Hey all,

I thought I’d give you a bit more info about what’s going on with the actual volleyball in New Zealand.

• There are six teams in the Mens indoor competition (including us).  The others are:
• AUT University
• Canterbury University
• Otago University (winners the last two years)
• Victoria University (two teams)
• Last year there were 7 teams and each team only seemed to play about 4 games over the two days.  The days this year run later than last year, so hopefully there’ll be a bit more game time this year.
• I’m waiting on information about whether we are allowed to take gold, and whether our players can be selected in the “Tournament Team” (like our merit team).  I’m also waiting on info about the libero rule in NZ and the sub rule (although I assume it’s 6 per set).
• There are 17 teams in the Mens beach competition (including our 4).  You don’t really care who the others are so I won’t tell you.  There are also 17 in the Womens beach competition including our one team.

-Visa