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The minutes from Tuesday's committee meeting are here . Only three of our eight clubs were represented and fines have been raised accordingly. We discussed the upcoming cup final day on 14 May, our Code of Conduct, some proposed rule changes and some potential new clubs joining us next season among other things. The next meeting is the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 26 June at The Old Palace,...

The HVA Cup Finals will be hosted by WHVC at Ridegway Academy on 14th May and will follow a similar format to the previous two events. Details will be finalised at the next HVA Committee meeting on April 18. We need any outstanding semi-finals to be done so we know who will be in the finals! A reminder that all league matches need to be completed by the end of April too.

I’m conscious that the previous meeting minutes said we’d meet again tomorrow, and I haven’t got around to organising this! I did check with both local pubs, and they couldn’t reserve any space for us because of Christmas and the weather for traveling is pretty shocking right now anyway. So, that meeting is moved to Tuesday 10 th January, 7.30pm at The Rose & Crown in Kings Langley, WD4 9HT...

This was sent by email, but thought I'd share it here too... We hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to getting back to training and a resumption of competitive indoor volleyball. The HVA haven’t held an AGM since June 2019, due to covid and a lack of a fully functioning committee. Only Marzena (Treasurer and representing WHVC) and myself (Fixtures Sec/Webmaster and representing...

For those that didn't make it - most clubs - here are the minutes from last Wednesday's HVA Commitee meeting. http://www.hertsvolleyball.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HVA_commi...

The HVA Cup Finals will take place on Sunday 15th May at Welwyn/Hatfield's normal home venue, Ridgeway Academy (AL7 2AF) between 10am and 5pm. We'll have a juniors match or two, followed by the Women's KO Cup final and then the Men's KO Cup final, interspersed with division and KO cup/shield awards. We have medals for all KO and league winners and runners up. Welwyn will be organising a BBQ and...

The HVA printable club roster is a real time saver. It's available for anybody to print from any club page. Use it at every match to ensure: Teams don't fall foul of the HVA player restriction rules. Scorers can accurately complete the FIVB scoresheet roster with player names that match the HVA website. The HVA Comp Sec can quickly confirm match results. You might know who "Anna" is, but I don't...

From England Volleyball whose guidelines we will be following for all sanctioned events; league and cup. For 2021/22 we introduced a set of measures for Volleyball England competitions to mitigate potential Covid-19 risks to participants. We also advise other volleyball competition organisers to follow these measures too, which are in addition to our usual rules and regulations. This list of...

We’re intending to start up the HVA leagues again in September. We've sent an email out to previous club contacts but if we have any new clubs interested in starting we'd love to hear from you. The HVA won’t start competitive matches until the end of October to give everybody a chance to re-establish themselves. Who thinks they’ll be playing and what teams do you think you’ll have? Best guess is...

The HVA have created a new page to help you get started playing indoor volleyball again this season, whilst reducing the risks associated with COVID-19. Please don't be complacent. The UK Government has allowed volleyball to return because of the meticulous safety plans and measures that have been introduced by Volleyball England, and these must be followed to ensure the safety of all involved,...

In most things the HVA are doing under the pandemic, we're taking our lead from Volleyball England. You can see how they finalised their competitions here with details of their decision making process here (PDF download) . This approach was agreed at the HVA committee meeting held on 24 August 2020 (waiting on minutes). The League VE decided to award all league results as a draw, sharing the...

HVA will be following Volleyball England's lead and cancelling all county volleyball activities with immediate effect until 20 May 2020. That includes all league and cup fixtures including the Cup Final scheduled for 3 May 2020. We mirror the reason's given by Volleyball England and we won't repeat them here. We haven't taken the decision lightly. The Fixtures Secretary has cancelled all unplayed...

St Albans Harriers have announced that after many years as a very active and successful volleyball club that that are closing the club down due to lack of members. Maks Kriveslo, the club's Secretary said "It's simply not viable from our perspective and so we are cutting our losses."

The minutes for yesterday's HVA Committee meeting are here . Do send these around to your club players, so they're aware of any decisions that might affect them.

The next committee meeting is on Tuesday 10 December at 8pm (not 7.30pm as suggested in the previous minutes). This info went to all clubs by email on 15 November, so I'm just posting it here for info. It will be at The Old Palace in Kings Langley (WD4 9HQ) as we won’t need as much space as the previous fixtures meeting. Minutes of the previous fixtures meeting are here . Agenda: Usual HVA...

Everybody loves rules right? The updated rules for the current season can be found here . Not too much has changed, but all clubs, teams and players should reacquaint themselves with the associations rules each season.

The HVA fixtures meeting is 7.30pm next Tuesday 10 September at Rickmansworth British Legion, WD3 1BN. Every club needs to attend. Club/Team registrations are due at this meeting and the registration form can be downloaded here . The new Mixed League will be launched at this meeting, but we won't be sorting out fixtures immediately. Clubs will be able to enter a team over the next month and then...

New for 2019 is the HVA Beach Volleyball Ladder, to encourage some friendly competitive 2v2 beach volleyball. Anybody is welcome to join. The ladder competition format caters for all abilities. Read all about it and sign up here .

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 Men's Finalists: Kings Langley Kings vs...

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...