The End of British Volleyball

This news we heard and read last December 18th still remains very depressing that we want to give every British player and every British volleyball fan lots of hugs. What do you think about this?



Take note, Britain's indoor and men's beach volleyball programs are NOT getting any funding for the next 4 years up to the 2016 Olympics. After an 88% budget cut, the women’s beach volleyball program is surviving but will only received less than £400,000 over four years towards two female athletes.



The President of the British Volleyball Federation, Richard Callicott:

"We could not be more disappointed that the phenomenally hard work and commitment of our athletes and coaches have been rewarded with the utter obliteration of the sport at elite level. No matter how hard we try to produce enthusiasm and development at the grassroots level, every sport needs its stars to be visible. We have stars and world class athletes like
Dami Bakare now playing in one of the most competitive leagues in the world in Korea, but the opportunity for him and his outstanding teammates no longer exists for them to play for their country.
There are over 30 players playing professionally for clubs throughout Europe and North America as well as Dami.
We have produced British athletes from our own programs across all 6 of our disciplines. UK Sport made a record hand-out of £347 million. It seems frankly unfair after our brilliant endeavors at London 2012 when we were required to produce credible performances, where the GB indoor women’s team rose 49 places in the world rankings, winning a match against a much higher ranked team, and Sitting Volleyball created so many new enthusiasts at the Paralympics, that both sports should be rewarded with precisely nothing for their efforts over those past five years.
I am simply shocked that our sporting leaders could be so dismissive of such a mighty effort".

source: cev.lu/ photo: fivb.org

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