Northern Ireland men's national volleyball team

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Association The Northern Ireland Volleyball Association
Confederation CEV
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FIVB ranking 127 (as of September 2014)
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The Northern Ireland men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Northern Ireland. They have only competed once in Round One January 2005 of the FIVB World Championships with QUB Graduate Gerry Ford as Head Coach and UUJ 's Nick Wright as captain. They do compete in the CEV European Small Nations division. In 2012 the Junior Men finished 5th in the Finals in Scotland and the Junior Women 3rd in their Qualifier on Malta. Senior Men finished 4th in SCD Qualifiers in June 2012. However, in the lead up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London none of the Home Nations will compete individually other than Small Nations Divisions.[1] Following the UK Government agency ukSport's 2012 decision not to fund GBR volleyball programmes' pathways to Rio adequately - only months after the outstanding success of volleyball, Beach Volley and Sitting volleyball at the London Games and the leap up the world ranking for all 6 GBR teams in their disciplines - FIVB and CEV the respective world and European authorities declined GBR access to the 2014 World Championships qualifiers but re-opened access to the UK Home Nations. Northern Ireland joined Scotland in entering the 2013 Qualification but not England or Wales (or the Republic of Ireland). NIR play at the end of May in Belgium while Scotland play in Cyprus at the start of June (Men) and end of June (Women) on Malta. (www.cev.lu www.fivb.org www.britishvolleyball.org www.cevscd.org) NIR men and women's teams will be announced at the end of March 2013 after intensive training camps and the Saint Patrick's Day Volleyball Commemorative fixtures in the North this year.

Senior team roster

Shirt # Name Position Current Club
1 peter stewart Middle Blocker Northern Ireland richill raiders
2 Mark Hazely Libero Northern Ireland richill raiders
3 Alan McKnight Setter Northern Ireland Ballymoney Blaze
4 Nicholas Wright Outside Hitter Northern Ireland richill raiders
5 Thomas Napier Opposite Northern Ireland Ulster Elks
8 Mark Fulton Setter Northern Ireland richill raiders
9 Alan Workman (C) Outside Hitter Northern Ireland Ulster Elks
10 David Hamilton Middle Blocker Spain Tenerife Sur
13 Patrick Crooks Opposite United Kingdom GB Development
18 Wilson Greenlea Outside Hitter Northern Ireland richill raiders
Jeffery Scott Outside Hitter Northern Ireland Ballymoney Blaze
Thomas Barrett Opposite Northern Ireland Ulster Elks

David Hamilton and Patrick Crooks are currently members of the GB development squad in the build up to London 2012 with David recently securing a professional contract with Tenerife Sur VC.

Youth (U17) team roster for 2007 UK School Games

Shirt # Name Position Current Club Current School
1 Conor Doherty Setter Campbell College
2 Dean McAlinden Setter
3 Patrick Crooks (C) Opposite Northern Ireland UU Corona Extra Methodist College
4 Jeffrey Scott Outside Hitter Northern Ireland Ballymoney Blaze Dalriada School
5 Thomas Barrett Outside Hitter Republic of Ireland cbphoto.ie St. Brigid's
6 Stuart Currie Outside Hitter Dalriada School
7 Daniel Thompson Utility Hitter Northern Ireland North Down Lizards North Down and Ards
8 Glenn Nesbitt Opposite Northern Ireland Portadown Aztecs Portadown College
9 Christopher Irwin Middle Blocker Northern Ireland Portadown Aztecs Portadown College
10 Han Lu Middle Blocker Northern Ireland UU Corona Extra 1 Methodist College
11 Stephen Wilson Outside / Middle Northern Ireland Craigavon Aztecs Armagh College
14 Jonathan Workman Libero Northern Ireland Ballymoney Blaze 2 Dalriada School

References

  1. ↑ FIVB Congress Decision 2006 (BBC News Article)

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