David Rijvers
Seniors' and Juniors' Coach
Qualification(s): FIVB Level 1 & EVA Level 3 (Theory)
David started his volleyball career with Wessex VC at 15 and played NVL 1 for 18 years as a setter. Between 1987-1992 he
achieved three National Junior Championships titles and 2 runner-ups with Wessex VC. He also achieved titles at u’17 and u’19 and
1 runner-up at Inter-regional Championships with South-West team. He represented England Juniors from 1989-1991 (won 13 caps) and was
part of the Great Britain Squad (under Ralph Hippolyte) and the England Senior Squad (under Jefferson Williams) for several years. He was also ranked
6th best beach player in Britain (1991-96).
Because of his studies/work he moved to London and joined Polonia (1994-96),
London Malory (1996-2001), and London Aquila (2001-2005).
Whilst with Malory, the team achieved five NVL Division 1 titles and four National Cup titles.
He coached Ashcombe Women during 1999-2000 and helped them achieve NVL 1 and National Cup titles after no silverwear for 15 years.
He coached Surrey Men in the County Cup 2002 to victory and broke London’s five year dominance.
During 2004-2006 (18 months) he coached the
Northern Ireland Senior Men’s team and achieved their best European Championships qualifier performance for over 20 years.
David joined Richmond in 2002 as a development coach and since 2004 he has been
one of the driving forces behind much of Richmond Volleyball progress to date.
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