About the HVA

The Hertfordshire Volleyball Association (HVA) organise the Hertfordshire Volleyball League that comprises teams from Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and North London.

The HVA endeavour to cater for all abilities and ages and strive to raise the standard of volleyball in the area.

If you'd like to play volleyball, we'd like to help.

Running out of time

Submitted by fixtures on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:08pm
Last year we unofficially adopted what was dubbed "The London Rule" to more fairly handle situations when a fixture could not be completed within the allotted court time available at the home team's venue. Those rules are now officially included in the HVA Rules at section C.11 under "Time restricted venues". The rules now clarify that any venue time restriction must be communicated by the Home...

Most Valuable Player this season?

Submitted by fixtures on Mon, 01/10/2018 - 10:04pm
To spice things up a bit in the HVA, we're introducing a Most Valuable Player award in each of our three leagues. We've no idea what the actual award might be as yet, but we think it's a nice way of showing some additional respect to your opposition and encouraging good play generally. All each captain has to do is to mark clearly who they thought their opposition's MVP was when they check and...

Herts Ladies Indoor Volleyball Summer Camp 2018

Submitted by vale on Wed, 27/06/2018 - 11:35am
Dear Volleyballers, we are pleased to announce our annual SUMMER CAMP is back! Starting on TUESDAY JULY 3rd from 8pm to 10pm for 5 weeks (4 training sessions + 1 Mini tournament) Location: Queen`s School, Aldenham Rd, WD23 2TY, Bushey Cost: £35 for the whole summer camp (Advanced payment) or £8 per session To book your space pls. contact our club`s secretary Meena “ meenamurray [at] hotmail.com...

HVA AGM and new Rules

Submitted by admin on Tue, 19/06/2018 - 11:34pm
The minutes of the recent HVA AGM and the new 2018 HVA Rules are now available here . The new rules see significant changes and additions, including: EVA Registrations requirements. A new Team Player Restriction mechanism. Clarifications of rule for Time Restricted Venues and opposition notification. A new Most Valuable Player mechanism. A change to KO Cup player eligibility. A new Goodwill...

Ian Cheesbrough EVA ref of the year

Submitted by kingslangley on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 7:29pm
Our regular Kings Langley Kings 1st Division referee has recently won the coveted referee of the year award from the England Volleyball Association. Ian has always been a great supporter of the club and Herts Volleyball Association, so we'd like to offer up our congratulations. Referee of the Year: Ian Cheesbrough As senior referee with many years’ experience, Ian continues to make himself...

Committee Meeting minutes published, rule changes and AGM notification

Submitted by admin on Sat, 17/03/2018 - 8:13pm
Last week's meeting minutes are available at http://www.hertsvolleyball.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HVA%20Mee... The committee (executive members only) will meet on Tuesday 22nd May to discuss HVA rule changes. We intend to look at: rules for player registration and team restrictions to prevent abuses, whilst maximising the ability of clubs to field teams all season long the fine/penalty...

Junior Volleyball sessions

Submitted by secretary on Sat, 16/12/2017 - 2:34pm
Can all clubs that are currently running Junior Volleyball sessions please email Duncan webmaster [at] hertsvolleyball.co.uk with details of: Where, when, age group, session costs, contact information and any other relevant information. This will allow the web site to be updated and hopefully promote and signpost any interested parties to further develop Junior Volleyball participation across the...

The Sports Club Survey

Submitted by admin on Wed, 13/12/2017 - 9:32pm
The Sports Club Survey 2017 is a huge piece of research undertaken to find out more about the health of sports clubs in the country. We want volleyball to have a voice in that survey! If enough volleyball club members complete the survey, Volleyball England will be provided with data specific to our sport. This could be invaluable in helping volleyball thrive. Please could you complete the survey...