2022-2023 Season

Another FABULOUS Eastern Region Volleyball Series has come to an end! The 2022-23 Eastern Region Volleyball Series included 10 Women's teams and 10 Men's teams from across the region competing in seven tournaments from October until May. In the Women's tournament Spikers Sparta won 4 of the six tournaments and the final match of the series by a single point, to be crowned overall champions! In the Men's tournament Norwich Spikers won 4 tournaments and only failed ot make the final once, to be crowned series winners, making it a Norwich Spikers Volleyball Club clean sweep for the second time!

Women's Champions - Norwich Spikers Sparta - L-R - Maida, Zita, Vicki, Timea, Helen (Manager), Eddie, Aggie. 

Men's Champions - Norwich Spikers - L-R - Nigel, Tomasz, Josh, Pooria, Ben, Janis, Richard & Vitalii

All tournament days are played at the UEA Sportspark which has excellent playing, café and changing facilities. Further information and directions to the venue can be found on the Sportspark website. Car Parking is free in the Sportspark Car Park, or in the UEA Car Park at the weekends. Entry to the Sportspark is free if you tell reception you are here for the volleyball tournament.

Dates - 

FORMAT

Again this season, matches will be timed, with one time out when teams change ends at the midway point of the game. Normal FIVB rules (inc. substitutions) are followed, except that players are allowed ONE foot on (but not over) the service line. The foot has to be touching the line, the 'shadow' does not count. When the time is up according to the big digital wall clock, finish playing the point if a rally is in progress. If at the end of the game time the scores are level, then ONE more point will be played to decide the winner.

The exact schedules for the tournaments will be decided in the week before each tournament, depending on entries. If your team 'wins' overall on the Tournament day then 10 points are gained towards the overall league for the season. If you finish 2nd, then you gain 9pts and so on. Over the entire season the FIVE best scores of each team will go towards their overall season series score. This will be the same in the Men's and Women's leagues. 

TIMES

The halls are booked from 9.30am, and games will start with the first service at 10am, so you must arrive in time. The last matches will finish at 5pm. If you enter a team, you must be ready and prepared to play or ref in the first games of the day at 9.45am and also be prepared to play or ref the last games of the day until 5pm.

TEAMS

Players may not play with/for teams of the opposite gender

As you can tell from the dates of the tournaments, there are two tournaments before Christmas and five after Christmas.  Entry fees must be paid in advance and there will be no refunds if a team is unable to attend a tournament.

HOW TO ENTER 

1. YOU MUST BE ENTERED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT. No late entries are accepted. 

2. YOU ENTER (via the form) AND ARE THEN SENT DETAILS OF PAYMENT BY THE ORGANISERS.

Guarantee your entry in every tournament by paying for all SEVEN tournaments in advance for £210, which is just £30 per tournament. Or enter any individual tournament or any other combination of tournaments for £35 per tournament. The fees have stayed the same, and still just cover the costs of the hall hire. Entry will be subject to availability. The organiser reserves the right to decide on entries if the tournament is over subscribed.

Click here to complete the online form for your entry. YOU NEED TO ENTER EACH TEAM SEPARATELY, although you can pay for more than one team at once, BACS details will be sent after you enter your team(s). 

Remember

Enter all SEVEN tournaments in advance - £210 (£30 per tournament)

Enter an individual Tournament, or less than six tournaments - £35 per tournament

Form to enter = https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGulNJOS3gljqMTj9DzJHmkJ05R6lG6zzOUL0c8sPpOlHIog/viewform