Hi all,

Well the two tournaments we’re running are coming up fast.

The first, on March 25th will see the First VI teams from the AIC and GPS school competitions go head to head at Gregory Terrace.  QUT Volleyball will need bodies at the venue to man the canteen, referee, and generally run the show.  It seems that most of the invited schools are aching to meet each other on the court, so this should be a big tournament.

The second tournament is on the following weekend, on March 31st.  QUT will be expected to put some teams in, so we’ll need even more people to play.  We’ve got a few extra volunteers, and a few extra players, but the more help we can get the better. Due to a late cancellation, the venue for this tournament has been changed to Marist College Ashgrove.  There are three courts available there, which should mean extra games for all teams.

QUT (through Package) is arranging some inaugrual trophies so we can make this an annual event and bring a bit of prestige to it.

See you all there!

Hey guys,

I received an email from the NZUG organisers via Package letting me know that they run both indoor and beach at the NZ uni games and we can play both!  The message went something like this:

Just so you know our Volleyball competition is a two day comp and runs Wed & Thurs. Our Beach Volleyball is a one day comp and runs on Friday and all Indoor players can enter it FOC, its Male and Female pairs only.

So yeah, beach on the Friday free of charge (FOC)! So obviously, I think we should pair our touring party up, and try to win another sport!

Hey guys and gals,

Hopefully by now you’re all well aware of the tour to New Zealand from Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th of April. It’ll cost around $1000 for the trip, and you’ll need to start getting money together for plane tickets pretty soon. You can probably get your return airfares for around $420 or so including taxes.

I have a few guys who are definites at this point, but unfortunately not a whole team. At the moment the only people I’m 100% sure are coming are myself, Shanas, and LG. If you want to be added to this list, let me know very soon.

For the girls, I’m not sure whether we’ll get enough for an indoor team. They do have beach volleyball at the games though, so let me know if you’re keen for that.

To be safe, I’ll assume you’re probably not coming until you’ve bought your plane ticket. If you haven’t done that by the end of February, I won’t be counting on you at all. Shanas, LG and I have tentatively decided to leave Brisbane on Saturday the 7th, and return on Sunday the 15th.

In terms of how much of the cost can be covered fundraising and sponsorship, expect to pay for your airfares at least. Shanas and I are onto a few money-making ideas so we’ll see what we can do about the rest. To be safe, work on the assumption that we won’t get any money, then you’ll be right when we do. On this point as well, if you know any company who’d like to chuck in some dollars, put them onto myself or Shanas, or at least let us know.

So let me know if you’re a definite and we’ll start organising. Hopefully once we know who is keen, we can all have a meeting (with alcohol of course) to talk about how it’s going to go.

-Visa

Welcome to the new and improved QUT Volleyball Website.

The only exciting thing that’s on here at the moment is the media gallery which you can get to by clicking the link at the top of the page.  Even then there’s only one video anyway…

I intend to pull most of the stuff from the old website across over the next week or so, so stay tuned.