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Dust off your pompoms, get those banners painted and start prepping the chants, because the Hertfordshire volleyball event of the year is almost with us! Hosts: Welwyn Hatfield Volleyball Club Date: Sunday 19th May Time: 10.30am until 5.30pm Venue: Ridgeway Academy, Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF Women's Finalists: MK City Ladies vs Red Eagles W or Vale Vixens (semi-final 24 April) Men's...

The recent committee meeting minutes are here . Highlights: All fees have now been paid Two Div 2 teams have withdrawn Quite a few forfeit games with VK Mets and Harriers still at risk of being withdrawn from the leagues We need a new Juniors Development Officer Cup final details - 19th May at Ridgeway Academy, Welwyn Garden City. Trophies to be returned, medals and MVP trophies being ordered,...

VK Barnet Club have decided to withdraw their Southgate Juniors team from Men's HVA Division 2 with immediate effect. As that means they'd forfeit the majority of their fixtures for the season, HVA have deleted all their previous fixture results from that league. All their players will transfer to VK Barnet. Going forwards this should allow VK Barnet to have enough players and home venues to...

Dear Volleyball Clubs, I know how busy our weekends can be with the tight schedules, but please check Saturday 2/2/18 in your calendars and let us know if you wish to join us in our little mix tournament. Please follow the link to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1758844760886746/ Red Eagles Volleyball Club

The next committee meeting is 7.30pm Tuesday 11th December at The Old Palace near RSS in Kings Langley. A reminder that each Club needs to send a representative or risk a fine.

We aimed to hold all the first matches for the Men's Knock Out Cup and Women's Knock Out Cup in the 3rd week of November this year. That date is fast approaching, so good luck all. We now need to let you know when we'd like the next rounds to be played if you're lucky enough to progress. There's no fixed date for these, so the dates below are the date by which you should have played the fixture...

Last year we unofficially adopted what was dubbed "The London Rule" to more fairly handle situations when a fixture could not be completed within the allotted court time available at the home team's venue. Those rules are now officially included in the HVA Rules at section C.11 under "Time restricted venues". The rules now clarify that any venue time restriction must be communicated by the Home...

Dear Volleyballers, we are pleased to announce our annual SUMMER CAMP is back! Starting on TUESDAY JULY 3rd from 8pm to 10pm for 5 weeks (4 training sessions + 1 Mini tournament) Location: Queen`s School, Aldenham Rd, WD23 2TY, Bushey Cost: £35 for the whole summer camp (Advanced payment) or £8 per session To book your space pls. contact our club`s secretary Meena “ meenamurray [at] hotmail.com...

Our regular Kings Langley Kings 1st Division referee has recently won the coveted referee of the year award from the England Volleyball Association. Ian has always been a great supporter of the club and Herts Volleyball Association, so we'd like to offer up our congratulations. Referee of the Year: Ian Cheesbrough As senior referee with many years’ experience, Ian continues to make himself...

Kings Langley have launched a new social volleyball session at St. Michael's School near Watford. All local players are welcome and we have 3 courts available. Sign up at https://www.meetup.com/KLVC-Volleyball-Meetup/ It's just £5 for two hours. If you're not getting enough, get some with Kings Langley!

The meeting minutes are now available here. http://www.hertsvolleyball.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HVA%20Com...

A quick reminder that our next meeting is Tuesday the 12th of December, 8pm, RSS. Make sure that at least one person of each club is coming, thanks!

Volleyball England (VE) has today been awarded £1.3m by Sport England to support its core programmes until March 2019. This funding will see VE’s activities being supported for the first half of the 2017-2021 funding cycle. It includes the £420,000 of interim funding which had already been given to the organisation by Sport England in April of this year. In line with Sport England’s stated...

Book your place today! Do you want to improve your game, work with a world-class coach, meet a bunch of friendly passionate players, get fit and have fun? Then register today for our annual Summer Camp. Kicking off on Thursday's from 6th July to 3rd August , you'll spend each session honing a different area of your game amongst a group of fellow players. Led by talented ex-England ladies coach...

South Bucks Volleyball have arranged a Level 1 coaching course running in June and a Level 2 coaching course running in July. Both courses will take place in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and are open to all for registration. Dates and location details are below and you can register through the Volleyball England website (link below). Level 1 -- 10,11, 17 June at Cressex Community School, High...

The minutes of the latest committee meeting can be found at http://www.hertsvolleyball.co.uk/documents A couple of points that need immediate attention: The Cup Finals will be held on 21st May at RSS, programme to be confirmed shortly. Several clubs haven't yet paid their subscriptions to the HVA for this season. One club owes for last season as well. All are listed in the meeting minutes. The...

Volleyball continues to thrive in the English higher education system, claims a new survey out today. With many student volleyballers indicating a desire to remain involved in the sport after graduation, clubs are being urged to take advantage of the recruitment opportunities this presents. There are currently 85 Higher Education Volunteer Officers (HEVOs) running volleyball activities at 71...

England’s chances of securing a beach volleyball medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games have been given a huge boost with Sport England agreeing to fund the leading men’s beach pair to the tune of £40,000. Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf’s current world ranking should see England qualify as one of the top-ranked Commonwealth countries. The new funding will be used to provide coaching support as the...

Since the change from Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, Volleyball England initially managed a manual process for any checks carried out. In a desire to significantly improve services to our members, Volleyball England have now changed the process for completing Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to an online system. Location – University of...

Next Tuesday (13th of December), we will have our last HVA meeting of the year 2016. Held in staff room at RSS in Kings Langley at 8pm. Here is what we will discuss: Agreement on date for the KO Cup final Involvement in Volleyball England East Updates on fixtures / Feedback on website Feedback on the London rule Treasurer update Junior update Logo competition Any other business/issue Please make...

An issue many coaches in your club are coping with, is creating interesting exercises and dynamic drills for their team. For this reason, a couple of volleyball fanatics have come up with a solution: www.volleyballxl.com VolleyballXL is the online portal for all volleyball coaches. This portal provides interesting, dynamic and fun volleyball exercises on video, explanation of typical volleyball...

From Friday 28 October to Sunday 30 October the Northern European Volleyball Zonal Association (NEVZA) Under 19 Championships will take place at the National Volleyball Centre in Kettering. This is the first time that this age group has been hosted in England, following three successful years of under 17 championships. You can find information on all of the fixtures here .

The KO CUP for Men and Women tables have been now uploaded on the website. Have a look at it, as some teams are now have a BYE in the first round and therefore their original first games have to be canceled (for Women the game canceled is Red Eagle against MK City, for Men the game canceled is Kings Langley against Welwyn & Hatfield). It is like this as these four teams were drawn first and...

Even with the relaxation of the neutral referee requirement for Division 1 this year, as an organisation we do seem to be lacking a pool of referees we can call upon. Volleyball England have courses coming up in mid-October at Sheffield and Nottingham, which aren't too far away. It might be worth encouraging a few people in your Club to take the entry level Grade 4 course. It's only £50 and I'm...