News Updates from ‘Castle! NSVC links with City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College For the past 4 years NSVC has developed a fantastic relationship with City of Stoke-on-Trent College in Fenton, seeing the growth of the Talented Athlete Programme (TAP) at the college to provide three training session per week for players. In 2010-11 we will continue to work closely with the college to further develop this programme which is unique in North Staffordshire, to provide daily opportunities to train through a partnership between club and college. Whilst many ‘Castle Juniors will always opt to attend other colleges, the 6th Form College in Fenton is the only one with this formal link to the club, and is the only place where players will get the chance to train on a daily basis locally. Junior Boys Head Coach Will Roberts said, “The link with Fenton is fantastic for our young players. I did my ‘A’ Levels there back in 1998-2000 and only wish I’d had the chance to train for volleyball at college as often as they now offer through TAP. It wasn’t until I started my degree at Loughborough that I got anywhere near the quantity of training needed to play at a decent level so I hope that by strengthening the link to Fenton we are able to help our young players progress and keep up to speed with their studies.”
Men 1 in Division 1 The NVL Fixtures are now almost finalised, so to through a spanner into the works NSVC Men 1’s first opponents of the season Manchester have withdrawn from the league. This has happened too late to make changes to the make-up of the divisions so this division will now only have 9 teams! More news will follow in the July edition of ‘Castle News regarding NVL fixtures for the 2010-11 season
New coaches needed! With the continued growth of our club, particularly in the junior ranks (!) Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club is seeking new coaches for the following squads: • Senior ladies – playing in NVL2 North in 2010-11 season • Junior girls – leading/ supporting specific squads following discussion with girls head coach Ant Viggars