‘Castle News

Number 48 August 2010

‘Castle In Europe!NVL Season preview

Welcome from the Chair

Contents

3-5- ‘Castle News updates

6-8 – ‘Castle in Europe

9-10 – NVL 2010-11

8-9 – Rod’s Olympic Dream

11-15 – ‘Castle memories

16 – ‘Castle online

17- Club Shop

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The recent Sandbanks, Whitefield and High Peaks event have shown yet again the extent and range of opportunities that NSVC members take part in to play and learn as much volleyball as possible. What is great to hear from those that went to these events is the fantastic level of play, enjoyment and behaviour from our young players – it really is a testament to all involved that around 70 ‘Castle members have been away on residential trips to either competitions or training camps in July!

Keep enjoying your volleyball and making the most of your opportunities!

Colin RobertsNSVC Chair

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Beach Volleyball hits South Cheshire!!The first week of August Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Cheshire played host to the top women’s Beach Volleyball pairing from the Pacific Island of Vanuatu as they attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The countryside between Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe around 50 miles from the nearest beach may be a long way from the island paradise of their homeland, but the players are being well prepared on a temporary beach court put together as part ofCheshire’s bid to host pre-2012 training camps. Under the watchful eyes of three time Olympic coach Steve Anderson and Australian coach Lauren McLeod the Vanuatu pair of Henriette Iatika and Miller Elwin are preparing for the forthcoming SWATCH FIVB World Tour events in Norway, Finland and Holland during August 2010 with a strict training regime which includes a three hour practice session every day this week involving young players from Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club whichis based nearby.

Whilst the Vanuatans can boast being the reigning Oceania champions having won the gold medal at the championships in Tonga in 2008, the local players have some beach volleyball pedigree of their own having recently trained for and competed atthe recent Volleyball England Beach Tour event at Sandbanks in Dorset, and junior player Megan Viggars (age 16 from Wolstanton) competed in Beach Volleyball for Team GB at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

The link with the club came about through Dr Nick Smith, from the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at MMU Cheshire who is also a former Head Coach at Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club. As the club’s Junior Head Coach Will Roberts explains, “Nick is in regular contact with our club and when this opportunity came up for our players it was too good to miss. What better for aspiring young players than training with a team that is trying to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Cheshire is a long way from the Copacabana or even Horse Guards Parade where the Olympic Beach Volleyball takes place, but for these young players there is no better place to be right now!”

Sponsor Will!!To support the under 18 boys trip to the European Cup in Italy, Will Roberts is running the Robin Hood ½ Marathon on Sunday 12th September. “I’m aiming for £500 for the lads – the club is putting in a significant sum of money to help them, but it still a few hundred pounds each. I have done a decent amount of training in recent months including 12.5miles the other week which was my last ‘long run’ and I managed that in 1 hour 42 mins, so I should do it in under 2 hours! Not looking forward to men’s1st team training the next day though!”

To sponsors Will, please simply email him with a pledge or see him at training

willroberts1981@hotmail.com

News Updates from ‘Castle!

Roman make it to the Olympics (or at least to the

Olympic Park!)As part of his role as Champion Ambassador for the Sainsbury’s UK School Games, ‘Castle’s Roman Neveykin recently went on a visit to the Olympic Park in Stratford, London.

This was organised by the Youth Sport Trust, the company that runs the Sainsbury’s UK School Games and saw Roman not only visit the venues but also take part in a debate about the future of the UKSGs chaired by former Sports Minister and President of the UKSG Richard Caborn.

Roman is pictured below with Richard Caborn, with the Olympic Stadium in the background!

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!

NSVC links with City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th

Form CollegeFor 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.”

News Updates from ‘Castle!

New coaches needed!With the continued growth of our club, particularly in the junior ranks (!) Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club is seeking new coaches for the following squads:• Senior ladies – playing in NVL2 North in 2010-11 season• Junior girls – leading/ supporting specific squads following discussion with girls head coach Ant Viggars

National Cup Draw

On the 17th August Volleyball England announced the official draw of the National Cup. For the 'Castle teams the draw is as follows:

• Ladies:Round 1 v Wirral (a) (3 Oct) - winner plays LboroDolphins in (a) in round 2 on 7 Nov (losers into Shield 5 Dec)

• Men 2:Round 1 v South Birmingham (a) (10 Oct) -winner plays Willesden or Sussex Dolphins (h) in round 2 on 6 Nov

• Men 1:Round 1 - ByeRound 2 v Harrogate or Northampton Sparks (a) on 6 Nov

Where do you wear your ‘Castle top?!

Where did you go on holiday this summer?? Why not take your ‘Castle top with you and get a photo wearing it at a tourist landmark... The Eiffel Tower, the Coliseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, or the beach in Ibiza!!

