Recruitment and Publicity
Anyone in the Swindon area, who wants
to play, can find us via the Internet. There is probably no other
reliable way of finding us. I get a steady trickle of emails, via the
web site, plus a few phone calls, from people expressing interest in
playing. Best as I can tell fewer than half of those ever turn up at the
Lime Kiln.
The site gets about 800 visitors per
month (up from 700 last year). They see about 15,000 pages/month (up
from last year’s 12,000). The forums reamain the most read pages by a
huge margin. I expect most of that will be from the members and our huge
fan base.
Wiltshire Volleyball Association
We have continued to run the Mixed Leagues this season. Irwin has taken on a new Wiltshire role as Beach co-ordinator
Wiltshire Leagues
We registered six players for the Aces Team in the Premier Division -
the minimum allowed. We registered 11 (9 last year) players for the
Bees, in Division 1, and 12 (8 last year) players for the Ladies and
Juniors. There is no restriction on playing above your registered
division. We were able to run the 'B' team but we had to share players
with the 'A' team for a number of matches.
The ladies had more opportunitites to
play this season in the SouthWest squad. There were some instances when
we struggled to get a Bees team but we did not have to concede any
matches.