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(02/09/11) Great end to the season barbie down on the beach with perfect volleyball conditions, though not much wind to get the barbeques going!

League winners Team Friday were presented with their prizes and lots of sausages were scoffed. Thanks to all teams for a great season, and congratulations must go to Elke on turning up even on those windier evenings.

Special mention to Gosia and Silvia for coming 7th in the VEBT Finals and finishing 28th and 32nd respectively in the tour at the end of the season. Well done!

Have a good winter everyone & look forward to the 2012 season next May!

(23/08/11) League winners this year are Team Friday again - well done! The final league placings can be found here.

(11/08/11) A few photos from the pairs event can be seen here. Final results are now available on the results page.

(03/08/11) Entries for the pairs filling up. Looking forward to a great event on Sunday.

(15/07/11) Louise is looking for a partner for the women's pairs on the 7th August; if anyone is also partnerless please contact her. NOW FOUND A PARTNER

(06/07/11) Results & photos from the Beach 4s on the 4th July are now available.

(05/07/11) Had lovely weather for the Beach 4s last Sunday. Results and photos coming soon.

(21/06/11) If anyone is looking for team members for the beach 4s tournament please contact Ali (aliwest31@yahoo.co.uk) as there are a few people looking to join a team.

(23/05/11) Entry forms for the Beach Pairs tournament are now available. Or you can enter by PayPal.

(22/05/11) Entry forms for the Beach Fours tournament are now available. Or you can enter by PayPal.

(04/05/11) Had a really good turn out last night at the first beach session of the year. Thanks to everyone that turned up.

A couple of teams are still looking for players so if you fancy joining a team let Ali know.

If you're interested in playing this season but not being part of a set team, you can still register for the season and turn up whenever you're free and we'll try and put together a team around who's available.

If you haven't paid your registration fees yet please bring along to your first session (£10 for the season, £2 for one session).

(05/04/11) Entry forms for the league are now available to download.

(31/08/10) The 2010 Exmouth Beach League season came to an end today, with the annual BBQ beach session, end of season awards and playing on in to the sun set. It's been an excellent season this year, with only a couple of weeks missed due to bad weather and this year beach fours league has been the largest todate.

Team "Sea Side Specials" from Ottery St Mary picked up the league prize, a set of Exmouth Beach Volleyball mugs as this years winners of the 2010 Recreational Beach 4's League.

Ash Miller, Tash Harmer, Scott Connett and Trevor Connett, 2010 Winners.

Although the official beach season has now finished, members can borrow nets etc if the weather looks good. For everyone else, have a good indoor season. Don't forget that you can keep up todate with all the local volleyball news at the www.EDVA.org.uk web site.

(28/08/10) The final league positions are now available. Seaside Specials held on to their top spot they've had for the previous few weeks, with The Great Pretenders lying in 2nd and a close battle for 3rd place between Scared Hitless and Boys Own went down to points difference with Boys Own pipping Scared Hitless at the post.

It'll be the last official Tuesday evening on the 31st August. Bring your own BBQ per team and some bits to put on it as we'll have a barbie if the weather's looking good. Keep an eye on the website for the latest go/no go.

(08/08/10) It was another fantastic day at the beach on Sunday for the 2010 Exmouth Beach Pairs Open Tournament. Teams came from all around the South West with a few teams coming from as far away as London.
But it was local talent at the end of the day that took the final positions and with it the 2010 Exmouth title in both the ladies' and the men’s events.

Exmouth Beach Volleyball Club pairings of Silvia Angelini & Gosia Krzyszkowska and Ali West & Nikki Batho both made it through to this year's ladies final, with Angelini & Krzykowska taking the match 2-0.

Danny Lewis & Jo Willis from Ottery St Mary had an epic match against last year's runners up, Lewis and Stout from Wales in the men's final. After taking the first set, the match looked like it was going to a third and final set but a late charge by Lewis & Willis in the second set got them through to a 2-0 score line and the 2010 Men’s title.

They finished fourth in last year's championships, beaten in the semi-finals by the eventual winners. This year they were more prepared and paced themselves during the day which eventually paid off bringing them the championship title.

