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Watford Volleyball Club have decided to withdraw their Watford 2 team from Men's HVA Division 2 with immediate effect. They had already forfeited 6 matches and because of issues with their planned home venue, they are unable to go ahead with any of their remaining home fixtures. That means they'd forfeit the majority of their fixtures for the season, so HVA have deleted all their results from...

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The minutes for Tuesday's Committee Meeting are here . Highlights: Rightmove now sponsoring MK City adults. Fixtures Secretary sending out reminders for late filing of results so clubs avoid fines. We need the full scoresheet uploading. All Goodwill Deposits paid. Majority of league/cup fees outstanding despite reminders. Three clubs have junior squads (VK Barnet, WHVC and MK City). They will...

The rules for arranging fixtures are set out in Section D of the HVA Rules . There are several deadlines noted: The home team must confirm the date, time and venue at least 21 days in advance of the planned fixture. The Team Manager and Club Fixtures Secretary get an email to remind them that the deadline for doing this is "today". The away team must confirm they can make the planned fixture at...

On every Club page you'll now find a new "Download Roster" button that generates a PDF with all your club's players clearly listed, along with their assigned team and their usual shirt number. You can print that off and take to it to your matches. That printable roster serves two main purposes: With the new rules for player eligibility, it's handy for the captain/coach/manager to know which team...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Bradfield College - Grade 4 One Day Referee Course Location: Bradfield College Sports Hall Reading RG7 6AU United Kingdom Price per person: £55.00 Date and Times: 25 th November 2017 09.00-17.00 Sign Up Deadline: 3pm Monday 20th November For full course details and booking please visit the VE course page here . To find out more about the Grade 4 Referee course, please click here .

Available here: http://www.hertsvolleyball.co.uk/content/june-2017 There are some decisions to be made about rule changes, so do have a look so you can have your say.

KLVC are cancelling the Kings Langley Volleyball Tournament, which was scheduled for this Saturday 27th May. Despite initial interest from 11 teams, only 5 teams entered - we blame the FA Cup! Please let your players know. Apologies to those players who were interested and we hope to run the tournament in this format some other time, which we'll discuss at the next HVA Committee meeting in June.

Kings Langley Volleyball Club is proud to announce our inaugural volleyball tournament on Saturday 27th May in Watford from midday. Places for 9 teams. Bank Holiday weekend so plenty of time to recover. Intermediate* Mixed Teams. Three hours of volleyball for every team. Three indoor courts. Timed 6v6 matches under modified FIVB Rules. Trophy and medals for the winning team. Registered with...

The next committee meeting is Tuesday 14th March at 8pm, taking place in the staff room at RSS School in Kings Langley. All clubs should provide a representative.

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s National Cup Finals weekend – with the prospect of two non-NVL sides making it to the showpiece event. At a time when the footballing exploits of Sutton and Lincoln have caught the public’s attention in this year’s FA Cup, Willesden and Cambridge University stand one win away from securing their places in the Men’s and Women’s Shield competitions...

Sport England has today confirmed that Volleyball England’s annual funding is to be cut by 34%. This reduction in funding is in line with the cuts applied to most other National Governing Bodies (NGBs). The announcement means that Volleyball England (VE) has been given £422,000 to sustain its activities from April 1 until September 30. During that time, VE will make its full four year funding...

South Bucks Volleyball are hosting a Grade 4 refereeing course in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 29th January 2017, 10 - 6. The cost is VB England standard £50. Registration is now available at https://volleyballengland.org/courses The HVA committee agreed last night to support this course by way of funding one place per HVA affiliated club. The new 1-day Grade 4 refereeing course is your first...

Due to our rather successful summer recruitment campaign, Kings Langley have a large number of players looking to play in a small number of games. Rather than have people sat on the bench, we've decided to split our Div 2 squad between the existing "Knights" team and a new development squad we're going to call the "Rooks". The Rooks is made up of a mixture of abilities; some total beginners, some...

As we approach Player lock down for the season, can we remind all Clubs that they should have entered their Club Players for the season on the website by last weekend. Importantly, if the HVA Rules say you need to, you must restrict a number of players to a single team. You only need to restrict players as per the HVA Rules, not just because they normally play for a particular team - this is not...

Hatfield Community Sports Fund: The £1.4m fund for Hatfield Sports Clubs and organisations will be launched on 13 October from 6pm with an event at the University of Hertfordshire. John O’Callaghan, Director of the Herts Sports Partnership who has been appointed Chair of the Fund said: “We are hosting an event to give Hatfield clubs and organisations the chance to talk to us and fully understand...

We've been busy improving the website over the last week in response to some suggestions, so thanks for those: We've coded up the HVA Rules for player restrictions (we think). When you click on an upcoming match you now see who is eligible to play. That should help team managers/captains avoid any oops moments. Clubs can now edit their matches to add a match venue. A handy icon is displayed on...

We're after a new logo as the one we have is a bit obvious and not very good ( Ed - I can say this as I designed it ). So, let your players know we're after a new HVA logo and the best design will win a new match ball for their club courtesy of the HVA. All designs to webmaster [at] hertsvolleyball.co.uk by the end of November and we'll decide if it's better than what we currently have! ** We've...

Your club may be interested in the following Grade 4 Referee course that is due to be held in Cambridge in October: North Cambridge Academy - Grade 4 One Day Referee Course Location: North Cambridge Academy Arbury Road Cambridge CB4 2JF United Kingdom Price per person: £50.00 Date: 1st October 2016, 09:00 - 17:00 Sign up deadline: Friday 23rd September For full course details and booking please...