Top-flight volleyball comes to Bath
24th March 2005Top-flight volleyball comes to Bath next month when the University of Bath hosts a Women's Division 1 fixture.
The match sees Wolverhampton take-on London side Polonia Ladies in the last round of fixtures in English Volleyball Association National League Division 1.
The Wolverhampton side are linked to TeamBath and the match on Saturday 2nd April will be their first at the University. Next season it is intended that the side will play half their home matches at the University of Bath.
Wolverhampton's line-up will include Simone Lewis, an experienced England international who is TeamBath's Sport Science Support Manager.
The squad also features three University of Bath students, including Rachel Bragg, who was England's top scorer in their bid to qualify for next year's World Volleyball Championships.
Vicki Palmer and Louise Tagg, like Rachel, are students on the HND course in Coach Education and Sports Performance at the University of Bath.
Wolverhampton have already secured second place in the top-flight of women's volleyball in England, with Polonia currently lying third in the league.
"Both teams are at the top of the table, so it should be an exciting game and a good introduction to the sport for anyone who has never seen volleyball before," said Morph Bowes, assistant coach of the Wolverhampton team and a teaching fellow in the Department of Sports Development and Recreation at the University of Bath.
The match takes place at 3.30pm at the Founders Sports Hall on the University of Bath's Claverton Down campus, with the traditional pre-match warm-up session getting underway at 3pm.