Volley4Change

UPDATE: SISSA GAMES South Santo
Today, the final day of the volleyball for the SISSA Games, involved cross matches for junior and senior boys and girls indoor volleyball matches. And also third place finals and the grand finals for both categories of boys and girls.

Stanley Toa was impressed with the potential of the volleyball players in South Santo, especially from schools like Tata Presbyterian and Molivalevu Junior Secondary School (Tasmalum). These two schools are from different area councils – one from South Santo Area 1, the other from South Santo Area 2.

Something of note for Stanley was the standard of the junior girls playing indoor and beach volleyball this week, which has been very good, definitely equal to the level of girls from the two main towns - Port Vila and Luganville.


Australian High Commission, Vanuatu Sanma Provincial Government Council

UPDATE: SISSA Games - South Santo
Another big day in South Santo with Stanley Toa officiating both beach and indoor volleyball matches.
There was a lot of action for both the boys and girls teams on the courts, with great support from the school and local community on the hill.
Tomorrow will be the final day of volleyball competition for the Games, at Tata Presbyterian School.


Australian High Commission, Vanuatu Sanma Provincial Government Council

And up North ....
V4C development officer Stanley Toa is being kept very busy this week supporting the 6th SISSA Games which are being held at Tata Presbyterian School, South Santo.

DAY 1 - Tues 7 July
Indoor volleyball matches kicked off on Tuesday at the Tata school games venue. Stanley officiated the volleyball matches with the help of a few school teachers, with Beach volleyball games due to get underway on Wednesday.
The venues looked great with over 1000 students, from 17 schools, and officials participating.
There were a lot of volleyball matches for both junior and senior boys and girls, with 2 indoor courts also to be used.

DAY 2 – WED 8 July
Stanley had a full day officiating beach volleyball matches on Wednesday, with the senior boys Pool A and Pool B teams competing.

For Stanley, it's a big 2 days of competition still to go, both officiating himself and supporting local officials in the volleyball.
But it's always a great week for when supporting regional sports competitions and promoting volleyball.


Australian High Commission, Vanuatu Sanma Provincial Government Council

The 5-Wards Initiative Tournament wrapped up on Tuesday after 2 days of wonderful community participation and volleyball.
Day 2 featured Sitting volleyball with participation from the Vanuatu Society for People with Disability 'family' with some great volleyball action on the court.

So we couldn't resist sharing more of the images from the day!

And a huge thank you also to Paradise Swim & Arts Academy for donating towels to VVF which were shared among the participants.


Australian High Commission, Vanuatu PORT VILA CITY COUNCIL OF WOMEN

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Paradise Swim and Arts has donated towels to Vanuatu Beach Volleyball as part of its ongoing support for the sport.

The donation was made possible through the academy's long-term partnership with Carnival Cruise Line.
Paradise Swim and Arts says it will continue giving back to schools, sports organisations and communities through similar initiatives.

5-Wards Initiative Tournament

After 3 months of working with the 5 wards / 7 communities in and around Port Vila, delivering the program, VVF wrapped it all up with the much-anticipated '5-Wards volleyball tournament' over the past 2 days, held at the Stade courts.
The tournament featured Standing volleyball on Monday, then both Sitting & Standing and finals on Tuesday, which included participants from Vanuatu Society for People with Disability who joined those from the 5-Wards communities.

Erakor Community won this year’s tournament Shield for both Sitting and Standing volleyball, which was an outstanding effort!!


Australian High Commission, Vanuatu PORT VILA CITY COUNCIL OF WOMEN PORT VILA CITY COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Vanuatu Volleyball will be joining the rest of the world in celebrating tomorrow, July 7th!😎👏🏐🇻🇺

Sport is widely acknowledged as a strong vehicle for social change in the community and volleyball stands as one of the key community sports and activities across the islands of Vanuatu.


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