Cardiff Wildcats Volleyball Club was formed in 2005 to establish itself as the ONLY club to cater for both genders (not including University teams) and to enter into as many local / regional and eventually national competitions as avaialble.
The men's squad has had relative success within the leagues within the last few years, with the team winning the Gloucester Volleyball Association Divsion 2 title along with the respective plate competion as well. This season the men are concentrating their efforts on the more competitve Division 1 league.
Our ladies are entering league competition for the first time this season and we wish them all the best of luck !
The club has also entered the soon to be released Volleyball Wales friendly league.
The club prides itself on it's and sociable atmosphere, and all new players are made to feel welcome.
Please click on any of the links above or below to find out more about our exciting and ambitious club ! !
It's the 3rd anniversary of our increasingly popular indoor event and we are proud to confirm the date for 2010. Further details and application forms will be available shortly. In the meantime if any clubs have any enquiries then please feel free to contact myself via the email the club contact at the head of this page.
Fixtures:
MEN:
Monday 15th February vs Brecon Beasts HOME @ 8pm
Sunday 21st February vs Stroud & UWIC AWAY @ 1pm
LADIES:
Thursday 11th February vs UWIC AWAY @ 8pm
Sunday 14th February vs Stroud AWAY @ 4pm
Tuesday 16th February vs Stroud HOME @ 7.30pm
MIXED
Monday 01st February vs Lydney HOME @ 7.30pm
03rd February 2010: Wildcats Ladies vs Bournside Ladies
Message from your captain Kate Thomas
" Amazing Girls!!!
A congratulations just doesn’t do justice to our recent win against Bournside (unbeaten until now!!!) in the Gloucester GVA League.
We really played some organised and determined volleyball, which certainly put a smile on our coach’s face.
We may have lost the first set but what we quickly realised was that we could compete with them- that raised our confidence and with it our game.
There was some great team work and communication was at its best – everyone doing their job and covering in the right places.
It was always going to be tight but we pulled through doing the right things, being consistent and won 3- 1.
Well done girls!! You were awesome!
LoveYour Captain xxxx "
29th January 2010
The men suffered their first defeat of the season last night after playing a very strong Cardiff Uni first team in the Talybont Sports hall. After struggling to get into any form of rhythm within the first two sets the men managed to make more of a game of it in the third. Unfortunately it was not to be and Cardiff Uni finally managed to take the game 3-0.
19th January 2010
The New Year has thankfully started off where 2009 finished with both Wildcats teams have won their opening games.
On Sunday 17th the Men overcame a potentially difficult opponent in Abergavenny Panthers in the Cardiff League winning their match 3-0, whilst the mixed team on Tuesday 19th won in the return match against Bournside at home after losing the first encounter 3-1 they finished 3-0.
Plenty more games to come yet though ! ! !
2010 ! ! !
15th December 2009:
Congratulations to the ladies who after a few unlucky results have come back to their winning ways by overcoming Glos Police 3-0 tonight. Well Done !!
09th December 2009:
The club experienced mixed results over this past week, with the ladies being unlucky in defeats to Lydney (3-0) and Glamorgan Uni 2 (3-1) in the Gloucester and Cardiff leagues respectively.
The men have continued their recent good form with wins against Bournside 2 in the first round of the GVA cup coming through by 3 sets to 0, and the following day by beating UWIC in the Cardiff local league by the same score.
Wildcats Ladies (RED) and Glamorgan Uni 2 Ladies (BLACK)
22nd November 2009:
CWVC men travelled back to Cheltenham today to play their 3rd fixture in GVA Div 1, this time playing title rivals Sandford and Stroud. Knowing the strengths of both teams we knew that it would be a tight affair, and tight it was. Sandford up first and the first set was secured by the 'Cats 25-21. The game became tense and with the club winning alternate sets the game had to be decided by the fifth and final set, by sheer determination and effort the men eventually claimed the game by winning the set by 15 point to 12 and the game by 3 sets to 2.
After a brief break the lads were back on to play against Stroud, our first meeting of the campaign. We started well winning the first two sets 25-17 and 26-24, however the game became difficult for us and as a consequence the next two sets were lost 25-20 and 25-23 to set up another fifth set decider. Fortunately the team showed the same guile and grit that was showed in our first game and the men battled through with careful hitting and accurate game play to win the set 15-13 and the game again by 3 sets to 2. The game was overshadowed however by a slight ankle injury to our new middle player Andy Wareham, hopefully it is not long term and we will see him on the court very soon.
18th November 2009:
CWVC men played their second match in the newly formed Cardiff local league, travelling away this time to Glamorgan Uni to play their 1st team. Despite the 3-0 win it was a much tougher game than the scoreline suggests. With the second set being the main topic of discussion, after being 20 points to 12 down the Wildcats fought back valiantly to eventually win the set 30-28....a fantastic effort.
17th November 2009:
CWVC ladies ended their recent run of success with a defeat to Glos Uni 1 in the GVA league. After struggling to find the form which up to now has given them a 100% win rate, they lost 3-0 to an organised and on the day a more determined opposition. Nevermind, heads up ladies and move on, your next win is just around the corner.
10th November 2009:
CWVC Men played their first match in the newly formed Cardiff Local league last night and overcome a very strong Cardiff Uni 2 side 3-0. This gave the club an opportunity to field some new players and experiment a bit more with plays. Chris James played well in his first game in competitive volleyball, with Max Sdobnikovs taking the captains armband for this fixture.
03rd November 2009:
The 100% winning record contiues for the Wildcats, this time for our ladies. Having beaten Glos Uni2 in the GVA league on Monday 2nd 3-0 after a tense nervy affair they successfully overcome the Cardiff Tigers 3-1 in the Cardiff Local league. Well done ladies ! !
01st November 2009:
Another great couple of wins today for the men in GVA Division 1 after successfully overcoming Bristol 3-0 (25-08, 25-12, 25-12) and the stronger Sandford 3-1 (25-27, 25-14, 25-10, 25-13) to continue their 100% record for the season. MVP in both matches was our skipper for the day Osmel Rodriguez.
18th October 2009:
Well done to the men's team for also winning their first games of the GVA season after successfully overcoming UWIC 3-0 (25-08, 25-16, 25-15) and Bournside in a hard drawn out match eventually winning 3-2 (20-25, 25-19, 28-26, 21-25, 15-10) with our first outing in Division 1.
13th October 2009:
Congratulations go towards our ladies team after winning their first game of the season. Their opposition in this match were the newly formed Cardiff squad as organised by VOLLEYBALL WALES.
Even through a highly spirited (NOISY!!) hall the game got underway, both sides were extremely competitve with the first set being very close with the Wildcats eventually winning 25-22. Cardiff battled hard during the second set and after an even closer game Cardiff took the second set 27-25. Several changes were made to the Wildcats team and the structure was re-formed, this showed on court along with their fantastic team spirit. They eventually took the third and fourth final sets 25-10 and 25-12 respectively to win the match 3-1.
The game was played in the right manner with fantastic support from both sides, a great advert for Volleyball in Wales.
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