Jets lose to Storrington, but Vipers beat Hastings

The Jets travelled to Storrington without their coach (playing for Vipers at Hastings), Luis, Bernard and a late arriving Martin. The Jets lost a close first set with Iain setting, but with Martin taking over setting duties they won the second set 25-8. Two close sets followed, but Storrington managed to win them both and win their first match of the season (I suspect many more wins should follow before the season ends).

Vipers were away at Hastings and without Matt, Dom and Mark and moved to an early 7-0 lead before taking their foot of the pedal. They eventually got back in to the set which they won with some good blocking from Andrew and hitting from Jimmy. The second set saw the Vipers struggle to serve consistently and get a good pass to the setter resulting in Hastings winning by 2 points.

Vipers managed to wake up in the next 2 sets and close out a comparatively easy match 3-1.

Matt Lay picked up MVP for Jets and Damo for the Vipers.

Vipers head to the Christmas back at the top of the league on sets difference from Arun who beat Eastbourne 3-2 on Thursday in one of most fiercely contested leagues for many years.

Demons v East Grinstead

Demons Vs east Grinstead away December 2013

An 8 strong team, with one caffeine break on route, and Dan the man at the ready!

It was Ho Ho Ho all the  way, all those good girls would get chocolate crispy cakes with popping candy if they played well!

First set (the warm up) gave E.G false hope of a clean win, but never to drop their heads; the Demons came out fighting, and WON the second set!

Both of the following sets saw such a close fight, taking each team past 20 points each time, with a narrow defeat, heads held high.

A defeat, but not to be sniffed at!

Well played Sandrine, Ali, Sophie, Katy(MVP), Clio, Dorothe, Lorna, and yours truly..

Thanks Dan!

And of course; thanks to our new team mum/chef; Ally..

Vipers beat Brighton Adur 3-1.

Vipers travelled away to Brighton Adur with a strong squad that included both Edvin and Jimmy for the first time in weeks. Good reverse hitting from Edvin, a strong outside and improving first ball saw the Vipers take the first set comfortably. A poor serve receive at the start of the second set left the Vipers with much to do in the second set, but they had enough to recover and move to 2-0. An even worse start to the third set saw the Vipers 13-1 down. A good fight back following a few substitutions saw the vipers drag it back to 24-24, but poor serving let them down and gave Adur the third set.

A much better start to the fourth set along with great noise from our travelling support resulted in the Vipers taking a strong early lead that they never looked like losing. So a good 3-1 victory and well deserved MVP from Edvin leaves the Vipers just Hastings away on the 15th to play this year.

Worthing Ladies NVL Maintain Undefeated Season

Awesome weekend for Worthing Ladies National League team as they beat Wessex Leaf and Dolphins 3-1. Great support from family and friends and good all round performance.

Vipers win another long match against Scorpions.

Without Mark, Andrew C, Jimmy, Turbo and Edvin the Vipers again drafted in Matt and Dom for the return fixture against Scorpions. They started well securing the first set with comparative ease with good hitting through the middle as the scorpion loaded the outside hit. Scorpions came back strong to win a close second set. The Vipers again came back to win the third set with some strong serving and hitting from MVP Damo. Scorpions fought well to secure the forth set and take it to a fifth set again. By now last night's JD was starting to leave Nigel's body and some good blocking and middle hits saw the Vipers take a good lead that they were not going to give up. A good result with a depleted
squad and we look forward to another tough match next week against Brighton Adur.

Jets beat East Grinstead, but lose to Arun.

Jets welcomed back Martin as setter as they played away against East Grinstead with a full squad. A good all round performance started with Josh nailing the first point of the evening with an awesome block. Good setting from Martin enabled the Jets to open up EG through the middle with great hitting from Matt. So an easy win in the first set was followed by a harder second set as EG chased down every ball and the Jets struggled to get a serve in! Good hitting from MVP Dom when the pressure was on saw the Jets finish the last set 29-27 and the coach looked forward to the first market dinner after a win for the Jets.

Jets traveled away to Arun without Luis and Martin which meant a setting debut for Iain. With Matt Wilkes opposite, Josh and Matt Lay through the middle and Dom and Bernard through the outside it was always going to be a tough match.

Jets played well with spirit in each set and managed to get to 19, 21 and 22. Good setting from Iain for his first match and MVP Bernard was quick in back court and varied his hits and tips.

A good week for the Jets with a great result against EG and a good performance against Arun.

  

A Great Weekend for Worthing

Well done to the ladies for winning both National League matches 3-0 and 3-1. They remain undefeated in their first season 😀

The Sharks played against East Grinstead 2 without many of their regulars and both Dom and Matt stepped in to help Kishan, Iain, Ebber and Ben. Despite a great effort they eventually lost 3-1 with Iain securing MVP and a great performance from Ben who must have pushed him close for the decision.

Last match of the evening saw he Vipers take on a confident a Eastbourne who arrived with the only remaining 100% record in Div 1. The Vipers were without Mark and Jimmy, but welcomed back Nigel and Turbo. The Vipers started set 1 very strongly playing some of their best volleyball this season securing a convincing first set with relative ease. Eastbourne started to play better in the second set, but some good blocking from Andrew Crockett and hitting from Mickey saw the secure a much closer set. Into the third set and it was a close and intense end to the game. The vipers closed the match out 3-0 and highlights include some great pick ups from Turbo, a sweet middle from Andrew and great blocks.

The win opens up the league that see's Vipers, Arun, Eastbourne and Brighton Arun all having lost one match!