Club Achievements

Friday 20th May 2011

2010-2011

Volleyball England Club of the Year 2010-2011
Short-listed as a top 4 club for the Sport & Recreational Alliance’s Community Sports Club of Year 2010-2011
Winners of Men’s National League Division 1
Gosia Kowalska (women’s Super 8 player) Most Valuable Player for 2010-2011
Alan Xu Volleyball England’s V-inspired Volunteer of the Year
Winner of Men’s West Midlands Division 2.
Awarded £43,275 by Sport England from the Active Universities funding round
Awarded £9,907 by Sport England to develop our junior section
Winners of BUCS Men’s Midlands Conference, and finished 7^th in the national Championships.

2009-2010

Winners of Men’s National League Division 3
Head Coach won Volleyball England’s National Development Coach of the Year
Men’s National League team win the National Knock-out Shield
Awarded £5,000 from Grassroots Grants
Awarded £1,560 from the Co-operative Community Fund
Become one of six nationally recognised Sitting Volleyball Centres (for disabled athletes)
Coach Bertrand Olie, selected to coach the England Cadet Girls (U18s).
Women’s BUCS team finish 8^th in the National Championships.

2008-2009

Women’s National League first team are runners-up in the National Knock-out Cup
Awarded £10,000 from Awards for All
First university sports club to be shortlisted for the Sport & Recreational Alliance’s Community Sports Club of the Year
First volleyball club to complete Volleyball England national accreditation scheme, achieving Volley 3.
Paul ten Haaf (men’s national league player) Most Valuable Player for Division 3
Kieron Bradley (Club Captain) Volleyball England’s National Young Volunteer of the Year
First university volleyball club to achieve Sport England’s national Club Mark
Runner-up in the Sport & Recreational Alliance’s national Community Sports Club of the Year
Runner-up in Volleyball England’s Club of Year
Awarded £7,000 from the Local Network Fund to develop School-Club links