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Guildford go to Ashcombe
This coming weekend 27/28 June a number of Guildford teams will be taking part in the Ashcombe Dorking Volleyball tournament.
On the Saturday we have teams playing in the 4 a side competition and on the Sunday amongst our 6 a side teams we have our men defending their Division 1 champions title.
Due to most players being away, the Sunday evening session at Sutherland Memorial Park will not be taking place on 28th June
posted by GIVC on 22.6.09
Summer League Week 2
The second week the Summer League competition saw some great games being played and good fun being had by all. The leader board is starting to take shape and the current standings are
1 - Dave S , Gary
2 - Antonella
3 - Brian, Lasith
4 - Thushara
5 - Ellie
It is not too late to start playing in the league (and even win it!), so if you fancy playing a fun sport outdoors in the sunshine just come along on a Thursday evening any time from 6.30 onwards.
posted by GIVC on 15.6.09
Perfect Conditions for the Start of the Summer League...
The 2009 Summer League starts this evening and weather conditions are perfect. No wind and sunny skies means a good night of volleyball is ahead.
There is no need to register beforehand, just come along to Stoke Park this evening and join in the fun. Play will be starting at 7.00 but dont worry if you cant be there for 7 you will be able to join in throughout the evening.
posted by GIVC on 4.6.09
Summer League Starts this Week...
The sunshine has arrived and just in time for the Guildford Summer Volleyball League to start. Every Thursday until the end of August players will be coming to Stoke Park from 7-9. Only two can be crowned King and Queen of the court but everyone can have a great time playing volleyball outside in the park.
So come along and give it a try!!
Full details can be found on the main Summer League Page
posted by GIVC on 29.5.09
New Issue of GIVC News available...
The latest edition of the club newsletter is now available for all. Either pick up a copy at training or download a PDF here or Newsletter link on the left hand menu.
Inside are reviews of the seasons performances as well as a look ahead to the summer activities within the club. Most useful of all it contains a full list of all the summer tournament dates.
posted by GIVC on 18.5.09
Mistral 3rd at SEVA Tournament...
Guildford qualified for the South East regional leg of the Volleyball England Regional Champions Trophy as the 2nd placed in the Surrey womens league.
The top two teams from the 9 counties in the South East of England were invited to the tournament at the Ashcombe Volleyball Centre in Dorking. Due to the number of teams, the matches on Saturday were timed with the team leading when the buzzer sounded the winner.
Guildfords struggled to adjust to the cramped conditions in their opening match against a strong Sussex Dolphins & found themselves trailing with 5 minutes to go, but a favorable rotation with the tallest players at the net meant the scroes were level at the buzzer. So a sudden death single point had to be played (the volleyball equlivent of the penalty shoot out), which after some heart stopping moments resulted in a Guildford victory.
The next match was against Basingstoke, a team containing a few familiar faces. This time Guildford built an early lead & despite a few scares were able to clinch the match.
Guildford were next pitted against Surrey rivals Spelthorne, the team that beat them to the league title. As with the two league encounters that was a classic match between two evenly matched teams, but on this occasion it was Guildford who had the upper hand.
With a Semi Final place now almost certain Guildford were able to relax and play a free flowing game, securing comfortable victories over both Solent & Canterbury.
Sundays Semi Final was against Worthing, again two evenly matched teams with several of the players on both teams having already met a couple of times this season in the National League fixtures against Ashcombe. The tournament now switching to a best of 5 set format for the semi & finals, Guildford dropped the first set before fighting back in the second set. Worthing came right back in the 3rd set & for a while it looked like Guildford may be able to force a deciding 5th set, but they were unable to maintain the consistancy of the previous day eventually losing the match 3-1 & having to settle for 3rd place in the tournament.
posted by JB on 26.4.09
Guildford Pride Restored...
The womens National League team went some way to restoring club pride with back to back vistories which finally banish any lingering worries about getting dragged into a relegation play-off.
Saturday saw the injury hit team dig deep to twice come back against promotion chasing Tameside, before storming to a dramatic 5th set victory. The team stringing together some improved constistancy previously seen only in flashes against the top teams.
Guildford entertained Hert Nomads on Sunday full of confidence & quickly cruised to a 2-0 lead before taking their feet off the gas, offering a glimmer of hope to the visitors. But Guildford showed an impressivly ruthless streak to finish out the set with an impressive 10 point run.
posted by JB on 10.3.09
Five Setters all round...
This weekend saw some lengthy Games for the Guildford Teams.
In Plymouth the Mens NVL team lost their match against Plymouth Activate 3-2, the ladies NVL team played Plymouth Ladies following this and won their match 3-2.
Then in the evening Guildford Tsunami travelled to British Airways and played one of their longest matches ever, losing out eventually 3-2 (25-22,27-25,25-22,22-25,23-21)
posted by GIVC on 3.11.08
Halloween Bowling Results In...
A Ghoulish bunch of players turned out for the annual GIVC Halloween Bowling competition, this year competitors included a Lion, a Witch but no wardrobe, Skeletor, the Mad Hatter, 80's dancer and a Cyclops.
The results were:
Golden Broomstick for the best outfit - Clive "The Lion" Cooper
Witches Coven for the winning team - Darren, Antonella, Ralf and Klara
Bowling Wizard for the highest score - Mark "Harry Potter" Saunders
Bowling Zombie for the lowest score - Ashley "Mad as a Hatter" Donaldson
posted by GIVC on 3.11.08
Guildford Grasshopper Tournament Sucess
Guildford bucked the trend for most of this summers volleyball tournaments by increasing the number of teams entered and also having the majority of the tournament played in bright sunshine.
Teams from all over the South of England descended on the University of Surrey campus last Sunday for the South East leg of Volleyball Englands Regional Grass Series. With the majority of team entered into the mixed competition matches were arranged into 2 phases, where the matches in the morning deciding the division of the teams competing in the afternoon session.
The top team in the mixed division were Richmond, who incidently host the London leg of the Regional Grass series this weekend, taking a narrow victory over East Hants. Another note worthy performance came in Mixed Division 2, from the Stoke Park Slappers, made up from players who have been competing in Guildford's Thursday night summer league in Stoke Park, who beat the team comprising coaches and players from the recent Volleyball Development Camp held in Cobham.
In the men's division a scratch team of Polish players from West London (with a guest appearance from Guildford Treasurer Clive Cooper) managed to defeat the Guildford Mens team, the Big Grasshoppers in the Mans Division. - Full results below.
Mixed 1
1st Richmond
2nd East Hants
3rd Spelthorne
4th Guildford Grasshoppers
5th Reading Aces
Mixed 2
1st Stoke Park Slappers
2nd VBDC
3rd Dorking Greens
4th Gifford
Mixed 3
1st Roke
2nd Havant Pumas
3rd Flapjacks
4th Fedora
Mens Division
1st Inter Pol
2nd Big Grasshoppers
3rd Epsom
4th Old Farts
5th The “A” Team
posted by GIVC on 20.8.08
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