Team Essex Volleyball Club

Team Essex VC
Full name Team Essex Volleyball Club
Short name TEVC
Nickname Team Essex
Founded 2013
Ground University of Essex, Boswells School, St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School
Chairman James Bernardi
Captain Tobias French (Blaze); Sid Bernardi (Trinity); Michael Pagalos (Estonians)
League Volleyball England
Website Club home page
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Championships
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Team Essex VC is a volleyball team based in Chelmsford, Great Britain since 2013. The club consists of two men's teams and a women's team that play in Volleyball England's English National Volleyball League. The Men's 1st team play in Volleyball England's Super League, Englands top division. The Men's 2nd team play in Division 2. The Women's 1st team play in Division 1.

Achievements

Team Essex Trinity (Women)
  • English Shield Runners Up 2016[1]
  • Promotion to National League Division 1[2]
Team Essex Blaze (Men)
  • English National League Division 1 Champions, 2017[3]
  • English Shield Runners Up 2015[4]
  • English National League Division 2 (South) Champions, 2013[5]

History

The club was set up in 2013 by James Bernardi, Paul French and Steven Rosser. The men and women's teams are conglomerates, the men formed through the partnership of Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Boswells, the women formed as a result of a partnership with Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Southend VC. The mergers gave the best volleyballers in Essex the chance to compete together at a higher level. The club has grown from strength to strength in a very short period of time, and now boasts a men's team in the top league in the country, the Super 8s. The women's team represents Team Essex in Division 1 of the National Volleyball League.

2017-2018 Season

Blaze

The 2017-2018 season saw the Men's 1st team finish 7th in the last ever season of Volleyball England's Super 8 league. This finish was good enough to secure their spot in the inaugural new Super League format, consisting of 10 teams. [6] The result was an all round success for the newly promoted Blaze team who satisfied their goal of retaining their top division status in the first year since their promotion.

Trinity

The 2017-2018 season saw the Women's 1st team finish 7th in Volleyball England's Division 1. As a result Trinity will play in this league for the forthcoming season.

Current Rosters

  • Team Essex Blaze
Team Roster - Season 2018/2019
Team Essex Blaze
No. Name Position 1st Team Apps
1England Ali AhmedLibero1
2England Chester SearleLibero31
3England Mahlon KingOutside Hitter75
4United States Ryan DeLongOutside Hitter1
7England Kieran GoodOutside Hitter70
8England Daniel NorthfieldMiddle Blocker80
9Italy James BernardiMiddle Blocker81
10England Tobias French (c)Outside Hitter
12United States Brenden SuraneOpposite Hitter2
13England Ashley ToomeySetter33
14England Thomas KetleySetter61
Head coach: Branislav KovacSlovakia
Assistant: Chris FrostEngland
  • Team Essex Estonians
Team Roster - Season 2018/2019
Team Essex Estonians
No. Name Position 1st Team Apps
1England Dave FenechSetter0
2England Tony ClarkOutside Hitter0
3Wales Andrew TuckMiddle Blocker0
5Greece Michael PagalosOutside Hitter62
6England Adam KetleySetter0
7England Thomas EllisOpposite Hitter0
8Spain Darren BurgessMiddle Blocker1
9England Andrew WoodMiddle Blocker1
10England Max Norton-SteeleOutside Hitter1
11Turkey Aykut NafiogluOutside Hitter0
12England Ian BaileyMiddle Blocker25
13Brazil Andre SeginiMiddle Blocker0
14England Chaiwat TheeraLibero0
15England Conner ReeveLibero0
Head coach: Alex ChinneryEngland
  • Team Essex Trinity
Team Roster - Season 2017/2018
Team Essex Trinity
No. Name Position
10Poland Agnieszka KowalskaUniversal
3England Kirsty GreenSetter
6Cyprus Marie-Lena ConstantinouOutside Hitter
7England Claire McAlistairSetter
11England Freya WincottOutside
12Indonesia Pauline SandsLibero
13Romania Irina ServantesaOpposite
England Zoe VerowMiddle
17CroatiaPetra VukmirovicOutside
England Helen BedfordMiddle
England Esme NewmanOpposite
England Lorraine BartlettOutside
Head coach: Kieran GoodEngland
Assistant: Tony ClarkEngland

Notable Former Players

Player Current Club Other Clubs
United Kingdom Andrew Saward England London Aces England Newcastle Staffs
United Kingdom Nathan French Retired England Team Northumbria
Spain Tenerife
France Avignon
United Kingdom Peter Bakare England Team Northumbria Belgium Landstede Zwolle
United Kingdom Matthew Mills Retired England Sheffield Hallam
United States Gary House Karlalið HK
United Kingdom Luke French Retired England Medway
United Kingdom Jack Watson England Ipswich Spikers England Ipswich Spikers
United Kingdom Sam Thompson England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Lawrence Russell England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Matthew Ketley England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Jake Leeks Retired
United Kingdom Robert Poole United States Mount Olive Collage
United Kingdom Ryan Poole United States California State University, Long Beach England London Malory
United Kingdom Joe Houlihan Retired
United Kingdom Chris Frost Retired France Nice
France Lille
England London Malory
United Kingdom Thomas Storkey Retired
United Kingdom Jack Saward Retired
United Kingdom Adam Mitchell England Liverpool
United Kingdom Rees Warren England Tendring
England London Lynx
United Kingdom Nick Davies England Plymouth England London Malory
England London Lynx
England Tendring
United States Shaun Ermi United States Springfield College
United States Alex Palmatier United States Mount Olive College
England Cameron Rhodes Norway Olso Volley England Newcastle Staffs
England Tendring

References

  1. ↑ http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE62124799&division=VE6904245&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  2. ↑ http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE62124799&division=VE58794126
  3. ↑ http://teamessexvolleyball.com/making-history/
  4. ↑ http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE97592600&division=VE4823919&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  5. ↑ http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE10671264&division=VE82204439
  6. ↑ "New Name and Format for Top Divisions". Volleyball England. Volleyball England. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  • Promotion[1]
  • Men's Shield Runner Up[2]
  • Women's Shield Runner Up[3]
  • Women Promotion[4]
  • Men Promotion 2013[5]
  • Official Website (in English)
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