Men – Saturday 27th April
Women – Sunday 28th April
A rousing success and a great way to commemorate Brian Kendall who was the guiding light of the Merseyside League for so many years.
Men’s Competition
Winners: Fairfield
Runners-up: Isle of Man
This men’s competition was a real tribute to Brian Kendall’s memory. The playing standard was high, the matches very competitive (many ending one-set all), the atmosphere in the sports hall was terrific and the noise had the sports hall bouncing.
Special mention for the junior Liverpool team who played some outstanding attacking volleyball, came through their very difficult pool after taking a set off Fairfield and recovering after a bad first set stumble against Oldham. They were unfortunate not to make the final, losing out to Isle of Man by one point over the two sets.
Isle of Man teams have become great supporters of our MVL tournaments. They brought a strong men’s team on Saturday and won Pool B with some ease but they really never had a chance in the final against Fairfield who by this stage, sniffing victory, really had the bit between their teeth. How do they do it? How does this no longer young group of Fairfield players keep going? Where do they keep finding the enthusiasm and the will to win? Some of their pool games were a real battle but they breezed through the semi-final against Prescot Lynx and took Isle of Man to pieces in the final with a devastating first set.
We had to juggle with the pools/ match program because one team didn’t show up on the day. That left us with one pool of 3 and really short-changed Titans 2 who’d been recruited to balance the entry numbers and ended up with only two matches.
FULL POOL RESULTS
Women’s Competition
Winners: Amazons A
Runners-up: Amazons B
We had a full compliment of eight teams for the Women’s BK Cup on Sunday.
The competition was dominated by the two Amazons teams who won their respective pools and semi-finals but had a ding-dong battle in the final where Amazons B took the first set 21-20 but were 12-14 behind when the buzzer went in set 2, making Amazons A the winner of the competition by 1 point.
Prescot Lynx and Warrington Wolves – 2024 winners of MVL divisions 1 and 2 lost in their semi-finals but played off a close 3/4th match – again one set all with Wolves taking 3rd place on points difference.
Nice to have Isle of Man ladies again showing good support for our competitions but on this occasion not getting through to the semi-finals.
FULL POOL RESULTS
