SW Championships

2024 SW Championships – 11 – 12th May

It was another typically sunny SW Championships and we have now crowned our winners for this year. In the men’s division it was a repeat of last year’s final and although Wiltshire Mavericks made it a very close affair once again Exeter Storm retained their title.

In the women’s division Bemi had a more comfortable final and improved on last year’s second place to take the title with a 2 set victory over Cardiff Falcons.

Men’s semi-finals

Wiltshire Mavericks vs Team Bu – Wiltshire Mavericks won 24 – 15

Exeter Storm vs Bristol VC Mens 2 – Exeter Storm 26 – 21

Men’s final

Wiltshire Mavericks vs Exeter Storm

Exeter Storm beat Wiltshire Mavericks 25 – 21, 25 – 23

Women’s semi-finals

Bemi VC vs Plymouth UTV Phoenix – Bemi VC won 30-15

Torexe vs Cardiff Falcons – Cardiff Falcons won 27 – 21

Women’s final

Bemi VC vs Cardiff Falcons

Bemi VC beat Cardiff Falcons 25 – 14, 25 – 18

It all came down to the last rounds of matches to determine the semi-final placings and these are the final pool tables with positions 5 to 10 as listed.

Men’s Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points For Points Diff
1 Wiltshire Mavericks 9 8 1 24 251 63
2 Exeter Storm 9 7 2 23 248 58
3 Bristol VC Mens 2 9 7 2 20 243 41
4 Team Bu 9 7 2 20 219 10
5 PMVC Men 9 5 4 18 223 3
6 Plymouth UTV Dragons 9 4 5 16 225 -2
7 Cardiff Panthers 9 5 4 15 214 -9
8 City of Bristol 9 3 6 10 201 -51
9 Bedminster VC Men 9 2 7 9 201 -43
10 Yeovil VC 9 1 8 5 183 -70
Women’s Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points For Points Diff
1 Bemi VC 9 8 1 25 245 97
2 Torexe 9 7 2 22 241 69
3 Cardiff Falcons 9 7 2 22 232 67
4 Plymouth UTV Phoenix 9 6 3 19 202 -5
5 Yeovil VC 9 5 4 17 212 3
6 Bristol VC Ladies 3 9 4 5 13 199 -18
7 PMVC Ladies 9 4 5 13 189 -18
8 City of Bristol Ladies 9 3 6 11 181 -37
9 Bassett Royals 9 1 8 6 166 -64
10 Plymouth 9 1 8 5 160 -94

The SW Championships is the official Volleyball Championship of the SWVA and will take place at the Plymouth Marjon University on the 11th – 12th May 2024 and the cost is £150 per team.

Please note that this tournament is the South West’s elite competition to find the best team in the region. Teams are therefore expected to select their players from their current registration lists and the organizers reserve the right to apply sanctions to the club for future events for obvious transgressions.

If you are entering teams in the second round with players who are not currently registered to play in either an NVL team or a South West League team there will be a £2 temporary membership fee per person. All SW and NVL teams are expected to be using players from their current registered player list.

The following teams have confirmed entry for this year’s event

Men Women
Bedminster VC Men Bassett Royals
Bristol VC Mens 2 Bemi VC
Cardiff Panthers Bristol VC Ladies 3
City of Bristol Cardiff Falcons
Exeter Storm City of Bristol Ladies
Plymouth UTV Dragons Plymouth
PMVC Men Plymouth UTV Phoenix
Team Bu PMVC Ladies
Wiltshire Mavericks Torexe
Yeovil VC Yeovil VC

2023 SW Championships 13 – 14th May Results

The SW Championships have once again provided a fitting conclusion to another great season. We have crowned our champions with Exeter Storm retaining their title in the men’s division after a comfortable 2-0 victory over Wiltshire Mavericks.

In the ladies division it was a thrilling close fought first two sets in their final and there was nothing to choose between the two teams going into a deciding 3rd set. Torexe got off to a great start and dominated the last set to regain the title after a break of a few years.

