With clouds looking dark, but the air feeling fresh and warm, Tuesday 23/07/2024 saw the second MVC summer Champs take place (thank you weather….). The nets were set up, the courts cleaned of sticks, and the balls were squeezed…. Round 4 is ready to begin!
A simpler format for matches this time, saw players choose a card, and for each match, cards were shuffled & dealt into team piles to determine the next team.
The club welcomed another group of players into the grand prix, and saw some returning players.
Lewis narrowly took 3rd spot 1 point ahead of Ben, Gareth put a very strong performance in getting second with 142 points, but is was Manu who managed to rack up the most points throughout with a 155 for the evening!
A few players missed the first or last games, which made quite a difference, with the average score per team per game being 22 points, but the biggest difference being 14 points in a 31-17 game, and the tightest being the very last game at 19-18, with a golden point played at the buzzer.
Let’s see who – weather permitting – can make some moves as we head into the next round…..
This ‘summer’ (yes, we think too many rain dances have been done also…), we have managed to have a few outdoor grass sessions, and as a club we entered 2 teams, and represented 4 teams in the Ashcombe Outdoor Champagne Tournament. More images to follow, but thanks to the infamous Pig In Blankets crew for this snaps below 🙂
MVC Summer Champs Grand Prix
We have managed to hold a single round of the Summer Champ informal grand prix finally, after a few weeks of rain cancelling play (it’s great to see 5 middle players in the top 5 places 😉 )
This event is open to all, and each week a series of randomised games will be played, with each teams points being added to the players who were in that team.
Let’s see how the leader board develops over the coming weeks!
MVC Summer Champs takes places at Mote Park every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm, weather dependant.
Beach Volleyball
Even without our own venue locally as yet, we have still had a number of representatives from the club competing at various tournaments & camps across the country, and our very own Martyna & Lewis have carried on the pairing from NetWave Gran Canarias Beach Camp in February to compete in the UKBT, with a win and some medals already.
Please fill out this form to register your interest in using the courts, with an option to help if you wish at the bottom.
MVC are looking to get beach courts installed in Maidstone. This requires some planning and funding, and if you wish to be involved, please do get in contact.
Indoors Training
With the summer season comes reduced indoor sessions, however Ben and co have still been running an indoors games session by invite for intermediate and above players, which has been full each week.
Frank has continued the great work he has done with Gems over the last few months, and continued this indoors also. This session is aimed at juniors and is coached with games towards the end of each session.
Gems sessions are every Thursday from 6pm until 7:30pm as advertised on Spond (please check, in case the centre or otherwise requires cancellations)
Summer Indoors Games are every Thursday from 7:30pm until 9pm as advertised on Spond (please check, in case the centre or otherwise requires cancellations)
MVC AGM 2024
The AGM was held recently, and the minutes for it will be released to members shortly.
We are pleased to announce that the 2024 AGM went without hitch. Thanks to Alice for organising the venue, food and chairing the meeting, as she has chaired the club throughout the season.
The new Committee members are:
Chair – Jorden Dawkins
Secretary – Dino Halusek
Treasurer – Veronica Neale
Thanks to all the other members who have pledged to help out with some of the many tasks involved in running a club such as ours.
MVC 2023-2023 End of Season Awards
We will create a separate post on this as all the photos come in, but a huge congratulations to all that were nominated and won.
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