Volleyball Continues Stellar SuccessWritten on the 24 July 2024 by SWSAS  "Volleyball Continues Stellar Success") The inaugural 2024 Volleyball NSW Youth Indoor Championships offered an exciting platform for young volleyball players from across the state to showcase their skills. Held at Sydney Olympic Park’ outstanding Netball Central court facilities over July 19-21, the event tested the athletes’ stamina and determination. Our Academy athletes rose to the occasion, delivering outstanding performances and demonstrating their exceptional natural talent.
In the Under 18 Girls category, our SVSR Mini Crane Hire Volleyball Program Girls squad, despite being somewhat undermanned with only nine girls available, fought valiantly to secure a highly commendable second-place finish, dropping only one match during the round-robin phase, to eventual champions Vostok.
Following up form their outstanding Gold medal performance at the Regional Academy Games, our SVSR Mini Crane Hire Boys squad were split in to two teams for the NSW Championships, and despite outstanding and commendable efforts (both teams defeating their rival Academy side in each pool), our Boys, with many playing up an age group, just could not overpower some of the more drilled Metro sides, both finishing 3rd in their pool, setting up an All-SWSAS playoff for 5th and 6th. The SWSAS 1 Boys team displayed remarkable skill and teamwork, narrowly taking out 5th spot from the SWSAS 2 Boys team in what was described as one of the most fun, yet intense games of volleyball... ever!
Our Academy's Volleyball Squads achievements continue to build on the outstanding performance at the 2024 Regional Academy Games, where both the Boys’ and Girls’ teams clinched first-place finishes, taking home their third win in the games since Volleyball's introduction to the Academy in 2021-2022. The continued, and sustained success of our Volleyball athletes is a testament to their dedication on and off the court alongside the excellent training opportunities they receive from their experienced team of coaches and support staff.
Boys Squad Manager, Van Chandhara expressed her pride, stating, ‘It is always good when we get to see the boys shine on court’, whilst Academy Sport Operations Manager Stephen Craig also reflected on the event’s success, noting, ‘The joy on athletes' and coaches' faces when they succeed reminds us that the true reward for hard work is found in the environment for development as a whole’.
With the 2024 Volleyball Indoor Youth Championships bringing a close to the 2023-2024 SVSR Mini Crane Hire Volleyball program, we look forward to more such stellar performances within the new 2024-2025 program, due to begin later this year.
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