DVC Host Junior Tournament Sponsored By Tullow Oil Plc.
In August 2009 at the DVC 24 Hour Volleyball marathon, DVC launched their Junior Section, sponsored by Tullow Oil. Since then DVC’s Junior Coach, Laurent Cauet has been running sessions every Thursday bringing Volleyball and Spikeball to the new members of the club and the community.
In order to heighten the interest levels and create some competition DVC arranged the Club’s first ever Junior Tournament. The teams comprised of a mix of players from the Coláiste Bride girls who are regulars on Thursdays, along with newcomers from St. Paul’s, Greenhills and Presentation, Terenure. The girls picked their own unique team names such as ‘Jedwards’, ’All-Stars’, ‘Electric Sheep’ and other ‘interesting’ names to say the least.
Despite some tough competition the winners were ‘Mary’s Team’ (that’s Mary Lalor the Club Head Coach who only suggested the name – she didn’t actually play on the team!!) with ‘All-Stars’ as the runners-up.
The girl’s had loads of fun and on the night they received their Tullow Oil sponsored T-Shirts - Tullow logo on the front and the DVC logo on the back. Photos were taken with Tullow Oil representatives who were very impressed with the evening and the development of the sport in the local community. As a consequence of running this tournament we are proud to announce an increase in numbers to the Junior Section and welcome the girls from Greenhills and Terenue as they become regulars to the club.
Kevin Quinn, General Manager of Tullow Oil in Dublin commented : ‘Tullow is delighted to sponsor the Dublin Volleyball Club tournament. As one of Ireland’s leading companies Tullow has an active world-wide Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) policy, and supporting the DVC tournament fits in well with our policy of working with communities where we operate; We wish the DVC Juniors all the best in the future’
DVC Club Chair Person - Clodagh Doherty comments:
A big ‘thank you’ to Tullow Oil for their support, it was great having a representative here tonight – Akeem Shopeju. His presence elevated the importance of the event for both coaches and players. I'm so thrilled with the progress we've made in such a short time since launching the Junior Section, and it is hugely due to the support of Tullow Oil which has ensured our developmental progress isn’t delayed due to lack of funds, the growth of our Junior Section also brings added benefits to the local community and the sport as a whole |
