Phantoms in town
Western Victoria’s best volleyballers will be on show on Saturday when Phantoms Volleyball Club hosts its second selection trial for teams to play in the Victorian Volleyball League this season.
More than 60 male and female players will be out to impress coaches as they look to put the final pieces of an intriguing puzzle together for season 2024.
The first part of the intrigue surrounds the possibility of a fourth men’s team to compete in the state league two competition.
After the first trial in Warrnambool two weeks ago, the numbers and quality of attendees shored up the three men’s teams entered into premier one, premier two and state league one.
With another 20 to 30 new players trialling on Saturday, the key will be quality to be able to build a competitive fourth men’s team.
The second part of the intrigue will be to see the quality of female players attending on Saturday, to strengthen a premier two women’s team, that struggled last season.
As is the case with the men, a host of new faces will be looking to put their best foot forward and be in consideration to wear the purple-and-black in season 2024.
The women kick-off the day at St Brigid’s College stadium on Saturday from 10am, with the men arriving at 1pm.
Ararat come-and-try
The come-and-try night originally scheduled for Ararat last week was postponed due to fires, so the opportunity exists this week for anyone interested in participating in a regular Thursday night volleyball competition in Ararat to dust off the cobwebs and give the sport a go.
Volleyball Horsham members will be on hand to assist participants with the session, starting at 6.30pm at Ararat Fitness Centre.
There is already good interest from the Islander community in Ararat to enter teams, and the community is encouraged to get a group of friends together to form a team and enjoy everything the sport has to offer.
Teams can be mixed or of any gender and school students are encouraged to give the sport a go as well.
If anyone cannot make it but would like to be included in a team in the competition, they can email info@volleyballhorsham.com.au and leave contact details.
Last call for entries
Volleyball Horsham’s summer season will start next week with juniors, A Reserve and C grades on Monday and A, B and women’s competitions on Wednesday. There is still time for people to get involved. In particular, there is still room for players in a B grade team, some females who would like to play in the women’s competition and four juniors who would like to play in the junior competition.
At this early stage, the association is on track to see a record number of teams participate, so if there are still people contemplating enjoying volleyball, I encourage you to reach out by close of business today via info@ volleyballhorsham.com.au