1. Date: Sunday 8th November 2015

2. Venue: Woodchurch Sports Centre, Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral CH49 7NG.

3. Final Entries – 6 or 7 teams: Chester Amazons; Knutsford; Liverpool “A” & “B”; Warrington Wolves & Wirral (with Liverpool University letting me know tonight.)

4. Tournament Times: 10.00 am – Noon (1 court); Noon – 4.00 pm or 5.00 pm depending on Liverpool University’s decision (2 courts.).

5. Arrival Times: 9.45 am for Liverpool “A” & “B”, Wirral & Chester Amazons. 11.00 am for Knutsford & Warrington Wolves.

6. Format of Tournament: Straight Pool of 6 or 7 teams, played on 2 courts – 2 Set Timed Matches – No Final – Teams to Referee Matches.

7. £30 per Team Entry: Payable by cash /cheque on day of Tournament , or Bank Credit Transfer

ENTRY FEE TO BE PAID WHETHER TEAM ARRIVES ON DAY OR NOT

Order of play & rules to follow this week.

PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.

Brian Kendall, (Chair, Merseyside Volleyball League)
07713 600549 / 0151 638 3350
brian.b.kendall@ntlworld.com

For those who are new to the League, the tournament is named after Des, who was a community activist in the Netherley district of Liverpool and started a women’s team which played for a number of years in the league. He is also the only MVL committee member in nearly 50 years who has died in office.

The 2015 Men’s Competition was held on Sunday 25^th October 2015 at Woodchurch School Sports Centre on the Wirral.  6 teams entered the tournament which was played as a “Round Robin” of 2 set matches on 2 courts. Although originally planned to be timed, an unexpected last minute extension of the court time availability, meant that all matches were completed.

INTERVOLLEY (Manchester) were the outstanding team on the day and became “Merseyside VL Tournament Champions for 2015”. Chester V.C. were only defeated by total points of 40 to 35 in the match with the champions to become worthy runners-up. The overall standard of the other teams was good, with a number of close matches and 3 drawn games in all.

An interesting statistic of the current volleyball era is that, of the 43 players involved in the tournament, 26 of them were born abroard and only 17 were from GB. I think this epitomizes the dilemma for Merseyside men’s volleyball – on the one hand the participation of European volleyballers adds to the enjoyment, standard and possibly “survival” of the MVL Men’s Divisions; but on the other hand we need to be finding or producing more local players – especially as (I believe) there were no Under 20’s playing on the day.

Congratulations to Intervolley (Manchester) as Champions; & to Chester V.C. as Runners Up.

FINAL POSITIONS

1. INTERVOLLEY (Manchester)       20 points
2. CHESTER                                      16 points
3. Liverpool                                         10 points
4. Warrington Wolves                           6 points
5. Blackburn Vipers                              4 points
6. “Coors for Concern” (Woodchurch)  4 points

The “Des Jeffers Women’s Tournament” takes place on Sunday 8^th November 2015.
Any prospective entrants should contact me ASAP as we are nearly fully subscribed.

It is now possible to submit results through the website.

Submission Form

This is my preferred method for submitting results, so if everyone can start to use this going forward I would appreciate it.

 

Date
Sunday 25^th October 2015

Venue
Woodchurch Sports Centre, Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral CH49 7NG.

Final Entries – 6 teams
Blackburn
Intervolley (Manchester)
Liverpool
“Coors for Concern” (Woodchurch)
Warrington Wolves
Chester.

Tournament Times
10.00 am – Noon (1 court); Noon – 4.00 pm (2 courts) – N.B. Revised Finishing Time.

Arrival Times:
9.45 am for Liverpool; “Coors for Concern” (Woodchurch); Warrington Wolves & Chester.
11.00 am for Blackburn & Intervolley (Manchester).

Format of Tournament
Straight Pool of 6 teams, played on 2 courts – Timed Matches – No Final – Teams to Referee Matches.

£30 per Team Entry
Payable by cash /cheque on day of Tournament or by Bank Credit Transfer.
ENTRY FEE TO BE PAID WHETHER TEAM ARRIVES ON DAY OR NOT

Order of play & rules to follow towards end of week.

PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
Brian Kendall, (Chair, Merseyside Volleyball League)
07713 600549 / 0151 638 3350
brian.b.kendall@ntlworld.com

 

Note that Wirral Juniors have decided to make a late entry into Mens Division 2.

Can all teams try to make their fixture dates with Wirral ASAP, and let me know the details.

Bebington High Sports College, Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2PS

• The 1-day Grade 4 Refereeing Course is the first step into refereeing.  It consists of pre-course tasks undertaken before the course, half the day of on-court practice and half the day in a classroom setting, covering both theoretical and practical aspects of refereeing.
• Finally, you will be required to sit an exam.
• The cost of the course is £50 and you will have to be at least 16 years of age.
• At this stage, contact Brian Kendall if you are interested, to reserve a place & for further information.

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY 25^th OCTOBER 2015 (10am – 5pm)    

Woodchurch High School Sports College, Carr Bridge Road, Wirral, CH49 7NG

• First 8 entries will be accepted for the Tournament
• Let me know ASAP (even before the Fixture Meeting) if you are likely (not binding at this stage) to enter to reserve your place.
• £30 per team entry fee (Sorry – increase on last year.)

WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY 8^th NOVEMBER 2015 (10am – 5pm)

Woodchurch High School Sports College, Carr Bridge Road, Wirral, CH49 7NG

• First 8 entries will be accepted for the Tournament
• Let me know ASAP (even before the Fixture Meeting) if you are likely (not binding at this stage) to enter to reserve your place.
• £30 per team entry fee (Sorry – increase on last year.)

Please confirm your interest in entering these tournament to Brian Kendall

The fixture meeting will be held this year on Wed 7th Oct at 7pm.
Devoshire House Hotel, Rose Room, 293/297 Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 9LD

All teams wishing to take part in the league this year MUST be represented at the meeting

• MVL Annual Fee unchanged – £35 per team for the season.
• Pay on the night. (If you need an Invoice ask me on Wednesday.)
• You can also pay directly to the Bank by BACS (details available at the meeting)

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