Sport
17 December, 2022
Cairns Volleyball farewells a successful year
CAIRNS Volleyball Association (CVA) said goodbye to another “smashing” year.
Last week saw the final round of the indoor social season, with many new players joining to see how the competition works in an inclusive environment. The season four 2022 winners were the “Rusty & Shiny” with “ILAN Remix” team coming in second.
This was the last in an extensive line of social, club and representative events throughout the year.
The first indoor mixed social season kicked off on Wednesday nights in February and saw many interested new players picking up new skills and others improving on the knowledge from previous seasons.
Seasons two and three were the Men’s and Women’s competitive seasons, with some tough competition in both ranks. From these competitions, players went on to represent the CVA Crocs at the Townsville Classic hosted by the Townsville Monsoons Competition in August.
The Cairns women’s team took out Bronze, and the little “Reefers” took out gold in the U12 boys’ and Bronze in the U12 girls’ divisions.
September saw the CVA-backed “Spring Beach Bash” taking advantage of clear skies and what should have been cooler temperatures. It was great for the volleyball community to have an increase in participation to the beach game in 2022.
Only a month later, indoor volleyball was being played again across two venues for the first time at Trinity Bay State High School Sports Centre and the Mulgrave Rd Youth & Recreation Hall for the Cairns Cup, with an increase of 80 per cent in nominated teams compared to 2021.
Barely a break in the volleyball schedule in Cairns when the Volleyball Queensland Beach Tour Round 4 event was back in Cairns for the first time since 2017 in late October. Again, FNQ delivered quality competition with crowds treated to some fantastic athletes. Cairns Volleyball hopes to provide it again in 2023.
Lastly, the ‘Learn to play’ program on Thursday nights keeps growing. This program has seen newcomers to the sport gain the skills they need to begin playing competitively, and it will be back in 2023.
Cairns Volleyball thanked the community for supporting volleyball in Cairns this year; without community participation, engagement and support, 2022 would not have been so successful.
The Cairns Volleyball team encourages the community to invite their friends and acquaintances to participate in the best game, indoors and out, and get onto the ‘Cairns Volleyball’ Facebook group for future updates.
