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Papers of the Maroondah Halfway House Group including notice of the AGM Oct 1993 and proposed Special General Meeting Dec 1993, concerning the draft constitution of the MHHG; with correspondence and draft docs. regarding the constitution.Papers of the Maroondah Halfway House Groupmaroondah half way house group, plummer, jan, milton, joyce

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Topic; Notices for AGM July 23rd and Open House Melbourne 2017 July 29th a& 30th ; RHSV History week in October, Elster Creek; Clee Hill;Leonard.A. LePage; Cheltenham Church of Christ 160th; Pennydale Post Office; Cheltenham; Ross St & Smith St Bentleigh; This is Issue 11 of the Moorabbin Mirror produced by CMHS members Fran & Holger Bader , Geoffrey Paterson, in July 2017 The Moorabbin Mirror reflects the history and heritage of the former City of Moorabbin — derived from Mooroobin, ‘a resting place’ in the Bunurrung spoken language. In 1994, the City of Moorabbin was integrated into the Cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and Monash This is Issue 11 of the Moorabbin Mirror, Newsletter of CMHS in July 2017A4 x 2 paper folded to A5 x 4pp printed on both sidesMoorabbin / Mirror / Newsletter City of Moorabbin Historical Society (CMHS) Inc . / operating Box Cottage Museum / July 2017 Issue 11moorabbin mirror, bader fran, bader holger, patterson geoffrey, cheltenham chhurch of christ, lepage a.l.; clee hill estate; elster creek, sir ross smith, aviators, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, brighton, market gardeners, early settlers

The City of Moorabbin Historical Society was formed c 1960 by a group of Moorabbin residents who were concerned that the history of the area should be preserved. A good response to a call for items related to the historical area of Moorabbin Shire brought donations of a wide variety of artefacts which are now preserved by the current members of CMHS at Box Cottage Museum . Helen Stanley, Secretary of CMHS, began producing a Newsletter for members in April 2007 to provide current information and well researched items of historical interestHelen Stanley has produced a bi-monthly Newsletter, 2007 - 2013, for the members of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society that contains well researched interesting historical items, notification of upcoming events, current advice from Royal Australian Historical Society , Museums Australia Victoria and activities of Local Historical Societies. The Newsletter is an important record of the activities of the CMHS4 x A4 paper printed on 1 side Issue 24 of the bi-monthly, City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter produced by Society member and Secretary, Mrs Helen Stanley in October 2011. Notice of AGM October 30th, resignation of Jamie Hyams, President CMHS 2003 -2011, Box Cottage will be open October 29th and 30th as part of History Week and members have been meeting for a monthly ‘working bee’ to arrange displays and re-label artefacts as suggested by Peta Knott MAV. Items submitted for Glen Eira CC funding have been purchased. Attached are 3 pages of descriptions with photographs of ‘Tiny Treasures in Box Cottage Museum’ that have been catalogued, photographed and entered on MAV website. CITY of MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / OCTOBER 2011 NEWSLETTER city of moorabbin historical society, stanley helen, melbourne, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, ormond, bentleigh, mckinnon, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin shire, box cottage museum, city of moorabbin, box william, glen eira city council, museums australia victoria, knott peta, anzac day, medals, world war 1914-1918, tape measure, hatpins, perfume bottle, vesta case, hyams jamie, lawson, nan

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 1982 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it include. the following documents: 11171.12a South Australia v Victorian Country Volleyball Side Report 11171.12b VCVC representative Sides and entry forms for the Country Championships 11171.12c VAVA Executive Committee 11171.12d Guide for running the Country Championships 11171.12e Goulburn Valley Volleyball report on Country Championships 11171.12f U20 and U15 Championships reports 11171.12g Report by Chief referee on the 1981 U20 Championships at Warrnambool 11171.12h Notice of VCVC two day conference Oct 1982 11171.12i Bendigo YMCA Volleyball Booklet for the 1982 U20 and U15 Country Championships 11171.12j Montmatre Motor Inn St Kilda re two day conference 11171.12k VCVC Secretary report for Oct two day conference 11171.12l Entry fees for the Open Country Championships 11171.12m To Goulburn Valley Volleyball re Constitution and By-laws 11171.12n Notice of AGM of VCVC at Warrnambool 11171.12o Notice of 1982 Datsun State League in South Australia 11171.12p VAVA Survey on U17 Competitions 11171.12q Maffra Sale Association re insurance for players 11171.12r VAVA re Hamilton non affiliation 11171.12s VCVC Report for the months of July and August 1982 11171.12t ERE Embroidery re team flashes 11171.12u Kanyana Volleyball Club Invitation tournament 11171.12v Invitation to Executive Director and U17 State Coach 11171.12w Request from student re information on volleyball 11171.12x Hamilton Volleyball Association Information 11171.12y ERE Embroidery Account 11171.12z VAVA Notice of AGM March 1982victorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria

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 1980 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it includes the following documents: 11171.10a Two day VCVC Conference 1980 11171.10b VCVC Representative Team against South Australian Country Teams 11171.10c Maffra Sale Volleyball Affiliation Correspondence 11171.10d VAVA Notices and Sports Administrators Newsletters 11171.10e VCVC letters re Maffra Sale and Leongatta Volleyball Affiliation 11171.10f VAVA re Use of State Director of Coaching 11171.10g Goulburn Valley Volleyball re concerns over Country Championship Regulations 11171.10h To Mildura Volleyball re affiliation and structure in Australia 11171.10i To Leongatta Volleyball Association acceptance of affiliation 11171.10j VCVC re Maffra Sale Affiliation 11171.10k VAVA Notice of Meeting postponement 11171.10l Goulburn Valley Amateur Volleyball Association application for Country Championships 11171.10m Latrobe Valley Volleyball Association list of office bearers 11171.10n VAVA Treasurer Vacancy 11171.10o VAVA Proposal for appointment of an Executive Director 11171.10p VCVC Re Country Championship finances 11171.10q VCVC Record Secretary's Report Oct 1980 11171.10r VAVA Notice of 1980 AGM 11171.10s VCVC Financial Statements Oct 1980 11171.10t Letter from John Fricons - apology for non attendance 11171.10u Notice of VAVA AGM 13 Dec 1980 11171.10v VAVA re 1981 Calendar of Events 11171.10w VCVC Re Swan Hill Appeal against fine 11171.10x VAVA letter re publicity guide sheet 11171.10y South Australian Volleyball Council re interstate games 11171.10z Ballarat Amateur Volleyball Association Tournament notification 11171.10aa South Australian Volleyball Association appointment of State Executive Director 11171.10ab Bendigo YMCA Volleyball Association list of office bearers 11171.10ac To South Australian Volleyball Association re interstate teams 11171.10ad Secretary financial statement May 1980 11171.10ae Notice of AGM June 1980 11171.10af Secretary Petty Cash Statement 11171.10ag re New VCVC Constitution and By-laws 11171.10ah Entry Form and Info Country Championships 1980 11171.10ai Reports on the U20 Country Championships 1980 11171.10aj Reports on the U17 Country Championships 1980victorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria

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 1976 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it includes the following documents: 11171.5a Letter from Swan Hill Volleyball Association President 11171.5b Letter from the ehuca and District YMCA Youth Clubs 11171.5c Letter from VAVA re contact details of country associations 11171.5d Letter from the Swan Hill Volleyball Association 11171.5e Letters to and from the VAVA and VCVC 11171.5f Invoice for Olympic Team Appeal Biros 11171.5g Invoice for Olympic Team Appeal Biros to all Associations 11171.5h Letter to the Echuca and District YMCA Youth Clubs 11171.5i Letter from the Warrnambool Volleyball Association 11171.5j Letter to the VAVA 11171.5k Country Championships, Roster for Referees and Draw 11171.5l Country Championships Team Registrations 1976 11171.5m Voting Slips to approve Albury Wodonga to join the VCVC 11171.5n Letter from Geelong Volleyball association 11171.5o Letter of apology from VAVA for non attendance at the Country Championships 11171.5p Letter from the Goulburn Valley Volleyball Association 11171.5q Letters to and from the Ballarat Volleyball Association 11171.5r Letter to the VAVA Treasurer Mark Perrott 11171.5s Letter from the Geelong Amateur Volleyball Association Registration fees 11171.5t Letter from VAVA Treasurer Mark Perrott 11171.5u Three letters from the VAVA and Department of Youth Sport and recreation 11171.5v Study of Voluntary Workers 11171.5w Letter from Latrobe Valley Volleyball Association 11171.5x Letter from Ballarat Volleyball re their tournament 11171.5y Notice of AGM Sept 1976 at Ballarat 11171.5z Goulburn Valley Volleyball Association Letter Office Bearers 11171.5aa Three letters from the VAVA 11171.5ab Letter from Ballarat Association requesting a referee 11171.5ac Letter from Geelong Volleyball re monies paid 11171.5ad Circular from VAVA Chinese Reciprocal Visitvictorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria

