VI Division 2 Women 2017-18

	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Munster Thunder	10	10	0	30	1	30
Net Force	10	8	2	25	6	24
Newbridge Cheetahs	10	5	5	16	21	13
Santry	10	3	7	13	23	11
Newbridge Pumas	10	2	8	10	25	7
Aer Lingus Kestrels	10	2	8	9	27	5

VI Division 2 Women 2018-19

	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Santry	10	10	0	30	12	30
Newbridge Panthers	10	7	3	24	17	22
Impact VC	10	6	4	22	13	19
Tallaght Rockets	10	4	6	18	21	13
Naas Cobras	10	3	7	17	23	12
Aer Lingus Kestrels	10	0	10	6	30	1

VI Division 2 Women 2019-20

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Naas Cobras	13	12	1	38	14	37
Munster Thunder	13	10	3	32	17	30
Kilkenny Spartans VC	13	9	4	29	16	28
Tallaght Rockets	12	8	4	27	14	25
Aer Lingus Kestrels	11	5	6	20	22	17
Dalkey Devils	14	5	9	23	35	17
Santry	13	4	9	22	27	15
Newbridge Panthers	13	3	10	13	36	10
Longford Smashers VC	12	1	11	12	35	6

Report

The Volleyball Association of Ireland was rebranded Volleyball Ireland in 2017, and the Division 2 Women (Division or Level 3 in Ireland) was won in 2017-18 by Munster Thunder who dropped only the one set on the way to a 10 wins from 10 games, 30 point season.

There was widespread change in the composition of the Division for 2018-19 with some new teams and some teams being promoted to Division 1 and replaced in Division 2 by relegated teams. Santry won the Division that year, winning all 10 games also en route to a 30-point season, although not in as convincing style, as they dropped 12 sets in total, nonetheless it was still a remarkable feat.#

For 2019-20 the Division jumped to 9 teams from 6, as expansion in the regions brought in Kilkenny Spartans VC and Longford Smashers from Leinster, and the addtion of a second Munster Thunder team (the first team of the Limerick side played in the Premier). The season was cut short, however, due to the ongoing COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, which brought the cancellation of all sporting activity. The Naas Cobras were out in front with 37 points from 13 matches (12 wins and one loss), 7 ahead of Munster Thunder’s seconds team in second place when the league finished.

References

Images

[1] Volleyball Ireland (2017)Volleyball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.volleyballireland.com/uploads/1/6/3/1/16317362/published/volleyball-ireland-master-logo-colour-artwork.png?1561401471 [Accessed 27 August 2020]

Websites

[2] Volleyball Ireland (2018) League Table Division 2 Women[Internet] Available from: http://www.volleyballireland.com/league/124085/division2_women [Accessed 30 May 2018]

[3] Volleyball Ireland (2019) Division 2 Women | 2018-19 [Internet] Avaiilable from: https://shared2.sportsmanager.ie/~volleyballireland/league/132861/ [Accessed 20 August 2019]

[4] Volleyball Ireland (2020) Division 2 Women 2019-20 [Internet] Avaiilable from: https://shared2.sportsmanager.ie/~volleyballireland/league/145687/ [Accessed 16 July 2020]

[5] Citizens Information (2020) Public Health Measures for COVID-19 [Internet] Available from: https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/covid19/public_health_measures_for_covid19.html [Accessed 24 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sondra Maher, Tallaght Rockets

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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