Training tonight is on as usual (Monday 6th Feb, 7-9pm at the Gosling). Take care getting there!
After a bit of a shaky start, the girls went on to win in style against a strong Harriers Ravens. There were some absolutely fantastic rallies, and a bit of a scoring cock-up (sorry guys), and the Ladies will now face VK Barnet in the semi-final.
There are home matches both Wednesday and Saturday this week, so there will only be training on Monday (subject of course to the weather). I will check tomorrow to make sure the Gosling is open, and update the website accordingly if not, but if in any doubt, please contact the Gosling on 01707 331056 to check their status.
Welwyn Mixed A have a match on Monday this week away to Harriers. There will be training as normal on Monday however, and a session on Wednesday aimed specifically at giving the Ladies team a good workout for their KO cup match v Harriers at home on Saturday (so no training on saturday). Let's aim for a good turnout, particularly on wednesday, and everybody is of course very welcome to come along and support the girls on saturday, 4pm at the Gosling.
Welwyn Ladies pulled out another nail-biting victory on Saturday with a 3-2 win over Harriers Ravens - a team they face again on the 4th February in the KO Cup quarter final. Meanwhile there are matches galore this week: Wednesday sees Welwyn B at home to Vale Pirates, and Welwyn A face VK Barnet in the men's KO Cup quarter final away. And on Saturday, the one we've all been waiting for, Welwyn Mixed B have their first game of the season against the undisputed top-of-the-table Welwyn Mixed A.
Welwyn Mixed A continue to be unbeaten this season with a convincing 3-0 win against Enfield yesterday. They have, of course, yet to face the formidable opposition of Welwyn Mixed B.......
There is training tonight at the Gosling, 8pm. The Welwyn B game v VK Barnet is away - good luck guys.
We now have a late entry into the league with an extra mixed team. That means we have five teams in the league this year, more than any other HVA club! The new team will play as Welwyn Mixed B, and the main aim of this will be to give as many people as possible a chance to play matches. The first confirmed game is the Derby (of course!) against Welwyn Mixed A on Saturday 28th January.
Welwyn Mixed beat Watford 3-2 tonight. Apparently it was an epic match with Welwyn finally winning 22-20 in the fifth. Fantastic! Hopefully more news and a match report tomorrow.....well done guys.
Firstly, there is NO training tomorrow Wednesday 14th Dececmber, as Welwyn B have a home game v VK Barnet. As always, everybody is welcome to come along and support. There IS training this Saturday 17th December 4-6.30pm as usual at the Gosling.
The last training
session of 2011 will be
Monday 19th December 7-9pm,
and we will resume training on
Wednesday 4th January 2012 8-10pm.
Monday 19th December 7-9pm,
and we will resume training on
Wednesday 4th January 2012 8-10pm.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
 Dan the Shades |
His time with us was too
short.....but he has made a lasting impact! Welwyn B gave Dan a great
send-off yesterday with an impressive 3-0 win against RSS. I know the
Girls are planning the same for their match against Watford this
Saturday. So no training this Saturday (3rd Dec), but as normal Monday.
Dan - thanks,
you'll be missed and we wish you all the best (even if it is up North
selling Crampons).
|
 Dan the Foot
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Welwyn Mixed have their first match of the season this Saturday 19th November 4pm at home versus Harriers. Therefore there is no training this saturday, but everybody is of course welcome to come and support.
Welwyn Ladies won their first match of the season 3-2 away to Harriers Ravens - well done girls, but commiserations to their Captain Lynne who has apparently sustained an ankle injury :-( .
Welwyn Ladies have their first match of the season away to Harriers Ravens 8pm next Monday 14th November. Training will be as normal for everybody else, 7-9pm at the Gosling. There is also normal training this Saturday 12th November, 4-6.30pm.
Welwyn B have their first match of the season against Danes at the Gosling this Wednesday 9th November at 8pm. Therefore there is no training this Wednesday, but everybody is very welcome to come along and support.
It looks like this is confirmed as Saturday 10th December at The Plume of Feathers in Tewin. For The BOOKING, Meritxell needs £5 per person for NEXT FRIDAY 4th November to maintain the booking. Please accept the Teamer notification if you want to come, and/or read more on the blog there. If more people are coming, we will have another week more to change that.
Please check the menu and decide what you want. She will do an easy excel sheet and you can just mark what you want.
There is a (complimentary?) soft drink for drivers. So for example, 4 drunk people can travel in the car of the fifth person driver. Drivers need to be nominated in advance.
Meritxell may not be able to come this Monday and Wednesday, but will be at training on Saturday - so please come with the money!!!!!
Our (hyper?) active fixtures secretary has suggested a Xmas Dinner date and destination. Please see the blog on the Mixed team section at Teamer, and join in the discussion. She also now has three recipes up in the Spanish Corner of the website Social section.
