This year's edition of the Volleyball Cuppers was yet another success for all the teams that participated. The cup changed hands (figuratively speaking, since last year's winners lost it) and was won by Jesus in a fierce 3-set battle against Johns'. [More...]

The second Beach Volleyball cuppers were held on Suicide Sunday, 13th June 2004. [More...]

The Northants Online League was completed last week even though some teams had not been able to organise all their matches. UCCW finished in a comparable position to last year, having not played the easier matches of the season. [More...]

The Inter-College Volleyball Summer League will start on May 1st. Fixtures can be found here. Please email the results to Pascale as soon as possible after the games... Enjoy your outdoor season!

Over one hundred and fifty teams entered the British Universities Volleyball Championships. The top eight men and women's teams qualified for the Finals weekend at Loughborough University having played eleven matches to get there. Another five would see the Champions crowned. [More...]

The Cambridge volleyball season began way back on the 11th October, when many young (and not quite so young) hopefuls made their way to Kelsey Kerridge for the Blues selection process. [More...]

The UCC teams completed their seasons before the end of the Lent term in the eight team CVA Local League. [More...]

Playing out their last fixture in the Div1 South league, UCCM faced tough opponents Newmarket for a rearranged away match. Perhaps the jetlag of travelling northeast to the outer reaches of Cambridge was to blame - they lost 3-0. Waiting for final matches to decide the league placing, UCCM finish with seven wins and five losses.

Cambridge Men competed at the BUSA Finals over the weekend, ranked as one of the top eight teams in the country. Pooled with eventual finalists Sheffield Hallam and Nottingham, the Blues defeated Kent University to take 3rd spot, losing a play-off positional game for 5th against Sheffield the following day. [More...]

In a new format triangular fixture at the Leys School last sunday, UCCM were left wondering if they will progress to the next stage of the CVA Spring Cup as a "best second" placed team. Beating Spalding easily, the UCCM team floundered against a weak Newmarket team in a match that coach Garaud described as "incroyable".

After a long train journey to the furthest reaches of the BUSA regions, the Men's Blues have qualified for Finals with a 3-1 win over Plymouth. Travelling to Portsmouth, the Women's Blues did not fare so well, being knocked out of the competition in straight sets. [More...]

UCCM once again faced off in a Cambridgeshire Div 1 South triangular match on 22nd February, this time against the Rhinos Vets and St Philip's. Both these teams had defeated us this season, so this was a chance for UCCM to show how they had improved. [More...]

UCCW vs Abbey National 15 Feb 2004 25-16, 25-22, 25-27, 18-25, 15-13 [photos] [photos]

Cambridge Local League Tables up to 20/2/04 [More...]

Both Blues squads were in action on Sunday (22nd Feb) at their respective Varsity Match clashes at the Iffley Road Sports Complex in Oxford. Both matches were hard fought, with the Light Blues narrowly losing out after their double victories last year. [More...]

Placing 3rd and 4th in their respective BUSA leagues, the Blues teams face away fixtures in the knockout stage of the competition. The Women's squad face Portsmouth, second in the South Eastern conference, whilst the Men travel to Plymouth, second in the Western conference. Full draw follows... [More...]

Trials for the 2004 British Universities squads recently took place and a number of candidates from CUVC were nominated. [More...]

Tough competition for the Blues squads that travelled to Leeds for the 2004 Student Cup tournament saw the teams placing within the top rankings. [More...]

After their defeats against Newmarket and St Philip's, UCCM were looking to get back on track with a doubleheader against CVC1 and CVC2 on 15th February. [More...]

After postponing the away match the week before to await Pascale's return from California, UCCM stepped onto court for their top of the
table clash against old foes Newmarket. [More...]

25th January 2004 saw the culmination of the Cambridge inter-college indoor season with the finals of Cuppers being played at the Leys
School. 2 courts, 4 hours, 17 teams, 749 points and 1 champion (Trinity I). What more could you want? [More...]

UCC teams have fared well in the first half of the local league season, with the mixed UCC1/W team placing 3rd. [More...]

UCCM had two crushing victories over Rhinos and CVC I on Sunday taking them to top of the division. The 3-0, 3-0 score lines accurately reflected the UCCM dominance and gave Pascale the chance to try out all sorts of strange combinations. [More...]

UCC3, armed with an average of 6 hours of volleyball experience per player, romped to a 2-1 victory over seasoned pro's UCC1 at Kelsey Kerridge last friday. [More...]

UCCM finally woke up as a team yesterday in a marathon 5-set match against Rhinos. [More...]

UCCM was finally rewarded with success after last week's defeat, beating CVC2 in 3 clear sets. Starting 6 were veterans from last year Paulo Coelho and Daniel Berhardt (outside) and Martin Weber (brilliantly adapting to his new position as reverse hitter). This year's new captain Jim McElwaine made a noticed debut on court, together with Pavel Zutko as Middles, with Marcello Silva setting. Stefan Maard replaced missing Pete as libero, and consolidated our defence with high precision passes. [More...]

UCCW vs CVC
20-25, 13-25, 25-12, 19-25

The first game with a brand new team that barely know each other's names is supposed to be difficult. In fact, this one was a joy. [More...]

The first BUSA matches of the 2003-4 season got underway on Wednesday. The Womens Blues travelled to Warwick to play this newly promoted team and dropped a set in a narrowly contested match (see full report). The Mens Blues faced Oxford Brookes at home and slipped to an uncharacteristic defeat in five sets.

University volleyball trials for 2003-4 Blues and second teams will take place on SATURDAY THE 11th OCTOBER at KELSEY KERRIDGE. If you have some playing experience you will want to try for a place in one of these teams (Blues men and women play BUSA and EVA Cup competitions and the Varsity matches, the mens and womens second teams (UCCM and UCCW) play in regional leagues). Please sign up at the CUVC stall at Societies Fair or attend the trials session below (if you are an experienced player and cannot attend these trials please contact the relevant team coach);
WOMEN'S TRIALS - 5pm to 7pm
MEN'S TRIALS - 7pm to 9pm

BEGINNERS - If you want to try volleyball and have little or no previous experience, you are welcome to come along to the first beginners session. This will take place in Kelsey Kerridge at 4pm on Saturday 18th October (and the same time each following Saturday).