Melbourne Spikers - Events in 2003

Events in 2003

Midsumma Tournament

Saturday January 25th

Melbourne Spikers hosted their biggest tournament ever on the Australia Day weekend as part of the annual Midsumma Festival.
12 teams, including 2 teams from Adelaide and one from Sydney, slogged it out through 44 degree heat. The two divisions were hotly contested.

Results:
Open Division -
Social Division - Set Sista's def. Trouble 25-12, 22-25, 15-11

MVP's:
Open Division - Patrick
Social Division - Darren

Pride March

February 2nd

The Spikers were there, carrying the banner high and proud!

Girls in Wangaratta

March 1st & 2nd

They drank themselves silly and still kicked arse!

Boys in Warnambool

March 8th, 9th & 10th

Another tremendous result and damn good fun!

Girls in London

April 17th - 22nd

The 2002 Sydney Gay Games stirred something deep within the Spiker girls - a desire for international competition. The Lesbian Easter Volleyball Tournament held in London was too big a temptation so seven dedicated ladies headed off to quench their thirst!


Canal-side	The Team outside	The Team inside	Warm-up

Well done girls!

Good Friday Volleyballathon

April 18th

The Melbourne Spikers "Bunnies" entered the inaugural Good Friday Appeal Volleyballathon organised by Kew Volleyball. The Bunnies consisted of Scott, Liz, Tim, Stephen, Drew, Kin, and Lee and our bright purple and yellow Gay Games uniforms certainly made us stand out amongst the 7 teams attending. The competition ranged from the social and relaxed to the serious trophy hunters. We took a while to warm up and with the first 2 games being against the eventual finalists it was a pretty tough way to start! With our rotation and strategy now fine-tuned we won the remaining 4 games. Highlights included Liz's serving runs and Drew spiking a spike!

Congratulations to the officials and the Kew High School referees who donated their time to organise a very efficient tournament. With the entry fees and a raffle the day raised over $1200 for the Royal Children's Hospital.

Winterdaze Tournament

June 7th

This was such a fantastic event that we've dedicated a separate page to it!

Check out the Winterdaze 2003 tournament page for results, photos and stories.

Bump & Bowl

August 31st

Sunday night was bowling night for Spikers at Strike in Chapel Street:

We had a good turn out with 2 lanes chockfull of volleyballers utilizing their "under the net!" skills & knocking down the odd pin or two (or ten) in the process - along with a healthy sprinkling of gutter balls.
It was fun playing with the crew in a different game & environment and quite a number of very stylish bowlers were discovered - the laneway providing the perfect catwalk for bowl vogueing.
After a couple of games, the bowling shoes reluctantly returned, some of us headed out into a cold winters' night up Chapel Street for a feed & post games assessment.
Final verdict? - A great night with everyone getting into it. Thanks to the committee for the organizing & here's looking forward to the next gathering - did I hear someone say karaoke?

Stay tuned!

- Richard.

Mornington Tournament

4th - 5th October

Adelaide Feast Tournament

8th November

A big thank you to the Adelaide Spikers for hosting a memorable tournament. The Queens Arms Hotel and the Mars Bar have requested prior warning of our next visit! Most of the stories can not be published and the usual disclaimer of "what happens in Adelaide stays in Adelaide" is used to protect the not-so-innocent. Suffice to say that the "Poker Machine of Truth" worked hard and unearthed a few gems... Oh yeah, we played volleyball too!

Results:

A Grade: Melbourne Spikers FP def Vamous
B Grade: Crisis def Black Attack
C Grade: All Sorts def Bruce's Bruins

Congrats to Grace for winning the A Grade MVP!

Photos:

Good Neighbours Tournament - Canberra

22nd, 23rd November

For the 3rd year running Melbourne Spikers sent a team to take part in Australia's largest open volleyball tournament. The competition was tough but played in good spirit and our fabulous purple and yellow uniforms made sure we were noticed!

The grudge match between our "sister" club from Sydney, Free Spirit, turned into a 3-0 walkover, once again proving Melbourne's superiority. The finals, played at the end of the tough 2 day slog, tested all teams stamina. Our defence held strong and we finished a very respectable 3rd place.

Thanks to Patrick for the photos: