Team Essex Volleyball Club

Team Essex VC is a volleyball team based in Chelmsford, Great Britain since 2013. The club consists of two men's teams and a women's team that play in Volleyball England's English National Volleyball League. The Men's 1st team play in Volleyball England's Super League, Englands top division. The Men's 2nd team play in Division 1. The Women's 1st team play in Division 2.

Team Essex VC
Full nameTeam Essex Volleyball Club
Short nameTEVC
NicknameTeam Essex
Founded2013
GroundUniversity of Essex, Boswells School, St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School
ChairmanJames Bernardi
CaptainTBC (Blaze); Sid Bernardi (Trinity); Andrew Tuck (Estonians)
LeagueVolleyball England
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
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Achievements
Team Essex Trinity (Women)
  • English Shield Runners Up 2016[1]
  • Promotion to National League Division 1[2]
Team Essex Blaze (Men)
  • English National League Division 1 Champions, 2017[3]
  • English Shield Runners Up 2015[4]
  • English National League Division 2 (South) Champions, 2013[5]

History

The club was set up in 2013 by James Bernardi, Paul French and Steven Rosser. The men and women's teams are conglomerates, the men formed through the partnership of Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Boswells, the women formed as a result of a partnership with Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Southend VC. The mergers gave the best volleyballers in Essex the chance to compete together at a higher level. The club has grown from strength to strength in a very short period of time, and now boasts a men's team in the top league in the country, The Super League and in Division 1. The women's team represents Team Essex in Division 2 of the National Volleyball League.

2017-2018 Season

 
Blaze

The 2017-2018 season saw the Men's 1st team finish 7th in the last ever season of Volleyball England's Super 8 league. This finish was good enough to secure their spot in the inaugural new Super League format, consisting of 10 teams.[6] The result was an all round success for the newly promoted Blaze team who satisfied their goal of retaining their top division status in the first year since their promotion.

Trinity

The 2017-2018 season saw the Women's 1st team finish 7th in Volleyball England's Division 1. As a result, Trinity will play in this league for the forthcoming season.

Current Rosters
  • Team Essex Blaze
Team Roster - Season 2018/2019
Team Essex Blaze
No. Name Position 1st Team Apps
Chester SearleLibero47
Mahlon KingOutside Hitter86
Kieran GoodOutside Hitter82
Daniel NorthfieldMiddle Blocker101
James BernardiMiddle Blocker98
Ashley ToomeySetter42
Gediminas GrigasSetter1
Benas ŠileikaOutside Hitter1
Ugnius MarganavičiusOutside Hitter1
Gvido PetersonsOpposite Hitter1
Michael PagalosOutside Hitter62
Cameron RhodesSetter28
Aykut NafiogluUniversal1
Max Norton-SteeleOutside Hitter4
Head coach: Branislav Kovac
Assistant: Thomas Ketley
  • Team Essex Estonians
Team Roster - Season 2018/2019
Team Essex Estonians
No. Name Position 1st Team Apps
Dave FenechSetter0
Tony ClarkOutside Hitter0
Andrew TuckMiddle Blocker0
Thomas EllisOpposite Hitter0
Darren BurgessMiddle Blocker1
Ian BaileyMiddle Blocker25
Andre SeginiMiddle Blocker0
Conner ReeveLibero0
Lewis FenechLibero / Outside0
Alex ChinneryMiddle Blocker0
Max GibbonsLibero0
Carlos CarlessoUniversal0
Vincent BroadUniversal0
Head coach: Kieran Good
Assistant: Chester Searle
  • Team Essex Trinity
Team Roster - Season 2017/2018
Team Essex Trinity
No. Name Position
10 Agnieszka KowalskaUniversal
3 Kirsty GreenSetter
6 Marie-Lena ConstantinouOutside Hitter
7 Claire McAlistairSetter
11 Freya WincottOutside
12 Pauline SandsLibero
13 Irina ServantesaOpposite
Zoe VerowMiddle
17Petra VukmirovicOutside
Helen BedfordMiddle
Esme NewmanOpposite
Lorraine BartlettOutside
Head coach: Kieran Good
Assistant: Tony Clark

Notable Former Players
Player Current Club Other Clubs
Andrew Saward London Aces Newcastle Staffs
Nathan French Retired Team Northumbria
Tenerife
Avignon
Peter Bakare Team Northumbria Landstede Zwolle
Matthew Mills Retired Sheffield Hallam
Gary House Karlalið HK
Luke French Retired Medway
Jack Watson Ipswich Spikers Ipswich Spikers
Sam Thompson Sheffield Hallam
Lawrence Russell Sheffield Hallam
Matthew Ketley Sheffield Hallam
Jake Leeks Retired
Robert Poole Mount Olive Collage
Ryan Poole California State University, Long Beach London Malory
Joe Houlihan Retired
Chris Frost Retired Nice
Lille
London Malory
Thomas Storkey Retired
Jack Saward Retired
Adam Mitchell Liverpool
Rees Warren Tendring
London Lynx
Nick Davies Plymouth London Malory
London Lynx
Tendring
Shaun Ermi Springfield College
Tobias French IBB Polonia London London Malory
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References
  1. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE62124799&division=VE6904245&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  2. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE62124799&division=VE58794126
  3. http://teamessexvolleyball.com/making-history/
  4. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE97592600&division=VE4823919&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  5. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE10671264&division=VE82204439
  6. "New Name and Format for Top Divisions". Volleyball England. Volleyball England. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  • Promotion[1]
  • Men's Shield Runner Up[2]
  • Women's Shield Runner Up[3]
  • Women Promotion[4]
  • Men Promotion 2013[5]
  • Official Website (in English)
  1. http://teamessexvolleyball.com/making-history/
  2. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE97592600&division=VE4823919&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  3. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_cup__shield/results?season=VE62124799&division=VE6904245&round=all&teamID=all&month=all&sr=0
  4. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE62124799&division=VE58794126
  5. http://www.volleyballengland.org/competitions/national_volleyball_league/league_tables?comp=VE1&season=VE10671264&division=VE82204439
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