WESSEX VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mitch Abbott
Favourite film - Iron Man
Favourite TV programme - Friends
Favourite music - any music by Jack Johnson
Favourite other sport - Skiing or Surfing
Favourite holiday destination - Australia
 
Most memorable match - National Last 8's U18 against Middlesborough/Acklam.

Ben Allen-Gdanitz
Favourite film - Bourne Ultimatum
Favourite TV programme - The Inbetweeners
Favourite music -  Anything in the charts
Favourite other sport - Cycling
Favourite holiday destination - Porthcothan, North coast cornwall

Most memorable match - National Final 2010

Jack Arnold
Favourite film -  The Ringer
Favourite TV programme - The Inbetweeners
Favourite music - Anything current
Favourite other sport -
Football  (favourite team Yeovil)
Favourite holiday destination - Florida
Favourite clothes brand - Hollister
 
Most memorable match - u16s last 8's vs boswells

Andrew Clayton
Favourite film - Finding Nemo, Dumbo, Ice Age 2 The Meltdown
Favourite TV programme - Pingu
Favourite music - The Saturdays
Favourite other sport - Ping Pong
Favourite holiday destination - Amsterdam
 
Most memorable match - Next Years Finals

Richard Collins
Position: Setter
5ft 10
Shirt no 1
Started playing volleyball aAged 11 at junior school
 
Volleyball honours - National Champion U16 and U18s. Inter-regional Champs U15, 2x National Beach Junior Runner-up, Sandbanks B series winner 2010, Division 3 West National League Champion 2005.
 
Most memorable match - u18 National Final, everything went to plan and meant we won the whole junior title without dropping a set throghout the whole tournament.
 
Favourite film -
Mighty Ducks and The Hangover
Favourite TV programme - Entourage and Inbetweeners
Favourite music - Dubstep
Favourite other sport - Football
Favourite holiday destination - Magaluf

Craig Duckmanton
 Started playing volleyball with Wessex juniors when I was 13.
 
Volleyball honours - National Junior Cup's
 Most memorable match - UK school games final vs Scotland
 
Favourite TV programme - Coach Carter
 Favourite music - Hip Hop
 Favourite other sport - Basketball
 Favourite holiday destination - Miami

Matt Hunter
Favourite films: Jumper, Shooter and
Pursuit of Happiness
Favourite TV program: Don't really watch television but probably My wife and kids
Favourite music: Anything really
Favourite holiday destination: Anywhere hot

Ryan Jones
Favourite film - Law Abiding Citizen
Favourite TV programme - The Inbetweeners!
Favourite music - Ed Sheeran, Drake,
Pixie Lott
Favourite other sport - Football/Basketball
Favourite holiday destination -  Cyprus

Started playing volleyball Wessex 2010

Tom Macarthur
Favourite film - Saving Private Ryan
Favourite TV programme - Family Guy
Favourite music - Michael Jackson
Favourite other sport - Badminton
Favourite holiday destination - Lanzarote
 
Most memorable match - U16 National Final 20140

Ryan Palmer
Favourite film - American pie
Favourite TV programme - Friends
Favourite music -Punk/ indie
Favourite other sport -Tennis
Favourite holiday destination - Australia
 
Best Wessex match you have played in - U 16 national finals 2009

Matt Pretty
Started playing volleyball - Year 8 at school - was told to go along to a Wessex training session and the rest is history.
 
Volleyball honours - U16 and 18 National Champions. U15 Inter Regional Champions. Trained for England Cadets and England Juniors.
 
Most memorable match - Malory in National Cup a few years ago. We lost but it was a great expereince to be playing against some of the best players in the country.
 
