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The following Newsletter has been forwarded to you, from the Volleyball Newsletter E-Mail list. The UK's
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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NIVEA Sun VEBT Ladies Final (02/09/2007)
Boulton / Johns (Yellow) v Austin / Medrika (Red)
Video Sponsored by: Volleyball England
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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NIVEA Sun VEBT Mens Final (02/09/2007)
Miedzybrodzki / Bowes v Gooding (Yellow sun visor)/ Grotowski
Video Sponsored by: Volleyball England
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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NIVEA Sun VEBT Awards - 8 Min (02/09/2007)
Video Sponsored by: Volleyball England
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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NIVEA Sun VEBT Pre-Match Band - 3 Min (02/09/2007)
Video Sponsored by: Volleyball England
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European Championship in Sitting Volleyball.
Greetings to you all from the European Championships in Nyiregyhaza 2007. Some of you may have missed the
earlier report, you can also follow the link on www.ecvd.eu to check on
progress.
DAY 1.
In the opening match of their European Championship campaign, Great Britain were defeated by Latvia in a
fiercely competitive encounter (25-16, 25-6, 25-13). Despite being beaten in three sets, the GB side proved
that they deserve their place amongst Europe's elite, with the Latvians being made to fight for each and
every point. Richard Whitehead blocking strongly and the back court players saving many a 'lost ball' were
big positives for the side going onwards in the competition.
The Great Britain squad will go into tomorrow's games against host's Hungary and World champions Bosnia in
a positive frame of mind and will look to show the same spirit that helped the commendable performance
against Latvia.
DAY 2.
Great Britain began day two of the European Championships in confident mood after encouraging performances
on the opening day. In the first match Great Britain came up against Hungary, who were eager to impress in
front of their home crowd, their high intensity play took its toll on the team though, who eventually went
down (25-5, 25-6, 25-5).
In the afternoon match against reigning world champions Bosnia, Great Britain raised the level, keen to
shake off the morning’s disappointment with a strong display. The team played with renewed vigour and
crucially began playing combinations – something that is so key to success within Sitting Volleyball. The
score was a credible (25-4, 25-15, 25-10), and it must be noted that the Bosnian team showed they are
worthy champions by playing with class and understanding of the journey that Great Britain is on towards
the 2012 Paralympics. The whole of the Great Britain squad and staff were appreciative of this and showed
their thanks once the game was finished.
DAY 3
Day three of the European Championships began with Team GB looking to impress against Greece ??“ a team
that the squad have short-term aspirations of beating as they look towards 2012. The Greeks began their
sitting volleyball program over 5 years ago and unfortunately this showed as their superior technique took
its toll as they ran out 25-7, 25-12, 25-6 winners.
In the afternoon Great Britain met Croatia ??“ the first meeting in history between the two ??“ in what
proved to be a highly entertaining encounter. Croatia, in a similar vein to Bosnia, allowed Great Britain
to play, making for some excellent work between Richard Whitehead, Rob Richardson and Captain Robbie
Barrett. The final score was a credible 25-7, 25-8, 25-10.
DAY 4
The playoff stage of the European Championships began on Day four, with Great Britain pitted against
Holland ??“ their training partners from earlier in the year. The Dutch were keen to banish memories of
their group stage performances and started quickly against Team GB. The team fought back well with strong
blocking and excellent defensive work, in particular from Rob Richardson. The final score finished 25-5,
25-4, 25-9, which means that Great Britain will playoff with Greece for 11th and 12th place, in a match
that will see the squad keen to avenge their earlier defeat in the competition.
DAY 5
On the final day of competition, Great Britain took on Greece in the playoff for 11th and 12th place. It
proved to be a fantastic match, with Team GB displaying how far they have come over the week in Hungary
with some excellent attacking play. The technical ability of the British team was much improved and this
allowed for some clever attacks to be formed The team pushed Greece hard in each game and came their
closest yet to winning a set with some confident play and great team spirit, unfortunately the Greek
team managed to rally themselves again to deprive them. With the final scores reflecting a great match to
end the tournament 25-8, 25-19, 25-16 to Greece.
The squad return to England tomorrow with their heads held high, knowing they are on the right track
towards building a strong squad over the coming months, and looking ahead to next season with great
expectations.
Our thanks from all the squad go to our fantastic Coach Jose Banfi, our Team Doctor Jamie Jun Ming Zhang,
and Team Manager Sarah Pegg. Who have all shown exceptional dedication.
I'm off to the closing ceremony!
Yours in Sport Robbie robert.x.barrett@jpmorgan.com
You will also see from the tournament website that Richard Whitehead was named "Best Blocker" for the
tournament. A fantastic individual acheivement at our first Euro Champs.
Greg Brown gregoryrbrown@yahoo.se
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My View of the Beach Finals.
The National Beach Finals at Brighton drew quite a bit of media attention for the final stages of the
event. Half a dozen camera crews turned up and a regular visitor to these events informed me that this was
probably the most they had ever seen at a national event before. The largest team (two video cameras, two
sound men, an interviewer, a stills camera and a young lad) were filming for SKY TV. They are the boy's in
the blue Nivea shirts and they appear in lots of other people's coverage of the event as well.
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I may well have had the smallest camera but it's what you do with it that counts, I definitely got the
impression that I was the only one actually recording the match. Everyone else appeared to be looking for
match highlights, action shots etc and kept moving around the court, trying a different angle.
Overall an interesting experience, I was there to record the event and for me the boys in blue became part
of it. I trust they got all their required shots (at the expense of others) and I look forward to seeing
their program (out later in September I believe).
