posted 27 Feb 2012 01:40 by Web Admin
The dream of being promoted to division 2 of the National Volleyball League (NVL) is becoming more and more real. After a clear 3 – 1 victory against the leaders of Div.3 North League (Warwick Riga) our unstoppable ladies have only lost one game so far (against Warwick Riga 2-3 at the very beginning of the season).
In the game Rockets showed a strong team work led by M.V.P. Christin at the net, fighting against the strongest middle hits from Riga ( interesting to mention that one of them is competing with our Christin for winning the MVP in division 3!!). Our ladies struggled in the first set to get the hits through the unbreakable block, but little by little, they warmed up. Strong smashes from Jole and Sharon were the deciding points in the second and third sets. Kate’s serves and Donna’s good understanding with Christin and the four players make it hard work for Riga. Prim’s explosivity and Monika’s consistency gave wings to the Rockets flight. In the fourth set, after an unfortunate injury to Kate, Nadia used her experience to steady the pass, supporting Marta on the back court and giving the final push to the Rockets dream .
Final Score: 3 -1 (20-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-15)
MVP: Christin Pelzel
Free translation into Spanish:
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En el partido Rockets mostró un consistentetrabajo de equipoliderado en la red por la elegida “mejorjugadora del partido”, Christin, quienpeleó con uῆas y dientescontra los durísimosataquesde lascentrales de Riga (interesantecomentarqueuna de ellascompite con nuestraChristinporganar el título de mejorjugadora de terceradivisión). Nuestrasféminastuvierondificultad en el primer set paratranspasar con sus remates el infranqueablebloqueo, peropoco a poco, calentaronmotores. Los fuertesremates de Jole y Sharon fuerondecisivos en el Segundo y tercer set. Los saques de tenis de Kate y el buenentendimiento de Donna con Christin y lasrematadoras de 4 resultó en unadurabatallapara Riga. La explosividad de Prim y la consistencia de Monika dieron alas al vuelo de Rockets. En el cuarto set, trasunadesafortunadalesión de Kate, la experiencia y seguridad de Nadia se tradujeron en unfirmeapoyo a Marta en la defensa y dieron el empuje final al sueῆo de Rockets.
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posted 31 Jan 2012 05:14 by Web Admin
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Rockets NVL and Junior player Ieuan Lamb swapped Southglade for Austria this weekend, making the England Cadet squad for the annual Sparkassen-Rondo cup in Feldkirch.
Ieuan travelled with 11 other talented young players from across the country as well as the England Cadet Girls squad who were also taking part. The opposition included some of the top European club and junior national teams and gave the players the chance to meet high quality junior opposition over the weekend. With GB’s Nichola Osborne dropping into watch and hundreds of volleyball fans following the action live on Twitter back in the UK, there was plenty of attention on the action in Austria!
The boys squad had an excellent tournament, clocking up victories easily and making the semi finals without even dropping a set. They then eased past Salzburg 2-0 to set up a final against defending champions Graz. This match proved to be extremely tight, with England struggling to get going initially and losing the first 25-17. The second went point for point with Ieuan substituting on for James Baker at 13-12 up and England finally took it, 25-23. In the decider, despite several substitutions Graz powered away to a 15-8 victory. The team were disappointed to lose so closely, but the runners up spot was a great achievement in a tough tournament and a first international experience for come.
Congratulations to Ieuan and the rest of the team on their silver medal! |
posted 31 Jan 2012 03:11 by Web Admin
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The next East Midlands junior training session will be on Friday the 24th of February at 6 pm. The venue is Ashfield School, Kirkby in Ashfield.
Sessions are open to all boys in Year 12 or below and girls in Year 11 or below. They offer the chance for extra coaching with some of the regions top coaches and the opportunity to represent the East Midlands at the Inter Regional Championships! For more information, please see the East Midlands Volleyball Association's webpage. |
posted 22 Jan 2012 12:10 by Web Admin
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To add to the table topping win yesterday of Men's 1 and victories for the U16 Boys, sending them through to the Last 8s of the Junior National Championships.... today saw 5 wins out of 5 for Women 1, Women 2 and the U18 Men!
Women 1 step closer to promotion to Division 2 North after two convincing 3 set wins against a young Wirral side and league veterans RAF Hawks, with MVP votes going to Christin Pelzel and Kate Rothery. Neither opposition really troubled the squad who were able to power through with strong hitting from Christin, Jole and Primrose in particular. The squad now look forward to their next match against league leaders Warwick Riga, for the chance to avenge the opening match of the season defeat and take the top spot.
