Husband and wife spark Volleyball fever in the Faroe Islands

Peter Morell (61) and his wife Anne Frederiksen (58) are the driving force behind the extremely successful implementation of the CEV School Project in the Faroe Islands. “We are from Denmark. We both have a background as teachers specialising in sports and I have a Master’s degree in Sports and Welfare,” Morell says. “I haveContinue reading “Husband and wife spark Volleyball fever in the Faroe Islands”

Gibraltar eager to travel to Liechtenstein for series of friendlies News from the National Federations

The women’s national team of Gibraltar are going to Liechtenstein next week to play a series of friendlies against the hosts as Liechtenstein are preparing for the Games of the Small States of Europe due to take place in Montenegro in late May. “Gibraltar is always keen to compete against other countries,” says Emma Labrador,Continue reading “Gibraltar eager to travel to Liechtenstein for series of friendlies News from the National Federations”

Faroese Volleyball Association wins ‘Campaign of the Year’ Award for School Volley Project

On Friday, the Faroese Sports Federation presented the Faroese Volleyball Association with the ‘Campaign of the Year’ award for 2018 for their ‘Kidsvolley’ project that has run now for a couple of years promoting and introducing Volleyball to kids in schools in the Faroe Islands. The idea with Kidsvolley is that the youngest kids startContinue reading “Faroese Volleyball Association wins ‘Campaign of the Year’ Award for School Volley Project”

San Marino’s women start preparing for GSSE in emphatic style

The women’s national team of San Marino have started their preparations for the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) due to take place in late May in Montenegro with a home tournament featuring four teams in total. The event took place at the Pala Casadei in Serravalle with the hosts claiming top honoursContinue reading “San Marino’s women start preparing for GSSE in emphatic style”

Faroe Islands take loads of positives from #EuroVolleyU16W qualifier

“I would like to thank you all for coming to the Faroe Islands and giving us all a great competition over this weekend,” said the President of the Faroese Volleyball Association, Mr Magnus Tausen before the award ceremony. “We have played a total of 13 matches with more than 20 hours of live streaming, allContinue reading “Faroe Islands take loads of positives from #EuroVolleyU16W qualifier”

SCA General Assembly at FIVB Congress

President Margaret Ann Fleming chaired the 2018 General Assembly of the CEV Small Countries Division in Cancun Mexico. This coincided with the historic FIVB World Congress and a first time when all the continental confederations and zones held meetings at the same time and venue as the World Body. Despite the distance away from homeContinue reading “SCA General Assembly at FIVB Congress”

CEV Schools Project successfully launched in Scotland

The day has finally arrived for the highly anticipated launch of the CEV Schools Project in Scotland. The first of many NetSetGo projects launched Wednesday with a full day of Volleyball taking place for the cluster primaries of Drummond CHS, with Abbey Hill Primary School, Broughton Primary School and Leith Walk Primary School all takingContinue reading “CEV Schools Project successfully launched in Scotland”

LIE Women ready for Under 19 SCD Finals

Today we start with the final preparations for the MU19 EM Final Tournament of the small states in Liechtenstein. Sporty and organizational, we are in the starting blocks and the Resch is already prepared again for volleyballerische top performance. The young and motivated team is still working on the last details and wants to convinceContinue reading “LIE Women ready for Under 19 SCD Finals”

Huge Volleyball weekend coming up in the Faroe Islands

Many happy Volleyball players will be taking centre stage this coming weekend in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. The annual national cup finals are due to take place on Saturday and Sunday and it is with great excitement and joy that teams from all the islands composing the archipelago will be meeting and fighting for the trophiesContinue reading “Huge Volleyball weekend coming up in the Faroe Islands”

Kinross Junior Volleyballers Make Final Push for Housebuilder’s £200k prize

Perth, Kinross and Fife residents are being urged to get behind a local youth sports group to help them win £200,000 in a national competition launched by a leading housebuilder. Persimmon Homes launched its Healthy Communities scheme last May, with the aim of giving £615,000 to support amateur youth sport in England, Scotland and Wales.Continue reading “Kinross Junior Volleyballers Make Final Push for Housebuilder’s £200k prize”