Chair Person

Head Coach

Child Welfare Officer

Coach

Jack first started playing volleyball at Braunton secondary school where he first found his desire for the sport. He continued playing both beach and indoor volleyball when he went to North Devon College. As Treasurer of the club he collects the money from training on friday nights and any money spent on buying equipment etc. I also collect the money used to pay for qualifications. He himself was the first junior member to qualify as a level 1 coach and has gone on to become a level 4 referee. As a player Jack has achieved most at beach volleyball with his partner Ashley Yeo however he continues to play indoor, mainly at college, and was voted the most valuable player at the end of the first year.

Coach

Lee first started playing at the North Devon College in 2008, since then he has become a valued member of the Academy and taken over as treasurer. A History teacher at Pilton School, he has helped develope the U16 & U18 boys cups teams with assisting on their training nights

Treasurer

Jake Stebbings is the current web designer and manager, he took a small interest into volleyball during coaching sessions that Denise did at Braunton School and after that he was asked to take up maintenance of the website. Hope you like the new one!

Claire first started playing volleyball whilst studying for A levels at North Devon College and played with Denise in a very successful squad. She then moved away from the area but found that it was a sport that she could play in most places that her job took her, although has only really played at local league standard. She recently moved back down to Barnstaple, older and wiser, and has enjoyed getting involved with the beach academy and playing again.

Gemma first played volleyball at primary school when Denise hosted a series of taster sessions. Since then she has played volleyball for the Academy of Beach Sports, Braunton School and Community College and North Devon College, and will be participating in the South West Women's league next season.

I first started playing volleyball in my home town of Wildhaus in Switzerland when I was 10, By the time I was 12 our team came second in the Swiss Schools National Championships. From then we trained regularly four times a week until my late teens, when I was also training with the Swiss National Junior team (Unfortunately only bench warming). On moving to England I didn’t play any volleyball until meeting Denise when I was 32. Since then we have started the North Devon College Volleyball Academy and have become the Junior Development Officer for the Academy. The nicest part of the work I do was going to the Devon Youth Games and seeing the teams I have coached taking part in their first tournaments. From the work to create teams for the Devon Youth Games, we have started the U14 Saturday morning league (9:30-12:00) which has proved really successful and on the 15th Nov South West Grand Prix event we have 9 teams taking part. This year we are also holding a Satellite South West Volleyball Association event at the North Devon College which is a land mark for the Academy.

Junior Development Officer

Coach