Favourite film - Tears of the Sun
 Favourite TV programme - 24
 Favourite music - Anything that gets to foot tapping
 Favourite other sport - Tennis, Football, Running
 Favourite holiday destination - New York

Tom Ridge 
Started playing volleyball - Wessex Volleyball 2003 (Age: 12)

Volleyball honours - England Junior Men 2008, 2009, 2010,
National Cup Runners-Up 2007, 2008, 2009
 
Most memorable match - U18 National Cup 2nd round v Chadwell Heath 2009

Favourite other sport - Rowing, Sailing and Skiing

Anthony Roberts 
Started playing volleyball Age 10 at Poole Sports Centre (thanks to Geoff!)

Volleyball honours - GB International (indoor)

Most memorable match - A few stand out but probably England vs. France A in 1995

Favourite film - Haven't got a favourite
Favourite TV programme - ditto
Favourite music - Depends on the time and the occasion...
Favourite other sport - Athletics
Favourite holiday destination - I haven't been there yet!

Joel Roberts 
Started playing volleyball - Summer of 2007 at Wessex VC
 
Volleyball Honours - U15 National Champions 2011, U15 Inter Regional Champions 2011
 
Most memorable match - U15 National Final 2011
 
Favourite film - Step Brothers
 Favourite TV programme - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 Favourite music - Anything except classical
 Favourite other sport - Basketball
 Favourite holiday destination - New York

Ryan Stout
Favourite film - Troy
Favourite TV programme Skins, Shamless, Inbetweeners
Favourite music -
Favourite other sport - Football
Favourite holiday destination - California

Most memorable match - Under 16 National Final 2010

Sam Walrond
 Started playing volleyball -  2006 Talbot Combined
 
Volleyball honours – U15 and U16 National Champions with Wessex
NVL Promotion via play-offs with Wessex to Div 2 South 2011
Interregional Winners U15 twice (SW region)
British Beach Champions (Sandbanks) U14 Champions 2010, U16 Champion 2011
 
 Most memorable match - All of the above
 
Favourite film - None
 Favourite TV programme - None
 Favourite music – Michael Jackson
 Favourite other sport - Tennis
 Favourite holiday destination - Wales

Gemma Beddows
Started playing volleyball - 2004 - Cleobury Mortimer Volleyball Club

Spotted at a Gifted and Talented club where she was a county gymnast.  A local volleyball coach felt she had the skills needed for volleyball which she had never played before, so she joined Cleobury VC and loved it from the start.
 
Volleyball honours - Captained England Central UKSG (twice 2008, 2009), Super 6 UKSG 2009, 15 England Junior caps, England Women's Development Squad, VEBT Junior Champions 2011,
 
Most memorable match - England Central v Scotland West UKSG 2008 winning 17 - 15 in 3rd set
 
Favourite film - Wild Child
 Favourite TV programme - Waterloo Road
 Favourite music - Pop
 Favourite other sport - Netball
 Favourite holiday destination - Florida

Megan Cheaney
Started playing volleyball - Sandbanks beach, summer 2008
 
Volleyball honours -
UK school games winners 2009/10,
Super 6 inter regionals
 
Most memorable match -
UK school games final
 
Favourite film - Kick Ass
Favourite TV programme - 90210
Favourite music - anything
Favourite other sport - Tennis
Favourite holiday destination - Caribbean
(if possible)

Martyna Curtis
Started playing volleyball - a long time ago in Poland
 
Volleyball honours - Portsmouth MVP for NVL seasons 2008/2009 and 2010/2011
 
Most memorable match - Cup Match Portsmouth - Wessex Dec 2010
 
Favourite film - Secret Garden
 Favourite TV programme - House
 Favourite music - Planet Rock
 Favourite other sport - cricket
 Favourite holiday destination - anywhere hot

Leanne Eddie
Started playing volleybal for Parkstone Grammar School in 2000, and got asked to come to Wessex VC by Trevor Rothwell....
that is when it all started.
 
