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

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=

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

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

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.

Dave Tyack from the Kernow Maw team picking up the 2013/14 Men’s Player of the Match Award after receiving nine nominations.

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

League Winners Kernow

Southwest League Men’s Champions Kernow with Lydney Lynx in second picking up third 2014 League trophies.

Second Place Lydney Lynx

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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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

• 4th July South West Schools Beach Championships Championships
• 5-6th July Sandbanks Beach Volleyball Festival Entry list
• 12-13 Exeter Coaver Volleyball Festival richm2003@hotmail.com
• 12th July SWJBT Weston Entry Form
• 12-13th Jul Weston Super Mare VEBT
• 19-20 Jul – Whitefield Volleyball Tournament – Bath whitefield.cbvc.org.uk

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