22 Apr 2024
Five new Hall of Fame inductees announced
It recognises the success and achievements of volleyball players, referees, and coaches at an international level.
Inductees have a framed pictured put up on the wall in the National Volleyball Centre and they are are also added to the list of previous inductees on the Volleyball England website.
The quintet were inducted on Saturday as part of the Annual Awards 2024 ceremony.
The Hall of Fame is named after the man who formed the Amateur Volleyball Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (AVA) in 1955, which later became Volleyball England.
Dr Don Anthony MBE Hall of Fame inductees
Denis Le Breuilly – International contribution to refereeing (1992-2023)
Denis served World ParaVolley for more than 30 years, including six Federation Presidents before retiring last year. He started refereeing as a Volleyball England referee starting in 1983, before acting as a ParaVolley International Referee from 1992 until 2001. He then moved into refereeing administration, including at the Beijing 2008 Olympics until becoming Sport Director for the International Federation in 2010. His highest honours were being appointed as Technical Delegate for both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Gordon Neale OBE – International sitting referee (1985-1998)
Gordon has been CEO of Disability Sport England, now called Activity Alliance and is understood to have refereed more international matches than any other English official.
Melissa Coutts – Player (1993- 2007)
Melissa played for 14 years in international matches for England, from December 1993 to December 2007, gaining 67 England Caps.
Steven Nuth – Player (1976-1982)
Steven, sadly now deceased, amassed a total of 107 caps for England in the latter part of the seventies and early eighties.
Stuart Fullerton – Player (1982-91)
Stuart was an England regular for much of the eighties, clocking up 97 caps during that time and into the early nineties.
