LSVC 2011 National Regional Champions
We are very pleased to share the news that our London Spikers Premier team representing the London Region, have won this years National Regional Championships.
The 2 day event last weekend in Kettering, saw our team beat the other 5 Regional Winners during all the “round robin” matches, and then beat both Sheffield and Brighton Sharks (Last years winners) in the finals.
Its an immensely proud moment for our club, and this victory has firmly stamped our club’s presence onto the stage of National Volleyball within the UK.
The Winning Team of 10 were:
- Yat (outside hitter/Captain), Taku (Setter/team organiser), Roberto(outside hitter/coach)
- Janko, Heitor & Jamie (Middle Hitters)
- Marcelo (Setter) & Mutlu (Libero)
- Marcio & Anthony (offset hitters))
Champions Credit equally goes to the other team members that helped win this seasons London Premier League, they are:
Claus (Middle), Danny (Outside hitter), David (Outside/offset hitter), Duncan (Middle), Henry (Offset), Henrique (Setter) Junior (Outside hitter) & Nicola (Libero).
Special mention goes to Taku for superb travel & accommodation organisation for the team, and the team comic prize goes to Heitor, whose stories kept the team in stitches of laughter all weekend.
More details of the matches with write up’s of the event have been placed onto the websites of,
- Volleyball England (VE), http://www.volleyballengland.org/News.php?articleId=2030
- London Volleyball Association (LVA), http://www.londonvolleyball.org.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=587
The team is immensely appreciative of the support that it has received from the club this season, including the smooth organisational blending with London Knights to create a new National Level Team. The team and club would like to thank the London Volleyball Association (LVA) for providing a £300 grant to subsidise travel & accommodation expenses for Kettering.
The club President Anthony said “I am in no doubt that all of our club players & members share in this winning success, because each of them have greatly contributed to the continued life and vitality of our club, and have in turn created a richly diverse stable family, from which enjoyment flourishes and success grows”.
Well done London Spikers Premier Team, and Very Well done London Spikers Volleyball Club!
Yat (Team Captain) being Presented with the 2011 Winning Championship Trophy
Spikers With Runners up Brighton Sharks