Tees Valley Volleyball Association
National League - Tees Valley - Women's Div 3 North
General Information:
The Tees Valley team home match venue is normally The Education Village, Salters Lane South, Darlington DL1 2AN (click the link for a location map).
Link to the EVA National League Tables
2008/9 Season
Squad: Nikki Attah (C), Nunthorpe VC; Vicky Archard, Nunthorpe VC; Laura Cave, Haughton VC; Emma Gordon, Nunthorpe VC; Gemma Ithurralde, Haughton VC; Kirsty Martin, Nunthorpe VC; Rachael McManus, Nunthorpe VC; Rachel Moody, Haughton VC; Sarah Naylor, Nunthorpe VC; Laura Pearson, Haughton VC; Lauren Sweeting, Haughton VC; Lydia Sweeting, Haughton VC.
Links to associated volleyball clubs: Haughton VC; Nunthorpe VC
The season ended on a high on 29th April with a 3-1 win against Sheffield. This saw the team secure fifth place in the leagues, equal on points to fourth placed Newcastle (Staffs) but just behind on sets difference. An improvement in league position of two places from last year. Also to celebrate, Most Valuable Player Award went to Nikki Attah, the team captain. Thanks once again to coaches Jackson Sweeting & Dave McManus for their efforts throughout the year and to the team for giving us some great volleyball to watch.
Results tables reproduced from the Volleyball England website
The Tees Valley National League
women's squad reformed for the 2007/8 season. The team consists of
players
from across the Tees Valley and is being coached by Jackson Sweeting
(Haughton). As a new and very young team with many players aged
14-16, the expectation was that this would be a development year for
the team, yet with three matches played, the team has notched up
three wins! Whilst this performance is unlikely to be sustained for
the entire season, the message is clear, this team means business!
Jackson Sweeting & Dave McManus took the team to the North West for
their first away fixtures on 21st October 2007 - Jackson reported on
the team's progress to-date - The Teesvalley team
travelled to their first away matches of the season to play Chester and Wirral.
This is a development squad with the youngest players at 14 years old and the
oldest just 26. Having won the first fixture at home to Loughborough University
2 weeks ago, travelling to Chester was a new experience for these young girls.
The team had already lost their first setter, Lauren Sweeting, who underwent a
shoulder operation 2 days after the home fixture, and so had to re-organise for
the season without her. The first match against Chester went to 5 sets with the
Teesvalley girls displaying some tremendous attacks and court covering,
eventually taking the 5th set 18-16, against a much more experienced team.
The next game against Wirral looked to be a more difficult task, who again were
much more experienced and we lost the first set. Undaunted the girls picked up
their game to win the next 3 sets with some great volleyball. Winning the first
3 games is a fine start to the season and all the team worked so hard for each
other. Nikki Attah was voted the ‘most valuable player’ by the opposition in
both games. The rest of the squad is; Emma Gordon, Sarah Naylor, Lydia Sweeting,
Laura Cave, Rachel Moody, Rachael McManus, Kirsty Martin, Vicky Archard, Laura
Pearson and Jenny Little. Jackson Sweeting
2007/8 Season
A worthy 7th place was achieved by the newly formed Tees Valley NL women's team. The new team captained by Nikki Attah and consisting of many young players entered the NL with the intent of developing the players and the team and hopefully winning a few sets and possibly the odd match on the way. The 7th place and seven wins on the way far exceeded expectations. The result did not even truly reflect the potential of the team as several matches were lost by quite a small margin and could easily have gone in Tees Valley's favour. A great performance by the team and we look forward to next season. A big thank-you to coaches Jackson Sweeting and Dave McManus. Colin Gordon
Results tables reproduced from the Volleyball England website