This file contains six items. An article from the GLEN EIRA/ PORT PHILLIP LEADER on Glenhuntly Athletic Club’s placing at the Victorian Junior Track and Field Championships, dated February 2013. An article from the GLEN EIRA/ PORT PHILLIP LEADER on Glenhuntly Athletic Club’s participation in the Victorian Open and Athletes with Disability Championships, dated 12/03/2013. An article from the GLEN EIRA/ PORT PHILLIP LEADER on Glenhuntly Athletic Club’s success at the Victorian Road Relay Championship, dated 21/05/2013. An article from the GLEN EIRA/ PORT PHILLIP LEADER on Glenhuntly Athletic Club’s participation in round four of the Athletics Victorias Winter Cross-Country Series, dated 18/06/2013. An article from the GLEN EIRA/ PORT PHILLIP LEADER on Glenhuntly Athletic Club’s participation in round five of the Athletics Victorias Winter Cross-Country Series, dated 25/06/2013.glenhuntly athletic club, associations, sports, recreations, leisure, competitions, sporting clubs, cultural events, cultural activities, cultural associations, running, athletics, sports grounds, ovals, parks, reserves, victorian junior track and field championship, victorian open, athletes with a disability championships, victorian road relay championship, the lady hunters, the hunters, athletics victoria winter cross-country series, athletics australia, entertainment, glen eira/ port phillip leader, glenhuntly, esparon natalie, mcgrath andrew, flook isabelle, miller samantha, o’brien genevieve, buckley aisling o’connor, catalano maggie, jayasena dinesh, mouratch daniel, cowley rhydian, thompson noni, grau molly, horrobin ashleigh, marquardt jack, mcinnes simone, bird tarli, cook meredith, davidson prue, higham cassie, wetherall bridget, burnett kirrily, moore anna, oliveri claire, lappin jake, parsons michaela, pickering jasper, dekkers dana, huffer dean, cook jamie, alexander james, arthur mikhalla, parkinson nick, enter alice, kelly ben, tathan braydn, toll samuel, montag piper, montag andie, brammer bridget, glew liam, menara lachlan, hetherington kelly, short russell, lichoudaris sophie, debernadi aidan, lang beau, mclean emily, lund sarah, edwards julia, aslanides amelia, bulger stacy, ross anna, cardinia caey, eades laura, ham nicholas, cartwright kelly, losty ciora, bullock jack, beagley rebeca, macknamara peter, mashford martin, winter chris, rayner toby, strintzos haftu

Medal, round, brass, 'wreath' border on front, brass scroll. Attached to blue and yellow striped ribbonFront: 'ECHUCA MOAMA 25.2.1995 - inscription Back: '4th VICTORIAN OPEN TOWN CRIERS CHAMPIONSHIP'

Correspondence received from Victorian Athletic Association with regard to assistance given by the city of Caulfield for Victorian road running championships at Caulfield Racecourse 1987, dated 16/06/1987 An article from the Caulfield /Port Phillip Leader on Sean Wroe’s participation in the Melbourne track classic, dated 01/03/2011 An article from the Caulfield /Port Phillip Leader on the success of Glen Huntly Athletic Club at the Victorian Youth Championship , dated 08/03/2011 An article from the Caulfield /Port Phillip Leader on Glen Huntly Athletic Club’s ‘participation in the Australian 20km walk championship and the Australian Athletics tour, dated 08/03/2011 An article from the Caulfield / Port Phillip Leader on Glen Huntly Athletic Club's’ win of the HH Hunter Shield, dated ,15.03.2011 An article from the Caulfield / Port Phillip Leader on Glen Huntly Athletic Club’s wins at the Australian Junior Athletics Championship, dated 22.03.2011 An article from the Caulfield/ Port Phillip Leader on Sean Wroe from the Glen Huntly Athletic’s Club participation in the Australian Athletic’s Championship and World championship, dated 12.04.2011 An article from the Caulfield/ Port Phillip Leader on Glen Huntly Athletic’s Club’s participation in the Victorian cross country r5elay Championship, dated 17.05.2011 An article from the Caulfield /Port Phillip Leader on Sean Wroe and Kelly Hetherington representing Glen Huntly Athletic Club at the World University games in China, dated 09.08.2011 An article from the Caulfield/ Port Phillip Leader on the success of the Women from Glen Huntly Athletic Club at the Athletics Victoria road relay Championship, dated 16.08.2011 An article from the Caulfield/ Port Phillip Leader on the Sean Wroe, from the Glen Huntly Athletic Club ,bronze medal win at the World university Games in China, dated 30.08.2011 An article from the Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader on Glen Huntly Athletic Club’s participation in the Athletics Victoria summer 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Framed certificate under glass, cream, black print and decoration, wooden frame, tortoiseshell finish. Certificate of participation in the 4th Victorian open Town criers' championship at Echuca, 25 Feb 1995, awarded to Syd Cuffesyd cuffe, town crier, championships