To get the ball rolling here’s a snap of Will Roberts with ‘Castle old boys Neil Masters and Si Ibbotson outside the stadium for the semi-finals of the men’s Olympic Volleyball competition in Athens in 2004!

Send your pics through to willroberts1981@hotmail.com

‘Castle’s European Dream

Roman Neveykin

Roo ScottJordan Adelburgh

Michal Hawiar

James Goodwin

Will Roberts

Dan Williams Rashad Ali

Rod Stockwell

Adam Bradbury

Will Roberts Colin Roberts

Ant Viggars

Jordan Adelburgh

Iain McKellarStewart Ross

From the 15th – 20th September the boys under 18 team will be in Italy competing in the first ever CEV European Cup for junior club teams! The lads won their entry by virtue of becoming national champions in April, but only found out about this event in mid-July – so a manic few weeks of preparation have followed!

This is the second time that ‘Castle teams have represented England internationally, after club chair Colin Roberts took the u19 boys to the World Schools Championships in Israel in 1984... Where the finished 4th

overall!!!

This time round the age rules are slightly different to the domestic event, so Adam Bradbury and Andy Saward have been added to the squad, giving more strength, power and physical presence in what is likely to be a big hitting and blocking competition. Sadly Chris Ashton and Sam Shenton were ruled out through injury, Kacper Stefanowizc is away in Poland and Alex Liebeck has school Olympics so there are some of our main players missing, but this gives a great opportunity to younger players such as Jordan Adelburgh as 2nd setter who should thrive in the opportunity!

The opposition teams are truly top class, with the Italian side Lube Banca Marche –Macerata installed as pre-event favourites. Their senior men’s squad plays in the top Italian senior league in front of regular crowds of thousands of spectators! www.lubevolley.it

Fellow Italians Trentino’s men’s first team are in the Champion League this year and are also highly tipped along with the Polish and Slovakian teams.www.trentinovolley.it

The full event website is www.eurovolleycup.eu

Full report to follow in September’s ‘Castle News!

LUBE BANCA MARCHE - MACERATA

Italian Champions

ARKAS SPORTS CLUB

Turkish Champions

ATC TRENCIN COP

Slovakian Champions

DELIC-POL NORWID CZESTOCHOWA

Polish Champions

The opposition...

MATERDOMINI VOLLEY.IT - CASTELLANA GROTTE

Host club

SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA – LISBOA

Portuguese Champions

TIRANA

Albanian Champions

TRENTINO VOLLEY

italy

2010-11 NSVC fixturesWith the 2010-11 fixtures announced and published, we’d like to encourage as many ‘Castle members as possible to get involved in supporting the senior teams as they all

aim for promotion to higher leagues next year.

From the off we have two big match days to promote:

2nd October (the ‘smaller’ of the big match nights!)

Keele University3pm - Ladies v Uni of Birmingham

6pm - Men 1 v Wessex

27th NovemberThe really BIG match night!

Keele University3pm - Ladies v Uni of East Anglia

6pm - Men 1 v SGTV Solent

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!!

Date Div Home Away ThirdMatch

StartVenue

Sun 19 Sep 2010 M3N Kingsthorpe Wigan Seahawks NSVC 2 13:00 Moulton SC

Sun 19 Sep 2010 W2N Sheffield NSVC 13:45 All Saints School

Sat 25 Sep 2010 M1 Leicester NSVC 17:30 Nuffield Health

Sun 26 Sep 2010 W2N Northampton NSVC 13:00 Moulton Leisure Centre

Sat 2 Oct 2010 M1 NSVC Wessex 18:00 Keele

Sat 2 Oct 2010 W2N NSVC Uni of Birmingham 2 15:00 Keele

Sat 9 Oct 2010 M1 Richmond NSVC 17:30 Kingston Arena

Sun 10 Oct 2010 M1 London Lynx 2 NSVC 14:00 Whitechapel SC

Sun 10 Oct 2010 W2N NSVC Lboro Students 15:00 Madeley High School

Sat 23 Oct 2010 M1 NSVC London Lynx 2 18:00 Keele

Sun 24 Oct 2010 M3N NSVC Kingsthorpe Nham Rockets I 11:00 Madeley High School

Sun 24 Oct 2010 W2N Leicester NSVC 11:45 Nuffield Health

Sat 30 Oct 2010 M1 NSVC Uni of Birmingham 18:00 Keele

Sat 30 Oct 2010 W2N NSVC Cambridge 15:00 Keele

Sun 7 Nov 2010 M3N Lboro Lions Northampton Sparks NSVC 2 11:30 Limehurst High School

