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Mens Division 2

First victim/worthy opponent was Farnborough. Squad for this game was Dave, Luciano, Geoff, Tom, Matt, Chris (Brown), Jen, Lucas, Martyn. It was a hard-fought game, but Aces won the first set relatively easily (25-16). Hawks fought back hard in the second set and sneaked past the finishing line 29-27.  The third set went our way 15-11.

Having disposed of our first opponent, the second lamb to the slaughter/worthy opponent was Oxford Uni. Lucas had to leave for work, so that put us one middle down. Another change was to put Jen in as libero, a role in which she acquitted herself very well. The first, closely-fought, set went our way 25-21. The second set was rather more one-sided, with the Uni winning it easily 25-13. Matt also tried to knock some sense into Dave/managed to serve one straight onto Dave’s head (we’ll see over the course of next week if it’s had any effect. -Ed.) Aces did not give up though, and a see-saw third set finally saw Aces triumph 19-17.

With Newbold defaulting last week, this leaves both Aces teams top of the table – surely an unprecedented situation!

BVA Men’s next fixture is on 13th November in Aldershot, again against Farnborough and Maidenhead Mens 2, starting at 11am in Aldershot Garrison.

Outdoor sessions are finally getting under way. We will be starting in Cintra Park on Wednesday 15th June at 7.30pm.

Cintra Park is near the town centre, off the A327 (Aldershot Road). If you know where the Sport Park is at Reading University, it’s just up the road on the opposite side from there.

The link I posted last night has been confirmed as correct.

Any problems ordering stuff, let me know.

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.

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

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!

]]> http://readingaces.co.uk/2011/04/champions/feed/ 0 http://readingaces.co.uk/2011/04/crunch-time-aka-weekend-preview/ http://readingaces.co.uk/2011/04/crunch-time-aka-weekend-preview/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:04:50 +0000 Martyn http://readingaces.co.uk/?p=916 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.