Volleyball

Age Eligibility, and Participating States and Territories

School Sport Australia Championship
(15 years of age and under)

ACT

NSW

QLD

VIC

Rules and Guidelines

School Sport Australia Volleyball Championship

History

The Beginning of the Tradition - Schools Volleyball

Representative schools volleyball made a humble beginning during the year of 1973. In that year an open aged, interstate exchange, between Queensland and New South Wales girls teams was conducted. The boys teams, were not as fortunate, as they had to wait until 1974 before the Departments of Education from each State granted approval for their exchange. However, New South Wales were unable to field a team in that year, so Queensland toured and competed against Sydney High Schools. Through the years of 1975 to include 1977, an annual interstate exchange occurred between these two States, and so, the beginning of the TRADITION.

This competition proved to be the necessary catalyst to inspire other States and Territories into action. In 1978 the inaugural Secondary Schools National Volleyball Championships were conducted. The open age group (19 years and under) was the preferred age group for these Championships. This format continued until 1988 when the schools volleyball program was considered to be duplicating the Australian Volleyball Federation run programs. The rationalisation process recommended that the schools program be offered at the Under 16 years age group. To this day the Australian Secondary Schools Volleyball Championships are conducted at this age group.

Volleyball has touched every State and Territory in Australia. Northern Territory being the latest to be struck by the tradition. The boys ochre uniforms made their debut at the 1989 National Championships in Brisbane. The girls had to wait until 1991 for their debut. Their inclusion, along with the New South Wales teams made 1991 a memorable year in the development of Schools Volleyball.

At this stage there has never been a fully represented National Championships. Tasmania who competed from 1988 till 1990 are unable to participate due to internal financial cut backs to their Education Department's, School Sport programs. With Tasmania returning to the National Junior championships in some age groups in the last two years, we have hopes that they will be returning to the ASSC championships before too long so that we will finally have a full complement of states and territories.

The Record

Interstate Exchange (NSW and QLD - Under 20 Years)

Year	Girls	Boys	Venue
1973	QLD	-	Brisbane
1974	NSW	Tour of Sydney	Sydney
1975	QLD	Not Available	Brisbane
1976	NSW	NSW	Sydney
1977	NSW	NSW	Brisbane

National Championships (Under 20 Years)

Year	Girls	Boys	Venue
1978	NSW	QLD	Sydney
1979	SA	SA	Adelaide
1980	VIC	NSW	Wodonga, VIC
1981	NSW	NSW	Bundaberg, QLD
1982	ACT	NSW	Canberra
1983	ACT	NSW	Wagga Wagga, NSW
1984	VIC	NSW	Brisbane
1985	NSW	NSW	Canberra
1986	QLD	QLD	Geelong, VIC
1987	NSW	NSW	Port Macquarie, NSW

National Championships (15 Years & Under)

Year	Girls	Boys	Venue
1988	SA	VIC	Adelaide
1989	SA	QLD	Brisbane
1990	QLD	SA	Canberra
1991	NSW	VIC	Perth
1992	SA	WA	Bendigo
1993	SA	NSW	Brisbane
1994	SA	NSW	Sydney
1995	SA	WA	Darwin
1996	NSW	NSW	Adelaide
1997	NSW	VIC	Canberra
1998	SA	QLD	Perth
1999	SA	SA	Bendigo
2000	WA	SA	Caloundra
2001	SA	SA	Newcastle

Interstate Exchange (NSW and Qld - Under 20 Years)

Year	Girls	Boys	Venue
1988	QLD	NSW	Sydney
1989	QLD	NSW	Brisbane
1990	NSW	QLD	Port Macquarie
1991	QLD	QLD	Brisbane
1992	NSW	NSW	Port Macquarie
1993	QLD	NSW	Brisbane

Trans Tasman Volleyball Championships
(NSW, Qld, Nth Island & Sth Island NZ - Under 20 years)

Year	Girls	Boys	Venue
1994	NSW	Nth Island	Rotorua
1995	NSW	NSW	Port Macquarie
1996	NSW	Nth Island	South Island
1997	NSW	Nth Island	Brisbane
1998	Nth Island	Sth Island	Rotorua
1999	Nth Island	NSW	Sydney
2000	.	.	.
2001	.	.	.

Australian Representatives

Listed below are past school players who represented their states at the School Sport Australia Championship and then continued their volleyball development by representing Australia in the senior male and female teams.

Girls	Boys
Name	State/Territory	Name	State/Territory
Cathy LEE	SA	Trevor SIMMONDS	SA
Avril WENTWORTH	ACT	Alex WHITEHEAD	SA
Laurel WENTWORTH	ACT	Reg TUTTON	SA
Leisa SHAW	QLD	Craig HOY	NSW
Sally BACON	NSW	Bruce McKINNON	NSW
Robyn WENTWORTH	ACT	Grant ROBERTSON	QLD
Michelle ROLLINSON	NSW	Gabriel MAUERHOFER	VIC
Susan RICE	VIC	Bruce BOURNER	QLD
Delina SMITH	WA	David WAITE	VIC
Kaye DOWLEY	SA	Rowan TURNER	ACT
Simone HOPLEY	NSW	Paul SMITH	SA
Janet SCHLOSS	QLD	George SANTAMARIA	VIC
Tracey BERRIDGE	WA	Russel WENTWORTH	ACT
Tania GOOLEY	SA	Josh PEPPER	SA/QLD
Karola ENGLERT	SA	Mark LEBEDEW	SA
Tamara ROVER	SA	David ABUD	VIC
Raelee VICK	SA	Jason WATSON	NSW
Michelle DUCKWORTH	WA	Jeremy WILLIAMS	NSW
Jane SCOTT	NSW	Karl LIM	VIC
Megan BYWATERS	SA	Wade WILCOCKS	WA
Tammy CURTIS	VIC	Paul RAADTS	ACT
Fleur HOLMES	SA	David DARCY	ACT
Renae MAYCOCK	SA	.	.
Bea DALEY	SA	.	.
Jacqui SCULTHORPE	ACT	.	.
Christie MOKOTUPU	NSW	.	.
Fay AVERY	SA	.	.
Megan AVERY	SA	.	.
Anne WATTS	VIC	.	.
Anna MAYCOCK	SA	.	.
Lisa HERRON	ACT	.	.
Melanie TREGENZA	WA	.	.
Magda RYBICKI	NSW	.	.

Honorary Australian School Teams

At every National Championships a boys and girls Honorary Australian Team is selected to identify the elite players. Please choose a year to view the team selected.

- choose a year - 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

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