Aylesbury Vale Volleyball Club
Useful Directions
Home Venues
- Sportspace Berkhamsted - new home match venue for 2006/7
- Wendover (RAF Halton) - normal indoor training venue and old home match venue
- Stoke Mandeville (Eskdale) - former summer outdoor venue up to 2004 and used for first session in summer 2006
- Stoke Mandeville (Bucks CC) - summer outdoor venue from 2005, and now the offical 2006 summer venue following complaints after the first session at Eskdale
Opposition Match Venues
Herts League
See the Vale Fixtures & Results page for latest matches and details of venues.
Bucks League
- RAF High Wycombe, Naphill
- HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes
- HMP The Mount, Bovingdon
- Woodrow High House, Amersham
Recreational Volleyball
Some club members play recreational volleyball on Mondays from 1730 to 1900 with GE Healthcare Amersham Volleyball Club:
- Winter indoor venue: The Misbourne School, Misbourne Drive, Great Missenden, HP16 0BN.
- Summer outdoor venue: Hervines Park, Hervines Road, Amersham, HP6 5HU.
Pubs, Restaurants and Other Vale Venues
- The Bull, 5 Risborough Road, Stoke Mandeville, HP22 5UP
Pub for refreshment after Summer sessions at Eskdale; friendly staff and occasional surplus sandwiches after quiz nights. - Crow's Nest, Tring Hill, Tring, HP23 4LD
Convenient meeting point for away matches for those coming from Aylesbury area and convenient occasional venue for committee meetings. - Marquis of Granby, 225 Aylesbury Road, Wendover, HP22 6BA
Previously used for post-training refreshment and Christmas meal; recommended but last orders always seemed to be called very early. - The Oak, 119 Green End St, Aston Clinton, HP22 5EU
Occasional venue for committee meetings; see previous lyrical review. - The Red Lion, High St, Wendover, HP22 6DU
Tried out for post-training refreshment but its smokiness outweighed its convenience. See The Red Lion website for more details. - The Russell, 2 Chalkshire Rd, Butler's Cross, Ellesborough, HP17 0TS
Current pub for post-training refreshment and chosen for 2005 Christmas meal. Friendly staff, good beer and recommended gastro-pub food. - The Woolpack, Risborough Road, Stoke Mandeville, HP22 5UP
Occasional venue for committee meetings and Christmas meal. Recommended gastro-pub - see The Woolpack website for more details. - Carlo's - Portuguese restaurant; previous Christmas meal venue.
- Jem & Sara's: Rose Cottage, 31 Main St, Bishopstone, Aylesbury, HP17 8SF on the same side of the road as the pub, but South rather than North as indicated by postcode.
Tournaments
See the Volleyball Tournaments page for more tournaments and their details.