Volleyball has been played in regional Victoria since the early-1960’s. During those early days, most competitions, like the founders of our great sport, were run by, or in conjunction with, the YMCA. Competitions were running at the Ballarat School of Mines and the YMCA’s of Bendigo, Geelong and Warrnambool. In August 1966, an invitation was extended by the Victorian Amateur Volleyball Association to play in the first State-wide event at Monash University. Geelong and Bendigo accepted the invitation with Melbourne represented by Sisu. For Bendigo players at least, this was the first exposure to ‘international rules’, which prevented upward scoops with open hands, introduced an action called a ‘dig’ and seemed to penalise most overhead actions using the fingers as ‘double hits’! Over the next few years, the sport expanded through the YMCA movement with weekly competitions starting up in Ararat, Warrnambool and Latrobe Valley. The Victorian Regional Council of YMCA’s proposed the first Victorian YMCA Championship in Warrnambool on 30th March 1968 with an entry fee of $4.00 per team. The sport continued to grow with additional regional associations affiliating with the Victorian Amateur Volleyball Association (now VVI) who provided the coaching and refereeing assistance needed to raise the standard of play. In 1970, the YMCA Championships started to give way to the Victorian Country Championships with the first ever event held in Bendigo. In 1973, a re-organisation of the VAVA saw the proposal to create separate Victorian Country and Metropolitan Volleyball Councils. The VCVC was established in 1974 and took over the organisation of the Victorian Country Championships. For the next 10-12 years, the Country Championships grew in stature with the inclusion of two divisions for open men and women and junior divisions for boys and girls. Representative teams successfully contested Australian Country Championships between Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales on several occasions. In October 1985, the VCVC voluntarily wound up the Council and handed the responsibility for the Country Championships back to Volleyball Victoria, who by that time had full-time State Executive and Coaching Directors. Since that time, the Long Weekend in June has continued to be the date of the major annual volleyball event for most regional associations, even though in 1986 the Junior Country Championships were wound up in favour of state and national schools events. A number of regional associations have ceased to exist, as have a number of regional tournaments. Regional leagues were created in both the Gippsland and Central, North-West regions, with Gippsland the only one to survive. Some associations have successfully competed in the State League competitions at various times. Following the experience gained by a number of regional administrators working on the Sydney Olympic Games, a proposal to revamp the Victorian Country Championship was put to VVI in early 2002. Later that year, the Volleyball Victoria Country Championships Commission was formed to implement the recommendations of the review and take control of the event into the future. These championships now provide regional players and officials an opportunity to participate in a consistently well-managed event, using many international protocols and a high standard of presentation. Without doubt, this event now ranks as one of the best volleyball events in Australia. Source: 2022 Country Championship regulations The management of the Country Championships by the Victorian Country Championship Commission certainly achieved the objective of raising the standard of presentation, and delivering a consistently high quality event. However, the demands on Host Associations began to take their toll, with several Associations declining the opportunity to host the event due to the high workload. Similarly, the workload of the volunteer Commissioners also took its toll, with the Commission unable to fill casual vacancies. In 2023, the Commission handed the organisation of the Championships back to VVI, who with paid staff, were better equipped to manage the event.This item contains Correspondence of the Council in 1985 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it include. the following documents: 11171.16a Victorian Open Country Championships Report 1985 11171.16b Victorian Open Country Championships Team Entries 1985 - Contact BHS for Details 11171.16c Seymour Volleyball invitation to BBQ 11171.16d VCVC to Australian Volleyball federation re Australian Country Championships 11171.16e To NSW Volleyball association re National Country Championships 11171.16f VAVA Executive List 11171.16g VCVC AGM List of attendees 11171.16h From Rosedale and District Volleyball Apology for AGM 11171.16i From TVA re non attendance at AGM 11171.16j Volleyball Victoria proposal for petrol reimbursements 11171.16k VVI Where did my fees go? 11171.16l VVI Finacial Statement March 1985 11171.16m VVI Financial Statement April 1985 11171.16n ERE Embroidery order 11171.16o To Seymour Volleyball account for trophy engraving 11171.16p Notice of AGM April 1985 11171.16q Bendigo YMCA Volleyball list of executive 11171.16r To all associations re executive lists update 11171.16s South Australian Volleyball requesting feedback 11171.16t Secretary petty cash advance 11171.16u Australain Volleyball Federation re National Country Championships 11171.16v NSW Volleyball association re Australian Country Volleyball Championships 11171.16w Kanyana Volleyball Club re Lightning Spike Cup clash 11171.16x Australian volleyball Federation re regulations 11171.16y Volleyball Victoria Newsletter June 1985 11171.16z VAVA to AVF Change of Address 11171.16aa VAVA Re Asian Qualifying Tournament Oct 1985 11171.16ab Back line spiker and serve rules 11171.16ac List of Country Associations and statistics 11171.16ad Albury Wodonga Association Australian Country Championships Report 11171.16ae NSW Volleyball Association re Wagga Wagga National Country Championships 11171.16af U20 Country Volleyball Championships report 1985 11171.16ah U20 Country Volleyball Championships Team entry forms - contact the BHS for details 11171.16ai VCVC AGM Agenda 11171.16aj VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting April 1985 11171.16ak VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting August 1985 11171.16al VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting March 1985 11171.16am VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting July1985 11171.16an VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting June 1985 11171.16ao VAVA Minutes of Executive Meeting May 1985 11171.16ap VAVA Minutes of AGM Meeting April 1985 11171.16aq VAVA Financial Statement Aug 1985 11171.16ar VAVA Executive Meeting Agenda Sept 1985victorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria