Canberra Heat Volleyball Club (Men)

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Canberra Heat
Founded1998
GroundThe Furnace, Lyneham ACT
Owner Volleyball ACT
Head Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Hardy
Captain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andre Borgeaud
League Australian Volleyball League
Website Club home page
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Canberra Heat Volleyball Club [1] is an Australian national league volleyball club based in Canberra, Australia. [2] Canberra Heat Men have represented Australia at the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

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Canberra Heat Men began life as the Canberra Cobras in 1998, then renamed to Canberra Chiefs in 1999 before becoming the Canberra Heat in 2002. Les Young commenced as head coach in 2010 and led the team to an unequalled two national championships, five national silver medals and two national bronze medals in his nine years coaching the club. Ben Hardy commenced as head coach in 2020/21 and secured the national championship with the team in 2022.

Honours

Australian Volleyball League

Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Asian Club Championship Rosters

2017 Roster
#First NameSurnamePosition
1MartinCOLLINSSetter
3KevinPHANGOutside hitter
4ElliottVILESOutside hitter
5MichaelWATSONSetter
6SimonCOATOutside hitter
10JordanPOWEROutside hitter
13JamesWEIRMiddle blocker
14MatthewSNEDDONMiddle blocker
15MatthewAUBREYOpposite
16JackCONNELLLibero
17KieranACKHURSTMiddle blocker
18StevenDUZEVICHOutside hitter
LesYOUNGCoach
2018 Roster
#First NameSurnamePosition
1MartinCOLLINSSetter
4HarryCLAYDENOpposite
5AlexanderDUNNINGOutside hitter
6CameronSTEERMiddle blocker
7JackHALLEYLibero
10JordanPOWERPasser Hitter
11JacksonHOLLANDLibero
13ConalMCAINSHMiddle blocker
16MichaelWATSONPasser Hitter
17MatthewAUBREYOpposite
18RoryWELSHSetterLesYOUNGCoach

Australian Volleyball League Rosters

2017/18 Roster
#First NameSurnamePosition
1MartinCOLLINSSetter
2DavidDARCYOpposite
3MichaelWATSONSetter
4HarryCLAYDENOutside hitter
5RileyBUDDOutside hitter
6CameronSTEERMiddle blocker
7JeremyPOPLEOutside hitter
8MalachiMURCHOutside hitter
9KevinPHANGOutside hitter
10JordanPOWEROutside hitter
11JacksonHOLLANDMiddle blocker
12ThomasMARTINMiddle blocker
13SteveDUZEVICHOutside hitter
14MatthewSNEDDONMiddle blocker
15JacksonJOLLYMiddle blocker
16JackCONNELLLibero
17KieranACKHURSTMiddle blocker
18AlexSOUTHWELLOutside hitter
19LewisJUPPSetter / Outside Hitter
20SamuelWALKEROutside hitter

Notable players

Captains

Coaches

References

  1. "Canberra Heat Volleyball" . Retrieved 20 January 2018 via Facebook.
  2. Helmers, Caden (2 November 2017). "Canberra Heat ready to take a risk with finals berth sewn up". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. Lloyd, Teresa. "History". avl.org.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. Tiernan, Eamonn (26 June 2017). "Canberra Heat to represent Australia at Asian Volleyball Club Championships". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. "2018 Asian Men's Club Championship – Results & Schedule – Asian Volleyball Confederation – AVC". asianvolleyball.net. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.