MORE than 250 volleyballers from across the state will chase glory at the Victorian Country Championships in Bendigo over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
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Teams from all corners of the state including Bendigo, Warrnambool, Geelong, Ballarat, Horsham, Latrobe Valley and Sunraysia are gearing up for this year’s event, which is the pinnacle of country volleyball.
The Bendigo Volleyball Association will host the championships at the Bendigo Stadium on June 6, 7 and 8.
"The Bendigo Volleyball Association are excited to be hosting the event again in 2015, we are looking forward to welcoming the best Volleyball players from Country Victoria to Bendigo for the long weekend," BVA president John Sheen said.
“It is the showpiece of country volleyball in Victoria, it is the event everyone wants to win."
The Bendigo men's team has won the titles six times from the past seven years.
In 2014 the women's team scored a bronze medal.
This year a total of 28 teams will contest four divisions across the event.
Qualifying matches will start on Saturday at 9am and continue until the following afternoon.
Medal matches will be played on Monday at 8am beginning with division two matches, before the women's division one final at 11am and the men's division one final at 1pm.
