Referees Course
As advised earlier, NBVA have been successful in bringing Karl Tyrrell (Referee Development Manager for Volleyball New Zealand) back to Nelson to run a further Referees course, in particular to assist those who teams attending this years South island Junior championships, in Timaru.
Attached is a brief report written by Neil Anderson.
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WAIMEA COLLEGE GIRLS WIN NATIONAL TITLE!!
Waimea Girls have won the National Schools Championship in Palmerston North after beating Trident High convincingly in 3 sets (25-21, 25-21, 25-19) at the weekend. They earlier battled out a tough 5 set semifinal with Otumoetai winning 3-2 (25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-13). A huge congratulations to the girls and coaching staff!!
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Waimea College double success.
Waimea College volleyball teams have been extremely successful in South Island tournaments in the past, but never before had the senior boys and girls teams won in the same year – until now.
The girl’s team dropped two sets over seven games and rebounded from one set down to beat Avonside in the final, three sets to one. Manager Kelly Higgins says the result is a big confidence booster heading into the Tasman Champs this weekend.
“The results of this weekend have big influence on out seeding at the National champs at the end of the month.”
The boys were even more dominant, not dropping one set throughout the whole eight games they played. Meeting Riccarton in the final didn’t prove to be the test they expected after losing to them in the final last year. Captain Chris Duthie says he didn’t expect to do as well as they did.
“I thought we would win but to go through the whole tournament without dropping a set is pretty awesome.”
After the Tasman Champs this weekend the two sides will travel to the Nationals, where both are hoping for a top four placing at least. Girls captain Melissa Duff says there are still a few things to work if they want to beat the school’s current best place at the tournament of third.
“Our blocking and consistency of serving need some work but hopefully we will do that this weekend and do really well at the nationals.”
Both captains said their respective coaches, Pat Shone and Colin Redpath, deserved a lot of credit for the titles.
(courtesy of Waimea Weekly)
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Results of School Champs
The second ranking tournment for the Tasman Schools Championships for teams taking part in the Volleyball New Zealand Schools Championships was played at Nelson Girls College at the weekend.
This was a full on weekend ov Volleyball with the best of Tasman College Volleyball on display. Following on from their success at the Mainland Championships Waimea College were again successful in taking out both Boys and Girls trophies but not without some opposition from Nelson College and Nelson College for Girls respectively.
With six teams in the Boys competition the rankings were decided on round robin basis. The match of the tournament was the clash of the top seeds Waimea and Nelson Colleges. In front of a good crowd of supporters, the first set was keenly contested going point for point but with Waimea picking up key poits to win 25/20.
Nelson reversed the momentum in the second set taking an early break through string of strong serves from Nick Bell to lead 7/2 and continuig the flow to take the set 25/13. Waimea changed their lineup in the thrird set and took the third set just as convincingly 25/16.
The fourth set was a cracker drawing very vocal support as the teams battled every point. As the set closed Waimea were looking strong but as the coaches traded time outs Nelson College took the initiative and were on set point on two occasions, only to have it taken back by Waimea who to the delight of their supporters finally took the set 28/26 and the match 3/1
After the match both Colin Redpath Coach of Waimea and Neil Anderson Coach of Nelson were very pleased with the quality of the game as they prepare for New Zealand Schools Championships in Palmerston North from the 30th March to the 3rd April. Neil Anderson felt the match was a better quality final than in 2008 and was particularly pleased with the way some of his younger players had stepped up during the match. While Colin Redpath was pleased with the intensity his players showed particularly in the fourth set to take out the match.
Waimea College Senior Boys A defeated Nelson College A 3/1
25-20, 13-25, 25-16, 28-26.
The Girls final saw Waimea College A up against Nelson College for Girls A. In the semi finals Waimea College came through with a 3/0 win over the tournaments improvers Nayland College with set scores of 25-10, 25-21, 25-9, while Nelson College for Girls A also had a 3/0 win over the young Nelson College for Girls Blue team 25-11, 25-15, 25-23.
In the final Nelson College for Girls A stepped up from their last encunter with Waimea to take an evenly contested first set 26-24. However in the second set Waimea picked up their game to win convincingly 25-13.
The continued the momentum through sets 3 and 4 with stong serving and plaenty of variety on attack to take thes sets 25-15, 25-17.
Waimea College Senior Girls A defeated Nelson College for Girls A 3/1 24-26, 25-13, 25-15, 25-17.
While the pressure of 6 matches over two days was a factor all teams the quality and closeness of the competition will have set the teams up well for the New Zealand Schools Championships.
Final Pacings
Boys Girls
1 Waimea College A Waimea College A
2 Nelson College A Nelson College for Girls A
3 Marlborough Boys College Nayland College
4 Nayland College Nelson College for Girls Blue
5 Waimea College B Waimea College B
6 Nelson College B Marlborough Girls A
7 Nelson College for Girls Sky
8 Marlborough Girls B
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2009 Leagues underway!
To find your draw for adult leagues look under Nelson Bays Volleyball, for high school and junior leagues look under the relevant section on the left hand menu.
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