach Paul Locke paul.locke2307@gmail.com for more details.

Our web site league software has moved, it was previously hosted on the www.ukvolleyball.co.uk domain but it has now been moved to www.swva.volleyballmatches.co.uk. If you are displaying the league tables, fixtures and results on your club web site, you will need to change the iframe URL.

How to add to your web site….

The SWVA league software uses iframes commands for displaying league tables, fixtures and results on the SWVA web site. The program has a number of facilities, one of which allows clubs to display there own league and result information on their own web sites. The program uses iframe commands that are simple to use and to incorporate into your own web site.

More details: Guide to adding League tables to your web site

The newly formed Volleyball England Junior National Beach Volleyball programme had it’s first international challenge in the form of the 2013 Northern European Volleyball Association (NEVZA) Under 19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Drammen, Norway between 13-15th August.

After a summer of preparation at both Volleyball England Beach Tour events and holding camps, England had representation in both the boys and girls events, with Will Hartnoll and Sam Allen, and Anaya Evans and Mille Constable representing respectively.

Girls – Millie Constable and Anaya Evans

The girls got off to a winning start beating Norway3 by 2 sets to 0 (21-15, 21-17). Spurred on by this early win the girls went confidently in to their second match against Sweden. Although a much closer match, the English pair still took a convincing 2-0 victory (22-20, 21-19). Their successes at this stage secured them a well deserved place in the semi-finals where they would face Norway1. The pair battled against the Norwegian first team, but were defeated by 2-0 (11-21, 7-21). In the subsequent bronze medal play off match the girls faced yet more Norwegian opposition in the form of Norway2. The first set saw Evans and Constable struggle and lose the set 6 points to 21. The girls weren’t dismayed by the first set result and dug in for the second set and managed to push the Norwegian team, despite losing the set taking it to a much closer 16-21.

Boys – Will Hartnoll and Sam Allen

In their first match of the championships the boys faced tough opposition in the form of Norway2. Despite a solid overall performance Hartnoll and Allen were unable to secure a victory losing the match 2-0 (14-21, 10-21). In their second game of the day the pair faced Norway1, the tournament’s best team. The boys played their best game of the day so far and despite initially leading in the first set at 18-16, the game concluded in the favour of Norway1 at 18-21 and 16-21. In their last opportunity to secure a place in the semi-finals the boys faced yet more Norwegian opposition in the form of Norway3. Despite yet more excellent play from the English pair they were unable to secure victory with sets of 12-21 and 13-21. In the fifth and sixth place playoff match the boys found form and pushed the team from Iceland to a three set match, Despite losing the first set 17-21, the boys battled back and took a convincing win in the second set at 21-11. Unfortunately the Icelandic team responded to this win and came back taking the third and final set 8-15.

Final rankings for the 2013 NEVZA U19 Beach Volleyball Championships were:

The U16 & U18 National Championships are open to all schools and clubs with junior teams. Novice teams are encouraged to enter in the early rounds held in November and December, with seeded and more experienced volleyball teams entering in the second round in January.

U16
The Last 8s and Semi Finals will be held on 9th March 2014 and the Final is held alongside the Senior National Cup & Shield Finals on 30th March 2014.

http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/junior_competitions/national_u16_championships

U18
The Last 8s and Semi Finals will be held on Sunday 15th December 2013. The Final is held alongside the Senior National Cup & Shield Finals on Sunday March 30th 2014.

http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/junior_competitions/national_u18_championships