Volleyball
14 April, 2025
Ladder leaders comfortable
Volleyball Horsham’s summer season competitions will take a break for the school holidays, with ladder leaders in all grades sitting comfortably on top after strong starts to the season.
In A grade, Phantoms have picked up where they left off last season and sit on top, undefeated after five games.
Tyler Puls has his team working well together, with Tristan Rayes the team’s big improver as a middle attacker while Noah Werry is setting consistently well.
Dimitrios Vettos’ Hellenic Nuggets sit second on the ladder, and those two teams have stolen a march on the rest of the competition with Heidelberg, Rangers and Tsunami in a three-way battle for the final two spots on the ladder.
In women’s A, Lily Adams’ Phantoms are also sitting pretty on top with six wins from six starts and they are well clear of Kayle Kelm’s Lakers in second, with Laelah Robertson’s Tsunami hot on their heels in third.
The young teams in this competition in WLC Thorns and Heidelberg are improving each week, and while they may not make it to finals this season, their rapid improvement will see them contend next season without a doubt.
The A reserve competition has Delaney Bray’s Heidelberg well clear on top, undefeated with five wins in their bank.
The experience of players like Bray, Ronan Garth-Lindsay and Cobba Harrison has enabled them to play good consistent volleyball.
Perennial favorites Waterhammers sit in second place, with CHS Group in third and Von Steiger Bloods holding onto fourth spot just ahead of Cooked.
In B grade the Horsham College Wilson team is sitting nicely on top, undefeated after five wins, ahead of the WLC Tigers, while the Filos, Hurricanes and Phantom Masters are locked in a three-way battle for the last two positions in the top four.
While not quite having achieved what they set out to do in term one, the WLC Titans will now set their sights on claiming the C grade title.
Qualifying for SSV state titles was their goal, and while they fell agonisingly short of that mark, the improvement the youngsters from WLC have made over the course of this season will stand them in good stead going forward.
Set For Glory are hot on the heels of the youngsters while Stars and the Dig Dogs round out the top four.
The Von Steiger Sisters have shown the benefit of regular training, sitting clear on top of the women’s B competition, undefeated with six wins.
Venjie Munn, Meg Armstrong and May Rosello are leading by example for the Von Steiger Sisters, who are sitting nicely on top of the ladder ahead of the two young teams, Power Divas and Bombers.
The junior competition is split into junior A and B, with the more experienced teams making up the junior A competition while the younger less experienced teams are in junior B.
Eden Pumpa’s Strikers are showing the benefit of having played together for a while now, sitting clear on top ahead of Lacy Perry’s Phantoms, with Shayne Johns’ Stars Blue and Matilda Smith’s WLC Nuggets rounding out the top four.
In junior B the new-look Murtoa team has taken an early grip on top spot, but the WLC teams in the Cubs, Tigers and Sixers are hot on their heels with any one of the four capable of going deep into finals come June.
Team nominations are rolling in for the Good Friday Lightning Spike with entries closing on Monday.
There will be separate competitions for senior and junior teams, with all proceeds from the day going to the Royal Children’s Hospital appeal.
Visit the Volleyball Horsham socials to enter a team.