Volleyball Centre of Excellence
Richmond Senior Women’s team competing in London league got their first victory on the home turf last Sunday against Flaming Six Comets. It was an exciting 5 sets battle that lasted almost 2 hours.
Just two months into training and third match to test their skills the team came out with great spirit and determination.
Richmond NVL Div 2 Women were back to their winning ways vs New Forest today. The team brought home a 3-1 victory (21-25, 25-23, 25-21 and 25-11) which made a 2 hours journey much more pleasant.
After half term break for many junior players and Halloween trick-or-treating, the team came back with a bang!
We would like to inform you of some changes at Richmond Volleyball. At our AGM, on Sunday 24th June, a new Executive Committee and Divisional Officers were elected. Details of the newly appointed team can be found at www.richmondvolleyball.co.uk/execteam
Richmond Docklands’ season came to an abrupt end when an unfortunate injury to Julian Marcon forced the forfeit of the play-off quarter final against old rivals Malory Eagles.
With only seven players available due to injuries and holidays, Richmond Docklands were forced into some positional changes. Panos Karagiannis made an assured debut as a setter and Joaquin Bello provided a solid platform from the Libero role. Meanwhile, Marcon switched back to outside hitter to partner captain Andrew Pink. All was going well up until 21-20 and the crowd were being treated to some good quality volleyball. Then disaster struck when Marcon and Pink went for the same ball, colliding in the air.
Richmond Docklands were forced to rue missed opportunities as they attempted to do the double over Super8s champions IBB Polonia London. Luis Bello’s side had stunned Polonia on the opening day of the season with a dramatic five-set victory, giving Richmond Docklands’ a massive boost at the start of the season. But Polonia gained revenge in a hard fought encounter that so easily could’ve gone the other way.
