‘Castle News

Number 59

July 2011

Whitefield and Sandbanks... the English Volleyball Summer!

Welcome from the Chair

Contents

3 – ‘Castle Shop

4-7 – ‘Castle News Updates

8 – Sanbdanks beach Volleyball Classic

9 – Sportset advert

10-14 – Whitefield 2011

15 – ‘Castle Shop

15 – Castle online

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For the fifth year in a row ‘Castle can reflect positively on a job well done in terms of the delivery of a fantastic “Let’s Play Volleyball Festival.” The number of club members involved in the delivery of this event for around 200 youngsters was fantastic , and backed up by the various fundraising efforts of club members over the weekend it made for a pretty special one for the club!

Colin RobertsNSVC Chair

‘Castle Shop

Training T-shirt: £15.00High quality performance material NSVC club t-shirt, Navy Blue and now in White!

Classic Grey ‘Castle T-shirt ‘Castle Hoodie ‘Castle Polo Shirt ‘Castle Drawstring Bag

£10.00 £20.00 £10.00 £5.00

To purchase any club kit please contact your coach or a club official on match-day or at training

NEW T-SHIRT COMING IN SEPTEMBER –INCLUDED IN ALL JUNIOR PLAYERS’

MEMBERSHIP FEES AND AVAILABLE TO OTHER MEMBERS FOR £15.00

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Social Volleyball... back in September!The new ‘Castle Social Volleyball sessions were a great success during May and June,regularly attracting 20-30 players. Whilst a number of these were club members whowere already active in the sport and just wanted to keep on playing in the normal quiet months before pre-season, the sessions did encourage new players and re-introduced some former players back into the sport. This was made really evident by the ‘Castle representation at the Whitefield Tournament in Bath where there was a “Mama Gios” team, and a number of former/older members on the Men’s “Team Gios” side!

The aim of the social side of the club is to add a further string to the bow of the club and provide opportunities for adults to play volleyball outside of the rigours of the NVL and formal competitive (or traditional) volleyball. It is hoped that not only will former players come back to the club, but new members will join and that all members of the club, whether junior, social or NVL will all come together and support each other and be part of a larger club.

After the success of the summer’s experiment Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball is pleased to confirm that Social Volleyball sessions will start again on the 14th September:-Madeley High School- 6.30pm-8pm- Wednesdays -Cost: £10 per year or £2 per session

Training Programme 2011-12: FridaysFollowing discussion between the two head coaches Ant Viggars and Will Roberts it has been agreed to make a change to the training programme on Fridays in the 2011-12 season – this new programme will be in place from Friday 9th September 2011. This should help reverse the decline in the number of young boys staying on in Madeley until 6pm on a Friday to train. It is hoped that this change will help players to develop in 3 main ways:1. By having girls and boys train in the hall at the same time will help their learning2. Younger players will be motivated by the prospect of being invited to stay-on to train in the older session3. There will be an even better ‘club feel’ to sessions.

Training will now be:- 3.30pm-4.30pm – under 12 (year 5-7) boys and girls- 4.30pm-6.00pm – under 14 (years 8 and 9) boys and girls- 6.00pm-7.30pm – under 16 (years 10 and 11) boys and girls

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Volleyball’s 2012 Test EventA number of NSVC members were able to go to the London 2012 ’Test event’ at Earls Court In July... in roughly four groups. First up, Meg Viggars was part of the GB ladies squad that was playing in a series of international friendlies against both Japan and Holland – so she had a pretty special experience!! Also very closely involved was RodStockwell, who as we know from previous editions of ‘Castle News is part of the 2012team as statistician. Rod is on the photograph below right where all of the event statistics support team are photographed alongside the USA Men’s team! A group of‘Castle loyalists were there for a day watching – mixing the ‘Castle girls and some of the girls from SV Dynamo who played at Whitefield with NSVC, and finally the fourth group was the ‘Castle lads who are at the National Academy in Loughborough who went for a day and thoroughly enjoyed watching the stars and against raising their own levels of aspiration.

The GB Men performed very well, winning two matches against Egypt and Mexico and although this resulted only in a 5th place finish rather than 4th – if they can repeat similar next summer they could well find themselves in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games!!