Thank you to all who played at the pairs tournament; we had a great day of sunshine and volleyball, a selection of photos from the weekend can be seen online here. Full results can be found on the results page.

(06/07/10) The Exmouth Beach Pairs tournament is due to take place this Sunday the 8th. Entires close tonight at 8pm. A list of competitors can be found here. Registration from 0915hrs with matches starting at 1000hrs.

(05/07/10) Over forty teams took part in this year's Exmouth Beach 4's tournament last weekend. Teams came from all around the area but it was success for local teams in both the Ladies' and Men's events.

 Fat Bottomed Girls took the top honours in the ladies' event, while Coolen's Gang took the Men's prize.

Full results are now available and a selection of photos at: Exmouth Beach 4s 2010.

(03/07/10) The Devon Schools Beach Championships took place on Exmouth Beach on the 30th June. The event was well attended with plenty of schools taking part from across the county. A selection of photos are available at: Devon Schools Photos 2010.

(22/06/10) Jess Webber collecting her award from GB player Denise Austin at this weekend's Volleyball England Croyde Beach Fest.

(20/06/10) Our top beach players all headed off to Croyde this weekend for the 2010 Gold Coast Beach Fest and the annual King & Queen of the Beach tournament. A small selection of photos of this year's event are at: Croyde Beach Fest 2010.

(16/06/10) Another excellent evening of Beach Volleyball this week, with both the beach pairs and beach fours leagues in progress. You can check out this week's action at: Exmouth Beach League Photos 2010.

(09/06/10) It may have been raining, wet and miserable all day in Exeter but in sunny Exmouth, not a drop of rain all day so it was Beach Volleyball as usual.

(01/06/10) All change in the league this week with Sand in my Speedos now in top position, closely followed by Great Pretenders. We had a new team enter, All at Sea, who made a good start giving the mid table teams a run for their money.

The weather looks fairly unpredictable today but is settling down this evening. Check the website before 5.30pm to find out if the league is running.

(05/05/10) The 2010 Beach season kicked off this week with the traditional shake down session.

Various teams went through the process of finding their sand legs and generally familiarizing themselves with playing out doors again. It was also good to see a number of new faces this year, the beach league, pairs and recreational fours will start next week. If you would like to enter a team, please fill in an entry form and bring along to the next session. Entry this year is £10 per person per team.

The format this year is slightly different with timed matches starting at 7pm prompt so make sure you get there on time to get your team entered into the evening's session.

(09/03/10) Four more beach nets, the local volleyball community have donated four second hand beach nets, they need a bit of work to bring them up to date but they should all be in use this summer. The cost of the repairs etc is being funded by the EDVA.

(01/03/10) Exmouth Beach VC on the BBC, the two and a half minute segment took part on one of the four permanent beach courts and featured a short 3-A-Side knock about. Read More ...

(15/01/10) The Exmouth Beach Volleyball shop is now up. A few more tweaks needed but you can order your beach volleyball stuff for the forthcoming season.

(02/01/10) Counting down the days 'til the start of the next beach season. We've updated the calendar which shows the forthcoming events. Keep the page bookmarked as it will be updated as and when we receive new info. It looks to be an exciting year with new and bigger tournaments in the calendar.

(14/12/09) Beach Referee course: The next Southwest Beach Grade 4 referees courses has now been organised for the 10th April 2010 at University of Bath. The course Fee is £20.00 (This includes tuition, examination fee). Entry Form & Details.

(03/12/09) It may be the start of winter but plans are well underway for the 2010 season, tournament dates and sponsors are currently being arranged and we are looking to add a ladies show court next year, funding has been arranged and equipment on order. We have also purchased six more sets of junior court lines and looking to build two more junior courts for 2010.

(27/08/09) Don't forget that next Tuesday, 1st September will be the last beach session this summer. Training will start again in April and the league the first Tuesday in May 2010.

(27/08/09) Picked up the latest order for beach clothing today. An email should have been sent out to you if you ordered anything. There's a few new men's hoodies as well now to look at. The shop will go online sometime over the next few weeks hopefully!

