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Volleyball club

Learn the sport and develop your skills, or compete in the BUCS leagues

The University of Portsmouth Volleyball Club is a very sociable club offering both competitive and social volleyball for both men and women. The club competes in the official BUCS leagues as well as the annual Varsity against Southampton and a few more casual beach tournaments.

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2022/23 Memberships

  • Compete: £70 (includes training, transport, equipment, coaching and fixtures)
  • Development: £45 (no BUCS fixtures)

Training Sessions

Development/Social

  • Thursday 9.00pm-10.30pm - Ravelin Sports Centre

Compete

  • Tuesday 8.00pm-10.30pm (1st Teams) - Ravelin Sports Centre
  • Monday 8.00pm-10.30.00pm (Women's 2nd Team) - St. Paul's

Fixtures

BUCS fixtures take place against other university teams on Wednesday afternoons.

Home games will take place at Ravelin Sports Centre and we will travel to other universities for away matches.

Please contact the club - volleyball@port.ac.uk - to request information about joining the club before purchasing a membership.

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PLAY Sessions

Lots of our clubs offer PLAY sessions, a more casual way to play without committing to a year membership. PLAY sessions are included with your Ravelin Sports Centre membership!

The sports included are:

  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Dodgeball
  • Fencing
  • Handball
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Taekwondo and Karate
  • Trampolining
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo

Get involved!

LGBTQ+ sports club guidance

We welcome all students to take part in non-competitive sports and we recognise the health and wellbeing benefits of being active. Competitive sports are bound by specific policies governed by the sport's National Governing Body which may be less inclusive. Please find below inclusion guidance for our club.

Mixed-gender Club Trans-gender Club Non-binary Club Gender-queer Club
Yes Partially Partially Partially
A transgender woman can still play in the male category of competition. A transgender woman cannot play in the female category of competition. A transgender man can continue to play in the female competition unless hormone treatment has commenced. A transgender male can play in the male competition as there is no physical advantage that would make the competition unfair.

Play: Yes - anyone can take part in our Play sessions if you hold the relevant membership.

Train: Fully Inclusive

Compete: Inclusivity dependant - A transgender woman cannot play in the female category of competition. A transgender man can continue to play in the female competition unless hormone treatment has commenced.

Check out the full guidance on https://www.volleyballengland.org/