By David Berry

Ladder leaders across all grades of Volleyball Horsham summer season competition have stolen a march on the rest of the competitors as teams head into the school holiday break.

In A Grade, Jack Hannan’s CRB and Dimitrios Vettos’ Nuggets have both secured four wins to head the table.

Hannan has been well served by setter Noah Werry, while their big improver would have to be Alex Baker who provides great support to the team leaders.

For Nuggets, Vettos has setter Amelia Van Buuren looking more comfortable with each outing in her first season in the top grade, while experienced opposite Tory Chapple is playing well.

In the A Reserve competition, Waterhammers are building a formidable record alongside reigning premiers Von Streiger Shadows, with both teams well clear on top with four wins apiece.

Waterhammers have picked up former McKinnon College graduate Matt Peel, who plays at a consistent level, while Thiago de lima Franca provides the firepower.

Blair Avery is playing at his usual high level for Von Steiger Shadows, ably supported by the improving Trent Sanders.

In B Grade, the Filos are undefeated on top of the ladder well clear of second placed Hurricanes.

Jayson Agustin has his team humming at present, and he is well supported by Jhon Michael Donaire and Jhustine Fabia.

The C Grade competition sees Tim O’Donnell’s We Gonna Lose also undefeated on top, ahead of the WLC Tigers.

O’Donnell has his young tyros playing good volleyball, with Roan Prasad warming into his setting role, while Kyle Van As and Baxter Mercer are consistent in attack.

Odder T’s are proving unstoppable in the Women’s A competition, racking up seven straight wins to be well clear on top ahead of Tweeties.

Unfortunately for this competition, player unavailability is causing the skewing of results, so if there are any females out there who would like to play, pop into St Brigid’s College stadium on Wednesday nights and you would be assured of a game.

The same could be said for the Women’s B competition, with a few sides struggling for players, so once again drop in to the stadium on Wednesday nights and you’ll get a game.

The junior competition sees the Lutheran teams Tigers and Thorns as the leading contenders, with both teams on four wins each, and they head a chasing pack of five teams with little separating them.

At the end of the season the competition will be split into Junior A and B for finals, with the top six playing for Junior A honors and the bottom five for Junior B.

The way the competition has panned out so far, the finals for both grades of competition will be extremely close.

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