Handball and volleyball vow to fight on despite funding blow
HANDBALL and volleyball officials today vowed to carry on their programmes to try to make their sports competitive for London 2012 despite facing an uncertain future.
HANDBALL and volleyball officials today vowed to carry on their programmes to try to make their sports competitive for London 2012 despite facing an uncertain future.
WAYNE COYLE today started as the programme manager for British Volleyball on the same day the sport unveiled its new logo looking ahead to the opportunities leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
COACHES for the men's and women's British Volleyball programmes for the build-up to London 2012 have been unveiled today by the British Volleyball Federation.
BRITAIN'S women's volleyball team said that the disappointment of being overlooked for funding last week proved to be the spur for them to beat Nigeria.
BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has been backed to continue making progress in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics by the president of the world governing body despite still not knowing how much they will receive to prepare.
AUGUST 9 - THE opening day of competition at the Olympics was overshadowed by the murder in Beijing of a relative of a coach for the United States men's volleyball coach which has overshadowed the opening day of the Games.
AUGUST 13 - BRITAIN'S best young beach volleyball players looking to compete in the 2012 Olympics will begin their preparations by competing in the SWATCH FIVB Junior World Beach Volleyball Championships in Brighton next month.
SEPTEMBER 12 - ST CHAD'S HEADLAND in Blackpool was today the host for the Nestea European Tour English Masters, one of the biggest and most prestigious beach volleyball events ever to be staged in Britain.
SEPTEMBER 14 - GREEK and Dutch pairs triumphed at the Nestea European Championship Tour English Masters in Blackpool today.
JULY 2 - AMERICAN car manufacturer Dodge are to sponsor this year's Urban Beach Volleyball Tour, which will stage matches across Britain's cities, it was announced today.
May 30 - Canadian-born Jason Haldane (pictured) is due to make his debut for Britain's volleyball team today as they continue their build-up towards the London 2012 Olympics.
April 1 - Alan Knipe (pictured) was named today as the new coach of the defending Olympic champion United States men's volleyball team for the London 2012 Games.
April 17 - Britain’s women volleyball side will make their debut in this summer’s European League next month with a match at Sheffield, it was announced today.
March 13 - British Volleyball has axed Lorne Sawula (pictured), the coach of its women's team, because of a cut in funding it has received from UK Sport to prepare for the London 2012 Olympics.
March 21 - British Volleyball has launched a new website so that people can track their progress towards the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.