‘Castle News

Number 51 November 2010

Junior Teams back in competition – u14, u16 and u18!

Welcome from the Chair

Contents

3-5 – ‘Castle News Updates

6 - Junior Teams in Nationals

7-8 – ‘West Midlands u14 Championships

9 – ‘NVL

10- Club Shop

11 – Castle online

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MATRIX

AGGREGATES

November saw no fewer than 11 NSVC teams take to the court... 5 u14s, 1 u16s, 2 u18s and 3 senior teams! It is credit to all of those players, parents, coaches and supporters involved that we are able to do this.

Big match night on the 27th November sadly saw the ladies match v Norwich frozen off, but the men beat Solent 3-0 in a great performance with a total of 109 present! Quite a crowd for the second tier of English Volleyball.. .let’s hope that the teams in the Super 8s draw in even bigger crowds than that each weekl!

Colin RobertsNSVC Chair

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Christmas Party Night Fundraiser Friday 17th DecemberBetley Village Hall

Disco, licensed bar and plenty of festive fun With the club. Tickets only £10 each – see your squad coach or secretary to buy yours tickets will be on sale at the Big Match Night on the 27th November

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Viewers of the ‘Castle You Tube Channel have regularly watched match highlights this season with 108 views of the men1 match v Wessex – why not check out the games now?

Readership of ‘Castle News rocketed last month with 351 readers of the October edition since the 7th November! Spread the word an make sure that November is even better read!

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Volleyball England launch Hall of fame at National Volleyball CentreOn the 13th November Volleyball England launched it’s Hall of Fame at the national Centre in Kettering. The launch drew in famous players past and present, and features one ex-’Castle star Richard Dobell. Also recognised is Dave Lovell’s former England Junior teammate Danny Weemes who has over 100 England/GB caps at the age of 28, and Dave and Will Roberts’s former coach at Loughborough Mike McKeever. For more info see the latest edition of 3 Touch magazine or online ion the VE website.

City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College

For the past 4 years NSVC has developed a fantastic relationship with City of Stoke-on-Trent College in Fenton, seeing the growth of the Talented Athlete Programme (TAP) at the college to provide three training session per week for players. In 2010-11 we will continue to work closely with the college to further develop this programme which is unique in North Staffordshire, to provide daily opportunities to train through a partnership between club and college. Whilst many ‘Castle Juniors will always opt to attend other colleges, the 6th

Form College in Fenton is the only one with this formal link to the club, and is the only place where players will get the chance to train on a daily basis locally.

Junior Boys Head Coach Will Roberts said, “The link with Fenton is fantastic for our young players. I did my ‘A’ Levels there back in 1998-2000 and only wish I’d had the chance to train for volleyball at college as often as they now offer through TAP. It wasn’t until I started my degree at Loughborough that I got anywhere near the quantity of training needed to play at a decent level so I hope that by strengthening the link to Fenton we are able to help our young players progress and keep up to speed with their studies.”

My Perfect teamIf you would like to nominate your own perfect 6 please do so as soon as possible! Please remember that this is your newsletter so you need to contribute by emailing your selection to Will Roberts on willroberts1981@hotmail.com

Remember, it doesn’t have to be a ‘Castle team but could be from anything you fancy, for example an international team, or best ever NVL side etc!

News Updates from ‘Castle!

London 2012 Ticket Prices: out now!

The ticket prices for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games have been announced for all events including the opening and closing ceremonies.

‘Castle is looking to organise a club trip if an interest is expressed by members, so please email Will Roberts at willroberts1981@hotmail.comif you are interested. If you want to take it into your own hands and also look into the ticket details across the whole event, go to http://www.tickets.london2012.com/ for more info.

The Volleyball tickets at the Olympic Games are always a top seller, and prices range from £20 all the way to £185 for the most expensive finals ticket, whilst Beach Volleyball is more pricey...

‘Castle u18 girls Go Dutch at ChristmasNext month’s ‘Castle news will feature a lengthy report from the ‘Castle u18 girls trip to the prestigious Apeldoorn tournament hosted by the famous Dutch Champions SV Dynamo.

