Richmond Bucks top of the league

Andy Hopper on October 21, 2021 in Leagues | News | NVL Men

Richmond’s men’s division enjoyed three National League victories at the weekend with Bucks moving to the top of the Div 1 table.

Richmond Docklands travelled to Colchester for their third away Super League fixture in a row to take on Tendring. Coached by ex-Docklands player Alex Porter, Tendring were no match for Marcel Sivak’s side who ran out 3-0 winners (23, 16, 12). Captain Andrea Ivanov led the way and was unstoppable on the wing and from the service line. The self-styled Bulgarian Barbarian was awarded the Black Knight for his performance but honourable mentions go to new libero Filipi Rodrigues and opposite David Novotny who made telling contributions throughout the match. Docklands ended the weekend in second place in the table.

At the same time, Richmond Bucks hosted City of Bristol at the Kingston College Arena and also secured an impressive 3-0 victory (16, 12, 18). Italian debutants Martino Selleri and Saimir Hysa had excellent starts to their Richmond careers whilst juniors Mateusz Bobkowski, Jake Sanders and Peter Soczewka have all made a seamless transition to this level.

On Sunday, Bucks made the long journey to face Manchester Marvels 1 and again came away with a 3-0 win (20, 25, 23). Travelling with only eight players, Peter Soczewka’s team battled hard to gain a much-deserved victory. After just three matches, Bucks are top of the table and are the only undefeated team in the division. Fantastic work guys.

 

 

 

Richmond Docklands into cup round 3

Andy Hopper on October 10, 2021 in Leagues | News | NVL Men

A comprehensive 3-0 win (12, 14, 14) for Richmond Docklands against Afghan VC (AVC London) saw Marcel Sivak’s side coast into round 3 of the cup.  In the next round they will face Weymouth Beach VC on Saturday 13th November at Kingston College Arena.

The match marked a third Docklands’ “debut” for Bruno Lusic who has returned to the squad after two spells with the team in 2012 and 2017.  He formed a powerful partnership with fellow outside hitter Vitor De Oliveira and AVC had no answer.  De Oliveira was awarded the Black Knight award for a dominate display.

 

 

AGM 2021

Andy Hopper on August 14, 2021 in News | News Archive | Uncategorized

After a two year gap (for obvious reasons) the club held its AGM on Sunday 1st August via Zoom (a club first).  A good turnout was able to learn how the club has dealt with a difficult 18 months and how the club remains in a strong position as we come out of the pandemic.

Vera Kenyon

Vera Kenyon

The meeting was also a chance to pay tribute to outgoing Club Chair Vera Kenyon.  Newly elected Chair Andy Hopper said, “On behalf of the club I’d like to thank Vera for all her hard work as the Club’s chair for the last 3 years.  Vera took over at a very difficult time and helped put the club back on track.  She’s had to deal with a lot behind the scenes which will have gone unnoticed by most of the club’s members but we are all in Vera’s debt for everything she has done for the club.  Thanks very much Vera”.

Thanks also went to Fab Goalen and Ilaria Bigotto who stepped down from their Exec roles, all their efforts were much appreciated.

The meeting saw the re-election of a number of club officers as well as new appointments.  Congratulations to Marcel Sivak (Club Secretary) and Corina Glowrey (Communications Officer) on their new Exec Committee roles, we’re sure they’ll do a great job.

 

 

Richmond Volleyball update July 27th 2020

Andy Hopper on July 27, 2020 in News Archive

We hope that you and your families are fit and well. A lot has been going on behind the scenes at Richmond Volleyball as we wait until we can return to play. It’s obviously been a frustrating time for our club members and volunteers, especially our beach teams who so far have seen most of their season wiped out.

Our beach programme had some good news last week when Richmond Council announced that the beach courts in Teddington will re-open on Monday 17th August.

We are in the process of updating our policies and making practical preparations so that we can re-start beach training safely as soon as possible.

We obviously welcome the news today from Volleyball England that we can return to indoor 6v6 training and competition. We are speaking to our venues to ascertain when we can begin indoor training again and we are active in on-going discussions in the volleyball community as we all work towards returning to the court.

Needless to say, we will return and we look forward to welcoming everyone back as soon as we can.

In the meantime, please stay safe and keep checking our website and social media for further updates.

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