The Suffolk Volleyball Association will be holding it's second annual grass tournament on Sunday the 13th of June. Last year's tournament attracted sixteen 4-a-side teams. This year they have a bigger and better venue and are hoping to double the number of entries. We are therefore inviting teams from across the East of England and beyond to come and play. With very few veterans competitions around, we have decided to include a competition specifically for the over-40s, so we hope to see a lot of older faces joining the younger generation and getting their competitive hats on! There will be five divisions in total (men's, ladies, mixed, social and veterans),each for 4-a-side teams. The tournament will be held at Chilton Fields in Stowmarket, home of Stowmarket Rugby and Cricket Clubs. Refreshments will be available all day and it is hoped that this friendly tournament will build on last year's successful inaugural event.

For and application form email the organiser of the event at andrewawhitefield@hotmail.com or visit http://www.suffolkvolleyball.org.uk/Competitions/Suffolk%20Open%20entry%20form%20final%202010.pdf

The Local League Results are now back up to date, with Pegasus leading the Mixed League by some distance. The Mens League is much tighter with Medusa, UEA ONE and Pirates all in with a chance of taking the title

Following a considerable interest to the 'Get Back Into Volleyball' sessions at the UEA Sportspark, we have additionally arranged Fridays weekly competitions for adults beginners and intermediates.

The idea of the competition is simple: individual players come on the day to register, and blind pick the team they will play in. I hope this will create a fun and social atmosphere for the competition, as each week teams will be completely random and participants will mix around getting to know each other. Also, they are not obliged to commit to every week. Simply show up whenever you can and be sure you’ll end up in one of the teams formed on the day.

As it is a competition, individual points will be awarded each week and the overall winner proclaimed at the end of the season.

The competition is opened for all over 16 years of age. To keep the level of the competition suitable for all participants, men and women playing in National Volleyball League and men playing in Easter Region Tournaments are not allowed to take part. (There is already a competition running for them). Under 16’s may be allowed to take part under discretion of the competition organiser, Tomasz.

Pick n Mix Volleyball starts from Friday 13th November, always from 7-9pm. Please enourage as many players as you knwo to attend, especially those who train, but do not get a chance to play in the leagues.

On Friday 2nd October Medusa, Nomads and Pegasus kick the new season off. Look at the fixtures and league format on the LOCAL LEAGUES link at the top. Note there are some nights when 6 teams are playing on two courts!

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The fixtures for the upcoming season have been emailed to team representatives. These will be up on this website shortly. As will information on the regional tournaments.

The 'Annual Curtain Raising Local League Volleyball Tournament' is upon us.

This year the tournament is indoors in the new Sportspark hall with four volleyball courts.

The tournament is on Sunday 27th September from 1pm - 5pm. Teams must turn up and register on the day BEFORE 1pm, so we can start promptly just after 1pm.

The tournament will cater for up to 16 teams (4 a side, although teams can have 5 or 6 players if they so wish - obviously if 8 players will turn up in your team, then you should have entered two teams of 4!! )

13 teams have entered into the leagues this year and each team has one side entered into the tournament for certain, assuming each team will be wanting to play. We do not want any team to miss out. You MUST enter your teams BEFORE the tournament, so I can ensure we do not get more than 16 teams turning up.

Up to 16 teams will ensure everyone gets a decent amount of court time. It will not be a knock out tournament; it will based on leagues...so that again everyone gets plenty of court time.

The afternoon will cost each player £3, so that we cover the cost of the hall/4-a-side. I need to know from each team representative if they will be taking up the guaranteed place or not.

Please encourage as many players that you know to come along and play in this tournament, so we get a great start to the new season.

nigel@norfolkvolleyball.org

Keith Nicholls is running a Level 1 Volleyball Coaches course at the Sportspark, University of East Anglia ,Norwich

When
Saturday 17th October 2009
Sunday 18th October 2009

Examination Saturday 31st October

What is the qualification
The 1st4sport Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Volleyball (L1CCVB) is the first step on the new Volleyball England Coach Education Pathway. The new qualification introduces the candidate coach to the technical, tactical, physical and mental aspects of the game as well as the ‘how to’ skills of coaching (referred to as the generic coaching skills. The candidate coach will be given opportunities to practice the skills of coaching the game throughout the 2 days of delivery and this will lead to an assessment day where they will be expected to be observed coaching their peers.

What are the pre-requisites for entry on the course?
Candidates are required to:-

Be at least 16 years of age on the first day of the course
Have some experience of playing the game
How is the qualification delivered?

Phase 1 Pre-course Induction and activities (2 hours)
Phase 2 Taught programme and on-going internal assessment (14 hours)
Phase 3 Reflection phase with on-going internal assessment (4 hours)
Phase 4 Independent assessment day (8 hours)
What will I learn?

Preparing to train and play-includes warm-up and cool-down; fundamentals; postural control and ball handling
Game flow-including attacking, defending and transition
First Contact-including service and service reception
‘How to’ coaching skills-including communication, demonstration, explanation, etc.
What resources will I receive?

All candidates will receive a high quality resource file to support the qualification


How much will the course cost?

£150 (to include all course support materials)

There are Coaching Bursaries available to coaches living in the Eastern Region that will cover the cost of the course.To check your eligibility please follow this link

http://www.skillsactive.com/survey/east-links/

How to apply

Contact Jon Garrard at Volleyball England j.garrad@volleyballengland.org