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Bellos wins England’s first ever Junior Beach Volleyball Commonwealth Games gold medal

David Rijvers on July 24, 2017 in Beach Volleyball | Community | Events | Juniors

Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello (Richmond VB) represented England Juniors and claimed England’s first ever gold medal at the u18 Commonwealth Youth Games Championships in 2017 Bahamas winning against Cyprus in the final.

England Juniors produced a dominant display of attacking volleyball winning all five matches and beating New Zealand (2-0) & Jamaica (2-0) in their pool matches, followed by wins in quarter finals against South Africa (2-0), Semi-Finals against Australia (2-0) and then claimed gold against Cyprus (2-0).

RVB Juniors Selected for England at 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Bahamas

David Rijvers on July 12, 2017 in Beach Volleyball | Community | Events | News Archive | NVL Men

Talk to any successful beach volleyball player and they’ll tell you about the importance of building up a near-telepathic relationship with their partner. However, when your partner is also your twin brother, that sort of relationship can pretty much be taken for granted.

RVB u18 Boys qualify to National Grand Prix Final and qualify to NVL Div 2 South Play-offs.

David Rijvers on April 24, 2017 in Events | Juniors | News Archive

Congratulations to Richmond U18s Boys who beat Black Country 3-1 in their final group game to top their National Grand Prix Group B with three wins out of three. They then went on to beat EBC Greenhouse 3-0 in the semi-final to set up a final with Boswell School in May.

U18 Richmond VB Boys also finish the NVL season in second place after a 3-0 win to Maidstone VB and secure a promotional play-off place to the Men’s National Division 2 South.

Congratulations to this team for their best ever national placing. Looking forward to the National Promotional Play-off and National Grand Prix final in May.

Well done to all players, coaches and to all parents for their support

RVB u15 Girls qualify to National Finals winning the Southern National qualifiers

David Rijvers on April 24, 2017 in Community | Events | Juniors | News Archive

Richmond VB girls qualified for the u15 National Finals with very strong performances. They won all their pool matches 2-0 against South Bucks, Graveney & Malory Eagles, Westminster VC A, & CFGS Greenhouse B progressing to the Semi-Finals at the Southern Divisional Finals held at Leaf Dorset. Richmond A then won 2-0 against Bishop Llandaff to secure a place in the U15 National Finals (Last 6’s).

Week 14 Round-up National League & Cup

ON THE COURT

NVL Men’s Division 1
Saturday 25th February 2017
* (H) Richmond VB (3) Vs Leeds VB (1)
* (H) Richmond VB (3) Northumbria VB (1)
League position 2nd (won 9 & lost 2)
RVB MVP:

NVL Women South East Division 3 (u18’s)
Sunday 25th February 2017
* (A) Inter Women (3) Richmond VB (0)
* (H) Richmond VB (3) Ashcombe VB (0)
League position 1st (won 11 & lost 3)
RVB MVP:

National Junior Grand Prix Quarter Finals
U18 Male:
* Richmond VB (3) Black Country (1)
* Richmond VB (3) EBC Greenhouse (0)
RVB qualified to the National Finals to take place 7th May at Kettering

U18 Female:
* Richmond VB (3) v’s Graveney Malory Eagles (2)
* Richmond VB (3) v’s Boswells School (1).
RVB qualified to National Semi-finals to take place on the 5th March at Kettering

Well done everyone and thank you to our RVB supporters !!