Three wins for London teams (Men's and women's National League)
Aces off the mark
There were five London teams in action in the National League this past week-end with two involved in derby games in the Premier Division, In the men's, IBB Polonia, inflicted a third defeat on Richmond Docklands In Kingston while, over in Tooting, Malory Eagles UEL disposed of Polonia Sideout in the women's at the same time as Aces were recording a victory after losing their opening Division One league match.

Encouraging results for most London teams (Men's and women's National Volleyball League)
Double win for Malory Eagles
With two early games at Ernest Bevin and an evening start in Ealing, a feast of top quality volleyball was on offer in London on Saturday (13th October). There were also two second division matches played in town, both hosted by Dartford who played both days.

London clubs' results
Inter and Orcas' joy: two of three Richmond teams disappoint
Kingston College Arena was a busy place although generally there were relatively few national league matches over the week-end (29/30th September)

Weekend's results (men's and women's National Volleyball League)
Surprise defeat for Dartford
There was a numerically quiet opening to the season in the National Volleyball League with no Saturday games and only five London sides involved in six fixtures on Sunday. Even so, there were several encouraging starts but one unexpected defeat.

Surprise withdrawal (Men's and women’s Super League - National Volleyball League)
Mid-summer shock
Hard on the heels of IBB Polonia's news that they had secured the services of top coach Simon Loftus arrived the news on 11th July of the demise of their main contender in the top flight with its women's side which is currently the knock-out Cup holder both having topped the Super8 divisions last season.