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Sitting Bucks Volleyball is a new club that has slid on to the scene and is set to make an impact on the accessibility of sitting volleyball in England. Founded after identifying a geographical gap in the spread of sitting volleyball clubs across England, Steve Smith, referee veteran of the sitting volleyball... read more

If your club plays in the National Volleyball League (NVL), then it is easy to see the value of affiliating to Volleyball England. It allows your club to enter the national league and National Cup, which is delivered by the national governing body. For non-NVL clubs though, you may have asked... read more

It seems only five minutes since the Sheffield VC and East London Lynx were live on BBC Sport battling it out in a titanic Sitting Volleyball Grand Prix Final – but the premier competition in sitting volleyball is back! Entries for the Sitting Volleyball Grand Prix 2018-19 are now open, with... read more

Cardiff Beach Volleyball Centre will welcome some of the finest junior beach volleyball talent next week, as the rising stars of the sport battle it out for national pride and glory at the Home Nations Junior Beach Volleyball Cup 2018!  England will be well represented with five women's teams and a men's... read more

The 2018-19 affiliation year is now open! To coincide with the launch, we thought it was prime time to take a look at the club membership offer in greater detail, so here are nine highlights of what affiliation means for your club… 1. Insurance Insurance is a big one – hence why... read more

Volleyball England affiliations for clubs, coaches and referees for the 2018/19 season will open next week. Launching on Wednesday (1st August), there are lots of benefits to each of the membership packages, including a host of great new perks for this season!  As Volleyball England... read more

Volleyball England continues to move forward as an organisation following a positive Annual General Meeting last weekend. Held at SportPark in Loughborough on Saturday, the AGM saw two key parts to the meeting. The first was to officially agree changes to governance of the organisation, while the second part saw the... read more

Since launching earlier in 2018, the revamped initial qualification for anyone looking to get into coaching volleyball has got off to a flying start, with some of the first courses to run being hosted at Newcastle College in April. We caught up with Mark Steutel, Programme Leader at Newcastle College, and Paul... read more

The top job in women’s volleyball in this country is available, as Volleyball England today opened applications for the role of Head Coach of the senior women’s national squad. The volunteer role works on a contract basis and is up for re-appointment. Applications are open until 9am on Monday 20th August... read more

There will be new teams fighting it out for the top honours in English volleyball as Team Northumbria have withdrawn from the National Volleyball League (NVL) for the forthcoming season. One of the most successful clubs of recent times, the university’s women’s team are the reigning National Cup champions, while the... read more

UK Sport is currently running a consultation about funding for Olympic and Paralympic sports. Here's a message from Volleyball England's CEO Janet Inman who is urging those who are passionate about volleyball to get the sport's voice heard in the consultation... As you know, under the current UK Sport investment policy Volleyball... read more

The Volleyball England Annual Report is out now and available to download.  Looking back over the past 12 months, the report delves into how Volleyball England has been finding new ways of working to move the sport. Volunteers have been a huge part of that and helped to revitalise many projects,... read more

Even as one of the rising stars of English volleyball, Ryan Poole’s latest achievement is very special indeed. Already an England international on the beach and indoor, as well as experienced at the top level of the National Volleyball League, Ryan has underlined his potential by heading stateside and claiming college... read more

Like all the best cup competitions, the National Cup is never short of giant killings. Teams from outside of the National Volleyball League often save their best performances of the season for volleyball’s showpiece competition. From reaching a national final to hosting the English champions, last year’s heroics from non-NVL teams... read more

It is with great sorrow that Volleyball England shares the news of the passing of Serena Morten. She became ill at the Super 8s Finals and in her persistent way still came along to the junior finals and Inter Regional Championship to do what she does best: be there for everyone. Shortly... read more

Every volleyball club needs people to take on roles to ensure the club runs properly. In our ‘Club Life’ series, we’ve been finding out what it is like to hold different roles and be part of a club committee. We’ve gone behind the scenes at Wapping Wildcats, a club that play... read more

Volleyball England wants to better serve its members. That’s why the national governing body are reaching out to clubs to get their perception of Volleyball England and what it provides. A link to a survey has been sent to each club secretary asking them to give feedback on behalf of their... read more

The deadline for the Club Survey 2018 has been announced. Secretaries of all affiliated clubs will need to have completed the survey by 23:59pm on Sunday 1st July.  The link has been sent to all secretaries of all affiliated clubs to complete on behalf of their clubs. There has been a good... read more

The cup finals of the 2018/19 volleyball season will have a fresh look as bids will be welcomed to hosts the events.  The decision to work with partners to host the finals follows a review of the National Cup Finals by the Competitions Working Group.  “Working with partners to host the finals is... read more

Javier and Joaquin Bello will represent Great Britain at the Youth Olympic Games this October in Buenos Aires.  The brothers took a magnificent 5th place at last week's CEV Youth Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Finals in Austria, where they represented England, to seal qualification and a place on Team GB for... read more