Ireland are sending five youthful teams to this weekend’s Small Countries Association Championships in Perth, Scotland. Three Women’s teams will compete, lead by UCD’s Fiona Lamont and Trinity College’s Lara McNichols. Team 2 is the u20 pair of Grace Moloney (Naas) and Laura Connolly (DVC) whilst u17 double act Angela Mulcahy (Dalkey) and Aoife Burke (Santry) will be getting their first taste of SCA Beach. In the Men’s side u20 pair Ciagan Davoren (Galway) and Liam Corcoran (Trinity) will use the experience to prepare for a trip to Latvia and the u20 Euros next week. Whilst u18 pair Stepan Pot ..read more

Ireland will send 12 athletes from the East and West Regional Beach Development Centres to compete in Cardiff this weekend in the U19 International Open Inter-Beach Championships. For the men, the following pairs will represent their country: IRE: Pair 1: Finn Hacket/Stepan Potapov Pair 2: Jake Dalton/Ethan Moloney-Illien And on the women’s side, there will be two sets of pairs: IRE 1: Pair 1: Jessica Hackett/Aoibhín McDonnell Pair 2: Sofia Lynch/Megan Fondja Ntoukam IRE 2: Pair 1: Laura Brumnjak/Aoife Burke Pair 2: Áine Hanlon/​Keela McNichols The players will be coached by Melissa Cheviron ..read more

Liam Corcoran and Conor Kelly made history today, as the first ever Irish players to compete at the age group European Beach Volleyball Championships. The pair’s opener was a 2nil defeat to a strong Croatia in sweltering 35 degree heat, before an agonising 3-set loss to Northern Ireland (16-21, 23-21, 13-15). That defeat left Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Greece and Croatia out of the tournament with Kosovo and Slovakia progressing to the main draw, and the main square area in Timisaora. The lads, who are accompanied by Head Coach Luciana Sombrah are making the most of the opportunity w ..read more

Earlier this year Volleyball Ireland was selected  as one of only nine NGBs to help launch the new HER MOVES!   Her Moves is designed to inspire and support more teenage girls to be active. It’s about empowering all young women, building confidence and providing motivation to find something that gets you moving. ‍ Volleyball Ireland has teamed up with a number of LSPs, NGBs and local sporting organisers to bring the HERMOVES Beach Tour to four locations nationwide.   Programmes; Bettystown Beach, July 24th, 25th & 26th  Beach Volleyball 10-11am & Beach Handb ..read more

Volleyball Ireland is delighted to bring forward the Outdoor Posts Support to our clubs.   Throughout Covid 19 our membership enquiries grew rapidly due to the exposure of our game on parks and beaches around Ireland.   Today we support the clubs in getting back outdoors to once again raise the exposure levels and profile of volleyball.   The outdoor posts support comes in the form of, buy one, get one free. The packs are limited so please make contact asap if you wish to avail of the support.   All queries Conor,  cdo@volleyballireland.com   CEV Video Resou ..read more

Entries are open for the 2023 VLY Beach Tour! The first event kicks off at Bettystown next Saturday (May 27). You can register for either tournament here > https://bit.ly/3MpQncq ..read more

VLY Beach Tour 3* Returns The Volleyball Ireland VLY Beach Tour 3* Finals returns to Bettystown Beach, Co. Meath this weekend, with Ireland’s top teams battling it out to move up the rankings table. Due to a washed out Saturday programme, the tournament will be played over 1 day from 11am Sunday 4th September. The inclement weather and wind scheduled for Sunday doesn’t deter defending champion Melissa Cheviron though who said: “This weekend should be a great challenge and I’m looking forward to some incredible matches. So many players have made huge strides over the Summer and the weather is s ..read more

3* Statement: Over recent days we have continued to monitor conditions for the event this weekend. Two things we are certain of is that the forecast continues to fluctuate over what we might expect on Saturday and Sunday, and that Saturday morning’s forecast continues to deteriorate. However, we are committed to completing the end of season 3* event, and will do our utmost to ensure the delivery of a credible competition. This may mean alterations to the planned format. Based on the most up to date Met Eireann forecasts, the BTMC can confirm that there will be no play before 1pm on Saturday. O ..read more

Friday, August 12th, 2022 marks one more positive step forward for the Irish junior beach programme. That weekend two pairings of male and female teams will fly out to compete in an international junior beach event for the first time.   Teams pictured above from  left to right Ireland M Pair 2 – Cillian O’Riordáin & Conor Kelly Ireland F Pair 1- Laura Connolly & Grace Moloney Ireland F Pair 2 – Lara McNichols & Ellen Creighton Ireland M Pair 1 – Cian Humphreys & Ciagan Davoren (Coaches- F, Melissa Cheviron & M, Lee Annand)   The teams were selected to ..read more