Women 2 repeated their home result against new side Ashfield Vipers with another 3 -0 win away against the school-based team. The squad have another match tomorrow night against a strong Lincoln Leopards, so hope to take their winning form though! Come down to Southglade from 8pm to see how they get on.
The U18 Men, featuring several Men 1 and Men 2 players, travelled to the Black Country for the second round of the Junior National Championships and won all their matches to qualify through to the Last 8s in February at the National Volleyball Centre.
Congratulations to all! |
posted 21 Jan 2012 13:00 by Web Admin
Nottingham Rockets Men's first team are now officially top of the league, less than a year after winning promotion to Division 2N! They clinched the top spot with an easy win this afternoon against league strugglers Leeds. Georg also tops the division MVP table with 5 votes, congratulations!
Their next match is hugely important, as it's a home game against their main league rivals Danes Watford. Save the date: Saturday the 28th of February at 14.45! Danes currently sit below Rockets but have a game in hand, so the result could decide the eventual league winners. It's set to be a tough game, Rockets beat Danes away 3 - 2 in October, but 2011's National Shield Winners have several ex England internationals in their squad and have proven they can rise to the big game.
Women 1 are also in NVL action tomorrow, away at RAF Hawks, taking on Hawks and Wirral both of whom they have previously beaten in 3 sets. They look to hold onto their second spot in the league, ahead of their next home game and top of the league clash against Warwick Riga on the 19th of February. |
posted 8 Jan 2012 05:25 by Web Admin
Rockets Men's NVL team reached the quarter finals of the National Shield Cup yesterday, beating Division 1 side Richmond in an epic 5 set battle. After trading sets throughout the match, Rockets finally claimed it in the 5th, 15-10. The quarter final is set for the 4th February 2012, again away, again against another Division 1 side Cambridge.
Although they beat non-league Harrogate fairly convincingly in yesterday's Round 2 game, Cambridge are currently struggling at one spot off bottom in NVL Division 1. Having beaten Richmond, who sit 4 places above them in Division 1, Rockets should be confident of another upset! The semi final will be at home, so good luck to the squad.... it would be nice to have a Shield semi-final at home!
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posted 20 Dec 2011 07:42 by Web Admin
Congratulations to Christmas tournament winners, Sarah and Georg who clocked up the most victories in last night's mixed volleyball!
The session was good Christmas fun with over 20 members representing right from our Under 11s team (doing a great job on the scoreboard) to the Men's 1 squad.Players were paired up in mixed pairs, then played 6-a-side, joining up with all the other pairs across the night. The winners were the pair with the most victories.
Top three: 1st: Georg & Sarah, 2nd: Joe and Rhia, 3rd: Mark and Martyna.
Merry Christmas from Nottingham Rockets Volleyball Club! |
posted 7 Dec 2011 03:49 by Web Admin
Please see below for all the details of what is happening at Rockets Volleyball Club over the Christmas period.....
Rockets Christmas Fun Session
On Monday the 19th of December, there will be NO beginners and Men's 1 training: instead we'll be having a Christmas fun session where all members and their family, friends and colleagues are welcome! There will be .....
- A mixed fun tournament
- Music (Cheesy Christmas music included)
- Mince Pies and Drinks on sale for charity
- Prizes for the tournament winners and for the member bringing the most people along with them!
Please see the attached flyer for details, print it off and share it with your friends :) Anyone that enjoys the volleyball will be able to join our beginners' session in the New Year! Hope to see you all there!
Training over the holiday period
- Thursday 8th December: Juniors (6.30pm - 8pm), Seniors (8pm -10pm)
- Monday 12th December: Beginners (7pm - 8pm), Men I (8pm - 10pm)
- Thursday 15th December: Juniors (6.30pm - 8pm), Seniors (8pm - 10pm)
- Monday 19th December: Christmas Fun Session! (7pm - 10pm)
- Thursday 22nd, Monday 26th, Thursday 29th December: NO TRAINING
- Monday 2nd January: NO BEGINNERS, Men I (8pm - 10pm) TBC
- Thursday 5th January: Juniors (6.30pm - 8pm), Seniors (8pm - 10pm)
Normal training resumed.
Please check the Club Calendar for all the up-to-date details of training and matches.
*** Men 1, please can you email Nick Brown and Paul Lamb to let them know if you will be attending Men 1 training on the 2nd of January so that a decision can be made on booking the hall.
Rockets Christmas Meal
We are now fully booked up for the Rockets Xmas meal! If you can't make it for the meal, then please join us for drinks later in the evening, we'll be at Fellows, Morton and Clayton Pub, 54 Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7EH. We'll be there until around half 11, then who knows.......