1 4.1946To WG Payne from Reporter Pty Ltd account rendered 2 6.1946Ditto 3 4.1946To WG Payne from G Compton re inconvenience to growers in stands ôKö & ôLö 4 6.1946To WG Payne from HJ Noonan re registration of citrus growers & limit planting 5n.some activities of District Council since last year 6 4.1946To WG Payne from JM Ward re Mr GayfordÆs lecture on pest control measures 7 7.1946To WG Payne from HJ Noonan re notice of AGM 8 4.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re meeting concerning citrus growers organizations 9 5.1946To WG Payne from GW Gayford re a suitable date for his lecture 10 6.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re an official representation at meeting 11 5.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re lecture by Mr Gayford 12 3.1946To WG Payne from G Compton re congestion in sheds ôKö & ôLö 13 3.1946To WG Payne from W McKenzie re registration & licensing of growers 1410.1945To WG Payne from GW Gayford re DDT spray substitute for nicotine-sulphate 1510.1945To RS Ryan from FM Forde re concern of importation of apples from America 16n.d.To M&MDC;DL from W Payne re action of Inspectors condemning bushel cases 1710.1945To WG Payne from JM Ward re neglected orchards due to shortage of labour 1810.1945To MMDC F&PP Defence League from HC Pope re production of Secateurs 1910.1945To WG Payne from JM Ward re transferring of Orchard Supervisors 20 2.1945T0 WG Payne from HJ Noonan re copy of Conference report. To WG Payne from Reporter Pty Ltd clubs and associations, fruitgrowers and primary producers defence league of australia

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 1978 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it includes the following documents: 11171.7a Circular to Associations - entry forms for Country Championships 11171.7b From Albury Wodonga seeking affiliation with the VCVC 11171.7c VCVC Financial Statement April 14th 1978 11171.7d Report on bulk purchasing of equipment 11171.7e Report on bulk purchasing of equipment 11171.7f Australian Volleyball Federation update on rules 11171.7g Proposed budget for running of 1978 Championships 11171.7h Letter from Bob Kenter Latrobe Valley re Tomas Santamaria Coaching 11171.7i Wangaratta Accomodation list 11171.7j VCVC Financial Statements Nov 1978 11171.7k Final report on bulk purchase of equipment 11171.7l Minutes of AGM at Geelong June 1977 11171.7m Minutes of meeting held at the Mont Matre Motor Inn St Kilda April 1978 11171.7n Application by the Mildura Volleyball Association to join VCVC 11171.7o Letter from Ballarat in a bid to hold the Country Chamionships 11171.7p Goulburn Valley Volleyball report on the country championships 11171.7q Letter from Latrobe Valley asking for copy of the constitution 11171.7r Thank you card on the death of (Eric) Walter Livingstone Hayman 11171.7s Notice of AGM Nov 1978 11171.7t Letter from the Castlemaine Festival asking for an exhibit 11171.7u Letter to VAVA President references to good work done by the coaching director 11171.7v Records Secretary Annual report Nov 1978 11171.7w Ararat Volleyball association asking to join VCVC 11171.7x Letter from Bob Kenter re Coaching Director's program 11171.7y Letter from Kyneton Volleyball Association re affiliation 11171.7z Goulburn Valley Volleyball asking for financial assistance 11171.7aa Australian Volleyball Federation advertisement for Executive Director 11171.7ab Ballarat Volleyball list of office bearers 11171.7ac Letter from tertiary PE student Bendigo asking for information 11171.7ad Letter from tertiary PE student Bendigo asking for information 11171.7ae Letter from the Melbourne Volleyball Council to VCVC 11171.7af Letter from Bruce D. Hulley and Co. - Australian Sports Development Promotion Programme 11171.7ag VCVC Coaching director's Program to Aug 1979victorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria

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