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News

  • Cork Promoted!! Champions of the men's 1st Division for the past 2 seasons, Cork, have been automatically promoted to the men's Premier-32 for the 2008/09 season, by virtue of receiving a walkover result from their NIVA counterparts, prior to their scheduled play-off date. The play-off between the women's 1st Division winners, Clonhouse (VAI) and Queens (NIVA), is scheduled for Saturday May 17th in UCD, match start at 11:30am
  • Association Cup Finals 2008: Santry surprised UCD in the women's Cup Final with a powerful 3-1 win, after AerLingus1 made amends for losing out on the Premier-32 by beating Trinity in the men's Final from 0-2 down. Report >>
  • Coverage of the Association Cup Finals is to be televised on Setanta Sports Ireland's "Sport Nationwide" programme. Schedule >>
  • Premier-32 All-Star Awards 2008: The men and women's Premier-32 All-Star Awards and Nominees were announced at the VAI Annual Awards Dinner recently. Premier-32 All-Star Awards >>
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  • Players Wanted!! Based in Tallaght, Clonhouse VC are looking for new players during the summer months. For more information, please contact Kate >>
  • Garda v Defence Forces: The now-annual representative match between Garda and the Defence Forces is to take place on Wednesday May 14th in the Renmore Military Barracks, Galway, at 2pm.
  • National League: AerLingus Jets have scooped one of the wins of the season to snatch back the men’s Premier-32 League title from under the noses of AerLingus1. Report >>
  • Championships 2008: Cork men and Rebels women have defended their Intermediate titles, as have the cbphoto.ie men in the Junior competition, while Dublin have won the women’s Junior title from last year’s winners, the Newbridge Cheetahs. Report >>
  • International Games Festival: Offaly LSP are hosting an International Games Festival on the 5th and 6th of July, which also incorporates a volleyball competition. For further information and team entry form, please contact Olivia >>

National League

  • Men’s Premier-32 League:

    Just as they were required to do last season and as they also achieved, AerLingus Jets have won 3-0 on the last day of the season to win the men’s Premier-32 League. Making the achievement more emphatic was that it was against their club rivals AerLingus1 who were top of the table pre-match and needing to win just 1 set to win the title and deny the Jets their chance to defend it. The game was highlighted by strong defence on both sides, leading to lengthy rallies which all but thrilled the large crowd watching on in ALSAA. The Jets were 6 point winners in the 1st set, but the AerLingus1 lads were soon racing into a 12-8 lead in the 2nd set and reviving their glory hopes. Yet the Jets swooped back into form to level the scores and then overtake, thanks to some strong blocking and hitting. The belief was now evidently stronger with the defending champions as they won a hard-fought 2nd set 25-23.

    The 3rd set was inevitably the all important set, with the entire Premier-32 title race hinging on its result. The performance of both sides in it was reminiscent of the previous sets, with the Jets once again showing more confidence and belief in their quest for a 3-0 win, while AerLingus1 were nervously unable to pave a route through the Jets’ rearguard for that 1 compulsory set. And it was the Jets who won the 3rd set by 6 points again and with that 3-0 result, the men’s Premier-32 League title on set difference, yet again, in emphatic style on the last day of the season!

    Elsewhere, cbphoto.ie have been relegated from the men's Premier-32 League after they were defeated by the DCU Patriots 3-1 in the DCU Sports Centre. A win was a must for the Limerick lads to stand any chance of survival and hope for a UCD loss the following day, but there hopes were in vain as they were unable to muster up a winning result. With that matter resolved, UCD were able to play against Queens knowing they were safe, and indeed they were the better of the two sides in Belfield in a 3-1 win, in which the highlight was the 3rd set going to an amazing 37-35 score line, ironically won by Queens! The loss for Queens and the win for DCU sees them trade 3rd and 4th places respectively. It was likewise for Trinity and Ulster Corona Extra - Trinity won 3-0 and they claimed 5th place and knocked the Belfast men to 6th. Men's Premier-32 >>

  • Women’s Premier-32 League:

    Dublin have secured 2nd place in the League, but only just! They lost surprisingly to already-relegated DCU Patriots 3-1 in the DCU Sports Centre, but the 1 set scored was enough to ensure that with an already unassailable sets-scored tally, their set difference could not be beaten by UCD in 3rd place, who recorded a 3-0 win over their rivals, the Newbridge Wildcats. Santry prepare for their Association Cup Final by recording a 3-0 home win over cbphoto.ie while AerLingus made up for their Cup Semi Final defeat by finishing their League campaign on a high with a 3-0 away win at Trinity. Women's Premier-32 >>

  • Men’s 1st Division:

    UCD are confirmed runners-up of this season's men's 1st Division as White Eagles, many people's pre-season favourites for the title, lost away to rivals Cork 3-0. In fact the defeat for the Raheny-based side sees them slip to 4th place and behind the Newbridge Jaguars on set difference. Elsewhere, Garda were the big movers jumping from 7th to 5th as they beat DCU Patriots on Saturday 3-1. Although they went down 3-1 away to a spirited Loughrea performance on Sunday, the 4 points earned was enough to see them overtake DCU Patriots and cbphoto.ie, who lost at home to Dublin 3-0. ESB, at the bottom, picked up another 3-0 win, this by virtue for a forfeit result by Loughrea. Men's 1st Division >>

  • Women’s 1st Division:

    Clonhouse are the Champions of this season's women's 1st Division after a 3-1 win in their final day show down with a well supported Naas Cobras side, who had equal hopes of snatching the title with a win. Clonhouse made the better start with a focused team performance finished of by strong wing attacks against the Kildare girls, who looked somewhat nervous starting off. They did revive in the 2nd set but going into the 3rd set, were already 2-0 down. It was in this set where the Cobras showed their true potential as their own attacks were now scattering across the Clonhouse defence, and brought them back into contention. Yet it was the regrouping of the home side that helped them back into the game and were to win the match and the league title in front of a large number of spectators. The Clonhouse side now look forward to a Premier-32 play-off on May 17th against the winners of the NIVA women's 1st Division.

    Elsewhere, ESB beat the Newbridge Cheetahs 3-1 to leave the Cheetahs relegated, while Santry claimed 4th spot in the League as they beat UCD in straight sets in Artane on Sunday. Women's 1st Division >>

  • Women’s 2nd Division:

    2nd from bottom UCD picked up one of the results of the weekend from the women's 2nd Division as they beat 2nd placed Dublin 3-2. Rebels recorded the perfect season after a 3-0 win over Naas Cobras and end the season with no sets dropped as they prepare for the defence of their Intermediate Championships title this weekend coming. Garda lost out 3-0 to DCU Patriots and Loughrea. Women's 2nd Division >