Several of the club’s juniors (boys and girls) recently took part in the London Youth Games tournament, playing in the Barnet and Enfield teams. The Enfield boys team managed to win their group and qualified for the Semi-finals at Crystal Palace last Saturday where, without 2 of their key starting 6 players, they still managed to give Haringay (based at St Thomas More School Volleyball Academy) a good run for their money – taking 19 points in the 2nd set !

Considering the team only had 6 dedicated training sessions in the lead up to the games this is a considerable achievement – well done boys ! All of the boys who played in the Semi-final will be eligible to play again in next year’s tournament.

VK Barnet Wednesday evening training sessions move outdoors to Totteridge Tennis Club from 21 May until September (dates to be confirmed).

Play starts at 7pm.

This weekend, VK Junior Robert Poole was the proud recipient of the Volleyball England “Young Volunteer of the Year” award for the 2013-14 season. This follows on from his MVP award at the recent National Under 18 Men’s Cup Final.

Over the past 18 months, Robert has clocked up over 150 hours of coaching both as an assistant coach and as head coach at his school where he runs a lunchtime session for year 10s.

Ironically, Robert was unable to receive the award in person as he was in Bulgaria representing the England under 20s team in the second round of the CEVs (European Championships) !

We’re delighted to announce that from Wednesday 6 November, weekly training will return to Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre in Barnet. All training sessions and matches will take place here from now on until the end of the season, including beginners’ training sessions on Saturday afternoons.

The VK Barnet Fixtures Calendar has been updated to include all current league and cup fixtures where these are known. The calendar is shown on the right of this page, and can also be viewed using the following link:

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