Glasgow
International
Volleyball
Club
CHAMPIONS
Schelde National League Women’s Division 2
Season 09/10
A huge congratulations to all the players who made it happen and a big thank you to all our volunteers who have supported and helped out over this season!
Its been a challenging season but a really rewarding one. Having lost 5 players over the summer, it was touch and go whether we would be able to field a team at the start of the season. With some timely new recruits (Jane, Oliwia and Sonia) we got there and set about our business of getting organised. Sinead pitched back in as setter for local matches and Hilda stepped up to take responsibility for setting in our away games.
Our first match was a resounding defeat away to Pentland NUVOC, but that was okay,
as we had to be blooded together and we missed the stability of our captain Sharon.
We kept working away and after turning 2-
Christmas came with a reality check, losing to league leaders Lenzie in a nervous display and the first game after the break was a resounding defeat at the hands of Pentland NUVOC (with Michalina sleeping in ??). Perhaps we might sneak 3rd place then? In February, Sinead was off to Canada to introduce the twins to their family back home and enjoy the Olympics. The pressure was now on Hilda to perform.
20th Feb was the big turn around for us, with Lenzie and NUVOC matched up (1st & 2nd) and 3rd v 4th (Dundee v GI). This was Hilda’s first test against a top 4 side and boy she delivered, as she started linking with the outside hitters. Nicola definitely benefiting from a more stable set. NUVOC defeated Lenzie and all of a sudden we were no longer chasing 3rd place. It was knockout volleyball from now on for us as any defeat would knock us out of contention. Lenzie were next up and the performance got a little better as the unit gelled and the nervous display pre Christmas was erased. Hilda was starting to build an understanding with our middle attack as her confidence grew.
South Ayrshire put up stiff opposition in our penultimate match, but we secured a
5-
The last weekend was very exciting. Any slip up by us would have handed the title
to NUVOC. Jets 3 were the opposition and they made us fight for the victory which
wasn’t easy and the 5-
A seven match winning streak took us to the title, as our game finally gelled towards the business end of the season. Its fantastic when a plan all comes together.
All in, its been a really interesting season, with all of the top 5 teams able to take points off each other and the teams with younger girls are coming to the fore as well. Its all good for the future of Scottish Volleyball.
So Next season we will be competing in Women's First Division and a new challenge begins!!!!!
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