Sat 20 Nov 2010 M1 Cambridge NSVC 16:30 Manor Comm College

Sat 20 Nov 2010 W2N Brentwood NSVC 14:30 Sawyers College

Sat 27 Nov 2010 M1 NSVC SGTV Solent 18:00 Keele

Sat 27 Nov 2010 W2N NSVC UEA Norwich 15:00 Keele

Sun 28 Nov 2010 M3N Haughton Kingsthorpe NSVC 2 11:30 Educ Village, Darlington

Sat 11 Dec 2010 M1 London Knights NSVC 13:30 Peckham Academy

Sun 12 Dec 2010 W2N Telford Ladies NSVC 12:00 Phoenix Sports Centre

Sat 15 Jan 2011 W2N NSVC Sheffield 18:00 Madeley High School

Sat 22 Jan 2011 M1 NSVC Leicester 18:00 Madeley High School

Sat 22 Jan 2011 W2N NSVC Northampton 15:00 Madeley High School

Sun 23 Jan 2011 M3N Wigan Haughton Darlington NSVC 2 11:30 Robin Park Arena

Sat 29 Jan 2011 M1 Wessex NSVC 14:30 Carter CC

Sun 30 Jan 2011 M3N NSVC 2 Haughton Darlington N’pton Sparks 11:00 Madeley High School

Sun 30 Jan 2011 W2N Uni of Bham 2 NSVC 14:00 Camp Hill School

Sun 6 Feb 2011 M3N NSVC 2 Loughborough Lions Wigan 11:00 Madeley High School

Sun 6 Feb 2011 W2N Cambridge NSVC 14:30 Manor Comm College

Sat 19 Feb 2011 M1 NSVC Richmond 18:00 Keele

Sun 20 Feb 2011 W2N Lboro Students NSVC tbc tbc

Sun 27 Feb 2011 M3N Nham Rockets NSVC 2 Lboro Lions 12:00 Southglade

Wed 2 Mar 2011 M1 Uni of Bham NSVC 19:30 Camp Hill School

Sun 6 Mar 2011 W2N NSVC Leicester 15:00 Madeley High School

Sun 20 Mar 2011 M3N N’pton Sparks NSVC 2 Nham Rockets I 11:30 Lings Forum LC

Sat 26 Mar 2011 M1 NSVC Cambridge 18:00 Keele

Sat 26 Mar 2011 W2N NSVC Brentwood Ladies 15:00 Keele

Sat 2 Apr 2011 M1 SGTV Solent NSVC 14:30 Itchen College

Sun 3 Apr 2011 W2N UEA Norwich NSVC 11:30 UEA Sports Park

Sat 9 Apr 2011 M1 NSVC London Knights 18:00 Keele

Sat 9 Apr 2011 W2N NSVC Telford Ladies 15:00 Keele

Full NSVC NVL fixture list

‘Castle memories...The under 18 boys’ trip to Italy in September has caused club chair Colin Roberts to take a trip down memory lane into ‘Castle’s past! Digging out a range of old photos from days gone back, Colin takes us through some of the big moments in the club’s past... Including the only ever previous venture into international volleyball, back in 1984!

1984 blazer/sweater badge

1984 U/19 National Champions, without Carter, Astley, Coomer... The team that went on to take on the world in Israel!

1984 Four Newcastle boys for England - all Marshlands, including Alex Irvine on right (he came to our 30th), and Simon Ward the captain (now a parent at Dave Lovell's school in Burton!)

Israel 1984 Good Luck card to Head coach Colin Roberts from his son’s Matt and Will who were aged 4 and 2 at the time!!!

‘Castle memories...The team had to raise £4500 to go to the event in Israel... In 1984 that was a seriously large amount of money, so article like this one were aimed at helping the fundraising effort!

Commemorative car sticker

Above – Colin coaching at the u19 top 8s, which were held at Northwood Stadium in Stoke!

Colin’s account for the then EVA (now Volleyball England) of the 1980 ISF World Schools’ Championships in Bristol/Bath - Colin was on the Organising Committee, responsible for publicity.

‘Castle memories...

Marshlands (now Wolstanton High School) win the boys u15 National title for the 4th successive year.

Below, the winning team for the 4th successive year (‘Castle!!) of the National u13 Championships. The photo at the bottom of the page shows the hugely successful National U/13 Championships, which Colin organised with Barrie J and the North Staffs Volleyball Association, starting in 1980.

Between 34 and 56 teams participated, from all over England, as this Champs grew. We(Marshlands) won it in the four years that Colin coached the boys, in 1980, '81, '82, '83, before leaving for Blythe Bridge.

This was the most successful venture Colin had initiated (his words!), it was eventually discontinued with the demise of the E.S.V.A.

‘Castle memories...

Marshlands (now Wolstanton High School) in National Cup final action in 1982!

‘Castle memories...

Some momento’s from the Israel trip – Colin’s ID card for the event to get into venues, accommodation etc, the event logo and some fantastic scribbled notes by the head coach after his team had beaten the Dutch and the Danish teams to reach the semi-finals versus Spain... What happened in that match? Why not ask the man

himself when you next see him

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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