Christmas Tournament Results and Pictures.

A great turn out for the Christmas tournament despite many players being unavailable due to illness. Thanks goes to Mark for ensuring that the evening went so smoothly and congratulations to the winning team that included Micky, Danni, Matt Lay, Agata and Matt Wilkes.



Christmas Tournament Winners 2012













Worthing Volleyball Club December 2012

Worthing Volleyball Club December 2012









Demons V Adur - by Debbie

As a slightly depleted team, it was all hands on deck for the pre Christmas match. Amazingly no-one had a sherry hangover, and the thought of chocolate cake gave at least 3 players an adrenalin rush that kept them going through the 3 sets ( or was it sleigh bells in the distance.../??).

For once, Mickey did not swear at the first time out, thank goodness our mini team mascot is only four years of age, and he was able to find less bar humbug, and more Ho Ho Ho! And actually his wise(ish) words  seemed to arm the team with the fighting spirit usually only supplied by a nice barman or those dodgy liqueur chocolates...

Anyway, not only did Ally find her blocking hands had not frozen in the cold weather, but Debs found she could still stunt dive like santa’s special elf, and Sarah just found some magic beans from some bloke called jack....??

It it handy been for there jammy shots, occasional debatable ref calls, and one big number 11 serving those nasty ice snow balls at us, then we would have won, I am sure!!!

Ok, another loss, but no less fight! Good will triumph over evil one day, oh and Sabrina...its behind you!!!!

Christmas Meal Photos

Here are some pictures from our Christmas meal at Casa Ciro's. Special thanks for Amy who organised a great evening. I only heard positive comments about the food and everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves. Please let me have any other pictures and I will get them loaded.

Jets Make It Nine From Nine

Jets beat Adur Panthers 3-1 to end the year winning all games so far this season.

Jets started the first set slowly and Panthers gained an early lead that they maintained to win the set with relative ease 25-17. Following a few changes to the line up the Jets rediscovered some form and good hitting from Dom, Bernard and Matt saw them take the second set 25-13. Improved movement in back court and a much better first pass enabled Martin to spread the attack and the Jets remained firmly in the driving seat for a 25-15 win in the third. More changes in the fourth set did not break the Jets rhythm and a strong serving runs from Iain and Bernard resulted in a 25-12 final set victory.

Iain picked up MVP and the Jets now look forward to a long trip away to Hastings early next year.

Vipers Open Up the League With a 3 - 1 Win Against Adur - Report from Mark

 The Vipers took on Adur on Sunday hoping for a win to keep their hopes of winning the league alive and came away with a 3-1 win (25-15, 23-25, 25-23,25-21).
 Vipers had a full squad apart from Nigel who was unavailable, although they did have a bit of a scare with Jimmy turning his ankle playing National League on the Saturday and was only confirmed to play just before the start!
 Vipers started with Jimmy and Micky as passer hitters, Mark and Andy C through the middle, Damien opposite, Andy L setting and Richard Libero. The first set started really well for the Vipers with pressure being applied to Adur not allowing them to get a good pass in and open up their hitters. Vipers opened a good lead early on with all hitters, but especially Mark and Jimmy, being able to win points at ease. Adur did come back into the set but Vipers had a big enough lead to hold them off and won the set comfortably.
 Set 2 saw the same lineup on court and saw the Vipers relax too much and in a contrast to the first set slipped to an early deficit with some poor passing and hitting errors. They did recover and start to up their performance but were always behind. Paul was introduced towards the end to try and change things and did well in a difficult situation. Matt L also made a very brief appearance to try and slow Adur's momentum. Vipers did fight well and came back strongly but narrowly lost the set. Highlights of the set were the runs of points won by pressure serving and strong blocking front court which were to prove key to winning the game.
 Vipers again went with the same lineup for set 3 and started well as did Adur which meant the game was quiet even throughout the set. Vipers did up the intensity from set 2 which gave them the edge to push on and with strong serving and blocking again despite a few blocking errors managed to win the set. Again Jimmy was hitting well as was Damien who was coming back into the game.
 Set 4 was close throughout until about 15 points where the Vipers opened up a lead again putting Adur under pressure with strong blocking/defence. Vipers pushed on despite a few nervous moments towards the end, as Adur came back, but managed to secure the game and set. All enjoyed the celebrations for what was a important match and a good win. Set 4 did also saw Micky with an awesome 1 on 1 block which he did seem to enjoy!
MVP went to Damien which was good as he picked him self up well and won good points with his attacking options.
Overall a good solid performance and a good win. Thanks also to those who came to support it was much appreciated.