(21/08/09) Video highlights from last week's Exmouth Beach Open Pairs final are now available on line via the EDVA Video page.

(17/08/09) A clothing order has been placed with Clobbur. They should hopefully be ready to be picked up next week.

(17/08/09) Results from the beach pairs yesterday are now up with a report and link to photos from the day.

(13/08/09) Once again the Cricket Club car park (£3.50 all day) will be open this Sunday from 8:45, Michael will be on the gate, just let him know you are with the Volleyball. The Cricket Club bar should also be open later in the day, if anyone wishes to use it.

(30/07/09) You can now enter online for the pairs tournament on the 16th August.

(13/07/09) Results from yesterday's South West Junior Beach championships are now available. Check out the Junior pages for details.

(03/06/09) The weather couldn't have been more perfect last night for the league. We had a great turn out and managed some pairs too. Thanks to everyone who helped out putting up the nets so that we could start on time; very much appreciated!

(26/05/09) Yet more wind this week but this didn't dampen the spirits of our hardy fours teams with a good turnout of 5 teams. All this practise in the wind will make it so much easier when summer finally comes! Did anyone leave a yellow ball behind with Reuters written on it? Contact Ali if so.

(17/05/09) We were very lucky and the wind dropped completely on Tuesday evening. Considering the poor weather there was a good turn out of 5 fours teams to kick start the beach volleyball league and some close matches were played. Results can be found here.

(10/05/09) The entry form for the South West Junior Beach Championships is now available to download here.

(05/05/09) There was a good turn out of 17 hardy souls who made it down to the beach for a particularly windy first tuesday night session. You could count the number of 3 touch rallies to be had on one hand, but it helped blow the winter cobwebs away and hopefully not deter the newcomers from returning next week!

(27/04/09) Fancy doing a beach ref's course? There's a Grade 3 & 4 course going on in Bournemouth on the 30th & 31st of May. Details will be posted here soon when we receive them from Volleyball England! Contact Ali if you're interested in doing it.

(25/04/09) Don't forget to check out the beach notice board if you're looking for a team or partner for the summer league.

(24/04/09) The calendar has been updated with the latest details for beach volleyball events in the south & south west over the summer.

(18/04/09) The Beach 4s Tournament Entry Form and Beach 2s Tournament Entry Form are now available - it may only be April but entries soon fill up for the 4s event in July so get your forms in early so you don't miss out!

(05/04/09) A sneaky first outing of the season was made to Exmouth Beach this morning for a few sets. The weather was GLORIOUS and hopefully a sign of things to come this summer ...

(02/04/09) Entry forms for this year's tuesday night leagues are now available for both the fours and the pairs leagues. The beach league starts on Tuesday 5th May and runs for 18 weeks until the 1st September.

(15/03/09) We are looking for a club logo, no prizes but if selected your design will appear on our club wear, hoodies & tee-shirts etc. Please send in your design to Dave or Ali.

(19/09/08) National Beach Rankings have now been updated following the last round of the Volleyball England Beach Tour (VEBT) and a number of our local players have improved on last year's placing. 

Exmouth Ladies' Pairs League winners Claire Babbage and Laura Wilson have moved up to 44th place in the country this year (81st in 2007), with 144 ranking points from this year's events - just ahead of Ali West (who took the Exmouth Beach Player's Title this year) in 49th place with 124 points, improving on her 71st place finish in 2007.

In the UK Men's league a number of our young lads were competing for the first time, Ben Fairweather finished 119th in the country with 64 points whilst Alex Clare and Paul Dowling both finished in 134th place for the season. 

(10/09/08) Our end of season press report has now appeared in the Exmouth Journal.

(04/09/08) A fun night for all at Exmouth Beach on Tuesday evening for the end of season beach get together, six-a-side volleyball and a bit of food. 

It has been an excellent summer of beach volleyball this year and thank you to everyone for making this the best beach season to date. 

We have some very exciting plans for 2009, which include the SW Junior Beach League, a Beach Referee's Course, qualifying as a Beach Satellite Ttraining Centre and hosting a round of the Exeter Corporate Games; details to follow ...

And thanks to Alan for the Pics!

