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Sitting Volleyball Centre Grand Prix Series

SV Grand Prix 1 Group Photo

Series League Table

The Series accumulates the points awarded for Sitting Volleyball Centres (not Wild Card entrants) across the 4 events.

After three tournaments:

Position Team Points
1st FDSW Celtic Dragons 34
2nd East London Lynx 32
3rd East Midlands Lions 24
4th Portsmouth 21
5th Battleback 15
6th Kent Wyverns 14
7th Essex Pirates 12

Tournament 3

Sunday 21 February, EIS Sheffield

Full Results

1st East London Lynx
2nd FDSW Celtic Dragons
3rd East Midlands Lions
4th Surrey
5th Portsmouth
6th Essex Pirates
7th Kent Wyverns
8th Battleback
9th Wild Cats
10th Thunder Cats

Most Valued Players Male - Jabba Mustaffa (East London Lynx)
Female - Amanda Green (East Midlands Lions)

Competition Format

Tournament 2

Sunday 24 January, National Volleyball Centre, Kettering

Full Results

1st FDSW Celtic Dragons
2nd East London Lynx
3rd Surrey
4th East Midlands Lions
5th Wild Cats
6th Portsmouth
7th Essex Pirates
8th Battleback
9th Kent Wyverns
10th Tower Hamlets

Most Valued Players
Male - Steve Bailey (Portsmouth)
Female - Beth French (Battleback)

Competition Format 

 

 

Tournament 1

20 December 2009, National Volleyball Centre, Kettering

Results

1st FDSW Celtic Dragons
2nd East London Lynx
3rd East Midlands Lions
4th Wild Cats
5th Tower Hamlets
6th Portsmouth
7th Battleback
8th Kent

Most Valued Players
Male - Sam Scott (FDSW Celtic Dragons)
Female - Olga Jegorova (FDSW Celtic Dragons)

Competition Format 

Tournament Dates

Sunday 20 December 2009 (National Volleyball Centre, Kettering)
Sunday 24 January 2010 (National Volleyball Centre, Kettering)
Sunday 21 February 2010 (EIS Sheffield)
Bank Holiday Monday 5th April 2010 (National Volleyball Centre, Kettering)

Top 4 Playoffs & Final - Saturday 24th April 2010, National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London 

Venues

For the 2009-10 season all 4 tournaments will be held at central venues as above.

For future year's competition the tournaments will be hosted as central venue events by Sitting Volleyball Centres with a likely north-south divide.

Rules

Full competition rules can be downloaded below:
Rules

Competition Format

  • All sets will be played to 25 points (by 2 clear points)
  • 3 points will be awarded for each set won
  • The number of sets per match will be determined by the number of entries and confirmed to teams at least 1 week prior to each tournament
  • Bonus Points - 1 bonus point will be awarded for each disabled athlete eligible to play for Great Britain (as per the WOVD classification) who start a match and is not substituted throughout the match unless being replaced by another disabled athlete.
  • Tournament points will be the addition of sets won and bonus points.
  • League points will be awarded as follows for each tournament
    1st - 12 points
    2nd - 10 points
    3rd - 8 points
    4th - 7 points
    5th - 6 points
    6th - 5 points
    7th - 4 points
    8th - 3 points
    9th - 2 points
    10th - 1 point

Entry

  • The competition is open to all official Sitting Volleyball Centres.  Additionally 1 space is available to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales for each competition.
  • Each Centre can enter one team per tournament.
  • Wild card teams may enter at discretion of the Competition Commission.
  • A Team List must be submitted to Matt Rogers at least 10 days prior to each tournament.

Playing Format

  • Mixed
  • Maximum 12 players per squad per tournament

More Information

For more information on Sitting Volleyball please contact Matt Rogers m.rogers@volleyballengland.org