For more on the tournament go to:ww.svdynamo.nl/jeugdtoernooi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=549&Itemid=1876 Volleyball Earls

CourtPrelim M/W £65 £55 £45 £30 £20QF M/W £95 £65 £55 £45 £30SF M/W £115 £85 £75 £65 £40Bronze M/W £115 £85 £75 £65 £40Final M/W £185 £150 £125 £95 £65

Beach Volleyball

Horse Guards Parade

Prelim M/W £95 £65 £50 £40 £20Last 16 M/W £110 £75 £55 £45 £30QF M/W £125 £95 £75 £65 £45SF M/W £225 £150 £110 £95 £65Final M/W £450 £295 £185 £125 £95

Action from the 2004 Olympic men’s final between Brazil and Italy

Junior Teams progress in National Championships

The ‘Castle under 18 girls ‘B’, under 18 boys ‘B’ and under 16 boys ‘B’ in action in the first round of the National Cup.

For the girls and the u16 boys ‘B’ this was the first time most of the players had ever experienced matches at full-court 6v6 level and they performed very well. The girls played at Tettenhall, losing to the hosts (‘A’ team), and beating Wirral 2-0 before a decider v Wigan to see who went through to round 2 away in Manchester. In round 2 the ‘Castle ‘A’ team joins the competition where they are hosts on the 16th January at Madeley.

The u16 boys ‘B’ battled through the snow and ice to make it to Redhill for round 1. After losing 2-0 to the hosts they then beat Wirral and Tettenhall 2-0, before losing 2-0 to Wigan. There were some great performances from year 9s Joe Richardson, Will Beacon, Rob Bellamy, James Stuart and Connor Grimes, and debutant Dougie Ross really shone – but the team did not make it through to round 2.

Meanwhile the u18 ‘B’ – which is also the u16 ‘A’ performed excellently at Barton-on-Humber near Hull , beating Barton Blockers and Nottingham Rockets 2-1 – Rockets are a team hoping to make the top 8s so this was a really great win and the team went through as group winners so will face ‘Castle ‘A’ in round 2!

Round 2 dates:

8th January 2011 – u16 girls ‘A’ @ Madeley

15th January 2011 – u16 boys ‘A’ @ Madeley

16th January 2011 – u18 girls ‘A’ @ Madeley

22nd January 2011 – u18 boys ‘A’&‘B’ @ Madeley

On Saturday 6th November no less than five squads of ‘Castle under 14s travelled to Wolverhampton for the West Midlands u14 Championships.

With coaches Ant Viggars, Jen Bellamy and Charlotte James ably supported by club welfare officer Libby Bellamy and our resident photographer Lucy James it was a great ‘Castle day out as you can see from all of the pictures on these pages! The two girls and three boys teams did themselves proud playing some excellent volleyball an impressing head coach Ant Viggars with their performances. In the boys event the ‘A’ won overall, and the ‘B’ team came third! The ‘C’ team featured year 8s and did well in the second division, so looking good for next year!

‘Castle at the West Midlands under 14 Championships

“The girls ‘A’ team were looking really impressive –it was a real shame that Hannah (Kettle) had to go to hospital to have her finger checked out.

There was lots of Volleyball to play so it was great for all, and the boys ‘A’ team won the event playing very well.”Ant Viggars

‘Castle at the West Midlands under 14 Championships

The girls also played some excellent three touch volleyball with the more experienced Hannah Kettle (who got on court in the u16 girls National Final last year!) to the fore until she suffered a bad finger injury that saw her go to hospital for a check-up.

For the boys, performances of Rich James, Rob Bellamy and Will Beacon in the ‘A’ team, & Joe Richardson, Zakk Hadgett, Connor Grimes and James Stuart all bode well for an excellent future of the boys side of the club in that year group, and will all players now training twice per week they’re making great strides.

Upcoming home fixtures

January

15th: Ladies v Sheffield – 6pm @ Madeley

22nd: Ladies v Northampton – 4pm @ MadeleyMen 1 v Leicester – 7pm @ Madeley

Both of these match days are linked to our Junior Teams being in action at home, so why not get down early and support the young ‘Castle players... Or stay on later and support the senior teams!!

We are looking to get a capacity crowd at both matches so over 120 spectators for each, with balloons, drums, trumpets. Club t-shirts etc etc ....

SUPPORT YOUR TEAMS!!

‘Castle Shop

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Stay in touch with ‘Castle: online

The 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 the first few months of 2010. 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. Soon to come on board is the final piece in the jigsaw for now! Happy browsing!

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 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-news

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

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

You TubeMatch videos can be posted online at our very own You Tube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/NSVC1

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