(30/08/08) The final league tables have been updated and congratulations to our various 2008 league winners. In the Ladies, Ali West topped the table with 39 points from 17 matches and the ladies' 2008 MVP award goes to Claire Babbage who achieved a match average of 2.92. In the Men's league, Coolen Peryanaden took the 2008 title with 32 points and Danny Lewis took the men's MVP award with a match average of 2.80. The 2008 Beach Four's team award went to "Fat Bottomed Girls" with the runners up spot going to "Return to Sender". Full details and final listings etc. on the League Results page.

(21/08/08) Photos from the Pairs and Junior Championships can now be viewed online through Perspectives Photography. Click here to view the photos.

(18/08/08) A lucky break with the weather on Sunday meant the pairs and SW Junior Beach Championships went ahead in dry (if slightly windy) conditions.

It was a clean sweep for the Exmouth Beach VC in the Ladies Beach Pairs. With the beach pairing of Silvia Angelini & Gosia Krzyszkowska taking victory over the current Exmouth league leaders of Claire Babbage & Laura Wilson in the event final.

For more results, photos and video highlights from Sunday's event, see www.edva.org.uk.

(14/08/08) Once again the rain stop on Tuesday evening and we all had an excellent evening of volleyball. In the Men's league, Coolen Peryanaden and Neil Cox took the points against Wayne Morrison and Nick Dymond, the win moves Coolen to the top of the league, Danny lewis who has held it for the last month or so, moves down to second. Rachel Swindell jumps three places to four in the Ladies League, following her win with Florenie Ermeje over Jess Webber and Sophie Batho.

(06/08/08) We need a few extra people to help with the nets at next Sunday's Pairs event (17th Aug), not too many nets this time but a few more hands needed, please let Ali know if you can help and if you are still looking for a partner, please contact Ali.

(05/08/08) Don't forget your Beach Pairs entry form for the 17th Aug and good luck to everyone who is playing at Gloucester this weekend.

(30/07/08) The Exmouth Journal are now carrying our Beach League reports. Exmouth Journal 2008-07-31

(29/07/08) After a day of heavy rain the sun finally came out for this week's round of evening beach league matches. With a number of players still recovering from their exploits at the Grand Prix tournament at Weymouth over the weekend, it was a Beach Four's night. All teams picked up good match wins but the league only saw one positional change, with Alpha Blockers moving up a place from fifth to fourth. 

(28/07/08) Some of the Exmouth beach players competed in the Weymouth Classic this weekend and were very happy to see clear skies and no wind for once this season! Congratulations go to Laura Wilson & Claire Babbage who reached the finals and came runners up of the B-Series.

(24/07/08) Exmouth beach courts get a small mention in the 20th July Sunday Times article: Denise Johns: There is more to beach volleyball than girls in bikinis.

Read the article here.

(22/07/08) Perfect weather for this week's round of matches of the Exmouth Beach League. Ali, Clare, Laura and Jess all head the Ladies table but are joined by Gosia and Nikki in the Ladies MVP table. Danny Lewis from Ottery heads the Men's league and the MVP, it's still close at the top of the beach fours with both Kings & Return to Sender with a game in hand over the current leaders Fat Bottomed Girls.

(16/07/08) The Exmouth Beach Pairs Entry Form is now available. The Tournament will take place on Sunday, 17th August alongside the South West Junior Championships.

Download the Pairs Entry Form here.

(14/07/08) An excellent day at the beach yesterday for the 2008 Exmouth Beach Tournament, with 46 teams competing in the Beach Fours event and 28 teams in the Juniors. A selection of photos are now available on the Beach 4s & Beach 2s gallery pages.

