Team Essex Volleyball Club

Team Essex VC is a volleyball team based in Chelmsford, Great Britain since 2013. The club consists of a men's teams and a women's team that play in Volleyball England's English National Volleyball League. The Men's 1st team play in Volleyball England's Division 1. The Women's 1st team play in Division 2.

Team Essex VC
Full nameTeam Essex Volleyball Club
Short nameTEVC
NicknameTeam Essex
Founded2013
GroundUniversity of Essex, The Boswells School, St John Payne Catholic School
ChairmanJames Bernardi
CaptainDaniel Northfield (Blaze); LLoraine Bartlett (Trinity)
LeagueVolleyball England
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
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Achievements
Team Essex Trinity (Women)
  • English Shield Runners Up 2016[1]
  • Promotion to National League Division 1[2]
Team Essex Blaze (Men)
  • English National League Division 1 Champions, 2017[3]
  • English Shield Runners Up 2015[4]
  • English National League Division 2 (South) Champions, 2013[5]

History

The club was set up in 2013 by James Bernardi, Paul French and Steven Rosser. The men and women's teams are conglomerates, the men formed through the partnership of Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Boswells, the women formed as a result of a partnership with Brentwood VC, Chelmsford VC and Southend VC. The mergers gave the best volleyballers in Essex the chance to compete together at a higher level. The club has grown from strength to strength in a very short period of time, and now boasts a men's team in the top league in the country, The Super League and in Division 1. The women's team represents Team Essex in Division 2 of the National Volleyball League.

2017–2018 season

 
Blaze

The 2017–2018 season saw the Men's 1st team finish 7th in the last ever season of Volleyball England's Super 8 league. This finish was good enough to secure their spot in the inaugural new Super League format, consisting of 10 teams.[6] The result was an all round success for the newly promoted Blaze team who satisfied their goal of retaining their top division status in the first year since their promotion.

Trinity

The 2017–2018 season saw the Women's 1st team finish 7th in Volleyball England's Division 1. As a result, Trinity will play in this league for the forthcoming season.

Current rosters
  • Team Essex Blaze
Team roster – Season 2020/2021
Team Essex Blaze
No. Name Position Apps International Honours
England Chester SearleLibero56England Men
England Mahlon KingOutside hitter86England Men
England Kieran GoodOutside hitter90-
England Daniel Northfield (C)Middle blocker105-
Italy James BernardiMiddle blocker103-
England Ashley ToomeySetter48England U18
Latvia Gvido PetersonsOpposite hitter16-
Greece Michael PagalosOutside hitter68-
Turkey Aykut NafiogluUniversal8-
England Max Norton-SteeleOutside hitter11England U18
England Max GibbinsLibero0England U16
England Vincent BroadUniversal0-
England Dave FenechSetter0-
England Tony ClarkOutside hitter0-
Wales Andrew TuckMiddle blocker0Wales Men
England Ian BaileyMiddle blocker25-
England Conner ReeveLibero0England U18
Head coach: Mihail StoevBulgaria
Assistant:
  • Team Essex Trinity
Team roster – Season 2020/2021
Team Essex Trinity
No. Name Position
England Abi KetleySetterEngland U18
England Freya LorkinLiberoEngland U18
Lithuania Anna SersteOutside-
Ukraine Anna LukjancenkoMiddle-
Poland Klaudia FrenchOutside-
Indonesia Pauline SandsLibero-
Spain Sara Rodriguez CardeñasOpposite-
CroatiaPetra VukmirovicOutside-
England Izzy BrownMiddleEngland U18
England Katie BluckSetter-
England Lorraine BartlettOutside-
England Lucy BluckOutsideEngland U18
Head coach: Michael PagalosGreece
Assistant: Tony ClarkEngland

Notable former players
Player Current Club Other Clubs
United Kingdom Andrew Saward England London Aces England Newcastle Staffs
United Kingdom Nathan French England Team Northumbria
Spain Tenerife
France Avignon
United Kingdom Peter Bakare Team Northumbria Belgium Landstede Zwolle
United Kingdom Matthew Mills Retired England Sheffield Hallam
United States Gary House Karlalið HK
United Kingdom Luke French Retired England Medway
United Kingdom Jack Watson England Ipswich Spikers England Ipswich Spikers
United Kingdom Sam Thompson England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Lawrence Russell England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Matthew Ketley England Sheffield Hallam
United Kingdom Jake Leeks Retired
United Kingdom Robert Poole Germany VC Bitterfeld-Wolfen United States Mount Olive Collage
England IBB Polonia London
United Kingdom Ryan Poole United States California State University, Long Beach England London Malory
United Kingdom Joe Houlihan Retired
United Kingdom Chris Frost Retired France Nice
France Lille
England London Malory
United Kingdom Thomas Storkey Retired
United Kingdom Jack Saward Retired
United Kingdom Adam Mitchell England Stockport
United Kingdom Nick Davies England Plymouth England London Malory
England London Lynx
England Tendring
United States Shaun Ermi United States Springfield College
United Kingdom Tobias French England IBB Polonia London England London Malory

References
  1. "Volleyball England".
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  3. http://teamessexvolleyball.com/making-history/
  4. "Volleyball England".
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  6. "New Name and Format for Top Divisions". Volleyball England. Volleyball England. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  • Promotion[1]
  • Men's Shield Runner Up[2]
  • Women's Shield Runner Up[3]
  • Women Promotion[4]
  • Men Promotion 2013[5]
  • Official Website (in English)
  1. http://teamessexvolleyball.com/making-history/
  2. "Volleyball England".
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  5. "Volleyball England".
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