Schools

Developing volleyball in your school

The Suffolk Volleyball Association has worked with numerous schools throughout the county to help them enhance their volleyball offering. If you would like such assistance, please contact our Chairman.

For help understanding the rules of volleyball click here.

School Games

The Suffolk Volleyball Association works with the Suffolk PE & Sport Network to help schoools organise School Games competitions.

Teachers wanting to prepare teams for these and run Level 1 competitions in their schools can find information on the recommended formats including team sizes, net heights, court sizes and adapted training games for each age-group via the Your School Games website. Additional information, specific to Suffolk and also a link to the refereeing signals can be found here.

The roll-of-honour from previous years can be found here.

Regional development camps & inter-regional competitions

    Eastern Region Volleyball Development Camps are held at The University of Essex on the edge of Colchester and are suitable for Year 8 - Year 12.  In 2024-25 the first was mid-December.  Four followed in early 2025.  Selection for Inter-Regional Squads happened at the end of March.  These were followed by five more weekends of training before the inter-regional championships which are usually over the late-May bank holiday. Find them on social media to learn about next seasons dates.

    The team at Essex Rebels are heavily involved in thse camps.  Ahead of some of their Super-League matches they also have coaching clinics. These are suitable for Year 8s and under with older students welcome too but a less intense environment than the camps.  These are low-cost.  To find out when these are players / parents can subscribe to their mailing list using form at bottom of their fixtures page or follow their social media.

    Financial support

    The SVA can contribute towards travel costs incurred by members of Suffolk clubs travelling to regional camps either via reimbursement of public transport costs, or petrol money at the current Volleyball England rate (2015: 25p per mile) - contact our treasurer. Additional support may be available locally (e.g. Ron Ames Memorial Sports Fund for those around Stowmarket - ask your school for details).

    Suffolk schools and clubs

    The Suffolk Volleyball Association maintains the following list of colleges, schools and clubs with junior sessions. If you would like to be added to the list to help other organisations get in contact with you to arrange inter-school events, etc, please contact us. The organisations known to offer junior volleyball include:

    Bury St Edmunds

    Claydon (west of Ipswich)

    • Claydon High School (ages 11 to 16)

    Clare

    Stour Valley Community School

    Haverhill

    Kesgrave

    Kesgrave High (age 14-18)

    Mildenhall

    Mildenhall Academy

    Stowmarket

    Stradbroke

    Stradbrooke High (ages 11+)

    Woodbridge

    • Farlingaye High School (ages 11-18)

    Beach Volleyball

    The recommended court sizes and net heights for junior beach volleyball are as follows. The cut-off date for the age groups is the 1st of January, so children in the same school year group may be eligible for different age groups:

    Age Group Format Net Height Girls Net Height Boys Court Size
    U12 2v2 2.15m 2.15m 6m x 6m
    U13 2v2 2.15m 2.24m 7m x 7m
    U15 2v2 2.24m 2.35m 8m x 8m
    U17 2v2 2.24m 2.43m 8m x 8m
    U19 2v2 2.24m 2,43m 8m x 8m
    Age Group Format Net Height Girls Net Height Boys Court Size
    U12 Born on or after the 1st Jan 2000 all of years upto late year 7′s (born after 31st Dec) 2v2 2.15 2.15 6x12m
    U13 Born on or after the 1st Jan 1999 all of year 7/late year 8′s (born after 31st Dec) 2v2 2.15 2.24 7×7
    U15 Born on or after the 1st Jan 1997 all of year 9/late year 10′s (born after 31st Dec) 2v2 2.24 2.35 8×8
    U17 Born on or after the 1st Jan 1995 all of year 11′s/late year 12′s (born after 31st Dec) 2v2 2.24 2.43 8×8
    U19 Born on or after the 1st Jan 1993 all of year 13′s/late year 14 (born after 31st Dec) 2v2 2.24 2.43 8×8

     

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