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 …
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 …
Northern Ireland Volleyball President Jonathan McFadden has released the following statement in response to the news that beach volleyball will not be part of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. “After months of speculation I was delighted to see the Commonwealth Games return to the UK in 2026 with Glasgow stepping in to host the …
The national volleyball federations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Gibraltar, along with the British Volleyball Federation (BVF), are delighted to announce the launch of a new international tournament. The Five Nations Volleyball Championship will feature national Senior teams (women’s and men’s) from each country, competing in a round-robin format. Volleyball England will …
Northern Ireland Volleyball celebrated the 2023/24 Season with a celebration and awards night at House Belfast in September. To celebrate the 2023/24 indoor and beach seasons, players, coaches, officials and board members gathered together for awards, food, some drinks and plenty of dancing at House Belfast Winners included: Premier League Women: Aztecs Eagles 1st Division …
Northern Ireland Volleyball, in partnership with FIVB, is seeking to recruit a High-Performance Beach Coach and Programme Manager to plan, implement and lead the development of our High-Performance beach athletes, competitions and programmes, adding expertise, value and focus to our national beach development initiatives and deliver on our performance planning objectives. This post is initially …
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Northern Ireland Volleyball member Jack McMurray has been awarded a scholarship to play volleyball at university in America. Jack has always been a fantastic player and has been a bright light within the Junior and Senior National Teams. He also represents Southern Regional College Armagh and Craigavon Aztecs. We are so excited for Jack to …
Junior boys bring back bronze The Northern Ireland Volleyball Junior Boys’ team travelled to Andorra over the Easter holidays to compete in the CEV SCA (Small Countries Association) Championships. The team headed over for the U20 Championship in Andorra and got straight to work with a training session before the competition began at Complex Esportiu …
