Melbourne Spikers Inc. Volleyball Club

Melbourne Spikers

Events in 2002

It's hard to remember anything else happening in 2002 apart from the Sydney Gay Games but here is an incomplete list.

Midsumma

Pride March - 
Tournament - Sunday, January 24th
Carnival - 

Winterdaze Tournament

Part of the Winterdaze Festival held annually in June

Ballarat Tournament

Held sometime in August???

Victorian Open - Mornington

September???
Our girls were victorious in the Women's Division.
Set Sisters were runner's up in the Mixed Social Division.

Gay Games 6 - Sydney

November 1st-9th.  There are only 3 words needed to describe the Gay Games experience - FAB - BU - LOUS!
Check out the Sydney 2002 page for more words and some pictures too.
Sincere thanks go the the 2002 Committee for their time, effort and dedication during the lead up to the Gay Games.

Good Neighbours Tournament - Canberra

November 30st - December 1st.  Just when you thought we hadn't played enough volleyball!  One team managed to drag (yes drag by every definition!) itself to Canberra for the annual Good Neighbours Volleyball Tournament held by Volleyball ACT.  The team consisted of: Kin (Captain), Darren, Franky, Stephen, Tim, Patrick and Furdy and competed in Men's Division 4.  The venues included the international-standard court at the AIS which was a dream to play on.

More words soon...

Annual Picnic

Our annual Christmas Picnic was held on Sunday, December 7th.  Thanks to Melbourne's "summer" weather we almost got rained out, but we Spikers are a hardy lot and the afternoon turned out to be beautiful.  Coach Grace twisted her ankle slightly but didn't feel much pain thanks to the copious amounts of medicinal fluids consumed before and after the injury...

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