Exmouth Journal

Our beach Volleyball league reports are now being printed in the Exmouth Journal. Exmouth Journal 2008-07-31

2008/09 League Entry Forms Now Available

Welcome to the 2008-09 20th anniversary season of the EDVA League, entries are now being invited into the Exeter and District Local League for next season. Following enquiries from teams outside the normal EDVA region (i.e. Plymouth area, North Devon), the committee has agreed to expand the area from which teams will be allowed to enter. Teams on the extremities of the region may be required to play matches at a more central neutral venue, in order to reduce traveling time. These should be agreed between the two teams at the fixtures meeting (or before). Where appropriate the league committee will help to identify suitable venues and match slots. 

Please feel free to pass this Entry Form on to anyone else who has a volleyball team that may wish to be involved, please remember to ensure that your entry forms are returned to me before August 31st.

Download Entry Form

Looking forward to seeing you next season.

Rachel Swindell Rachel.Swindell@Network100.co.uk
EDVA Fixtures Secretary

Club Membership

Just a quick reminder to all EDVA clubs that they need to renew their membership with Volleyball England, proof of membership is required before any club can register or takes part in the 2008-09 EDVA indoor season. Member Services

The committee can also confirm that it has renewed the Exmouth Beach Volleyball League and Public Liability insurance for a further 12 month (Affiliation Number 2778).

Southwest Championships

The indoor 2008/09 season will finish with the Southwest Championships in Plymouth (Kitto Centre) over the weekend of the 9-10 May 2009, it would be good to have a few teams from the EDVA competing for the title. More information from kevin.hamblin@sky.com

Torbay Sport Partnership

The Torbay Sport Partnership is looking to work with a suitably qualified and experienced volleyball coach, to run sessions after school with secondary aged children in Torbay. It is anticipated that these sessions will ultimately feed into a junior club.

This opportunity will be for c.200 hours over the course of the year, approximately 5-6 hours per week during term time. Exact days and times will be negotiated as will an appropriate hourly rate depending on the qualifications of the coach.

For more information, please contact John Julyan.

John Julyan john.julyan@paigntoncommunitycollege.com, Office: 01803 403747
Partnership Development Manager, Torbay Sport Partnership.

Exeter Challenge events

Dates have now been confirmed for the 2009 Exeter Challenge events. 

19th April 2009 Exeter Men's Challenge www.exeterchallenge.com

26th April 2009 Exeter Ladies Challenge www.exeterladieschallenge.com

Entry forms will be available in Jan / Feb 2009, traditionally these tournaments bridge the gap between the end of the local / regional league season and the Inter Regional, Inter Service & SW Championships events in May.

SW Junior Championships

20th Anniversary Answers from the main page

Question: Who won the first Closed Tournament event ? Answer: CTCRM (Lympstone Marine Camp)

Question: Who won the 1988/89 Division One Title ? Answer: Teignmouth Men

Question: Who won the 1988/89 Division Two Trophy ? Answer: Culm Vale SC

Question: How many teams entered our first ever season and can you name them ? (Clue: Two division)

Answer: 14 teams. 

Division 1: Channings Wood, CTCRM (Lympstone Marine Camp), Teignmouth Men, Ottery St Mary, Cuba Z, Torexe Harpoon Louie, Torexe Lance Ceramics.

Division 2: Cullompton School, Culm Vale SC, Beta Blocakers, Teignmouth Ladies, Torexe Andy Sports, London & Manchester, Exe Directors.

Question: The EDVA was one of three local leagues operating in Devon in 1988, which other leagues did Exeter local league teams play in ?

Three Local League: Exeter & District VA / Plymouth & District VA / North Devon VA

In 1988 local League teams: Torexe Clifton Inn played in the Plymouth league and Torexe Ladies played in the Plymouth Ladies League. Exeter University and Torexe played in the Girobank South West League. Torexe Men played in the Division Four South of the National League.

Question: After an excellent first year, five new teams joined us for the 1989/90 season, who were they ?

Wonford Panthers, Culm Valley Vultures, Exeter College, Set it or Die and Torexe Pinder Fashions.

Question: Later in the 1989/90 season a ladies league was added, who entered ?

Four teams: Teignmouth, Torexe, Culm Valley and Exeter University.

NOTE: Did you notice how many teams, clubs and leagues had sponsors twenty years ago! In 1990 Wonford VC sign a club deal with local building firm Showrisan and Teignmouth VC signed with Teign Brewery.

All questions and answers taken from the 1988/89 Torexe & EDVA press reports.

2008/09 Indoor League Meetings

The dates for the 2008/09 league structure and fixtures meeting have now been published (see the Diary page). League entry forms will be available soon and sent to all current EDVA members. If you are a new or an existing club within our area and would like to join our winter league program, then please contact the secretary, details on the contacts page.

This is our 20th anniversary year, all ideas on how to celebrate this occasion, please pass on to your committee member.

New Player of the Match Rule

At the last committee meeting, all clubs decided to change the Player of the Match award criteria and use the same format which is used in the National League. For this Rule 3.12 has been added to the EDVA supplementary rules.

3.12 At the end of each match each team is required to nominate a player from the opposition for Player of the Match, guidelines can be found on the web site in the Document about Player of the Match Award. The team should state which team they are and who they are nominating, preferably by shirt number and name. This can be written either in the box currently headed "Referee's Player of the Match" or in "Captain's comments / complaints". The 1st referee should ensure that both teams have completed this, as well as both team captain's signing the scoresheet, before signing off the scoresheet them self.

EGM & AGM

Current constitution states that the A.G.M. should be held in September. Kyle Alves from Kirton has submitted a letter to the committee proposing that the E.D.V.A. call an E.G.M. to vote on moving the A.G.M. to the month of July, which would require constitutional amendments. This proposal is also supported by Wanderers and Taunton V.C.

Therefore an E.G.M. is called for 7pm on the 7th July, the AGM will follow this meeting at 7:15 pm.

Junior Beach sessions

The Beacon School in Exmouth has asked us to provide a couple of extra coach sessions to their young budding beach volleyball players. The players will be entering the Exmouth Beach Junior Tournament and looking to get in some extra practice. 

Spare Equipment

15 indoor balls - white/used Gala (one is Mikasa) & large Rucanor bag
Two used indoor nets
Two sets of indoor two-piece aerials
One magnetic Rucanor tactical coaches folder

Location = Ferndown, Dorset

I'm open to sensible offers for any of the above, Kevin - 07714 144550