2023 SW Champions: Torexe

Runner Up: Bedminster (Bemi)

Finals

Ladies Bemi VC Brunel vs Torexe

Torexe beat Bemi 22-25; 26-24; 15-4

Men Exeter Storm vs Wiltshire Mavericks

Exeter Storm beat Wiltshire Mavericks 25-15; 25-22

2023 SW Champions: Exeter Storm

Runner Up: Wiltshire Mavericks

Semi Finals

Ladies
Ct 1 Bemi VC Brunel vs Cardiff Falcons Ref City of Bristol
Ct 2 Torexe vs Bristol VC Ladies Ref Bassett Royals

Bemi beat Cardiff Falcons 22 – 18

Torexe beat Bristol  23 – 21

Men
Ct 2 Exeter Storm vs PMVC Men Ref City of Bristol
Ct 3 Wiltshire Mavericks vs Bristol VC Men Ref Bemi VC Brabazon

Exeter Storm beat PMVC 32 – 17

Wiltshire Mavericks beat Bristol 27  – 15

End of Pool Round Results

This confirms places 5 to 10

Men’s Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points For Points Diff
1 Exeter Storm 9 8 1 25 257 83
2 Wiltshire Mavericks 9 7 2 23 267 86
3 Bristol VC Men* 9 6 3 20 222 19
4 PMVC Men 9 6 3 19 215 3
5 City of Bristol 9 5 4 17 218 17
6 BemiVC – Brabazon 9 4 5 15 200 -22
7 Cardiff Panthers 9 3 6 14 204 -16
8 C&G 9 2 7 11 187 -33
9 Weymouth Waves 9 2 7 9 195 -57
10 Yeovil 9 2 7 9 179 -81

* Points deducted for late to officiate

Ladies Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points For Points Diff
1 Bemi VC – Brunel 9 7 2 23 239 88
2 Torexe 9 7 2 22 226 37
3 Bristol VC Ladies 9 7 2 22 214 15
4 Cardiff Falcons 9 7 2 21 215 34
5 City of Bristol 9 6 3 17 191 -10
6 Bassett Royals 9 5 4 14 192 -25
7 Yeovil Ladies 9 3 6 12 203 -31
8 Plymouth 9 2 7 11 204 -16
9 PMVC Ladies 9 3 6 10 181 -35
10 Exeter Storm 9 1 8 6 184 -53

The SW Championships is the official Volleyball Championship of the SWVA and will take place at the Plymouth Marjon University on the 13th – 14th May 2023 and the cost is £150 per team.

Please note that this tournament is the South West’s elite competition to find the best team in the region. Teams are therefore expected to select their players from their current registration lists and the organizers reserve the right to apply sanctions to the club for future events for obvious transgressions.

2022: South West Championships 14-15th May Plymouth

The 50th edition of the SW Championships are now complete.

In the pool play which ran until Sunday lunchtime all teams played every other team once. The top four teams then progressed to the semi-finals. The results are shown below

Men’s Final

Exeter Storm vs Wiltshire Mavericks

Exeter Storm won 2- 0 (25 – 17, 25-10)

2022 SW Champions: Exeter Storm

Runner Up: Wiltshire Mavericks

Men’s Semi-Finals

Exeter Storm beat City of Bristol 27 – 16

Wiltshire Mavericks beat Bristol VC 24 – 23


Ladies Final

Bristol vs Royal Wootton Bassett

Bristol won 2 – 0 (25 – 16, 25 – 13)

2022 SW Champions:Bristol

Runner Up: Royal Wootton Bassett

Ladies Semi-Finals

Bristol beat Torexe  23 – 17

Royal Wootton Bassett beat Plymouth 24 – 16

 

The pool rounds are now complete and the final tables are shown below giving positions 5 to 10.

Men’s Division

Pos.

Team

Matches

Won /Draw

Lost

Match Points

Points For

Points Diff

1

Exeter Storm

9

8

1

25

245

67

2

Bristol VC 1

9

7

2

23

244

59

3

Wiltshire Mavericks

9

7

2

21

230

19

4

City of Bristol 1

9

6

3

20

239

36

5

PMVC

9

5

4

18

219

8

6

Cheltenham & Gloucester

9

5

4

17

234

34

7

Bemi VC – Boxkite

9

4

5

14

206

-10

8

Yeovil

9

2

7

8

190

-55

9

Cardiff Panthers

9

2

7

8

188

-62

10

Bemi VC – Cabot

9

0

9

3

162

-106

Ladies Division

Pos.

