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Our Ladies NVL Div 1 team has new Mums!

Anastasia — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:00:22 +0000

Big congratulations to Anastasia Antipina and Christopher Sawle on the birth of their baby girl Tamila Alexandra and to Marcela & Nick Bletzer on the birth of their son Andrew Otto!

Tamila Alexandra was born on the 1st of December 2011, weighing 3500 kg and measuring 50 cm.

Andrew Otto was born three weeks before his due date on the 5th of May 2012, weighing 3055 kg, measuring 48 cm.

Well done to NVL Div 1 ladies for staying in Div 1 next season!

Anastasia — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:11:48 +0000

Big congratulations to our NVL Division 1 ladies for winning 3-0 their last game of the season yesterday against Newcastle Staffs! Our ladies will stay in Div 1 next season and finished 7th!

Well done, ladies

Anastasia — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:53:56 +0000

Big congratulations to our NVL Division 1 Ladies for winning 3-1 against Leeds on Sunday, 25th of March!!! Most Valuable Player (MVP) was Anastasia Antipina. The league table is below. With two games to go this season, our ladies have a good chance to stay in the Division 1. Go, go, go!

Oxford Students are staying in Ladies NVL Div 2

Anastasia — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:37:39 +0000

The team finished 8th in Ladies Division 1 played a triangular playoff games against the two 2nd placed teams in Ladies Division 2. The winner will play in Division 1 in 2011-12 and the losers in Division 2. The fixture took place at the home of the team most centrally located. Please find below the results:

Northampton vs Oxford Students vs Loughborough Dolphins

Result 1: Northampton 3-1 Oxford Students

22-25 27-25 25-20 25-22

Result 2: Loughborough Dolphins 3-1 Oxford Students

22-25 25-21 25-20 25-7

Result 3: Loughborough Dolphins 3-1 Northampton

25-23 18-25 25-14 25-22

So it looks like Oxford Students are staying in NVL Div 2 and Loughborough Dolphins will be facing our Ladies in Div 1.

How good does this look?

Martyn — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:51:46 +0000

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Reading Aces 1	18	15	3	49	15	48
2	Oxford Students	18	14	4	46	20	46
3	Guildford International	18	14	4	46	22	45*
4	Bristol 1	18	12	6	41	28	42
5	Team Southampton	18	10	8	39	32	38
6	Tendring Women	18	8	10	34	35	34
7	Sussex Dolphins	18	7	11	28	35	32
8	Plymouth	18	6	12	24	40	30
9	New Forest Ladies	18	4	14	18	46	26
10	TeamBath	18	0	18	2	54	15*

Guildford forfeited their match against Tendring yesterday, so Oxford go into the playoffs.

CHAMPIONS!!!

Martyn — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:19:37 +0000

It’s official. Reading Aces NVL Ladies are CHAMPIONS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE WOMENS DIVISION 2 SOUTH!! thanks to an easy victory over last-placed Team Bath, 25-10, 25-14, 25-18.

This result ensures Reading Aces Ladies are promoted automatically to Division 1 and will face teams from all round the country next season.

A match report is likely to appear in Friday’s getreading (the weekend version of the Reading Evening Post).

We're the champions!

Well done to all!

Crunch time!! aka weekend preview

Martyn — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:04:50 +0000

Our NVL Ladies host Team Bath on Sunday at 12:30 in potentially the most important (and definitely last) match of the regular season… Read on…

This is the match that could decide the NVL Womens 2 South championship. With the final match of the season coming up, the division title is still up for grabs by three teams. Oxford are currently on top by one point (46), with Reading in second and Guildford in third on equal points (45).

It’s simple. If Reading win the match, they win the championship irrespective of any other results. Given that it’s against Team Bath, who have won a grand total of two (yes, 2) SETS, you’d expect this to be a fairly routine victory. But just in case the unthinkable should happen, the possible scenarios are detailed below. Now go get a coffee and find a comfy chair, then start reading.

If Guildford (playing at Tendring at 11:30) win and Reading lose, then Guildford win the championship and Reading will go into the playoffs on account of better set difference compared to Oxford, who have no more games to play.

If both Reading and Guildford were to lose, then we go to set countback as all three teams would be tied on 46 points. Reading have the best set differential and cannot be overtaken (+4 on Guildford and +5 on Oxford). If Guildford lose 3-0 or 3-1, then Oxford go up via the playoffs and Guildford stay in 2 South. If Guildford win 3-2, then Oxford and Guildford would have to go to points differential (which the league would need to count back) to decide who goes up and who stays down. If that’s still equal (unlikely!), then Oxford would go through on account of their destroying Guildford both home and away.

Clear as mud? What the hell. Get down to Kendrick School for 12:30 and give it plenty of noise so we can get this done.

It could all still happen…

Martyn — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:18:25 +0000

Last week’s loss to Guildford really put the cat among the pigeons and set up a fascinating end of season. With a win against Guildford and a victory in the next game at New Forest, Aces would have sealed the championship with a game to spare – but now it goes right down to the wire. It’s a straight three-horse race (the next team is Team Southampton who can only reach 40 points).

The division winner is promoted automatically. The team finishing second will play off against the second-placed team in Div 2(N) and the third-bottom team from Division 1. All scenarios (that I can manage) are explained below.This is the current NVL Women’s 2 South table:

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Sets		Pts
Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Oxford Students	17	13	4	43	20	43
2	Reading Aces 1	16	13	3	43	15	42
3	Guildford International	16	13	3	43	19	42

Reading play New Forest (A, 20/3) and Team Bath (H, 10/4). Oxford play Team Bath (H, 27/3). Guildford have to play New Forest (H, 3/4) and Tendring (A, 10/4).

Oxford can reach a maximum of 46 points, so if Reading win both games, they will be promoted automatically. Guildford can also go up via the playoffs if they do the same.

If Oxford lose and Reading and Guildford both win at least one match, then Oxford will stay in W2S.

If Oxford win and Reading and Guildford win one and lose one, then all teams will finish on 46 points. Reading have the advantage due to better set differential. If Oxford win their match 3-0 and Reading win one 3-2 and lose one 3-0, they would tie with Oxford for sets. There is no scenario in which all three teams could finish on equal sets.

If Reading win one 3-2 and lose one 3-2, and Guildford win one 3-0 and lose one 3-2, that would put Reading and Guildford on equal sets and points. Guildford would probably go up due to more points scored and would have the head-to-head on Reading in matches.

Interestingly, no team has been completely dominant. Oxford owned Guildford, who beat Reading, who owned Oxford.

So come on ladies, let’s get that first win under our belts!

Weekend Preview 20/3

Martyn — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:36:52 +0000

We are now really at the sharp end of the season, and our NVL Ladies are in action on Sunday in a pivotal game against New Forest. Read on for more…

With Aces one point behind Oxford Students (with a game in hand) and level on points with Guildford (but ahead of them due to sets for/against quotient), every point counts. At this stage there are many possible scenarios which I will explain in my next post. Let’s just say that…

- If Reading win both games: they win Division 2 and are promoted automatically to Division 1. No other results count.

The game is at 11:30 at Applemore Health and Leisure Centre in Dibden (near Southampton) if you want to come and support. GO ACES!

Our NVL Ladies consolidate their lead

Anastasia — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:34:45 +0000

Yesterday our NVL Ladies won against Tendring 2-3! It was a tough and very close game (26-24, 22-25, 14-25, 25-19, 13-15). MVP was Ally Newman. Please join us next Sunday, 13th March – we’ll need all your support as playing Guilfordand Plymouth.

Come on, Reading Aces!

Waiting for the serve