WESSEX CLUB HISTORY

The Club was formed in 1976 by Geoff Allen when he started coaching a junior girls team. A boys team soon followed and the junior sections have formed the basis of the Club every since. The Club entered Men's and Ladies teams in the National League and both, with Geoff as coach, worked their way up the divisions into their respective Division 1's.

The Men, coached by Simon Golding, had their best league finish in 2000/01 and won the National Cup in the same year. Unfortunately due to the loss of key players the Club had to withdraw the Men's team from Division 1 although the Men's 2nd team, coached by Garry Joyce, won promotion to Division 2 in 2005. Despite continually losing players when they go to University, the Ladies team has established itself as one of the top five teams in the country over the past years. As always both teams have very young squads at present.

Numerous players from the Club have played for the South West teams, England Cadets, England Juniors and the England and GB Senior teams. Players that have come through the junior system and moved on to play for the England are Anthony Roberts, Danny Weemes, Chris Eaton and Andy Cranstone, while Nicky Tinsley, Lucy Wicks, Nicky Osborne, Chantel Mortimer, Georgina Poulton, Zara Dampney, Helen Brown, Sarah Palmer and Vicky Palmer have gone on to play for England ladies and the GB squad.

National League Men 2008/9

Date	Home Team#4CCEFF	Away Team	Set Scores	W/L
14/09/2008	Wessex	Plymouth	25-23 19-25 25-15 17-25 7-15
21/09/2008	Guildford International	Wessex	25-21 12-25 11-25 21-25	WIN
11/10/2008	Oxford Students	Wessex	19-25 25-18 16-25 25-23 15-11
12/10/2008	Loughborough Students	Wessex	25-14 25-19 25-20
25/10/2008	Wessex	Dulwich Knights	25-23 20-25 20-25 25-15 15-9	WIN
01/11/2008	Brentwood Partners	Wessex	24-26 27-29 25-23 25-27	WIN
15/11/2008	(Cup) Reading	Wessex	3-0
16/11/2008	Leicester V.C	Wessex	25-22 25-17 22-25 25-21
29/11/2008	Wessex	Leeds	25-18 23-25 19-25 28-30
30/11/2008	Wessex	Middlsebrough	25-18 25-21 18-25 22-25 11-15
13/12/2008	Wessex	Cambridge	12-25 16-25 10-25
17/01/2009	Plymouth	Wessex	N/A	N/A

National League Women Div 1 2008/9

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Swiss Cottage	16	15	1	47	10	46
2	London Malory	15	13	2	41	14	41
3	Coventry & Warwick Riga 1	15	11	4	36	14	37
4	Leeds	15	11	4	35	25	37
5	City of Wolverhampton	15	8	7	31	25	31
6	Wessex	16	5	11	20	39	26
7	Dulwich Tuskers	16	4	12	18	38	24
8	Polonia Ladies	14	5	9	20	29	*23
9	Loughborough Students 1	15	3	12	16	40	*20
10	Reading Aces 1	15	1	14	13	43	17
* Penalty Points issued

National League Men Div 2, 2008/9

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cambridge 1	16	14	2	45	13	44
2	Middlesbrough College	16	13	3	42	19	42
3	Leicester V.C.	16	10	6	38	27	36
4	Manchester	16	9	7	33	27	34
5	Plymouth Activate	16	8	8	35	33	32
6	Dulwich Knights	16	8	8	32	30	32
7	Brentwood Partners	16	8	8	32	35	32
8	Loughborough Students	16	8	8	30	33	32
9	Wessex	16	7	9	30	37	30
10	Leeds	16	6	10	25	37	28
11	Oxford Students	16	3	13	18	44	*20
12	Guildford International	16	2	14	19	44	20

Women’s Div 1 2007 / 08

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Wessex	18	15	3	47	21	48
2	City of Wolverhampton	18	13	5	48	25	44
3	Coventry & Warwick Riga 1	18	13	5	45	22	44
4	Swiss Cottage	18	12	6	41	23	42
5	London Malory	18	11	7	42	30	40
6	Polonia Ladies	18	10	8	37	30	38
7	Loughborough Students 1	18	5	13	22	45	28
8	Leeds	18	5	13	22	47	28
9	Ashcombe Dorking 1	18	4	14	21	43	26
10	Tameside V.C.	18	2	16	12	51	22