Team

Matches

Won /Draw

Lost

Match Points

Points For

Points Diff

1

Bristol

9

8

1

24

252

91

2

Royal Wootton Bassett

9

8

1

24

210

18

3

Plymouth

9

7

2

21

212

16

4

Torexe

9

6

3

20

212

19

5

PMVC

9

4

5

17

199

12

7

City of Bristol

9

5

4

17

205

9

6

Cheltenham & Gloucester

9

5

4

15

197

-4

8

Yeovil

9

3

6

11

192

-44

9

Bemi VC – Brunel

9

1

8

8

190

-30

10

Cardiff Falcons

9

0

9

4

164

-84

2021: Not held due to Coronavirus

2020: Cancelled due to Coronavirus

2019: South West Championships 11-12th May Plymouth

The 2019 South West Volleyball Champions have been crowned with both City of Bristol  Men 1 and Bristol Ladies 2 retaining their titles from last year after a great weekend of competition with many closely fought matches decided by only one or two points.

Finals

Men: City of Bristol 1 bt Exeter Storm 2 sets to 0 (25 – 17; 25 – 22)

City of Bristol

Exeter Storm

Ladies: Bristol Ladies 2 bt PMVC 2 sets to 1

Bristol Ladies 2

Plymouth Mayflower

Semi-Finals

Men

City of Bristol 1 bt Bristol Men 1 35 – 19

Exeter Storm bt Cardiff Celts 25 – 23

Ladies

Bristol Ladies 2 bt PMVC Polonia  34 – 14

PMVC bt Plymouth 27 – 18

2019 SW Championships Final Placings
No: Ladies Men
1 Bristol Ladies 2
City of Bristol 1
2 PMVC
Exeter Storm
3 Plymouth Ladies
Cardiff Celts
4 PMVC Polonia Bristol Men 1
5 Swansea Wiltshire Mavericks
6 Torexe
City of Bristol 2
7 Yeovil Cheddar
8 Cheltenham & Gloucester Yeovil
9 City of Bristol Ladies 1
Cheltenham & Gloucester
10 Bedminster Brunel
PMVC Pirates
11 Bassett Misfits
Bedminster Concorde
12 City of Bristol Ladies 2
Dilly Dilly Kings
13 Bedminster Cabot
Bristol Men 2

We now have 13 teams in both the ladies and men’s divisions, each team will play 10 matches in the pool rounds (6 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday) and will referee 5 times. This means that there are two teams that each team will not play over the pool rounds, so there will be play-offs for teams finishing in 3rd to 6th place, so nearly half the teams will have at least one more match.

Below are the schedules, if you want your own copy to have with you over the weekend then please print and bring with you. There will be schedules on each score table and at the competition desk, but I will not have spare copies to hand out!

There will be a team brief at 9am on Saturday morning in the cafe, so please ensure that you have at least one team member up in the café for 9am.

Speedcage

We will also have the Sportway speedcage on Saturday from 9am-1pm and also on Sunday 12pm-3pm – the challenge will be that top male and female spike of the weekend will get a Sports Way goody bag – it will be free to use over the weekend.

Sportway Shop

We will also have a shop up in these times as well, which Luke and Matt will be in attendance to sell the tickets for the booze cruise on Saturday night as well as the SW Champs shirts and other items too (Shoes etc)

Saturday Cruise

Regards the booze cruise – still plenty of tickets available – link to get tickets is below and attached is a poster – again we will print some off for the weekend

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20020045153?fbclid=IwAR2GyvCntW8IjCuBXPJzqXd4b1V0YZ8StcN9QrENFwLnppr2LHyceZY55hI

2018 SW Championships


CaptureAfter 150 matches our new SW Champions have been crowned for 2018, with City of Bristol 1 in the men’s competition and Bristol Ladies 1.5 in the women’s competition both retaining their titles from last year.

FINAL RESULTS

Men

City of Bristol 1 beat Wiltshire Mavericks 2 – 0 (25-16, 25-19)


Ladies

Bristol Ladies 1.5 beat Yeovil 2-0 (25-12, 25-9)

Semi-Finals

Men

City of Bristol 1 beat City of Bristol 2 31-21

Wiltshire Mavericks beat Plymouth Oldboys 30-18

Ladies

Bristol Ladies 1.5 beat Bemi Brunel 27-23

Yeovil beat Torexe 24-20

Playoffs

Men

For 3rd Place Plymouth Oldboys beat Exeter Storm 30-25

For 4th Place City of Bristol 2 beat Swansea 360 24-23

Ladies

For 3rd Place Torexe beat City of Bristol 1 33-17

For 4th Place Bemi Brunel beat Bemi Cabot 30-22

 

