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Ticket fiasco in Beijing

  • Archive News

 MAY 5 - TICKET SALES for the Beijing Olympics again ran into problems today because the website selling them failed to operate properly.

the third round of ticket sales that began today for 16 sports, including boxing, football, baseball, beach

volleyball and wrestling.  


Dodge to sponsor urban beach volleyball tour

  • Archive News

 JULY 2 - AMERICAN car manufacturer Dodge are to sponsor this year's Urban Beach Volleyball Tour, which

 During the next few weeks the Dodge Urban Beach Volleyball Tour will travel to Milton Keynes, Glasgow

Over 200 tonnes of sand will be brought to each location to create a beach court, surrounded by an arena

Tim Cantle-Jones, the event director of the Dodge Urban Beach Volleyball Tour, said: “Our Tour

chance for people of all ages and abilities to get involved, whether you’re completely new to volleyball


Dodge to sponsor urban beach volleyball tour

  • Volleyball

 JULY 2 - AMERICAN car manufacturer Dodge are to sponsor this year's Urban Beach Volleyball Tour, which

 During the next few weeks the Dodge Urban Beach Volleyball Tour will travel to Milton Keynes, Glasgow

Over 200 tonnes of sand will be brought to each location to create a beach court, surrounded by an arena

Tim Cantle-Jones, the event director of the Dodge Urban Beach Volleyball Tour, said: “Our Tour

chance for people of all ages and abilities to get involved, whether you’re completely new to volleyball


Sainsbury's link up with table tennis for 2012

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  SAINSBURY'S are the latest major British company to align themselves with an Olympic sport in the build-up to the 2012 London Games.

Two executives from property company Land Securities have joined the main board of British Volleyball

in an arrangement that has also seen beach volleyball showcased at Birmingham’s Bullring centre. 


Over 50 Olympic 2012 hopefuls unearthed by Sporting Giants

  • London 2012

  FEBRUARY 28 - MORE than 50 potential Olympians for London 2012 have been discovered by the Sporting Giants scheme it was announced today, the first anniversary of the launch of the programme.

 in Trafalgar Square in February 2007, announced that 34 rowers, 11 handball players and seven volleyball

British Handball and three talent identification camps for wanna-be stars of the future within indoor volleyball

and beach volleyball in association with the British Volleyball Federation.Sir Steve Redgrave, the five-time


New start for British Volleyball

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  WAYNE COYLE today started as the programme manager for British Volleyball on the same day the sport

No-one should underestimate the challenges we will face to get GB representation in Beijing 2008 in the beach

event and in all volleyball disciplines in London 2012, but I consider it is achievable” Coyle said.

Richard Callicott, Chairman of British Volleyball, is confident of the development on the GB Programme

putting structures into place that will link with the Home Nations so that the performance level of volleyball

throughout Great Britain is raised” The indoor volleyball programme continues to hold training camps


New start for British Volleyball

  • Volleyball

  WAYNE COYLE today started as the programme manager for British Volleyball on the same day the sport

No-one should underestimate the challenges we will face to get GB representation in Beijing 2008 in the beach

event and in all volleyball disciplines in London 2012, but I consider it is achievable” Coyle said.

Richard Callicott, Chairman of British Volleyball, is confident of the development on the GB Programme

putting structures into place that will link with the Home Nations so that the performance level of volleyball

throughout Great Britain is raised” The indoor volleyball programme continues to hold training camps


Rio hands in application file for 2016

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  OFFICIALS from Rio de Janeiro submitted documents today in support of the Brazilian city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, following London 2012.

city's annual carnival parade would be used for the archery events and the marathon   Rio's Copacabana beach

would be the venue for beach volleyball, triathlon and swimming marathons.  


Major beach volleyball tournament underway in Blackpool

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today the host for the Nestea European Tour English Masters, one of the biggest and most prestigious beach

volleyball events ever to be staged in Britain.

It is the second major beach volleyball event to be staged in Britain following last weekend's SWATCH

English Volleyball Association President, Richard Callicott: “We are absolutely delighted that

have England included in the annual European tour sends a very positive message to the international volleyball


Major beach volleyball tournament underway in Blackpool

  • Volleyball

today the host for the Nestea European Tour English Masters, one of the biggest and most prestigious beach

volleyball events ever to be staged in Britain.

It is the second major beach volleyball event to be staged in Britain following last weekend's SWATCH

English Volleyball Association President, Richard Callicott: “We are absolutely delighted that

have England included in the annual European tour sends a very positive message to the international volleyball


BOA confirm Macau as training base for 2008

  • Archive News

THE British Olympic Association (BOA) today officially announced details of Team GB's preparation camp plans ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.    

Sports basing themselves in Macau are (pending Games qualification): Archery, athletics, badminton, beach

volleyball, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, shooting, synchronised swimming, table tennis


British Volleyball to enter team into Dutch league

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  THE British Volleyball Federation today announced a collaboration with the Dutch Volleyball team Martinus

With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games just five years away the British Volleyball Federation

has put in place elite development programmes for its indoor, beach and sitting disciplines through

The Dutch Federation (NEVOBO) has accepted this move and British Volleyball Chairman, Richard Callicott

Sara Symington, performance programme consultant for UK Sport said:  “It is great to see British Volleyball


British Volleyball to enter team into Dutch league

  • Volleyball

  THE British Volleyball Federation today announced a collaboration with the Dutch Volleyball team Martinus

With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games just five years away the British Volleyball Federation

has put in place elite development programmes for its indoor, beach and sitting disciplines through

The Dutch Federation (NEVOBO) has accepted this move and British Volleyball Chairman, Richard Callicott

Sara Symington, performance programme consultant for UK Sport said:  “It is great to see British Volleyball


British Volleyball to enter team into Dutch league

  • Archive News

  THE British Volleyball Federation today announced a collaboration with the Dutch Volleyball team Martinus

With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games just five years away the British Volleyball Federation

has put in place elite development programmes for its indoor, beach and sitting disciplines through

The Dutch Federation (NEVOBO) has accepted this move and British Volleyball Chairman, Richard Callicott

Sara Symington, performance programme consultant for UK Sport said:  “It is great to see British Volleyball


British Volleyball to enter team into Dutch league

  • Volleyball

  THE British Volleyball Federation today announced a collaboration with the Dutch Volleyball team Martinus

With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games just five years away the British Volleyball Federation

has put in place elite development programmes for its indoor, beach and sitting disciplines through

The Dutch Federation (NEVOBO) has accepted this move and British Volleyball Chairman, Richard Callicott

Sara Symington, performance programme consultant for UK Sport said:  “It is great to see British Volleyball