Volleyball honours - England Junior and England Senior Caps, U16 and U18 British beach VB Champs, U15, U16, U18 Indoor British Champs, 7th Place Weymouth beach VB tournament,
 
Most memorable match -
England Junior Northern European Championships in Denmark
 
Favourite film - Topgun
Favourite TV programme - Don't watch it!
Favourite music -
Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls
Favourite other sport - Athletics
Favourite holiday destination -
Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Jess Grimson
Started playing volleyball In year 8
at high school, I was 13

Volleyball honours - England Juniors, GBR Beach, World U21's two years running, Played for England against Scotland,
GB development,

Most memorable match - U18 National finals vs Tameside

Favourite film -  The Blind Side
Favourite TV programme - Vampire Diaries or Gossip Girl
Favourite music - Anything good
Favourite other sport - Football
Favourite holiday destination - Zanzibar

Natalia Jutkiewicz
Started playing volleyball 17 at Taunton's 6th form college Southampton thanks to my PE teacher who once played for Wessex!
 
Volleyball honours - attended a few England Training Camps
 
Most memorable match - Play off for the super 8s Portsmouth v  Leeds. 2nd year Portsmouth made the play offs. lost in the 5th set 25-27! So hard to get over that but memorable
 
Favourite film - Gladiator's, but anything with a good sporting montage.
 
Favourite TV programme - love a bit of vampire diaries or Scrubs
 
Favourite music - love many genras but Coldplay are awesome!
 
Favourite other sport - all! im a PE teacher. B
 
Favourite holiday destination - Turkey

Marianne McGrath
Started playing volleyball year 8 (12 years old) at school. I then came to Wessex in year 9.

Volleyball honours -
Inter regional winners 2009. Under18 national finalists 2010. Under 15 national finalists 2009.

Most memorable match - Under18 semi-finals against Newcastle staffs 2010

Favourite film - the Holiday
Favourite TV programme - eastenders
Favourite music - anything!
Favourite other sport - netball
Favourite holiday destination- Rome

Sarah Palmer
Started playing volleyball when I was
14/15 ish! I started at school.

Honours- England juniors. GB students- World University games 2003. U16 & u18 National Champions, Wessex

Most memorable match - NVL Cup Final 2003 or 4! Playing Loughborough against Malory

Favourite film- Anchorman
Favourite TV prog- Greys Anatomy!
Favourite music - Coldplay, Razorlight, Killers, Kooks, Micheal Bubbles!
Fav other sport- Netball
Favourite holiday destination- Australia

Hannah Ridge
 Started playing volleyball: Wessex 2004
Volleyball honours - Winners UKSG 08/09, 
England Junior Girls squad,
Runners up national finals 10,
Winners inter-regionals 08- super 6
Most memorable match - National semi finals, Kettering 2010, Wessex VS Newcastle Staffs
Favourite film - Pretty woman
Favourite TV programme - X factor
Favourite music - Any
Favourite other sport - Netball and sailing
Favourite holiday destination - Kenya

Janna Rogers
Started playing volleyball Istarted playing volleyball when I was 9 years old for Whitefield volleyball club in Division 3.
 
Volleyball honours - Playing for the England Junior team.
 
Most memorable match - The BUCS final when I was playing for University of Bath and we beat Loughborough in the 5th set. It Was Most Memorable because I had excellent team mates such as Helen Brown, Kerry Olding, Shauna Mullin and Rachel Turner.
 
Favourite film - Toy Story 1,2,3
 Favourite TV programme - Friends
 Favourite music - I love all music
 Favourite other sport - Football
 Favourite holiday destination - New Zealand and Fiji

Danielle Simpson
Started playing volleyball - aged 13, local volleyball club in Toronto, Canada
 
Volleyball honours - MVP 3 years running with high school team, and captain for 2 years
 
Most memorable match you have played in - at Canadian Nationals against Ottawa, winning 25-5
 
Favourite film - The Lion King
 Favourite TV programme - House
 Favourite music - Ed Sheeran, Goldfish
 Favourite other sport - football
 Favourite holiday destination - Italy

