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Posted by devo on July 5, 2009
With the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships due to kick off (spike off?) their matches tomorrow, get yourself prepared by heading over to the Volleyball Australia site where they have set up to display the match results.
The official photographer of the 2009 AJVC is Leiden Sports Images
Posted in Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, Volleyball Picture, sport | Tagged: ajvc results | 2 Comments »
Posted by markleb on July 5, 2009
The Universiade volleyball competition began overnight in Serbia. The Australian team started with a 2-3 loss to the UAE. Top scorers for Australia were Andrew McLean with 21 points and Steve Wallace with 18 points.
The competition continues today with Australia up against Czech Republic who beat Germany 3-2 in their first match. Poland and Hong Kong make up the 6 team Pool D.
If you go through the team lists, you might find a familiar name playing for Canada, Stelio DeRocco’s son Michael.
The daily bulletins can be found here. Daily results here
Originally posted July 3
update 1: AUS lost to Czech Republic 0-3 (20,18,18) – Maclean 10 pts
update 2: AUS lost to Germany 0-3 (19, 21, 18) – Wallace 14pts
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, University Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | 4 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 5, 2009
I have had a few people ask me how to get an avatar - a picture or graphic – beside their comment, rather than the email generated avatar.
You can register at Gravatar.com (or at WordPress.com and choose the “No Blog” option). The pic you choose here will be automatically used in all WordPress blogs and some other sites.
Posted in It's not volleyball but ... | Tagged: avatars, gravatar | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on July 5, 2009
In Denmark, Jen Kessy and April Ross of the United States realized a “dream” by capturing the gold medal here Saturday at the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips when they defeated Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca. more@fivb
In the men’s comp German pairs Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann and David Klemperer/Eric Koreng join Brazilians Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques and reigning Olympic and world champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States as the “final four” participants at the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips after winning matches here Saturday on the Vaagen Harbour dockside courts. more@fivb
Posted in FIVB World Champs, FIVB World Tour, Sports, sport | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on July 4, 2009
Executive Director sort by Volleyball Victoria
Salary $80,000 to $100,000 pa Negotiable
Volleyball Victoria has some exciting expansion plans and is looking for an energetic and results driven person to grow the sport in Victoria. more
Posted in Australian Volleyball, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, sport | Tagged: Executive Director | 5 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 4, 2009
Correspondent R has been checking out the Volleyball Australia site:
Just had a look at the AVF website and they seem to be proposing a few staffing changes. Employing some more staff etc, check it out under “About Us” then “Staff”. Dont know if this has been around for a while, but I thought the AVF weren’t making much (any) money and so I don’t understand how we can afford to pay for some new staff at the AVF?
Posted in Australian Volleyball, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: staffing | 1 Comment »
Posted by devo on July 3, 2009
You can now give me some feedback on what you like to read by rating each post. Please take the time to do this. UPDATE: This is a new feature at WordPress and may be a bit “hit or miss” for a few days. Currently you have to “open” a post to give it a ranking, or to see its ranking.
I have removed some of the links in the side columns. Hopefully the site will load a little more quickly for country people who don’t have fast “city” wired connections. Was anyone reading them?
Posted in It's not volleyball but ... | Tagged: changes, devo's volleyball | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on July 3, 2009
Correspondent Eldo reports that he has just returned from a time warp.
My son plays for Adelaide Uni in a social A grade competition at the Magill campus. The guys running it are on the big side of 60 and they have not been even slightly influenced by the FIVB. (All power to them – got to admire that.)
I had a ball watching, and realised on the way home that perhaps the good old days were in fact better.
I bet a million that not one person was a member of VSA or the AVF and, for the money we want these people to play to affiliate, why would they join VSA or the AVF? They pay $4.00 a night for 60 minutes of volleyball. Kids pay $8.00 for their 50 minutes of Junior League.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could entice these people into the volleyball family for a minimum $5.00 fee to VSA and the AVF. We could use people like these all over the country to increase our patheticly low official membership numbers. This would help in grant applications. We could have them on an email list and invite them to league finals, international matches (SA had one in 1998) and we could invite them to AVL matches.
It is indeed a pity that most of our family live outside of our family. These people play volleyball, wear kneepads and love the game just like us. One day when we want to be a big sport, perhaps we will get this right.
One day Devo, please publish the official memberships paid to the AVF by each of our states. It is a JOKE, but well worth the read. We could be Underbelly #4.
Posted in Australian Volleyball, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, State Volleyball, University Volleyball, Volleyball, sport | Tagged: Eldo | 6 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 2, 2009
The Youth Girls’ World Championships begin in Thailand tomorrow.
You can follow the action on the FIVB site.
Posted in FIVB, FIVB World Champs, Sports, Volleyball, sport | Tagged: Youth Girls' World Championships | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on July 2, 2009
The New Zealand Junior Men’s Volleyball (U19, U18 and U17) teams depart New Zealand today for the Australian State Champs in Beenleigh, Brisbane with the knowledge that the best they can be is 5th!
Volleyball New Zealand received first knowledge of amendments made to the Tournament Regulations excluding international teams from the medal matches from Volleyball Australia (AVF) on June 23. After rigorous debate with AVF, the decision by the AVF Board to endorse the amended rule was confirmed in an email to VNZ on 25 June stating … “this means that international teams will play in the first round of pool play, will be eligible to move into the Championship Pool based on results, but will not be eligible to play in the medal matches”.
With an investment of over $80k to attend the State Championship event, the New Zealand teams were left short on time to reconsider their participation.
Read the full article at voxy.co.nz ~ UPDATE: And vote in the poll in the left side column.
UPDATE 2: See also Today
Posted in Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: AJVC, New Zealand Junior Men's Volleyball | 41 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 2, 2009
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The Aussie beach pair of Becharra Palmer and Heike Jensen, playing in the world championships, lost their third pool match overnight, and will not progress past the pool stage of the competition.
Palmer-Jensen AUS [32] lost to Mooren-Wesselink NED [41] 0-2 (16-21, 11-21)
picture courtesy FIVB ~ see more
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB World Champs, FIVB World League, Sports, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: Becharra Palmer, Heike Jensen | 6 Comments »
Posted by devo on June 30, 2009
The Australian Junior Volleyball Championships has our top junior volleyballers representing their state in under 17, under 19 and under 21 age groups. Teams from New Zealand also compete. These teams participate in a week-long tournament, this year in Queensland, to determine the top state in each of the six competitions. The best performing state overall is awarded the President’s Cup.
You can find information and the latest draws on the AJVC page at Volleyball Australia. You can also vote in our poll in the left side column. Who will win the President’s Cup?
So what is the goss from your state? Which teams have found the next big news in junior volleyball? Which teams have lost players. Which teams will be doing better than they did last year. Let us all know. Put your views on the line – hit the comments tag at the end of this post.
see also: act ~ qld ~ sa ~ vic ~ wa ~ let me know if there are better team links.
Posted in Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: AJVC, president's cup | 9 Comments »
Posted by devo on June 30, 2009
The Aussie beach pair, Becharra Palmer and Heike Jensen, playing in the world championships lost their second pool match overnight.
Maria Clara-Carol BRA [8] def Palmer-Jensen AUS [32] 2-1 (19-21, 21-13, 15-11)
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World Champs, FIVB World Tour, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: Becharra Palmer, Heike Jensen, Palmer-Jensen | 1 Comment »
Posted by devo on June 28, 2009
The round robin stage of the Women’s Australian Volleyball League finished today. The finals will be held in Melbourne on July 25 &26.
Volleyball WA ….10-0
Uni Blues ………..8-2
Volleyball SA ….6-4
Pirates …………..4-6
UTSSU …………..2-8
Canberra Heat ..0-10
SAT ~ SF1 ~ 1 v 4 = VWA vs Pirates
SAT ~ SF2 ~ 2 v 3 = Uni Blues vs VSA
SUN ~ BRONZE ~ Loser SF1 v Loser SF2
SUN ~ GOLD ~ Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Posted in Aust Volleyball League, Australian Volleyball, Sports, University Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: draw, finals, WAVL | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on June 28, 2009
Computer wizz Chau rang me this afternoon to let me know he was attempting to live stream the WAVL match that the Uni Blues were playing. Unfortunately, I was travelling in the car without access to a computer. :-((
Did anyone catch it? How did it go?
Posted in Aust Volleyball League, Australian Volleyball, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, University Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, Volleyball Video, sport | Tagged: live stream, WAVL | 1 Comment »
Posted by devo on June 28, 2009
The Aussie beach pair, Becharra Palmer and Heike Jensen, playing in the world championships lost their first pool match overnight.
Van Breedam-Mouha BEL [17] def Palmer-Jensen AUS [32] 2-0 (21-8, 21-14)
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World Champs, FIVB World Tour, Sports, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: Becharra Palmer, Heike Jensen, Palmer-Jensen | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on June 27, 2009
The Women’s Australian Volleyball League is in Melbourne today and tomorrow. You can follow all the action at Volleyball Australia.
Better still, get down to Dandenong today, or Monash tomorrow and see it live.
Posted in Aust Volleyball League, Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, University Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: WAVL | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on June 25, 2009
The Rules of the Game Commission has released the final text of the Rules of the Game in English and French, including the diagrams and hand signals. The rules can be downloaded under the following link: www.fivb.org/TheGame/Rules.htm
Posted in FIVB, Sports, Volleyball, sport | Tagged: rules | Leave a Comment »
Posted by devo on June 25, 2009
The draws for the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships to be played in Brisbane from July 5 – 11 are now on the AJVC page at Volleyball Australia
UPDATE: The updated draw is now available
Posted in Australian Volleyball, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, sport | Tagged: AJVC, draw | 24 Comments »
