Cleobury Mortimer Volleyball Club

Welcome to Cleobury Mortimer Volleyball Clubs Website

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Cleobury Mortimer Volleyball Club play and train at Cleobury Mortimer Sports Centre (DY14 8PE). We are usually there on Tuesday nights (8-10pm) before Christmas, and Wednesday nights (7-10pm) for most of the year round. The Club currently have 2 Ladies teams and 2 Mens teams competing in the West Midlands Volleyball League. We also have a thriving Junior Section (7-8pm on wednesdays) for youngsters aged 8 and up.

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Fixtures and Results

Men

away v Wombourne lost 0-3

home v Wolves Uni lost 0-3

home v Sikh Temple won 3-0

away v Persian Phoenix lost 1-3

home v Telford lost 0-3

away v Rainbow lost 0-3

away v Dudley lost 0-3

home v Wombourne lost 0-3

home v Rainbow lost 0-3

away v Telford lost 0-3

away v Wolves Uni lost 0-3

home v Persian Phoenix Wed 15 Apr

away v Redhill Sun 19 Apr

home v Dudley Wed 22 Apr

home v Redhill Wed 29 Apr

Ladies Division One

away v WMFS won 3-0

home v Alcester won 3-1

home v Telford won 3-0

away v Tettenhall won 3-0

home v Wolves Uni lost 1-3

away v Tamworth lost 1-3

home v Persian Phoenix won 3-0

Cup home v Birmingham Uni won 3-1

away v Alcester won 3-0

away v Wolves Uni lost 0-3

home v Tettenhall won 3-1

away v Persian Phoenix lost 1-3

home v Tamworth Wed 25 Mar

away v Telford Sun 26 Apr

Ladies Division Two

home v Rugby lost 1-3

away v Nuneaton lost 0-3

home v Redhill lost 0-3

away v Birmingham lost 0-3

home v Tettenhall 2 lost 1-3

away v Rugby lost 1-3

home v Birmingham lost 0-3

away v Warwick Uni won 3-2

away v Redhill lost 2-3

home v Warwick Uni won 3-0

home v Nuneaton won 3-1

away v Tettenhall won 3-2

Training Dates

Club training will be on Wednesdays. Dates for next season will be posted soon…

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Junior Section

The Club offer Junior Volleyball every Wednesday Evening (7-8pm), during term time, for children aged 9 and above. These sessions are aimed at developing Volleyball Skills and team play. The season ends with the Juniors travelling to Pontins, Southport, for the Annual Junior Volleyball Festival. This is usually the first weekend in July (dates to be confirmed for 2009). The Club also has strong links with Lacon Childe School and continues to promote Junior Volleyball in terms of Training and Fixtures for anyone who is interested.

West Midlands Under *14’s* Championships

On Saturday 7th February, Cleobury braved the snow storms and headed for Thorns Communitity College, Quarry Bank, to take part in the West Mids Under 14’s Championships. A total of 18 players, 4 coaches and 1 very keen supporter travelled, armed with the knowledge that match experience and individual targets would be the goals for the day and not semi-finals and finals that some of the other teams craved. Only 2 players were the correct age (year 9) and most will enjoy 2 or 3 more attempts at trying to win the tournament. For most of the players, this was their first taste of Volleyball Competition.

The Boys first team played well in their opening fixtures, winning 2 drawing 2 and losing 1 match, just missing out on the main semi-finals. Instead they played off for 5th to 8th place, but lost their first match before easily overcoming their final opponents to secure a respectable 7th place finish from 18 teams. The boys second team struggled to begin with, but eventually won one of their 5 first round matches. This put them in a play off for 14th to 18th positions. They won 1, drew 1 and lost 2 matches to leave themselves in 16th place.

The Girls first team played some excellent competitive Volleyball and scared a few more established teams during the day. In the first round they won their first match before just losing out in their second match. In the second round, they did the same and came within 2 points of qualifying for the top pool (1st to 3rd place). However, they played off for 4th to 6th place and again won 1 and lost 1 and finished in an excellent 5th place out of 9 teams. The girls second team, who were all year sevens, struggled in the first 2 rounds, losing all 4 matches, but came very close to winning sets in a couple of matches. This placed them in the 7th to 9th place pool where they lost their first match, before finally recording their first win of the day over another young team, from Tettenhall. This left them in 8th place.

Overall, no medals won, but lots of satisfaction from the coaches in the way their teams performed and improved as the day progressed. Targets of having great fun and winning at least one match were achieved by all the teams, and all learnt more about what is expected in this stage of their development.

Well Done. An excellent day.

The teams were; Boys 1: Tom Wright, Jim Robinson, Dave Backhouse and Connor Phelps.

Boys 2: Kieran Martin, Tom Shirley, Theo Taylor, Josh Bate and Jack Brookes.

Girls 1: Emma Gallagher, Sarah Walker, Helen Barr, Rosie Millichamp and Steph Harper.

Girls 2: Siobhan Keegan, Kirsty Barnett, Analea Cooper and Dana Brookes.

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Congratulations

Well done to Lyns & Tina who recently took a First Aid course & are now qualified to give mouth to mouth (watch out all you men!)

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This seasons medal winners

Most Improved Player - Matt Jones

Under 18 Boys - Mat Bate

Under 18 Girls - Gemma Beddows

Under 16 Boys - Luke _Baldwin

Club Person - Becki Brookes

West Mids Boys MVP - Josh Carpenter

West Mids Ladies MVP - Gemma Beddows

West Mids Mens MVP - Mat Bate

National League Ladies MVP - Lyndsey Potter

West Mids Boys Players Player - Tom Leach

West Mids Ladies Players Player - Becky Gallagher

West Mids Mens Players Player - Mat Bate

National League Ladies Players Player - Lyndsey Potter

West Mids Boys Coaches Player Tom Leach & Luke Baldwin

West Mids Ladies Coaches Player Gemma Beddows

West Mids Mens Coaches Player Carl Brookes

National League Ladies Coaches Player Lyndsey Potter

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If you would like to add anything or update any news please e-mail

Nat- nat.bate@hotmail.co.uk

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Club President :- Dave Hinves

Club Secretary :- Carl Brookes . 01584 890053 . email bognbec@btopenworld.com

Club Treasurer :- Becki Brookes . 01584 890053 . email bognbec@btopenworld.com

Fund Raising Officer :- Lyndsey Potter . 01299 271145 . email thepotters888@btinternet.com

Fund Raising Deputy :- Karen Gallagher . 01299 271784 . email karen686gal@hotmail.com

Publicity Office :- Nat Bate email- nat.bate@hotmail.co.uk

Publicity Officer Assistant :- Sophie Connolly

Junior rep- Bek Gallagher . 01299 271784 . email bek_6@msn.com

Junior Development Officer :- Jamie Guest

Child Welfare Officer :- Kath Howells

Volunteers Officer :- Tina Bate

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