2011-2012

The volleyball season 2011/12 has started successfully with 'IMKA' beating SGTV Solent in the first round of the National Cup. The game played at St. Benedicts on 16th October resulted in a 3-0 win for IMKA (25-12, 25-20, 25-11). New players making their debut included Dagmara Wormiczek. In the following round, the team were away againt Team South Wales on 6th November in Newport.  We successfully beat them 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-17).

In the 3rd round of the 2011-2012 KO cup, IMKA faced the Malory Eagles in a match which was played at Ernest Bevin College on 27th November. IMKA started slowly losing the first set 20-25 but then started to assert winning the next three sets (25-15, 25-21, 25-18) to run out 3-1 winners in a match lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes. A feature of what was a fairly solid team performance was the contribution of the youngest team member, Sophie Szyszko, who is rapidly gaining in confidence when hitting and blocking. The team now face a long trip to Team Northumbria for a very demanding quarter final. This match is scheduled for 5th February 2012.

YMCA Ladies Volleyball Team

 2010-2011

For the fourth consecutive season we have entered a team in the National Knock-Out Cup. This season promises to be the most exciting so far. In Round 1 we travelled to Canterbury City Ladies and ran out comfortable 25-10, 25-8, 25-7 winners (Oct 3). Round 2 saw us travel to Team Bath who we duly dispatched 25-10, 25-11, 25-11 (7th November). Round 3 saw us make the relatively short journey to Swiss Cottage and returned with a 3-0 victory. The individual set scores were 25-20, 25-17, 25-18 (Dec 5). At the quarter-final stage on 5th February 2011 we travelled to Stourbridge where we outplayed the University of Birimingham 25-17, 25-21, 25-9. Having reached the semi-finals of the National Womens KO cup for the first time ever, we travelled to the Kettering National Volleyball Centre on Saturday 26th February to play Leeds Carnegie. After a good standard match where we were understrength in one or two positions, we were beaten by the opposition 3-1 (25-16, 20-25, 25-22, 25-16). We completed the indoor season on 11th June at the Weymouth Invitational Tournament where we ran out the overall winners making it the our 3rd consecutive victory in this annual tournament. We were represented by Sylwia Meller, Zosia Szyszko, Kasia Karabin, Agnieszka Wilinska, Ania Wachula and Eva Czinegeova. See below for the touranment result sheet.

 Weymouth Invitation 2011 - Tournament Result Sheet

The following players have represented the YMCA Ladies Volleyball Team over the 2010-2011 season:

- Sylwia Meller (Captain)

- Martyna Ciaciura

- Beata Strękowska

- Ela Gomółka

- Agnieszka Wilińska

- Nomeda Mickeviciene 

- Zosia Szyszko

- Ania Kowalska

- Anna Szabat

- Ola Dąbrowska

- Eva Czinegeova

Coach: Andrzej Łowczynowski

Manager:  Henry Szyszko

Players wishing to join for the 2011-2012 season which commences in September are invited to contact coach Andrzej Lowczynowksi on 07902 890157