2024-25 - Planning

Planning for 2024-25

We’d like to hear your views on the following plans and options…

Summer 2024  (May – August)

Weekly outdoor play for fun at Lydiard Park Events Field: Ages from Year 10+ (junior coaches need a break!):

• Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays?  Start w/c 13^th May?  6:45 or 7pm as daylight lengthens.

Outdoor competitions:  Wilts; Whitefield (Bristol); Salisbury; other tournaments.

Celebrate our club 40^th Anniversary:

• Outdoor picnic and play-for-fun at Lydiard Park or elsewhere (invite members current & past & families)?
• Indoor tournament at Lime Kiln (invite current and past members)?
• Saturday or Sunday?  June?  Avoid clashing with big public events at Lydiard Park.

Indoor Season 2024/25  (September – April)

Women (Year 11+)

Train: Thursdays 8:15pm – 10pm, whole hall, 2 courts, max capacity c25 players, requires min 2 coaches.

Enter competitions, depending on player availability:

• SW League & Champs; Wilts Ladies & Junior League; Volleyball England U16/U18 Junior Grand Prix.
• SWL and JGP games on Sundays; WLJ on Saturdays.

Men (Year 11+)

Train: Sundays 6:00-7:45pm.  One court (end of hall not available): max capacity 20 players, prefer 2 coaches.

Enter competitions, depending on player availability:

• Wilts Mixed League (2 teams); Dave Kinder Cup (2 teams); Volleyball England U16/U18 Junior Grand Prix.
• All league players are responsible for taking their turn to officiate at games.
• A-team play home games on Thursdays, B-team on Sundays; JGP and WLJ play Saturdays.

Juniors U12-U15

Train Sundays 4:30-6:00pm.  Whole hall, long net, max capacity c32 players, requires min 4 coaches per session.

Enter competitions, depending on player availability:

• South West JuVoTo (3v3) competition: U12, U13, U14, U15 (Saturdays).
• U15s play Wilts ladies & Junior (6v6) when ready (Saturdays).
• Possibly Volleyball England U14 (4v4) and U15 (6v6)?
• Host national and regional junior age-group events when possible.

Capacity management

Keep existing capacity limits (see above) and maintain waiting lists as necessary (currently women and men).

Club coach will consult team lead coaches about standards, team needs and capacities:

1. Existing members have priority: invite them first to sign up for next season, including Year 10 graduating to adult sessions, so we know how many leavers and vacancies we have.
2. Fill any remaining vacancies by inviting players from waiting lists (usually in chronological order).

Explore option of running an additional adult casual volleyball session for non-competitive players and those on waiting lists, subject to availability of hall (Friday evenings?) and volunteer supervisors.