Regional Champions Trophy
20th May 2008
The inaugural Regional Champions Trophy was held on Saturday 17th May at the Kettering Leisure Village. All regions were represented in this new initiative which attracted teams from around the country for a fast and furious competition completed in a day!
The aim of the competition was to bring together the winners of the 9 regional leagues or competitions, and providing a route in future for strengthening the link between regional and national competition. This will hopefully provide a much needed boost for competition below National League level.
Though there was a fair sprinkling of National League players in evidence, there were teams new to a national competition – for instance, GNG Bedford, London Spikers, Loughborough Lions, Tamworth and Hawks from York.
London Spikers reached the final of the Men’s event but were unable to match Marjons, from Plymouth, in a very close two set match. Marjons ran out winners 25-21; 31-29. In the Women’s event, National Cup U18 champions, Tameside, beat Plymouth by 2 sets to one; 25-16; 21-25; 11-15. In the qualification rounds the Manchester team had eliminated the fancied London team QKX.
Men's Teams
East - GNG Bedford
West Mids - Telford
South West - Marjons
South East - Southampton University
London - London Spikers
Yorkshire - Hawks
North East - Haughton
East Mids - Loughborough Lions
Women's Teams
East - UEA Norwich Women
West Mids - Tamworth
South West - Plymouth 1
London - London QKX
Yorkshire - York
North West - Tameside
North East - Newcastle University
East Mids - Loughborough Lions