Men’s Div 2 2007 / 08

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Reading Volleyball Club	15	13	2	43	14	41
2	Sheffield II	15	12	3	41	22	39
3	Leicester V.C.	15	11	4	40	24	37
4	Oxford Students	15	10	5	33	21	35
5	Loughborough Students	15	10	5	35	24	35
6	Cambridge 1	15	8	7	29	31	*30
7	Manchester	15	7	8	32	32	29
8	Leeds	15	6	9	29	31	27
9	Wessex	15	5	10	23	33	25
10	Brentwood Estonians	15	3	12	19	39	21
11	Coventry & Warwick Riga II	15	0	15	7	45	15
12	Reading Aces 1	5	0	5	0	15	*0

Women’s Div 1 2006 / 07

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	London Malory	18	17	1	53	12	52
2	Polonia Ladies	17	13	4	44	16	43
3	City of Wolverhampton	18	12	6	40	27	42
4	Wessex-TeamBath	18	11	7	36	26	40
5	Loughborough Students 1	17	10	7	38	27	37
6	Warwick Riga	18	9	9	34	33	36
7	Tameside V.C.	18	5	13	21	44	28
8	Ashcombe Dorking 1	18	4	14	20	45	26
9	Loughborough Students 2	18	4	14	20	47	26
10	Portsmouth	18	4	14	17	46

n’s Div 2 2006 / 07

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	London Lynx 1	16	13	3	43	16	*41
2	Guildford International	16	11	5	41	20	38
3	Sheffield II	16	11	5	40	21	38
4	Leicester V.C.	16	10	6	35	23	36
5	Brentwood Estonians	16	9	7	37	29	34
6	Loughborough Students	16	9	7	30	32	*33
7	Leeds	16	8	8	31	33	32
8	Wessex	16	8	8	29	36	32
9	Oxford Students	16	8	8	29	31	*30
10	RAF Harriers	16	6	10	28	34	28
11	Haughton	16	3	13	13	41	22
12	Danes Watford	16	0	16	8	48	*15
* Penalty Points

Women’s Div 1 2005 / 06

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
					F	A
1	City of Wolverhampton	18	17	1	51	5	52
2	London Malory	17	14	3	43	14	45
3	Polonia Ladies	18	11	7	38	30	40
4	Wessex-TeamBath	17	11	6	34	24	39
5	Warwick Riga	18	10	8	35	33	38
6	Portsmouth	18	9	9	35	35	36
7	Loughborough Students 1	18	8	10	32	36	*33
8	Tameside V.C.	18	6	12	23	41	30
9	Dulwich Tuskers	18	2	16	17	50	22
10	City of Salford NW VC	18	1	17	13	53	20
* Penalty Points issued

Men’s Div 2 2005 / 06

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
					F	A
1	Manchester	16	12	4	42	18	40
2	Reading Aces 1	16	12	4	38	18	40
3	Leeds	16	10	6	37	31	36
4	RAF Harriers	16	10	6	33	27	*34
5	Leicester V.C.	16	8	8	29	30	32
6	Danes Watford	16	8	8	27	28	32
7	Guildford International	16	8	8	33	32	*31
8	Wessex	16	8	8	32	32	*30
9	Sheffield II	16	6	10	28	34	28
10	Birmingham	16	5	11	24	39	*25
11	Chester & Ellesmere Port Eels	16	5	11	21	38	*25
12	Milton Keynes	16	4	12	23	40	24
* Penalty Points issued

Women’s Div 1 2004 / 05

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
					F	A
2	Wolverhampton	18	16	2	48	7	50
3	Polonia Ladies	18	12	6	38	18	42
4	Loughborough Students	17	10	7	35	30	37
5	Wessex	18	8	10	29	39	34
6	Warwick Riga	18	7	11	26	41	32
7	Portsmouth	18	6	12	30	39	30
8	Tameside	18	6	12	24	41	30
9	Ashcombe Dorking 1	18	5	13	24	41	28
10	Tonbridge	17	1	16	6	50	19

Men’s Div 3 West 2004 / 05

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
					F	A
1	Wessex	14	13	1	41	9	40
2	Bridgend	14	10	4	34	19	34
3	Stroud	14	9	5	30	18	32
4	Chiltern	14	7	7	26	25	28
5	Plymouth DML Activate	14	7	7	27	27	28
6	Oxford Students	14	6	8	24	32	26
7	City of Bristol 2	14	2	12	14	39	18
8	Bristol	14	2	12	12	39	18

WESSEX CLUB HISTORY

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