Lizzie Smith
Started playing volleyball - Aged 13, Wiltshire
 
Volleyball honours - England Juniors & GB Beach Volleyball
 
Most memorable match - Whitefield Bath Volleyball Final 2010

 Favourite film - Lion King
 Favourite TV programme - X Factor
 Favourite music -
Favourite other sport - Netball
 Favourite holiday destination - Disney, Florida

Annie Tinker
Started playing volleyball - Wessex Juniors, 2003
 
Volleyball honours - UKSG winners 2008, 2009, 2010  Super 6 UKSG 2010,
U21 GB Beach 2009
 
Most memorable match - Semi-finals Kettering 2010 Wessex v Newcastle Staffs
 
Favourite film - Persuit of Happiness
 Favourite TV programme - Inbetweeners
 Favourite music - Anything
 Favourite other sport -Netball
 Favourite holiday destination - Dominican Republic

Olly Batt
Started playing volleyball - 2005 at Wessex under 16s

Volleyball honours -
Winners Under 18s National Cup (Wessex ), Runner Up 18s National
Cup (Wessex), Student Cup 6th (Bournemouth Uni), PBVA Local League Winners 2010 (Bournemouth Uni), BUCS Last 16s (Bournemouth Uni)
                                                  
Most memorable match - Student Cup 5th/6th Play Off 2010 vs Cambridge - the Match just didn’t seem to end. It was only 3 sets of good quality volleyball from both sides but each one went to two clear points I think it was (26-24, 27-29, 22-24.)
 
Favourite film - Gladiator
  Favourite TV programme - The Inbetweeners/ Eastenders/ The Tudors
Favourite other sport - Football
  Favourite holiday destination - Newquay/ Majorca

Edd Evans
Started playing volleyball - Started playing in my 2nd year of College for the college team in Barnstaple.
 
Volleyball honours - 4th Place BUCS 2011, 4th Place Student Cup 2011, 6th Place Interregional Finals 2011, British Colleges Nationals 3rd Place 2010, North Devon College Most Improved Player 2010

Most memorable match - BU vs Birmingham 2011 BUCS Quarterfinals
 
Favourite film - Hurley: Sound and Vision Volume 3
Favourite TV programme - Family Guy
Favourite music - Most things  
Favourite other sport - Surfing
Favourite holiday destination - The Cook Islands

Lewie Lett
Started playing volleyball  - When i was born

Volleyball honours - Junior beach and indoor champion at u16 level.

Most memorable match  - London Knights away 2009

Favourite film - Fight Club, Snatch, Blood Diamond
Favourite TV programme - Flight of Conchords
Favourite music - Fat Freddy's Drop
Favourite other sport - Football, Skiing, Golf, Cricket
Favourite holiday destination - Swiss Alps

Amir Rafati
Started playing volleyball - Started playing volleyball at school probably when I was 16

Most memorable match - 2007 BUCS qualifiers in Manchester match against Cardiff

Favourite film - Stigmata
Favourite TV programme - Live At The Apollo
Favourite music - Schiller
Favourite other sport - Table Tennis
Favourite holiday destination - Cyprus

Aaron Walrond

Started playing volleyball -  2004 Talbot Combined School
 
Volleyball honours - U14 and U16 National Champions with Wessex
 U15 and U18 National R/U with Wessex
 Interregional Winners U15 twice and U17 R/U (SW region)
VEBT U18 R/U Margate, Weymouth and Bournemouth Finals 2011
NVL Promotion via play-offs with Wessex to Div 2 South 2011
                                                              
 
Most memorable match - U16 National Final 2010
 
Favourite film - Inception
 Favourite TV programme – Top Gear
 Favourite music – deadmau5
 Favourite other sport – Cross Country
 Favourite holiday destination – Lake Garda

Jensen Yang
Started playing volleyball in 2007

Volleyball honours: Amateur Volleyball competition, Beijing (3rd)

Most memorable match: Japan Cup in  Beijing

Favourite film: The Bing Bang
Favourite tv show: Americas Got Talent
 Favourite music: POP
Favourite other sport; Tennis
 Favourite holiday destination: Tokyo  New York  Sydney