Newmarket Volleyball Club

Mens Spring Cup
Wednesday - 18th November

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Cambridge spring cup, 1st round at home Newmarket v RAF Wittering / Cottesmore

What was being built up as a return grudge match for putting Newmarket out of the cup last season fell a little flat when the visitors were not the same team as when the sides had previously met but a team consiting of players relativley new to the sport.
Played in a very friendly atmosphere with an unuasul number of home fans Newmarket made two handling errors and fell 2 points behind before regaining composure and then taking the lead. Points machine Fabio Stabile hit points with every attack and a strong lead was soon established for Newmarket and the set finalised at 25-12
Newmarket started better in the second set although with Peter Gale coming on for Nik Mezanov and taking a little while to warm into the speed of the game a few points were dropped and the set was slightly closer at 25-14.
The final set again saw a strong start from Newmarket, Ben Child now off court on reffing duties saw the return to a one setter system and the opportunity to try a few more varied attacks. Defensivly Newmarket were not over stretched and were able to deliver quality balls into setter Rob Dovaston who then called the shots and pulled out some exiting attacking opportunities through the outside power hitting zones and the set closed out at 25-15.
Overalll a dominating performance from possibly the strongest side that Newmarkt has ever had available and a taste of what should follow in future games.