Beach Fours Results
Ladies' Cup : 1st Devon Women, 2nd Triple Action (Bristol)
Men's Cup : 1st Barry Bullfrogs, 2nd Star Fish (Exeter)
Men's Plate : 1st Chosen Hill (Gloucester), 2nd Scrumpy Jumpers (Taunton)
Mixed Cup : 1st Barry Bullfrogs, 2nd Spikopaths (Reading)
Mixed Plate : 1st Devon Women Mixed, 2nd Cardiff

Junior Results
U18 : 1st Warriors A (Ivybridge), 2nd Chosen Hill (Gloucester), 3rd Warriors B (Ivybridge)
U16 : 1st Tom/Matt (Ottery-S-M), 2nd Dean/Foley (Ottery-S-M), 3rd Volliedollies (Burnham-O-S)
U14 : 1st Coaver Champs (Ottery-S-M), 2nd Priory (Weston-S-M), 3rd Indians (Ivybridge)
U12 : 1st Okehampton B, 2nd Pink Lions (Exeter's), 3rd Ring tailed Lemurs (Crediton).

All 1st placed teams automatically qualify for free entry into the 2008 SW Junior Beach Championship on 17th August at Exmouth.

(10/07/08) Aerial Photographer Paul Burton of "Burtskitecam" paid us a visit on Tuesday. To see more of his work, please visit his web site.

(03/07/08) SWVA Junior Championships Entry Forms are now available:

Download SW Junior Championships Entry Form.

(02/07/08) Week 9 match schedule is now available. Ladies & Beach Fours / Men

(26/06/08) Week 8 match schedule is now available. Ladies & Beach Fours / Men

(25/06/08) Next week we will see a few more teams competing in the Beach League, as we expand to make room for new players. The Ladies league will see two new beach pairings of Corinne Jeffries with Gosta Krzyszkowska and Jean Cane partnering Sasitorn Pear. In the beach fours, "Sand Divers", a team made up from our new recruits over the last couple of weeks will also be added to the match schedule.

As well as the team league prizes, players are also playing for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in both the Ladies and Mens leagues. This will go to the players who have the best match average. In the Ladies, Claire Babbage and Laura Wilson head the table with Nikki Batho in a close third. Danny Lewis tops the Mens MVP table with Alex Clare and Coolen Peryanaden on equal points in second place. Check out the league tables for the full results.

(23/06/08) This week's match schedule is now available. Ladies & Beach Fours / Men

(23/06/08) Congratulations to all of our players who took part in the "very windy" Croyde Beach Tournament last weekend, a special mention must go to Ali West who finished an excellent 3rd in Women's Division Two (19th overall and not that far behind some of our GB players). 

(18/06/08) All change at the top of the Ladies and Mixed leagues after last night's round of matches. In the Ladies, Ali West has taken over the top spot, but both Jess Webber and Laura Wilson are close behind with a better match average.

Return to Sender moved ahead of Kings to take the top spot in the Beach Fours and Fat Bottomed Girls moved up a place to third.

(17/06/08) Beach Volleyballers test latest Red Bull Cola.

The Red Bull girls paid us a visit this evening, with free drinks for all to test their new Cola drinks. The drink got the thumbs up but not too sure about the "give you wings bit" and we couldn't get the girls to join in either.

(17/06/08) Week six match schedule issue two is now online.

(13/06/08) The Beacon School in Exmouth has asked us to provide a couple of extra coach sessions to their young budding beach volleyball players. The players will be entering the Exmouth Beach Junior Tournament and looking to get in some extra practice. 

(12/06/08) Claire Babbage & Laura Wilson are still un-beaten in the Ladies pairs but it's Jess Webber & Silvia Angelini topping the table with 17 points each. In the Men's league, new team Wayne Morrison & Nick Dymond picked up their first points but Coolen Peryanaden and partner Dave Gibbs took the match win.

In the beach fours, Kings and "Return to Sender" are still neck and neck at the top of the table, with Kings and "Sand in my Speedos" producing the match of the day with a 32 - 30 score line.

(10/06/08) The Exmouth Beach VC and the EDVA have been successful with its bid to host this year's South West Junior Beach Championships. The event will be on the 17th August with U18 (2's), U16 (2's), U14 (3's) and U12 (3's) age groups. The EDVA will also be giving free entry into the event to the highest placed EDVA area team in each age group from our 13th July EDVA Beach Junior Tournament.

(06/06/08) We have been asked if we would like to host a beach referees course.

Week five match schedule is now online. Training nets will be available as usual but NO COACH this week.

