Volleyball club reach last eight (From Times Series)

VK Barnet girls progress to last eight of National Cup

2:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012 in Sport

A volleyball club from Barnet is celebrating after reaching the last eight of a national competition.

VK Barnet Under-16 Girls have remained undefeated in the first and second rounds of the National Cup, a run which has seen them take the scalp of Chelmsford who finished sixth in the competition last year.

The girls will now compete in the penultimate stage of the competition in Kettering on February 26 in their bid to qualify for the final.

The core of the team come from Henrietta Barnett School, with the girls having been introduced to the sport by their PE teacher and the club’s men’s captain, Ales Rencin.

There was also success for one of the club’s junior boys.

Rob Poole was selected to represent England Cadets at an international tournament in Austria, where he helped his side to a second place finish.

VK Barnet play at Queen Elizabeth’s Sports Centre, High Barnet, and have been awarded Club Mark status through Volleyball England. For more information, visit www.vkbarnet.net.

Further to this, through Premier League for Sport, Tottenham Hotspur provide volleyball coaching at three venues in Barnet.

These sessions at held on Tuesdays between 4.30pm and 6pm at Queen Elizabeth Girl’s School, Thursdays from 3pm to 4.30pm at Whitefields School, and on Fridays at Woodhouse College between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.

For more information on this activity, contact Tottenham Hotspur Volleyball Development Coach, Sean Poole, at s.poole@volleyballengland.org.