Training this Wednesday 26th October will be for the Ladies team, with a selected (by the coach) opposition only please. Saturday training will be as normal, everybody welcome.
Welwyn A lost a hard fought match 1-3 tonight against a very strong Harriers Jets. But judging by the coach's preliminary match report, it was a strong performance. Well done team.
Welwyn A have their second game of the season tonight away to Harriers Jets - Good Luck guys. Training for everybody else is as normal at the Gosling 7-9pm.
Welwyn B's away match this Sunday 23rd October v Danes has been postponed. Alternatively, Krys from Red Eagles has invited anybody from WHVC to attend their training session at the Gosling at 3pm.
Training returns to Gosling as normal tonight (Monday 10th October, 7-9pm). Prepare to celebrate the first victory of the season, with Welwyn A having beaten Red Eagles 3-2 yesterday!.
The netposts have been fixed, so training should return as normal to the Gosling on Monday 10th October, and the Welwyn A match v Red Eagles is also OK for Sunday. Note that training on Saturday 8th (tomorrow) will still be at the SportsVillage, as this had to be changed for a different reason.
As the net/posts at the Gosling is/are still broken, we have arranged (thanks Meritxell) for training to take place at the Herts SportsVillage at the University of Hertfordshire at the times below. We're still waiting to hear about the likely timescale for repair at the Gosling.
- Wednesday 5th: 8.30pm - 10.30pm
- Saturday 8th: 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Please note that owing to the Volleyball Posts being broken, there is NO TRAINING TONIGHT MONDAY 3rd OCTOBER. Please also note that there will be no training either this SATURDAY 8th OCTOBER due to the hall being unavailable. We will let you all know as soon as possible re. Wednesday.
I've added a new Social Section to the website, for details of any upcoming social events, or other only vaguely volleyball-related stuff. First entry - Meritxell's Spanish Corner!! (webmaster's note: please be careful about the fire for the sake of the antiadherent pan). Oh, and the Fixtures have been updated again.
Owing to some communication issues between the Fixtures Sec and myself, I'm afraid the first release of 2011/12 fixtures contained a number of errors. Hopefully these have now been corrected in an updated list, including Welwyn A's refereeing committments.
Please note that (mea culpa-apologies) there have been some historic mistakes on the fees section of the website. These have now been corrected, but note that Full and Half season fees are due now (September). Also note that Wednesday and Saturday sessions are extra at a bargain half-price of £3 per session if these are your second sessions of the week (or £6 if first session). Please also make sure that you have filled in (even if you are a long time member) one of our membership forms so that we have your correct contact details. Please email the treasurer with any queries regarding fees.
Thanks to the hard work of our fixtures secretary Meritxell, the 2011/12 fixtures are now out. Please note that some dates and times are yet to be confirmed (marked TBC), and all the match dates for the mixed league are currently provisional. Also note that if you prefer to see all the fixtures in date order (as opposed to separated into teams), this will soon be available on the results page. Also soon we will also have the Teamer stuff sorted, and you can expect some further information on that any time.
 Patatas Bravas
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Yesterday saw the second Annual HVA pre-season Mixed Tournament at the Herts SportsVillage. WHVC were well represented by two teams, Patatas Bravas and Pepinillos en Vinagre (which caused plenty of confusion on the score sheets....). This was a really full on Volleyball day with 9 teams involved, and therefore 8 matches for each team (so training tonight may see plenty of walking wounded). Anyway, the teams' results were well spread, with Patatas Bravas coming second overall losing only 2 matches, and not doing quite so well by winning none of ours, Pepinillos en Vinagre propped up the bottom of the table. "We were just giving the other teams a false sense of security for the League" said an unofficial team spokesperson. |  Pepinillos en Vinagre |
Next season's indoor training begins Monday 5th September, 7pm-9pm at the Gosling. We also have every wednesday (8pm-10pm) and saturday (4pm-6pm) booked until Christmas for extra training/friendlies on days when there are no matches. This season we will have 4 teams in the HVA league, one men's team in each of Divisions 1 and 2, as well as our Ladies team and a mixed team in the brand new Mixed Division.
Note also that there will be the annual fete on the green at Burnham Green next monday 29th August. This should be finished in time for our usual summer play, but please be aware in case.
It's been a great summer for those playing in the summer tournaments. I've finally managed to get photos up on the website (240 for Harriers Fourplay alone!! - thanks Jana ;-) ). Particular highlights (though I'm sure there are more) are as follows:
- Our Ladies won their Division at Cambridge, and made the local press
- All 3 WHVC teams reached the quarter-finals at Harriers Fourplay, and Welwyn United Nations reached the semis
- We won the Polish Forum
