During Term 1, there were 8 CSC volleyball teams down at the Stadium on Wednesday nights. We had Senior A and B Girls, Senior A Boys, Junior A Boys and 4 Junior Girls teams. After 6 weeks of play, a huge number of our teams made it into the finals for their grade. First and foremost, we hope that everyone had fun, enjoyed a bit of volleyball and made new or closer friendships. Winning is great, but our wider aim is to grow young people using the sport of volleyball as a vehicle for that growth.

We would like to acknowledge the student coaches who volunteered their time to train younger teams and coach them on a Wednesday night - Grace Watson, Lucy White, Sarah Beck, Holly Rutherford, Lilly Vining, Beth Anderson, Mikayla Colvin, Molly Henderson, Boston Wilton and Tim van der Poel. We would also like to thank our senior adult coaches - Luke Hamilton and Paige Wilson - for the countless hours you have prioritised to help our athletes improve and become better people. We also had a huge amount of volunteer support from Miss Gilchrist and Rachel and Cameron Davis on Wednesday nights–thank you for being there for us! Lastly, we would like to give a shout out to parents and whanau who travelled down to the Stadium, stepped in to do the scoresheet, cheered on the teams and helped with carpooling. It is no mean feat to get 80 players down to Invercargill and we thank you for your continued support of our program.

See you all back in Term 3!

Alyssa Johnstone

TIC Volleyball