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posted 2 Dec 2011 06:36 by Web Admin
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We look ahead to a busy three days of Rockets action this Saturday, Sunday and Monday…..
On Saturday, Rockets 1 Men head down to Oxford Students for a league match. The students sit just below Rockets in 4th place in the table so it looks set to be a tight match. In their last match, however, Oxford did lose a very tight battle with Loughborough Students 2-3, a team who Rockets recently beat convincingly so they go into the match as favourites.
Sunday sees the turn of the Under 18 Men to join the junior nationals’ action. The squad features several of our National League players including Men’s 1 Owen Lamb, Ieuan Lamb and Nick Shardlow. Rockets are in a small group of 4, with two qualifying through to the next round. They face Hyde Boys and Leeds VC, two relatively new faces on the junior scene. Leeds are largely unknown but Hyde Boys were easily defeated by the Rockets U16 side last weekend, so we can hope for a repeat performance in the Under 18s. Watford-based St Clement Danes complete the group and are likely to be the biggest challenge for Rockets with a long history of quality junior sides. Again Rockets are hosting, so any Rockets members with a free Sunday, please drop down to support and help the junior coaches out!
Women 1 have their third away triangular in NVL W3N on Sunday, facing Leeds Met Carnegie and North Riding Eagles up in Leeds. The squad already convincingly beat North Riding Eagles, a very young side, at home this season but have not yet faced Leeds Met 2. They have an identical record to Rockets with 4 wins and 1 loss to Warwick Riga. With injuries still plaguing the team, this could be a tricky one!
On Monday, Rockets Women 2 have their second home match of the season against league newbies Darkstar Volleyball. Darkstar have won all their matches so far, so Rockets are looking forward to a challenge after their straightforward win last Monday against Ashfield Vipers. Men 1 also train on the adjacent court, so it’ll be a busy night for Rockets!
Watch out for all the results updates next week…. |
posted 29 Nov 2011 01:08 by Web Admin
The Women’s first team narrowly missed out on causing another big cup upset with an extremely tight defeat away at Division 1 side City of Salford. The opponents had clearly underestimated Rockets and Rockets quickly went 2 sets up, having held the lead throughout both sets. Nadia and Christin in particular were consistently hitting through Salford’s block. In the third, a switch of Jole and Christin sending Christin out to 4 didn’t pay off as Salford began to hit harder and easily avoided the block. Rockets went into the first technical 0-8 down and couldn’t repair the damage, losing the set to 14. In the fourth and fifth, Salford got into their stride with the two four players hitting several clean winners and Rockets fell behind the tempo slightly losing out to 16, and then to 10 in the deciding set. A great performance though with tough serving, some big blocks from Christin and Bahar and really strong setting from Donna even after over 200 points played!
Despite the disappointment of losing a 2 set lead it was a great opportunity to play against a top quality side and really test our squad. Salford clearly weren’t expecting such a strong performance, so yet again Rockets could trouble these top division sides! However, the squad needs to get used to these higher tempo games to be able to close out victories; unfortunately the standard of matches so far in Division 3N have been disappointing, with only Coventry & Warwick Riga causing the Rockets any problems at all. The team now must use the second half of the season to push for promotion, making sure they reverse the defeat to Riga at home next year and beat Leeds Carnegie next weekend, who also have a good win record so far.
Final score: 2 – 3 (25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 16-25, 10-15)
Squad: Sharon Nelis (captain), Christin Pelzel, Nadia Duarte, Donna Lill, Marta Larraona-Puy, Monika Kucharska, Jole Martino and Bahar Durmaz. Coach: Sian Lamb. MVP: Christin Pelzel.
In other weekend action, congratulations to the Rockets U16 boys who qualified on Saturday through the second round of the Volleyball England U16 National Championships. Hosted at Rockets’ home, Southglade, the team put in a strong performance led by England cadets Ieuan Lamb and Adam Lagerberg. They eventually finished in second place with Wigan Seahawks taking the top spot in the group. Wigan also features some Division 3N players and it seems the NVL experience of both teams paid off. Rockets now find themselves in tough group for the next round on the 21st of January, hosted by Newcastle (Staffs) and featuring both their A (National Finalists last year) and B squad!
Squad: Ieuan Lamb, Sam Reid, Adam Lagerberg, Ben Tomlinson, Alex Tomlinson, Adam Wake and George Smith
Also on Saturday, Rockets Men I got off to a strong start in the Shield Cup beating non-league side Sheffield YP away. Next up are Richmond Volleyball on the 7th of January in Surrey. Currently sitting in the mid of the Division 1 table, Richmond are likely to present a tougher challenge! |
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