Volleyball Centre of Excellence
Congratulations to long-serving club member Anton Kornilov on his election as an Elected Director on the Volleyball England Board.
This is a well-deserved recognition of his dedication and expertise.
We look forward to seeing the impact of his experience and leadership in this influential role.
Please note that Richmond Volleyball’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2025 will be held at 19:00 on Tuesday 22nd July at The Bishop, 2 Bishop’s Hall off Thames Street, Kingston, KT1 1PY.
This is a great opportunity to learn about the Club’s activities, celebrate our successes and have your say about the Club’s future.
There will also be a very important vote on the structure of the club.
Club members must confirm their attendance by no later than 17:00 Sunday 20th July by emailing contact@richmondvolleyball.co.uk.
If you are unable to attend, please nominate another Club member to be your proxy for voting. Please do this by emailing contact@richmondvolleyball.co.uk and include the email address of the member you wish to be your proxy. Please note we need to receive proxy nominations by 17:00 Sunday 20th July at the latest.
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
Well done to all our junior teams who represented the club so proudly last weekend at the National Volleyball Centre in Kettering.
It was another successful season with a further three medals secured by our young athletes. The highlight was Francesca Secchi’s under 15 girls taking the gold medal against Wapping Wildcats in convincing fashion.
And the boys took home two silver medals from the under 15 and under 16 finals. It put us third in the medal table behind Leeds Gorse and Urmston.
These amazing results mean that Richmond have won at least one national championship for the last 11 seasons. We’ve won a fantastic 21 titles in that time, way more than any other club.
Thanks to all the players, coaches, parents and volunteers that have made this possible.
More photos can be found here https://flickr.com/photos/199352623@N07/page7
