Volleyball England Level 2 Certificate of Coaching

The South West Volleyball Association have received a big grant to enable them to offer you the opportunity to become a Level 2 Coach for £80.  To work as a volleyball coach for Local Authorities, Schools and other official bodies it is now necessary to be a Level 2 coach. If you are qualified and registered as a Level 1 coach here is an opportunity to move up to the next grade. This course is a Volleyball England course which will be replaced in November by the new UKcc Level 2. Once the UKcc course is operational the Volleyball England course will no longer be offered. UKcc Level 2 volleyball courses are likely to cost in the region of £400-£500. This course has some of the features of the new UKcc course and an extra assessment day.

The Volleyball England Website describes the course as: "The Level II award is a minimum of 24 hours ( + an assessment day ) and it prepares the coach who has some experience of competitive volleyball to plan, organise, and deliver a series of volleyball sessions in a safe and enjoyable manner to a group of adults or children. The course focuses on the development of basic tactics for the 6-a-side game and progresses the basic techniques and skills that were introduced at level I, with some introduction of specialist roles. Opportunities are provided for candidates to further extend their experience of practical coaching in a group setting and assessment is completed by a formal written examination." 

Venue: Exeter College Sports Hall. Saturday 25th June & Sunday 26th June 2011 Saturday 9th July & Sunday 10th July 2011 Course Fee £80 Course Tutor Bill Boagey  Application Form

In view of the grant funding associated with this course candidates will be expected to actively coach volleyball after completing the award and to be willing to contribute to SWVA and Volleyball England Development Plan programmes.

All enquiries to Ros Sutherland ros.sutherland@gmail.com

2011 Coaver Volleyball

Coaver Volleyball Summer Leagues Summer Evening leagues (4's) start on Thursday 12th May 2011 and run through until the end of season BBQ which takes place at the end of August. Evening pairs events will be organised during the summer and all teams entered into summer leagues will receive notification of entry deadlines once dates have been fixed. Lunchtime 4's and 6's leagues will start w/c 16th May 2011. For more details click on the Link. New to the Area: Any players new to the area who would like to play volleyball this summer should contact me by E-mail and I will get you hooked up with a team and / or Club.

Exeter Festival of Volleyball Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th June 2011 As always the weekend starts with the FUN 4's on Saturday afternoon. The volleyball is followed by evening entertainment, including live music in the bar.  Sunday sees 6-a-side teams competing in the COAVER OPEN and with Junior teams taking part in the JUNIOR OPEN. Click on the links to find out more about each  event or to print out an entry form which should be posted to the address shown along with payment. If you would like to reserve places, simply E-mail the relevant details to this years organiser. The event has sold out for a number of years now, so don't leave it too late !

More details at: www.coavervolleyball.org.uk

Beach League

April Newsletter - Time to dust off your bikinis! The start of the 2011 Exmouth Beach Volleyball season is fast approaching. In the next few weeks the nights will keep drawing out and the temperature will increase a few notches (let's hope!). The beach league this year will start on Tuesday 3rd May with nets up from 6.30pm.  The first week will be a knock about session with relaxed games to help everyone get their bearings on the sand after a winter indoors and refresh their memories of the rules.

Matches will start the following week on the 10th May. This year we’re hoping to run both men’s and women’s pairs as well as a fours league. Registration forms can be downloaded from the links below. Please note that all teams are required to fill in a registration form before entering the league for insurance purposes. 

Download 4s Entry Form
Download 2s Entry Form
 
More information can be found on the EBVC website , looking forward to seeing you on the beach - may the Summer be long and sunny!

2010/11 League Champions

Torexe Hunters

Torexe Hunter have taken the 2010/11 winter league title, just finishing ahead of Exeter College A by 5 points in Division One. Kirton Revolution taking third place ahead of Kings 1 in fourth place. In Division 2, Wanderers Cardinals were convincing winners, ending the season with just one lose and well ahead of second place Kings 2 and Raptors in third place.

It was down to the very last match of the season to see who would take the Division 3 title this year, Exeter University Supremes finished their season with a convincing 5-0 win over Exeter College B. As well as the match win, they also picked up maximum bonus points which placed them just one point ahead of Plymouth Marjon to take the 2010/11 Division Three league title.

2011 Exmouth Beach Dates Confirmed

The 2011 Exmouth Beach league season will start on Tuesday the 3rd of May with the annual 'beach shack down ' evening, with week one of the beach 4's league starting the following week (10th May). We are also looking to run a Men's and Ladies beach pair league this year, numbers permitting. The season has also been extended this year, from 18 to 19 weeks, finishing on the 6th September.

Their are currently two Exmouth beach tournaments planned, the Exmouth Beach 4's on the 3rd July (run be Devon Women VC) and the Exmouth Beach Pairs Tournament on the 7th August (run by the EDVA/ EBVC). We are hoping to have a Mixed pairs tournament this year at some point but an organiser or club has not yet come forward to run it. So if you or your club would like to run the event as a fund raiser (i.e. in exchange for the event profits) then please let us know. Their are currently no junior events planned for 2011, the Devon School Beach Tournament will be held in Croyde this year and the SW Junior Beach Championships are likely to be held at Weston Super Mare. We do have the option of adding an Exmouth Junior Beach event onto one of our tournaments or on a Tuesday evening (if required). If you have a set of juniors who would like to take part, then please contact us.

League and tournament entry forms will be appearing on the Exmouth Beach web site over the next few week. So please keep an eye on www.ExmouthBeachVolleyball.com for all the latest info.

Volleyball England Level 1 Coaching certificate

Update: A 50% bursary (£87.50) is now available to anyone who lives in Devon.

Course Venue: Exeter University, St Lukes Sports centre 2nd 3rd & 10th April 2011 – 9am-5pm  Application Form

Course Info:  The course tutor is Ros Sutherland.  The course will take place on the 2nd 3rd and 10th April at St Luke’s Sports Centre, Exeter. The course bursary is for anyone who lives in the county of Devon. However everyone still needs to pay the full cost up front (£175) and then on completion of the course, the bursary (£87.50) will be sent out to the candidates. Exeter University student have additional course discount. For more information please contact Paul Mouland P.D.Mouland@exeter.ac.uk

Exeter Festival of Volleyball

The Coaver Volleyball Club have confirm the dates for this years Exeter Coaver fun 4's (Saturday 11th June)  and Exeter Coaver 6's (Sunday 12th June).   More details etc will be available nearer the date: www.coavervolleyball.org.uk

The 2011 Bowl Competition

The 2011 Bowl Event went to Wanderers Tourettes with a 23-19 win over Torexe Casuals.

You can see a small collection of event photos online at: EDVA Cup 2011