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ISSUE 6 SEPTEMBER 09 VOLUME 1
EXCLUSIVE TOURNAMENT
PREVIEW: COACH CAUET REVIEWS
AND PLANS AHEAD ................ 1
ROI AND ALL-STAR TEAMS
ANNOUNCED ........................ 2
Big Block *** TOURNAMENT EXCLUSIVE ***
SEPTEMBER 5TH
& 6TH
2009, UCD SPORTS CENTRE
The Climbers and
the Long Journey -
Cauet looks ahead:
VOLUNTEERS, SCHEDULE AND
ADMISSION .......................... 2
“It's a long journey to the CEV Small Nations
Qualifiers for our Senior Men's team. This
summer we began our path to put our Men's
National Team back on the European Volleyball
scene.
At the moment, I will say that it's more about us
making our own way rather finding our way. The
road is uphill, our funding is very small, our
access to facilities is limited and we don't have
much resources - just two sets of jerseys, a couple
of bags and a few track suits as a legacy from the
previous squad 5 years ago. We frankly don't
even have a single volleyball that belongs to our
programme and we manage to train only
because we gratefully borrow volleyballs from
clubs and the women’s squads.
Every single training this summer was a little
miracle; we did it and we weren't lazy. We did 6
big trainings camps (2 to 3 sessions a week),
from fitness sessions with the UCD High
Performance Centre, to volleyball training in UCD
Sport Centre and Cloghar Road Sports Centre in
Crumlin. Altogether, we did 19 training sessions
over the summer, something like 40 hours
training, and in a short period of time.
At the moment we are only "training to train";
the players are learning the level of expectation
from the technical staff and what standards are
required for top level volleyball. We’re still miles
away from a well organized National team on
court, but we have improved significantly and I
know our efforts will pay off quickly.
I still remember the day when I was appointed;
I’m sure a few people thought "does he know
he’ll need 6 Irish players?!" Today our panel has
26 names and we still have 4 to 5 players in our
waiting list. In fact, a few of them have returned
to competitive volleyball because of our
programme. We have attracted players who
were without any clubs, possibly because they
lost interest in the League games.
I would like to thank all the people who helped us
and shown any kind of support to us. I am
thankful to the Board and Staff members of the
VAI for their help over the summer. I am
delighted with the huge Job that David
Herlihy, Eamon O'Brien and Jeff King are
doing for the squad. I am just as pleased
also with the players’ commitment and I
wish them an enjoyable tournament to
show you all the good skills they are
capable of.
Signing off, you need to be a good
mountain climber to be one of our squad
members, because our road is very much
uphill - but with your support, you will
make us move faster. I hope that with
your help, we will get as many supporters
as possible for our first event in as many
years. Please support the lads.”
Laurent Cauet
Head Coach
Irish Men’s Volleyball Programme
Irish National Men’s Volleyball Squads
HEAD COACH: LAURENT CAUET | ADMINISTRATOR: DAVID HERLIHY
ASSISTANT COACH: JEFF KING | TREASURER: EAMON O’BRIEN
Volunteers, Schedule & Admission
FINAL CALL!! The Irish Men’s Squads are sending out
their last call for volunteers at their event this weekend.
If you are interested, please e-mail David at
Volunteers will each receive free admission to the event
for both days over the weekend for themselves and a
friend, and may also be catered for on each day.
SCHEDULE
Saturday September 5th
:
10:45 – ROI Green v ROI White
12:45 – Northern Ireland v All-Stars
14:30 – ROI White v Northern Ireland
16:00 – ROI Green v All-Stars
Sunday September 6th
:
10:45 – ROI Green v Northern Ireland (Hall A)
10:45 – ROI White v All-Stars (Hall B)
14:30 – 3rd
/4th
Place Play-off (Hall A)
15:30 – FINAL (Hall B)
ADMISSION
1-day Admission: €2
And here are your teams… After much short listing, analysing and consideration, the Irish Men’s Squads
Programme have finalized their own and the All-Star teams. They are as follows:
Republic Of Ireland Green:
Abdulrazagh Abdulhamid - Setter
Cillian Bracken-
Conway
Patriots Setter
Matthew Carroll AL1 Opposite
Andrew Goti AL Jets Wing
John Grace Garda Middle
Tommy Kilfeather AL Jets Libero
Glenn Malone Patriots Opposite
Oisin McArdle UCD Universal
Kieran Murtagh AL1 Wing
Hugh Nohilly Trinity Wing
Odhran O'Braonain AL Jets Wing
Jonathan Whitty AL Jets Middle
Marc Hand Maynooth Setter
Republic of Ireland White:
Christopher Dunne AL Jets Wing
Terrence Erraught AL Jets Libero
Alex Gibbons Patriots Wing
Sean MacSeoin Garda Setter
Niall Madden cbphoto Middle
Thomas McTigue Garda Middle
Mark Nolan AL Jets Wing
Joe O'Keeffe Trinity Libero
Mark O'Neill AL1 Universal
Brendan O'Regan Cork Opposite
Lancaster Palmer - Opposite
Patrick Flynn AL1 Setter
Neil Reddy Trinity Setter
Premier League All-Stars:
Mark Bottomley AL1 Middle
Lubomir Dzurnak Cork Setter
Radek Janora AL Jets Opposite
Marek Majtyka cbphoto Wing
Sergej Rodin Amb Coast Universal
Maksims Rostovcevs Cork Wing
Wolfram Schluter AL1 Hitter
Peter Slawinski UCD Wing
Janusz Stolarek AL Jets Wing
Artur Szpak AL1 Opposite
Gabriel G. Tagliafico Patriots Opposite
Luca Viganotti UCD Middle
Pawel Waszkiewick Patriots Libero
Northern Ireland:
CEV Small Nation Championship Finalists 2009
Coach: Tim Johnson
Manager: Alan Dowey
Captain: Nick Wright
NIVA President: Paddy Murphy
Development Officer: Nick Wright
Web: www.nivb.com