Just one other note, girl's, don't forget to check that your bikini is strong enough to support a wireless
microphone battery pack.
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Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com
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Volleyball UK TV Channel
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Volleyball UK TV Channel
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We now have a VEOH Internet TV Channel at:
www.veoh.com/channels/volleyballuk
Use the "Download" option to view
VeohTV BETA Media software (free download) is required
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Download figures for the National Beach Final videos have been hitting record levels, way past the limit
set by my ISP. To date we have been using an unlimited server to provide the video service, but this has a
number of limits, file size, slow downloads and we are slowly out growing it.
To try and solve this and to move the process forward to a full screen TV or HD quality service in the
future, we have created a new online TV channel on the Veoh TV system (www.veoh.com) call "Volleyball UK" at:
http://www.veoh.com/channels/volleyballuk
This has a number of advantages for the future, we can upload much larger files, whole matches, the back
catalogue and in the near future move to full screen quality. One advantage for viewers, is that it can
also background download, on request or you can subscribe to the channel for any new video to be
automatically downloaded for you. No more buffering etc and we are not restricted to the number of
simultaneous downloads.
On the web page you can view our videos at a low resolution, but you will need to download them to see them
at the current 1mbps quality etc. For this you will also need to download and install the free Veoh Beta
video browser that turns online video into Internet Television, it's very similar to the Windows Media
program. Once installed, you can also watch streaming video from major television networks such as the
Discovery Channel, MTV, Paramount, Cycling TV, Food & Drink TV, Travel Channel etc and other UK volleyball
clubs are already using the system. [A user name is also required (which you only need to enter once)].
This may sound a bit OTT just to view a video but hopefully it will lead to a much better service. I can
now store more matches online, so as a bonus feature, this is the only place you can watch last weekends
women's semi-final match between Johns / Boulton and the local Brighton team of Czinegeova / Nemcova.
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National Beach Volleyball Finals 2007
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NIVEA Sun VEBT Womens Semi-Final (02/09/2007)
Johns / Boulton (Yellow) v Czinegeova / Nemcova (Red)
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Volleyball in High Definition
Another aim for the future is to have some short video's in High Definition (excellent on a normal computer
screen), for whole matches this is not going to happen until UK homes have at least a 20 mbps optical fibre
internet connection. However parts of the world are already fibred and hence some volleyball HD type
content is already available via the Veoh internet TV system.
For example you can watch part of the opening ceremony from the 2006 Volleyball world championships in
Japan, well worth downloading to see the quality. Click on the above image to view / download or www.veoh.com/videos/e155073NFZdk8TA
PS: If anyone has found any other HD type volleyball content on line, could you please let me know.
Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com
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Boys Youth World Championships 2007
Iran vaulted into the volleyball history books to become the new 2007 Boys’ Youth World Champion for the
first time ever beating China 3:2 (21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 31-29, 15-7) in a spectacular all Asian final which
lasted 130 minutes at the Gimnasio de Usos Multiples in the Mexican city of Tijuana on Sunday. The second
place for China is the best ever for the country in this FIVB event.
Earlier on Sunday in Tijuana hall, France grabbed the bronze medal after defeating Argentina 3:1 (25-20,
18-25, 26-24, 27-25) in almost two hours. The young European Champions emerged victorious to close off what
has been for this new generation of French players an amazing World Championship. Argentine Facundo Conte
was Best Scorer of the match with 30 points, whilst French Guillaume Quesque booked 21 points. This was the
first time ever for France to step into the Top Four and climb the podium. For Argentina it is a repetitive
fourth place as they lost the bronze medal in 2005 to Italy. "I'm very proud of my players", stated French
head coach Jocelyn Trillon, "It was a good fight during the whole match against a team like Argentina. This
is my first time coaching the national team and to win the European Championship and now the bronze medal
here is something I will never forget."
Poland beat Belgium 3:1 for the fifth spot. Maciej Krzywiecki led the winners with 17 points. The Belgians
however can be more than satisfied with their surprising place in the ‘Elite Eight’ of the world as this
was their first-time participation in a Youth World Championship.
Russia, defending two-time world champion and pre-tournament favourite, will return home with ninth place.
The Russians prevailed 3:1 over the Germans with Ruslan Moskin being the Best Scorer of the match adding 28
points for his team.
Final Ranking
1. Iran, 2. China, 3. France, 4. Argentina, 5. Poland, 6. Belgium, 7. Brazil, 8. India, 9. Russia, 10.
Germany, 11. Puerto Rico, 12. Mexico, 13. Cuba, 14. Tunisia, 15. USA, 16. Egypt
For further information please view www.fivb.org
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Volleyball Toolbar
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A Volleyball toolbar is now available and comes preconfigured with the volleyball RSS newsfeed link, just
click on the toolbar image below to download and install (please accept the default options to keep the
toolbar automatically up to date).
It's free, no spyware or viruses, does not open pop-ups or hijack your searches, and no personal
information is required. Their is no flashing adverts, it just sit quietly at the top of your browser and
provide you with quick access to the latest volleyball items. You can turn it on or off at anytime via the
"View / Toolbar" menu
Click on the above image Or download it direct from: http://volleyballnewsletter.ourtoolbar.com
What does the volleyball Newsletter toolbar let me do?
- Instant access to our site from any site on the web
- Get instant access to National Volleyball links
- Get fresh content automatically via the Volleyball RSS Reader
- Info on the lastest feature match
- Links to on line VB Resources
- Get notified when you receive new e-mails
- Get the lastest Weather details
- Search from anywhere on the web (defaults to google.co.uk)
- Includes Uninstaller
- System Requirements, Windows 2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.0+ or Firefox 1.0.1+
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