Horndean Volleyball Club is a new club, founded in January 2011 and currently has just one adult mens’ team. It is a vibrant Club run on a voluntarily basis to provide opportunities for adults and children in the Horndean, Havant and Portsmouth areas to sample, play and compete in volleyball.
The Club is affiliated to Volleyball England – the national governing body. The club successfully gained entry to the National Volleyball League Division 3 South in the 2011/12 season – which it won convincingly to secure promotion to Division 2 South. In its first season in the higher Division, the Club finished fourth after learning very quickly from a shaky start. The Club’s strong finish to the 2012/13 season was underlined by reaching Volleyball’s National Shield Final at Kettering; losing to London’s top team in the competition the star-studded Flaming Aces. In the current 2013/14 season the team has started solidly winning four games and losing three. They are the only team to beat the runaway leaders of the Division, Wessex BU from Bournemouth.
The Clubs National Volleyball League 2 fixtures are played at Highbury College. Matches are on Saturdays serving-off at 14.30 after the warm-up that begins at 14.00. The next home matches are on 4 and 18 January 2014.
The Club works closely with ‘Pompey in the Community’ to support the delivery of the Premier League 4 Sport programme in the Havant Borough.
The team trains every Thursday at South Downs College, in College Road Purbrook, from 7pm – 9pm.
The club holds mixed Juniors training sessions every Wednesday 6 – 8pm at Prospect School in Freeley Road, Havant, PO9 8AA and in conjunction with ‘Pompey in the Community’, has just concluded arrangements with South Downs College for training sessions for 14 – 21 year olds at the College on Monday evenings from 4.00 to 5.00pm.
The Club hopes to establish a women’s section in the near future.
For information visit: www.horndeanvolleyballclub.co.uk Email: horndeanvolleyballclub@gmail.com or ring Nasser Semuwemba on 078070 78979