Team PtsMatches Results Details Sets Points

P W L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 W L Ratio W L Ratio

1 Serbia 12 5 4 1 3 1 1 12 4 3.000 389 327 1.190

2 Brazil 11 5 4 1 3 1 1 12 5 2.400 398 339 1.174

3 USA 10 5 3 2 3 1 1 12 6 2.000 414 380 1.089

4 Egypt 6 5 2 3 2 1 2 7 9 0.778 370 380 0.974

5 GB 6 5 2 3 2 3 6 11 0.545 360 400 0.900

6 Mexico 6 5 0 5 1 4 1 15 0.067 292 397 0.736

News Updates from ‘Castle!

See Meg playing for GB on the ‘Castle You Tube Channel!Meg Viggars increased her number of senior Great Britain caps in the recent matches against Switzerland in Crawley and at the London 2012 Test Event at Earl’s Court. Meg is now doing everything she possibly can to secure selection to be part of GB’s first ever women’s indoor volleyball squadin 21012 when she will be just 18. ‘Castle caught Meg in action for Great Britain on Sky Sports recently in the Switzerland matches when she came of the bench to set very impressively and guided her team to close out the match.

The highlights have been edited together and put on the ‘Castle You Tube channel. To find the clip go to You Tube andsearch NSVC1.

Richard James: EnglandCadets High Peaks

‘Castle under14 player Rich James made his first appearance at National Squad training in July by attending the High Peaks Camp at Kettering. With the restructure of Cadets next season into a national group, plus North, Central and South Squads training every month this was a great call-up for Richard as he strives to get into one of those squads of 20 players.

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Euro Volley Cup 2011: Italy

As English Champions at under 18 and for the second successive year ‘Castle are off to Italy in September to compete for the European Cup. This year’s event will feature 8 teams and ‘Castle will be looking to build upon their strong performance last year which saw them win 2 of their 6 matches.

The team to travel to Italy will be led by Ant Viggars as head coach in the absence of Will Roberts who cannot get time off work. The only changes from the team that won the national under 18s are that Will Roberts sadly cannot play as this tournament is for players born 1993 and later and he was born in 1992, Michal Hawiar who has disappointingly decided to no longer player volleyball, and Chris Ashton who cannot make it. Their replacements in the squad are Richard Yates who is signing for ‘Castle NVL, Ryan Heath who is also signing for ‘Castle NVL, and Cameron Rhodes.

The full delegation is:Players: Roo Scott (c), James Goodwin, Richard Yates, Ryan Heath, Alex Jenkins, Sam Shenton, Iain McKellar, Stewart Ross, KacperStefanowicz, Cameron Rhodes, James Chadwick, Richard JamesHead Coach: Ant ViggarsAsst. Coach: Martin MierwzaScout/Stats: Rod StockwellManager: Miles Scott

Volleyball England Satellite AcademiesJust at the summer term ended Volleyball England announced that a number of satellite academies to the national Academy in Loughborough are to be launched. ‘Castle worked as fast as we possibly could with both Newcastle College and our long term partners City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College in Fenton to put in expressions of interest. It is the ambition of NSVc to be able to support daily training for talented young players in this manner so this is crucial for the future of the club – fingers crossed!

Sainsbury’s UK School Games 2011: Sheffield1st-4th September sees the Sainsbury’s UK School Games take place in Sheffield. This isthe fifth time that volleyball has been included in the competition programme and this year the event has expanded to a total of 12 sports with the addition of Wheelchair Basketball and girls Rugby 7s.

The ‘Castle players selected are (Girls is an u16 event, boys u17):England Central Girls – Harriet RobertsEngland Central Boys – Chris AshtonEngland North Boys – Sam Shenton, Iain McKellar, Stewart Ross, Jordan Adelburgh, Elliott Francis, Kacper Stafanowicz, James Chadwick, Richard James

Good luck to all of the players involved!

Sandbanks Beach Volleyball Classic

The weekend of the 16th and 17th July saw the Sandbanks Beach Volleyball event take place in Poole. There has been an annual ‘Castle pilgrimage of teams travelling to play in this event for the past few years both in the junior and senior competitions and this year was no different with players in teams entering the under 14, under 16 and under 18 competitions.

