The Northern Ireland Senior Women’s Team travelled to the Small Countries Association (SCA) Championships hosted by Volleyball Ireland in Dublin from June 27th to 29th. The tournament brought together teams from Scotland, Ireland, San Marino and Iceland for a weekend of competitive volleyball. The squad led by Matteusz Wisniewski and Captain Claire Dowey, despite not […]
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Tuesday night at South Lake Leisure Centre provided an unforgettable evening of learning and inspiration for the NI Volleyball coaching community. Over 20 coaches from across Northern Ireland gathered for an exclusive masterclass with Alan Knipe, Head Coach of Long Beach State University and inductee into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame. Knipe, who led
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The Northern Ireland Senior Men’s Volleyball Team returned home with bronze medals following an impressive campaign at the Small Countries Association (SCA) Championships, hosted this year in San Marino from June 12th to 15th. The tournament brought together national teams from Europe’s smaller volleyball nations in a competitive and high-standard environment. The squad, led by
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Our Indoor Performance Manager Callum Grieve spent some time in Wales recently representing NI Volleyball at the prestigious Home Nation’s Coaching Leaders Course. Over the next 12 months, Callum will attend 8 development courses across the UK working with 17 other NGB’s from NI, Scotland and Wales who will join together to help support the
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Northern Ireland Volleyball, in partnership with FIVB, is seeking to recruit a National Talent Development Coach to work alongside the National Performance Manager in planning and implementing the development of our performance pathway, athletes, squads and programmes with a focus on but not limited to, the female indoor volleyball pathway. Adding expertise, value and focus
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The volleyball community in Northern Ireland celebrated another exciting milestone as Dalriada School hosted its annual mini volleyball tournament under the umbrella of the CEV School Project. The event welcomed 31 primary school teams from across the Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council area, marking the biggest turnout yet and highlighting the sport’s rapidly growing
After a long and hard-fought tournament day at Portrush East Strand, Ballymoney Blaze Volleyball Club earned the chance to represent Northern Ireland at the European Club Championship in October by defeating Team Spike Wazowski from Belfast Wolves in a thrilling final. Spike Wazowski pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament by knocking out the
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The Next Generation: Protecting and supporting young athletes during Clean Sport Week, 19 – 23 May. Northern Ireland Volleyball is committed to clean sport and will be supporting UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign from 19 – 23 May. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness campaign championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with
Paddy Murphy has been honoured by Queen’s University Belfast Paddy Murphy founded volleyball at Queen’s University Belfast in the newly-opened Queen’s Physical Education Centre in 1972. And he’s just returned to that very same place to have the court named after him. A capacity crowd of national and international volleyball VIPs, as well as current
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Dalriada U16 Boys volleyball team have won Junior Team of the Year at Causeway Coast and Glens Sports Awards. The Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Sports Awards were held last night on the 1st November. A huge night for celebrating the vast sporting success of the borough from individual to team sports, coaches and
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