How to Join
At UOBVC, we welcome players of all abilities, including none! We have teams that you can join for all experience levels, and we're always happy to see new people become part of our club. Find out more about where you might fit in by reading about our different teams below!
Development Squad
The Development Squad is the heart of our club. These sessions are aimed at players who are completely new to the sport, and those who have just started playing recently. They're a great place to make new friends, so if you just want to play some volleyball for fun they can be a great opportunity to chat and socialise. If you're wanting to progress into our higher level teams, trainings are run by players from our competitive teams who have years of experience that they are ready to share with you.
Membership Prices:
We run three Development Squad sessions per week due to the large number of attendees. To be able to join these sessions, players must purchase our Development membership, which will entitle them to attend both the B:Active session and an additional session each week. To attend sessions at the University's Indoor Sport Centre (ISC), you will also need to have the SEH access pass. If you have already bought a membership for another sports club or the university gym, you should already have this pass. Half-year memberships are also available for ERASMUS or half-year exchange students. If you're not sure if volleyball is for you, feel free to come along to one of our development squad sessions before purchasing your membership.
Termly Membership Yearly Membership
£30 £55
The Dev Squad Forum
To make getting information to our development squad (or Dev Squad as some call it) members easier, we run a Facebook forum. This will be a page where we post regularly about trainings, socials and extra stuff like formals. You can join by following this link.
Advanced Squads
For players will more experience, our advanced squads offer the chance to play competitive volleyball and receive high level training. If you missed trials this year, do not worry! You can still be placed in a competitive team. The easiest way for this to happen is to either contact us, or come along to a development squad session and talk to one of the coaches. We'll then try and place you in a team suitable for your level.
Membership Prices
Once you have been placed into a team and have found that you enjoy being a part of our club, we will ask you to pay a membership fee towards the end of October. This helps us afford the coaching we receive, organise events, purchase equipment and generally keep the club afloat. We consider the pricing to be very reasonable, especially when compared to some clubs that operate within the University. Advanced squad members will need to purchase the membership that is relevant to them. These memberships can either be for the entire year, or for one term.
On top of our membership, to be able to access the SEH, the University requires that all our players purchase the SEH access pass. This pays for our hall time and the upkeep of the facilities we use. If you already have any kind of sports pass from the University of Bristol, you will already own this pass.
Termly Membership Yearly Membership
1st Team £90£ £175
2nd Team £75 £140
3rd Team £50 £95