TEAM SOUTH WALES
VOLLEYBALL club based in Cardiff
We are a fairly new club, formed in 2009, with a view to becoming a performance focused women's volleyball club in Cardiff. We had to work hard from scratch, but are now enjoying its results: the development of young players who consistently join the Welsh national squad, and the adults' success in NVL's Division 1!
​Important Dates in the Club History:
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​June 2009: the decision is made and a new club is about to exist, lead by Carly Stewart.
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​September/October 2009: Team South Wales enters the South West League. We also enter the Cardiff Open 2009 for the first time and become Champions.
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End of 2009/2010 season: We become National Shield Runners Up after an exciting final at the Crystal Palace in London. More importantly, Team South Wales is South West League winner! As so, we went through play the Regional Trophy and also win it!
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September 2010: We enter the National Volleyball League (NVL) Division 3 with coach José Castro joining the team.
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End of 2010/2011 season: Team South Wales becomes NVLDdiv. 3 champions and is promoted to Div. 2.
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September 2011/2012: As we enter the NVL's Div. 2, we obtain CM Utilities (our former main sponsor) and S.M.A.R.T recovery support, which allowed us to secure great training conditions! A great number of new experienced players join the team.
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End of 2011/2012 season: TSW wins NVL's Div. 2 and is consequently promoted to Div. 1. In addition, we become National Shield Champions, after beating Newforest in the final at Kettering Volleyball Center.
September 2012/2013: Securing another season with the support of CM Utilities we begin our journey in NVL's Division 1. Another set of new players join TSW.
End of 2012/2013 season: Team South Wales is NVL's Div. 1 champion and is promoted to Super 8's! Joining the highest level of Volleyball competition in the UK, TSW becomes the first Welsh team to have ever achieved this!
September 2013/2014: TSW starts its journey in the Super 8's division, yet again with the support of CM Utilities. More international players join the team.
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September 2013/2014: For the first time ever TSW gets a second team formed: a Junior Squad! We began this new adventure by creating a Junior development project that intends to follow the same sport values and training philosophy as the adult team, whilst adjusting the sessions to the players' age and level.
September 2014/2015: After a successful result at the end-of-season playoff, TSW adults start a new season in the Super 8's division with the support of our faithful donor, CM Utilities. More national and international players join the team.
End of 2014/2015 season: TSW's adult squad makes history again by achieving the club's and any Welsh team's best result ever: 6th position in the Super 8's division table.
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End of 2016/2017 season: TSW is unfortunately relegated back to Division 1.
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September 2017/2018: Exciting new collaborations with Cardiff Metropolitan University are made, both for the adults and with its Volleyball Academy for the junior squads. The adults team is also joined by new England Juniors players.
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End of 2017/2018 season: TSW juniors came first in the Welsh League by winning 8 out of 10 matches!
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September 2018/2019: The team is grateful to partner with new sponsors Nata&Co and Amplyfi, and starts playing in its new kit. Manuel Santos becomes the main trainer-coach of the TSW adult squad and Szymon Kubal takes up training and coaching the junior squad. The steady list of players travelling from Swansea start joining the team.
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March 2020: The NVL games pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic and all activities cease.
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End of September 2020: TSW restarts training for 2 months. No NVL games are scheduled for the 2020/2021 season. In May 2021 we are allowed to train again for 2 months.
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September 2021/2022: The NVL season is reinstated and training is started again. Miguel Nieto joins Manuel Santos as assistant trainer-coach. Connections tighten with the Cardiff University Ladies 1 team because of cross-pollination.
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January 2022: Jose Castro rejoins trainer-coach alongside Miguel Nieto.
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End of 2021/2022 season: We unfortunately lose quite a lot of players over the course of the season, and in combination with injuries and illness, the team struggles and has to play the relegation matches. In 10 sets, TSW win from MK City and Southampton Ladies 1 and stays in Div 1!
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September 2021/2022: We start collaborations with a women's refugee association and reprofiles itself as actively LGBTQ+ friendly with Wales-based collectives.
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