Martin Rees – Richmond Volleyball

Richmond Volleyball are UKBT Club Champions 2025!

Martin Rees on June 12, 2025 in Beach Volleyball | News

We are so proud of our amazing success at this year’s UKBT Club Championships that was held at Sandbanks beach on the weekend of 7th/8th June. We’ve only gone and won it!

Well done to all the players, coaches and volunteers involved – everyone contributed to this fantastic success.

Particular highlights were the dominant performances in the U18 women’s division, with the final being played between two Richmond teams, and Richmond’s Championship team performances, especially with the women winning the Championship Division.

The Richmond Women’s Championship division Team of Katie Keefe / Martha Bullen and Patrīcija Fiļa / Anna Kurek showed a dominant performance throughout the tournament, but faced tough opposition in the final against Fireball South West. The final was decided by a golden set where Keefe/Bullen came out on top over Fireball’s Tussis/Berstautaite to win 15-13 and take the gold medals for Richmond.

Another big contribution to the overall victory was the U18’s women’s division which was dominated by Richmond teams. The final was between the Richmond squads Charlotte Anderton & Jennifer Rates / Sno Dixon & Fien Verheyden versus Olivia Cross & Robyn Clifford / Reika Hashimoto & Lili Coen, with Anderton/Rates/Dixon/Verheyden just coming out on top to win the gold medals.

The Men’s Championship division Team of Lewis Bunton / Stuart Perry and George Ruddick / Tom Lycett also showed a great performance by winning all their matches in the pool stage, but faced a tough Quarterfinal against St Andrews Beach Volleyball Club and lost against them in the golden set. However Richmond Men’s matched last years result and finished a very respectable 7th.

Another notable contribution was made by the pair of Sami Moodie / Maksim Stepanov who just missed out on winning the gold in the Mixed Trophy Division against Carreos / Hargrave from Deep Dish Bournemouth, but won another amazing silver medal for Richmond.

Richmond won another medal and more points in the Men’s Trophy Division with a brilliant performance by Tom Taschowsky / Roman Girkiy who finished third.

There were no medals for Richmond in the Women’s Trophy Division, but in a strong field of teams we had very good performances and points contributions from Sami Moodie / Sabina Marvulli finishing 5th and Cleo Jongedijk / Elisa Jarmon finishing 9th.

In the U18 Boys divisions the Richmond squad of Lucas Voss & Leo Alcoe / Alex Cox & Monty Easton struggled with injuries but still contributed very valuable points by coming 4th.

Photo by @jwakelinvisuals

The Richmond Jurassic Classic is back!

Martin Rees on April 29, 2025 in Beach Volleyball | Events

After the success of last year, we are running two events this year!

Join us on 18th May for the first event. The Jurassic Classic is a fun, yet competitive 2v2 beach tournament aimed at older players. Teams need to have a minimum combined age of 80 (70 for women’s competition), with bonus points awarded to older teams. All levels welcome!

➡️ Click here for more information and to register

Free Sitting Volleyball Taster session

Martin Rees on March 19, 2025 in Community | Events | Sitting Volleyball

Richmond Volleyball are aiming to establish Sitting Volleyball in South-West London. Sitting volleyball is an inclusive, fast paced, fun sport where people with and without physical impairments can play together.

Join us on Sunday 30th March, 2-4pm at Whitton Sports and Fitness Centre (TW2 6JW) for a free taster event to get an introduction to Sitting Volleyball by former GB international player Anton Raimondo. This event is suitable for all abilities and is open to adults as well as juniors from the age of 14.

The event is free of charge but registration is required via our website: https://www.richmondvolleyball.co.uk/sitting

Richmond Volleyball celebrates 10 years of Beach Volleyball in Teddington

Martin Rees on September 4, 2024 in Beach Volleyball | Community | Events

RVB Beach 10th Anniversary 2024 Group Photo

On Saturday Richmond Volleyball Club celebrated 10 years of beach volleyball at the beach courts in Teddington. From humble beginnings of just a few training sessions a week, the club has grown over the years to using the courts to near full capacity, running up to six summer training sessions every weeknight as well as hosting weekly open sessions and tournaments as part of the UK Beach Tour on weekends and junior beach volleyball camps during the school holidays.

Richmond Volleyball is a Volleyball England accredited Beach Volleyball Development Centre producing many national champions and several players currently representing England at international competitions such as the Commonwealth Games, European Beach Volleyball Championships and on the Beach Pro Tour started their journey at the courts in Teddington.

In September 2014 the current Richmond Volleyball Beach Manager Martin Rees together with the late Andre Montenegro organised the first ever Saturday open session with a group of just 8 players. The aim was to provide fun; all year-round beach volleyball for all levels, with club members as well as non-members from the local community welcome. 10 years later the sessions have grown into three separate sessions with regular attendance often over 60 players every week.

To celebrate this achievement the club invited all members, friends and family for a fun day of Beach and Grass Volleyball with music and lots of great food including a barbecue.

Martin Rees commented: “It was fantastic to see so many players that were there from the beginning as well the current and next generation of players, all coming together to celebrate, enjoy playing the sport and have fun on the sand. I would like to thank everyone who attended, contributed food and all the volunteers that helped organise this great event. Finally thank you to all the players, parents, coaches, volunteers, partners and the staff at Teddington Sports Centre for their dedication and support that helped make it such a successful 10 years.”

If you feel inspired and would like to try this sport, the Saturday open beach sessions are the best place to start and include sessions for complete beginners. Click here for more information or come and see us at the courts at Teddington’s Broom Road Recreation Ground.

Click here for more photos from the event.

Photos by Rob Addis Photography.

Richmond Jurassic Classic Tournament

Martin Rees on August 21, 2024 in Beach Volleyball | Events

We’re pleased to introduce the Richmond Jurassic Classic to our line up of tournaments. This is a fun, yet competitive 2v2 beach tournament aimed at older players inspired by the Hawaii Dinosaur Tournaments.

Teams need to have a minimum combined age of 80, with bonus points awarded to older teams.

The event takes place on Sunday 8th September 2024, with a separate mixed competition in the morning and men’s and women’s single gender competitions in the afternoon.

Click here for more information and to register (limited spaces available).