Warrnambool 2008 - Div 1 Women. Our team this year - Cheryl, Jess, Kylie, Leena, Lyn E, Lisa, Nadia & Suzi. Division 1 Women was divided into 2 Pools with Crossovers at the end of the round games. We were in the toughest pool and lost 2 games and won 2. We played off in Cross-overs, but I'm not sure where we finished - 4th maybe? I do know in our first game against Camberwell Cobras that Kylie copped a block off of her head! Now thats funny! GAVA Autumn Season - Div 1 Women. It was a quite different team starting this year - Cheryl, Lisa, Michelle, Shireen and an old friend from the year 2000 - Sue Clough who was keen to get back into women's olleyball - and we welcomed 3 new players to Phantoms, Carley Beck (new to the sport), Merryn Thomas (Merryn plays down at Bellarine in the Mixed Comp and Alana (Daugher of Sue and learning the sport). We had a tough time in the Division this year and spent most of our team learning to function as a unit. Alas we finished 4th, but we have high hopes for progression in the Spring Season! Bellarine Autumn Season - Div 1 Mixed. We were sad to find that Jon could not play this year with crook knees, so we managed along with 6 players - Aaron, Simon, Scott, Lisa, Cheryl & Lyn and we won the comp in the Final. Bendigo Dragon City 2008 - Div 1 Women. To Bendigo we go - we had another new and exciting team this year with Cheryl, Jess, Lisa, Lyn E (moral support and partying with Deb), Nadia, Rosemary, Shireen - and making her debut for our tournament teams was Blair Campbell, and our recent Texan import - Jolyne Fisher. We started off well beating Renegades in our first game, but had a hard time of it in the other 4 games throughout the tournament. We worked hard as a team to combine effectively and in all the games we had very tight sets which could have gone either way. Horsham Tournament 2008 - Div 1 Women. Our team for 2008 � Blair, Cheryl, Emma, Jess, Lisa, Lyn E, Nadia, Rosemary & we welcomed Claire Jones for her first foray into the Purple White & Black! Lyn E was coming back from her dicky knee and it was decided to have Lyn set across backcourt to give Claire & Blair a rest. Lisa has dislocated and fractured her right little finger in the 2nd game at Bendigo 2 weeks ago, but with a splint on, played Libero for the tournament. This years Horsham tournament was best of 3 sets to 31 which made games very interesting. It actually benefited our team, we worked hard to not let the scoreboard intimidate us, and we reaped the rewards, only dropping one game to Renegades - we then met them in the final. The team had played really well considering we had only 7 fully fit players and the sets were very close - we lost 3-0 (25-27 23-25 14-25). It was terrific to the whole team played very well with a special note to our setters Claire & Blair who both worked really hard at setting for the girls. GAVA Spring Season - Div 1 Women. This is our 8th season as Phantoms in GAVA. Our team - Cheryl, Lisa, Michelle, Shireen, Sue, Alana, Carley and we welcomed Stephanie Longley (Daughter of Shireen and new to the sport) and another international import - Jolyne Fisher who has come out from Dallas Texas with her Aussie husband and hasn't played for around 8 years. In an interesting season - to say the least - which had us forfeiting 2 games, and depending on the result of the last game of the season, we made it through to the finals by the skin of our teeth. Jo headed back to see her family in Texas, and we worked really hard to win the 2nd v 3rd game against Bellarine to put us in the Final against Geelong. We played well again as a team and triumphed winning 3-1 for our 2nd GAVA win and our only Phantoms win for 2008 - well done girls! A special mention goes to Steph who worked hard during the season to improve her skills and is on a fast learning curve - well done Steph! And to Jo who came along and saved us from disaster when we needed players - thanks Jo! We're excited! We're even more excited! Bellarine Spring Season - Div 1 Mixed. Aaron, Lisa, Cheryl, Scott, Simon and we welcomed Frank Legos who last played volleyball around 20 years ago. We had a solid season with a win in the finals against the Juniors.