Final Pool Placings, positions 7 to 14 are as per the table below:

 

Men’s Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points
1 City of Bristol 1 10 10 0 30 336
2 Wiltshire Mavericks 10 9 1 26 296
3 Plymouth Oldboys 10 8 2 26 291
4 Swansea 360 10 8 2 24 277
5 Exeter Storm 10 7 3 23 287
6 City of Bristol 2 10 6 4 21 281
7 Bristol VC 1 10 5 5 19 280
8 PMVC 10 5 5 18 260
9 Cheddar 10 4 6 15 249
10 Swansea Uni 10 4 6 14 249
11 Cheltenham & Gloucester* 10 3 7 8 196
12 Bristol VC 2 10 2 8 7 232
13 Bemi Concorde 10 0 10 2 202
14 Yeovil 10 0 10 0 20
* Points deducted for late to officiate

Women’s Division
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points
1 Bristol Ladies 1.5 10 10 0 30 348
2 Yeovil 10 10 0 30 310
3 Torexe 10 8 2 26 328
4 Bemi Brunel 10 8 2 24 267
5 City of Bristol 1 10 6 4 20 251
6 Bemi Cabot 10 5 5 19 270
7 Royal Wootton Bassett 10 5 5 17 222
8 PMVC 10 4 6 16 232
9 Plymouth Uni 10 5 5 16 223
10 Swansea Uni 10 3 7 13 230
11 City of Bristol 2 10 3 7 11 204
12 Cardiff Jets 10 2 8 8 229
13 Bristol Ladies 3 10 1 9 5 177
14 Swansea 360 10 0 10 1 165

 

2017 South West Championships

Final Results

Men

2016_SW_Champions_COB1City of Bristol 1 beat Speedwell Dash 2 – 0 (25-21, 25-22)

2016_SW_Champions_Speedwell

Ladies

2016_SW_Champions_Bristol_Ladies

Bristol 1 beat Torexe 2 – 0 (25-20, 25-23)

2016_SW_champs_Torexel

Semi-Finals

Men

City of Bristol 1 beat Cardiff Celts 1 34 – 21

Speedwell Dash beat Devizes 33 – 22

Ladies

Bristol 1 beat  Plymouth Ladies 30 – 17

Torexe beat Royal Wootton Bassett 30 – 22

Play-offs

Men

For 3rd Place Devizes bt Cheddar 31 -24

For 4th Place Cardiff Celts 1 bt City of Bristol 2

Ladies

For 3rd Place  Royal Wootton Bassett beat Guernsey 30 – 16

For 4th Place Plymouth Ladies beat PMVC 31 – 17

Final Pool Placings, positions 7 to 14 are as per the table below:

Mens
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points
1 City of Bristol 1 10 10 0 30 344
2 Speedwell Dash 10 9 1 26 285
3 Cheddar 10 7 3 23 291
4 Cardiff Celts 1 10 7 3 22 317
5 Devizes 10 8 2 22 293
6 City of Bristol 2 10 5 5 18 263
7 Bristol 1 10 5 5 17 275
8 Royal Navy 10 5 5 16 245
9 Swansea Uni 10 3 7 15 253
10 Cardiff Celts 2 10 5 5 14 247
11 Swansea 360 10 3 7 12 251
12 Bournside Unlucky 10 4 6 12 245
13 PMVC 10 3 7 10 247
14 Bristol 2 10 2 8 9 238
Womens
Pos. Team Matches Won /Draw Lost Match Points Points
1 Bristol 1 10 10 0 30 294
2 Torexe 10 9 1 26 327
3 Guernsey Ladies 10 7 3 23 255
4 Plymouth Ladies 10 7 3 23 254
5 Royal Wootton Bassett 10 7 3 21 257
6 PMVC 10 7 3 21 242
7 City of Bristol 2 10 6 4 19 255
8 C&G 10 5 5 16 227
9 Bristol Bemi 10 4 6 15 223
10 City of Bristol 1 10 4 6 14 228
11 Cardiff Jets 10 4 6 13 219
12 Cardiff Met Ladies 10 2 8 8 200
13 Swansea Uni 10 3 7 7 202
14 Bristol 2 10 0 10 2 170

The schedules, rules and information for the event are given below: