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Posted by devo on October 6, 2009
Aussie Nic Goldsbrough-Reardon is now in Germany playing with TSV Giesen/Hildesheim this season. Link to their site: http://www.giesen-volleyball.de ~ translated
It was not until shortly before the first game of the season that TSV Giesen / Hildesheim manager Ulrich Nordmann signed two new players. On Thursday, the Australian Nicholas Goldsbrough-Reardon signed his contract. … impressed coach Michael Schöps right away.
… the traveling fans a novelty at TSV will be able to observe. Coach Michael Schöps has changed due to the newbies, the team language. On the floor, only English is spoken. “For the German player is not a problem. They are all well educated,” said Schöps. more ~ original
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball, sport | Tagged: germany, Nic Goldsbrough-Reardon, TSV Giesen/Hildesheim | 1 Comment »
Posted by devo on February 4, 2009
I found this picture following up on the German results from last weekend. Okay, the German Bundesliga doesn’t get 7700 spectators at every match, every week. A thousand is more likely the number of fans that will turn up.
The only time I have seen decent numbers at a volleyball game in Australia, outside of the Olympics, has been at international matches in Melbourne. At the Glasshouse many years ago, and recently at Dandenong in the Argentine series.
But unless this is the aim for volleyball in Australia, to get numbers to the games, we’re just kidding ourselves. There is an audience. Volleyball Victoria proved this with the Argentine series. The question is: how do we grow that audience, and maintain it. More international matches, properly promoted, would be a good start.
I remember vividly watching the first round of the new Women’s AVL that was played in Dandenong. Junior basketball was being played in the other half of the stadium. A basketball mum sat down beside me and watched for a few minutes. She asked me what the competition was. “Is the volleyball always of this standard here?” I explained the differing levels that you are likely to see at Dandenong. At the end of the set she went and dragged some of her friends into the volleyball game. I wonder what would have happened if I could have said that the AVL was here every week. There is an audience out there.
Berlin’s Max-Schmeling-Halle, where 7700 fans witnessed the the top of the table game between VfB and the SCC Berlin this last weekend.
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Posted by devo on December 12, 2008
Phillip DeSalvo - Eltmann
The new German men’s national team coach, Raúl Lozano from Argentina, gave the Aussies the thumbs up when he visited his first National League match this week.
After complaining that too many foreigners playing were “not genuine service providers“, he specifically excluded Brett Alderman – “good player” - and “above all Libero Phill DeSalvo … it harms that DeSalvo is Australian, I would gladly have him,” said Lozano.
To which DeSalvo commented modestly: “That was certainly a game, with which I was very content. But my team made it easy for me to look good. “ computer translation here
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: Brett Alderman, Eltmann, germany, Phill DeSalvo, Raúl Lozano | 2 Comments »
Posted by devo on September 8, 2008
Rhiannon Watt
I want my volleyball skills to improve and as a player to mature. It is a great experience to be able to play at such high level. The competition is strong. This means that we must give everything and the best of it.
It was, in the beginning, a little frightening in a foreign country, but the support of the team and the management was simply overwhelming.
more@Chemnitz
picture courtesy of Chemnitz Fighting Kangaroos
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: Chemnitz, Fighting Kangaroos, germany, Rhiannon Watts | Comments Off
Posted by devo on August 29, 2008
Aussie volleyballer Phill DeSalvo has posted some intial feelings about his new club Eltmann.
Posted in Aussie Bloggers, Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: Eltmann, germany, Phill DeSalvo | Comments Off
Posted by devo on July 31, 2008
German volleyball site Volleyballer.de has a report on the Women’s AVL final. It mentions Lauren Bertolacci, Rhiannon Watts and Sarah Choat and their association with the Fighting Kangaroos Chemnitz. volleyball.de ~ Google translation
Correspondent CL has alerted us that there are now video clips from the final round of the Women’s AVL up on the AVL website http://www.avf.org.au/index.php?id=396.
Posted in Aust Volleyball League, Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, Volleyball Video | Tagged: Chemnitz, Fighting Kangaroos, germany, Lauren Bertolacci, Rhiannon Watts, Sarah Choat | Comments Off
Posted by devo on June 13, 2008
The Aussie pairing of Barnett and Cook continue to do well on the World Tour, as they continue to accrue points to protect their position in the Olympic games competition. In Germany this week they won through their preliminary pool with 2 matches won to 1 match lost; this to the Brazillian 5th ranked team of Renata-Talit.
In their first round match they won: Barnett-Cook AUS [12] Faure-Sarpaux FRA [24] 2-0 (21-18, 21-15).
In the next round today they will face Ana Paula-Shelda the 4th ranked Brazillians for a chance to get to the third round and the weekends finals matches. You can follow all of the matches and scores on the fivb site.
In other fivb news – World League starts today
The 2008 edition of the FIVB World League, the annual showcase for the world’s finest Men’s Volleyball players who compete for more than USD 20 million in Prize Money, starts this weekend with some mouth-watering clashes ahead.
You can check out the fivb preview here.
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World League, FIVB World Tour, Olympics, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: barnett, cook, germany | Comments Off
Posted by devo on May 25, 2008
Men’s Qualifying Saturday – Germany
Sunday’s matches in the FIVB Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Düsseldorf will decide the Olympic berth. more @ fivb
Results: Saturday, 24 May
Spain – Chinese Taipei 3-1 (25-19, 25-15, 23-25, 25-20)
Cuba – Germany 2-3 (26-24, 25-21, 21-25, 18-25, 13-15)
Standings
1. Germany 4
2. Spain 3
3. Cuba 3
4. Chinese Taipei 2
Posted on Devo’s Volleyball – http://devovolleyball.com
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Posted by devo on April 7, 2008
Dubai is a great opportunity for us to play against some awesome teams that we don’t really get much of a chance to do. One of them being Germany! I know we are going to move forward during this tournament and it is going to be a really positive step for us. more
Posted in Aussie Bloggers, Aussies Overseas, Aust Volleyball League, Australian Volleyball, Sports, State Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: Dubai, germany, Lauren Bertolacci | Comments Off
Posted by devo on January 9, 2008
Our friend Kasper reports:
I just read about the German men’s All-star match. It seems that Australian Steve Keir was named “spiking champion” after the spiking contest, where a jury of five voted for the hardest and most spectacular spikes.
In the main event, a match of North against South, he was also in the winning team, South.
Read more here, in German – translated
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: germany, Spike, Steve Keir. Kasper | Comments Off
Posted by devo on October 10, 2007
Up front – my German is terrible. My computer translator doesn’t do a great job on German. But …
It appears that Steve Keir’s German club side TSV Unterhaching was playing in the Challenge Cup. They lost the first match 0-3. They then sacked the captain for under performance, or released him from his playing responsibilities until further notice. They appointed Steve captain. The team won 3-0. “New acquisition Steve Keir played his role as new captain and diagonal aggressor outstandingly: 24 points – that is world class“
They play the golden set in some European Cup competitions that are played home and away. Instead of a count back on sets, they wait 30 minutes and play the golden set. TSV Unterhaching won this 15-12 and progress in the tournament. I wonder who will be captain in the next match?
Thanks to Mark Lebedew for the heads up on this one and help with the translation. In German ~ translated
Posted in Aussies Overseas, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: germany, Mark Lebedew, Steve Keir, TSV Unterhaching | Comments Off
Posted by devo on October 10, 2007
Posted in Asian Championships, Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Picture | Tagged: andy hunter, Budva, czech republic, germany, Lauren Bertolacci, Luke Campbell, Mark Lebedew, Poland | Comments Off
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Aussie Nic Goldsbrough-Reardon is now in Germany playing with TSV Giesen/Hildesheim this season. Link to their site: http://www.giesen-volleyball.de ~ translated