In the under 18 boys event the all ‘Castle pair of Roo Scott and James Goodwin fell at the semi-final stage, whilst Sam Shenton with fellow England Junior Ryan Heath went out in the quarter finals. Stew Ross flew the ‘Castle flag through to the semis, playing alongside another England Junior Richard Yates.

Due to a number of withdrawals our only team in the under 16s was Cameron Rhodes and Rich James – who entered division 2, unsure of how they might fair against the more experienced Beach Volleyball players from the coastal clubs. The lads played in some awful conditions (see Cameron’s smiling face above!!) but excelled themselves throughout and won the competition!

On Sunday Rich was back in action in the under 14s, playing with England Cadet and Wessex player Joel Roberts, son of Anthony who was a formidable player in his day. This team won the title meaning that Rich had a fantastic weekend taking gold medals on both days!

Whitefield Tournament 2011

had. Libby Bellamy did a valiant job of trying to make sure that each team got a photo which featured all of

clubs. This meant that Whitefield Tournament organisers decided to cancel the prestigious indoor

both men and ladies. The men were hoping to build upon impressive performances in 2009 (losing finalists) and 2010 (semi-finals) and the ladies had linked up with SV Dyamno in Holland and strengthened the side with the aim of challenging for the title with a young Anglo-Dutch team.

Despite this disappointment, Whitefield remained the focus of the summer outdoor tournament season, and

Meet the teams....Castle Dynamo team

who played in ladies Division 1. After being in a tough pool on day 1 they ended up in the Plate on Day 2, which they won convincingly. This team featured players from NSVC and SV Dynamo in Holland who we have connections with now and whose tournament we entered last Christmas!

Castle Gios girls who were playing in ladies division 2, where they finished in 3rd place. This team featured a

they played some great volleyball over the weekend against much more experienced teams.

The final ladies side was the Mama Gios who

years, reuniting on court once again at Whitefield.

team Newcastle (Staffs) playing in division 1. This team was made up of the younger players

st team from last season and they tried to play the smooth attacking quick game that they do indoors. Shame that playing

shine on court, but they had a great time!!

Finally, Team Gios Reloaded played in division 2. Players were a blend of 1st and 2nd

team NVL players past and present, and they went on to win the competition!

Team Gios Reloaded celebrate another point

An impressive array of trophies available!

Not a libero just yet...!!! Dan Robins, at 6 foot 11 tall might do with the help of a libero backcourt but

putting his body on the line for Gios!

Mama Gios celebrate in style!!

Mama Gios in action

Ant Viggars attacks

-up their trophy

Gios in action

Dyamo put up a big block!!

Rob Bellamy takes part in the world record attend for consecutive shots over the net!!!

www.nsvc.co.uk The club website gives regular updates of information on both the home and news pages,, team and player profiles, plus carries all club match reports and an up to date club calendar

‘Castle: onlineThe club’s communications strategy (part of the four-year club development plan) is now very well advanced following the launch of our You Tube channel and Wikipedia page in 2010, plus a Twitter feed. These additions to the existing ‘Castle News, www.nsvc.co.uk and Facebook group give us what is hopefully excellent connectivity to our members through whatever medium they prefer.

You TubeMatch videos can be posted online at our very own You Tube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/NSVC1Recent viewer numbers:- Meg GB – 151 views- under 18 girls final highlights – 68 views- under 18 boys final highlights – 189 views- under 16 boys highlights – 76 views

‘Castle News The club’s unique monthly e-newsletter is now available only as a download through the club website’s news pages at www.nsvc.co.uk/latest-newsReader numbers from recent editions:- June 2011 - 318- May 2011 – 463- April 2011 – 523- March2011– 563

FacebookSign up to ‘Castle at www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=12327566316

TwitterWe have an active Twitter account for those of you who want up to the minute information on the club. Go to Twitter and search for us @CastleVb

WikipediaThe NSVC Wikipedia page was launched in March 2010 and will provide a great historical record of the club and its’ achievements over the past 30 years and the years to comehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_(Staffs)_Volleyball_Club