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Welcome to the official website of the University of Leeds Volleyball Club

The University of Leeds’s most international student club is experiencing its most successful year and we want you to be involved! Whether you have International squad experience, played for a LUUVC team last season, or you have never played a game in your life but want to give it a go, we would like to welcome you into the club this year.

"The University of Leeds Volleyball Club has grown vastly over recent years with the aim of raising its performance to represent the University at the highest level. In 2011 the Volleyball Club was awarded the Gryphon status of Performance Excellence and their standard of play has already improved greatly." _The Edge 2012

 "Volleyball is now one of the most popular team games in the world, with an estimated one billion players worldwide." _Volleyball England, 2006

Not sure about joining? Want to check out a training session?

Our taster sessions, will give you a chance to try out the sport if you’ve never played before or show off your skills to us if you’re a pro! We cover some of the basic skills of volleyball, showing you how good a sport this is! Each session runs in the first two weeks of each semester on Friday 5-7pm at the Gryphon Sports Centre. Entry is Only £5 (Free for Edge** members).

We welcome players from all levels and backgrounds.

Training Times:

1^st Team Practice:                                  Sunday 6:00-8:00pm

1^st Team Training:                                  Monday 6:00-8:00pm

1^st Team Strength & Conditioning:     Thursday 7:00-8:00pm

Recreational Practice:                           Monday 12:00-1:00pm

Beginner Training:                                 Friday 5:00-7:00pm

Intermediate Training:                           Friday 5:00-7:00pm

Additional court time can be booked on an as requested basis.

Our Coaches 

We have 3 professional coaches! For more details click here.

Angela                  : Robin                    : Baagi

Our Training Location

Volleyball Club uses state-of-the-art facilities at the newly refurbished Gryphon Sports Centre. Changing rooms and lockers are also available.

The Gryphon Sports Centre is located on the same site as the Business School on Woodsley Road:

We have regular socials from pub socials, to outdoor volleyball.

Check out our Facebook page for the latest social updates! Click here.

If you would like to see details of our Club's structure please follow the link below. We take our volleyball club seriously and wish to provide the best service to you.

Link Includes:

Code of Good Conduct

Code of Good Practice

Risk Assessment

 /asset/Organisation/8253/Leeds-University-Union-Volleyball-Club-2011-2012.pdf

If you want to get in touch with us, please contact our Secretary by e-mail and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.
 

Any suggestions or feedback you may have are more than welcome.

Claire (Secretary)

jl08c2d@leeds.ac.uk

Memberships explained

Our Beginners and Intermediate membership is £35** this covers your insurance and gives you access to our Friday and weekend training sessions. Experienced members from our first team will be at these sessions to assist you in developing and learning new skills and to have a great time!

Our Squad membership is £85** for new members this covers your insurance, travel costs, your tournament fees, and gives you access to both our Monday, Friday and weekend training sessions. At our Monday training sessions, our experienced coaches' provide you with the highest quality of Gryphon Status training to develop your skills in competing in events around the country. You need to be of an advanced level to attend the Monday training session. If you would like to attend an advanced training session please contact our Club President for more details. Harry (Club President) harryhoblyn@googlemail.com. Your players kit will cost additional at £22 for an O'Neills brand numbered shirt.

**You will need an Edge Sports Pass to access the Gryphon Sports Centre (or £5 at the turnstyle), as the LUU Volleyball Club is a student club and does not pay to use the facilities. Any monies collected from membership and entry fees is re-invested into the club for the benefit of all our members. All committee members are volunteers and receive no salary for their work.

For more information on how we manage our finances click here.

To view/purchase membership please log-in to the LUU website by clicking "log-in" at the top right of this screen, and follow the prompts.

To navigate to our page again: click the 'Clubs & Societies' tab / click on the 'Sports' button / and scroll down to 'Volleyball'. Our prices will appear in the 'Join Online!' section below.

Insurance

Please be aware that you do not have personal accident insurance cover related to this activity.  If you would like any cover, please seek this individually.  Here are some providers that you can enquire with:

http://www.endsleigh-business.co.uk/Pages/personal-accident.aspx

http://www.sportscoverdirect.com/sportsguard/

For further information or queries, please contact the committee.

BUCS:

   - Our men’s team finished 3rd in BUCS Division Northern 2B

   - Our women's team finished 5th in BUCS Division Northern 1A

Christie Cup Championship:Ilkley Grass Tournament:

Bridlington Beach Tournament:

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