Commonwealth Games Selection Process Begins!

Commonwealth Games Selection Process Begins!

Volleyball Australia is about to embark on the process to select the Men’s and Women’s Beach Volleyball Teams to compete in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in April of next year.

Beach Volleyball is featuring in the Commonwealth Games for the first time, with men’s and women’s teams from 12 Commonwealth nations.   Australia as host automatically qualifies one team per gender.

The selection of the Australian teams is expected to be hotly contested, and will be conducted throughout the coming Australian Beach Volleyball season, with international results also playing a significant part of the selection process.   Three of the events in the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour are compulsory for teams seeking selection:  the NSW Open at Manly on 18-19 November (part of Volleyfest), the South Australian Open at Glenelg on 13-14 January, and the Western Australian Open at Scarborough on 16-18 February.   The selected teams will be nominated to Commonwealth Games Australia on 20 February.

Please see the Call for Expressions of Interest and the EOI Form attached.  Interested players should submit this form by 30 September 2017.

Please complete the following: Expressoin of Interest Form

Beach Volleyball Coaching Workshop - Coaching Juniors on Beach from Grassroots to Elite

Beach Volleyball Coaching Workshop - Coaching Juniors on Beach from Grassroots to Elite

SVNSW is happy to provide a coaching workshop focusing on Juniors and their development and pathways in the game of Beach Volleyball. This workshop will share techniques, theories and open discussion on methods regarding how to coach juniors from the grassroots level to the elite, and their pathways through beach volleyball.

This course is open to coaches of all levels and disciplines, both indoor and the beach. It will be of valuable to coaches new to juniors, indoor coaches looking for more resources on how to coach juniors and/or looking to get involved in beach. and experienced beach coaches.

This workshop will not result in accreditation and is open to everyone, but is highly encouraged you be a level 1 coach.

Presenters Include the Following:

Craig 'Frog' Marshall: National Team Beach Coach for 19 years between 1998-2016 4 Olympic Games Coached the only Australian Team to win a medal at the World Championships Current Head Coach of the Queensland Academy of Sport
Paul Smith: Represented Australia in over 100 games on Asian tour and World Series. National Team Beach Coach for 10 years between 1995 - 2004. 3 Olympic Games Current Project Manager Spikezone program re-launch with Volleyball Australia.
Nam Pham: Volleyball Australia National Pathways Director
Monica Jones: SVNSW Development Officer

Details
Cost $30.00
When: Saturday September 9, 2017
Where: Maroubra Beach
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Register Here: Beach Volleyball Coaching Workshop Registration Form
If you have any questions please e-mail Monica Jones at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

SVNSW Indoor State Team Fundraiser Underway!

State Volleyball NSW is please to announce that it's fundraising campaign for the Junior Indoor State Team program is now underway. State team athletes will be selling raffle tickets in their community and at SVL to help subsidize program fees for their training and tournament cost, as they attend the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships in Queensland.  

Tickets cost $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00

Raffle drawn on Sunday 17th of September, 2017 at 4pm at Sydney Volleyball League Finals (Genea Netball Centre, Olympic Park) and winners will be contacted on Monday the 19th of September via phone or email.

There are 10 prizes to be won:

1st Prize – Two NRL Grandfinal Tickets (Sunday the 29th of September 2017) & $50 Voucher for VolleyballShop.com.au

2nd Prize – Framed and signed Volleyroo, Paul Carroll Captain Jersey & $50 Voucher for VolleyballShop.com.au

3rd Prize – “Wonderpass” Jenolan Caves Tour NSW & Family Pass to Top Ryde Event Cinema

4th Prize – Kenwood kMix Kitchen set & Family Pass to Top Ryde Event Cinema

5th Prize – GWS Signed Jersey & 2 x $50 Voucher for VolleyballShop.com.au

6th Prize – 1 hour Captured Sweet Moments Photography Voucher & Family Pass to Top Ryde Event Cinema

7th Prize – 1 hour Captured Sweet Moments Photography Voucher & Family Pass to Top Ryde Event Cinema

8th Prize – Candle Gift Pack & Gift Certificate - Karmic Skye

9th Prize - $70 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher & Family Pass to Top Ryde Event Cinema

10th Prize – ASICS player bag & 2 x $50 Voucher for VolleyballShop.com.au

SVNSW and it's players would like to thank the businesses, parents, and organisations across New South Wales for their donations to the raffle and the support of our athletes.