Cardiff Wildcats Ladies won their first game of the season in the Gloucester League.  They beat a very spirited Cardiff team, operated by Volleyball Wales (http://volleyballwales.org).  The game was played in an extremely noisy atmosphere (fantastic support from both sides), after a tense match our ladies eventually won by 3 sets to 1.  Well done to you all and hopefully for more success to come.

Our men start their compaign in the GVA 1st division on Sunday 18th October against Bournside and UWIC....fingers crossed for a highly competitve day of Volleyball.

It looks a certainty that the next Saturday Club will be outside, with Llandaff fields the intended venue.

Possible date of April 4th ? ? Same set-up 10-12 with some refreshments afterwards.

Details to follow.

Martz

Hi all, I have added new fixture dates for the season.  These include the final fixtures of the Gloucester League and the start of the South West cup.  Apologies but you will notice that there are fixtures very close together, this is unavoidable and I trust you believe me when I say that I have tried my best to prevent this.....anyhow you can see these fixtures for yourself by following http://www.cardiffwildcatsvolleyball.co.uk/page18.htm . 

Also mens training tomorrow remains as per normal, however the ladies training on Tuesday has been brought forward to 6.30pm to end at 8pm, during which some of the men will be doing their plyometrics training, hopefully they won't interrupt your session too much!!!

See you soon Guys

Martin

Oh well South West league is now over for another season, again mixed responses from the playing side of things.  We managed to win one more game than last season, however the standard of our play has increased dramatically. Keep an eye on the site as their are potentially other games to be played not in a league format but possibly in a knockout / round robin system, plus the possibilty of friendly matches being arranged.

Martz

Cardiff Wildcats have again been victorious in the Gloucester Volleyball League, beating their latest opponents Cheltenham Eagles 3 set's to 0, winning 25-18, 25-23, 25-18.

The game gave an oppurtunity for some of our less experienced and newest recruits to play competitive volleyball.  The whole team played together well with both back court and front court in sync with each other, passing was accurate enabling man of the match setter Matthew James to distribute the ball to our attackers with good accuracy.

For a full match report please visit http://www.cardiffwildcatsvolleyball.co.uk/page17.htm and click on the score.

Our next fixture is the South West match on Sunday 19th October at our home venue of Cathedral School, 11am - 6pm against Torexe and Yeovil.  All those who are not selected on this occasion are more than welcome to turn up and support your team!!

Martin

Well we have played our first league game of the season, our opponents Chosen Hill of Gloucester.  Nice late start of 8pm on a Sunday evening.  As they are a youth team we were not sure what to expect, as from experience the young do like to throw themselves around the court and appear to pick up everything!!

After a tough and closely fought first set which we narrowly won 26-24, we dominated the subsequent sets winning them 25-13 and 25-11 to walk away with a good 3-0 start to the season.

However as keen and decent Chosen Hill were as our first outing we are sure tougher opponents will follow.....

The new provisional league fixtures for the South West and Gloucester leagues have been published, please visit the respective pages for this information.

Also Standing orders for this season are due to be set up soon, please await information from the comittee very soon on what this entails.

Hi all,

         as many of you may know, Cardiff Wildcats are holding and invitational taster session on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th at the Cathedral School from 7pm - 9pm.

We would like ALL members to attend either or both of these dates to assist those coming along, we would like to achieve as much one - one training as possible.   Please confirm via email to mail@cardiffwildcatsvolleyball.co.uk your intention.

Regards

Martin

Our tournament entries conclude on the 22nd of this month, any of those deliberating or congitating (as Lloyd Grossman would say) on entering should now be considering putting their applications in, otherwise this event will need to re-adjust to those committed to this fantastic weekend of Welsh Hosted Volleyball ! !

We really would like to meet our application quota as this would mean that the pre-season volleyball would be at it's highest and most competitive.

So forget the summer beach blues as the weather has been up and down and prepare yourself for the REAL volleyball 6 aside indoors before your main season takes place..put your tactics in practice, try your youngsters, or just turn up in silly suits and have a laugh..we cater for all ! !

Visit our http://www.cardiffwildcatsvolleyball.co.uk/page2.htm tournament page for more details, or contact myself on reed-m2@sky.com for more information or just for me to give you answers for any questions you may have.

Regards

Martin

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the format for the ladies event has needed to be changed.  We now only have one court available for the the ladies teams and as such we have had to alter the number of participating teams for this tournament. 

Therefore the maximum amount of ladies teams available to take part is now 8 and NOT 12 as previously advertised.

We apologise for this sudden alteration of the format and hope that this will not deter all those already signed up,  you just have to play longer and harder ! !

I can now confirm re-commencement dates for Wildcats Training sessions for the 2008-09 season.

Men start back on Monday 1st September, with the usual timeslot of 8pm-10pm

Ladies will return on Tuesday 2nd September with a new time of 7.45pm - 9.15pm.

We are also hosting two "taster" sessions in August to allow any potential new member to come along and have a go!  This will run on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th from 7pm to 9pm at the Catheral School Sports Hall, Llandaff.

Anyone wishing to come along please do so as the sessions will be totally free, just wear suitable attire for a sports hall and preferably light, running style trainers.

Cardiff Wildcats are recruiting new players for the upcoming 2008 / 09 season.  We are looking for members of all standards to join us.  Our mens team consist of an advanced (some may disagree!) and a beginners team.  Our ladies team are completley new and very eager to improve further.

We will welcome any new player to join us and we plan a taster session in August to invite anyone interested in coming along and trying out with us...details will be on this site soon.

We are happy to confirm that our first Open Volleyball tournament has been finalised and will be staged over the weekend of 13th + 14th September.  It will take place at Cardiff Universities Tal-y-bont Sports Complex campus.

It will staged on 4 (yes 4 !) volleyball courts, with 24 teams competing.  Entertainment will also be provided for both the Friday (if you are coming down early !) and the Saturday evenings.  It promises to be an exciting weekend for both entrants and us as a new club staging what hopefully will be the first of many tournaments of this type.

Please visit the events section of this website for further information.

For those TV nut's, World League Volleyball begins this week with Eurosport 2 showing highlights of day one.  Venezuela vs France.

As you can see the website is almost there, a bit of tweaking and twirking but I am getting there  ! ! As we are in the close season, it is a good time to reflect on the previous season and to analyse ourselves.

We potentially have a busy time ahead of us, and we should use the time from now until training resumes in September to look at our individual fitness and our ambitions.  So those who are entering competitions....fantastic ! ! Whilst the weather is with us it's a great time to get down onto the beach........shame I cannot be there with you :-( .

Just one date for your diary so far......Friday 20th June, Phil (Martin) 40th B/day, will be watching 20/20 cricket at Sophia Gardens, so the usual drinks / food etc!! Tickets £11 booked or £15 on the gate, let Steve know if you are interested.

If you look at the events section you will see some popular tournaments coming around, so perhaps time to think about entering / particiapation.

On the old goggle box for those who have Sky Sports, there is GB European Volleyball Qualifiers on Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Extra, check your system for further details

No other News as yet but will update in due course.  Get those shades out.