(05/06/08) Only one match in the men's league this week, which saw Alex Clare / Danny Lewis just beat Coolen Peryanaden / Alan Liebermann 31 - 28. Match of the day went to the ladies, with a 32 - 30 score line between Jess Webber / Silvia Angelini and Rachel Swindell / Elke Nachtigall. Check the match results and league tables pages for more information.

(01/06/08) This week's match schedule is now available, see the league page for info, for the men it will be an open schedule this week.

We have been asked if we would like to host the 2008 Southwest Junior Beach Championships this year, proposal etc. needs to be presented to the SWVA committee by the 7/6/08.   

(28/05/08) After another evening of excellent Beach volleyball, Ali, Jess & Silvia have taken the lead in the Women's Beach Pairs league. Kings are currently topping the Recreational Beach Fours but the match of the day, was "Sand in my Speedos v Fat Bottom Girls" with the latter taking the match 31 - 33. 

Hopefully large pegs and heavy mallets will be a thing of the past next week ... following yesterday's successful trial of using metal screw-in stakes to secure guy ropes, an order has been place to completely replace our 20" wooden peg collection.

(26/05/08) The forecast looks good for this week and you can checkout this week's round of league matches on the League - Match Schedule page.

(21/05/08) Entry forms for this year's EDVA Junior beach tournament at Exmouth are now available: Download Entry Form.

The event is on the 13th July and will cater for U18 (2s), U16 (2s), U14 (3s) and U12 (3s), there will also be an award for the best U11 team, playing in the U12 event.

(19/05/08) Weather looks OK for this Tuesday session (Wind 5.8 m/s ESE), nets going up from 6:30. We have also had another Beach Fours team enter today ("Fat Bottomed Girls" they will be added to next week's schedule).

(18/05/08) As well as training and drop in nets, the beach league will be kicking off this Tuesday, see below for the match schedule. 

Period 1: (7:00) Fours: Return to Sender v Sand in my Speedos
Period 1: (7:00) Fours: Alpha Blockers v Kings

Period 2: (7:20) Pairs Women: West/Batho v Babbage/Wilson
Period 2: (7:20) Pairs Women: Swindell/Nachtigall v Webber/Angelini

Period 2: (7:20) Pairs Men: Cox/Coolen v Hendy/+Partner

Period 3: (7:40) Fours: Return to Sender v Alpha Blockers
Period 3: (7:40) Fours: Sand in my Speedos v Kings

Period 4: (8:00) Pairs Women: West/Batho v Webber/Angelini
Period 4: (8:00) Pairs Women: Swindell/Nachtigall v Babbage/Wilson

Match Format: 5 min warm-up, single set to 31 points (two clear points).
Points Allocation (Pairs: per player, Fours: per team): Two points for a win, one bonus point for losing team if within 50%, one point per match played.

Our new match balls have arrived this week and we also have two more recreational teams (beach fours) coming along to try out the sport.

(12/05/08) Tomorrow's weather looks OK with scattered cloud and a 6.7 m/s ENE off shore wind forecast (a little breezy - extra guy ropes required). We should have seven courts available (five beach nets plus the two permanent beach training courts) for the beach shake down and introduction session. Lots of people appear to be coming along, please bring a ball, see you all tomorrow.

(09/05/08) The EDVA have purchased three Mikasa VLS200 Beach Match Balls today (hopefully they will arrive before Tuesday).

We also picked up two more beach nets yesterday, this brings the total up to five courts plus the two permanent training nets. If anyone else has a net, then please let us know.

(08/05/08) I have had an email from Andy, the Exmouth Beach Safety Office today, letting us know that the permanent beach nets are now up - last week they were removing and levelling the sand following the winter storms.

(07/05/08) If you are looking to buy a new beach volleyball this summer, then you should be looking at the "Mikasa VLS200" Beach ball. The going price is between £31 & £35 from Newitts, Sportset, Prosport, Sport-Thieme etc., check out the Newsletter Yellow Pages for web links etc.

(07/05/08) The Ladies' Beach Pairs and the Recreational Beach Four's leagues are both beginning to take shape, we could do with a few more entries in the Men's Pairs. If you have not yet entered, then please get your forms in.