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Bumper weekend of Volleyball Ireland action coming to Kilkenny

Bumper weekend of Volleyball Ireland action coming to Kilkenny

Volleyball Ireland is hosting their cup finals at the home of Kilkenny Spartans this weekend, with everybody encouraged to come along.

The Association Cup and shield finals will take place for the first time since 2019, with tremendous excitement amongst the volleyball community.

In great news for all in the South East, the flagship finals will be at Kilkenny's Watershed Arena on Saturday/Sunday, April 1st and 2nd.

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The Women's Cup gets the action underway on Saturday with the meeting of Gardians and Balbriggan.

That is pencilled in to get underway at 3.00 pm.

The Women's Association Shield kicks off Sunday's Finals Day schedule, where Premier Division leaders Santry Dublin Volleyball Club Calypso will be challenging a confident DVC Lions.

Both teams feature Team Ireland Middles, with Laura Connolly for the Lions going face-to-face with Carly Donaghy for Calypso.

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That begins at 11:30 am.

 

The men's action gets underway afterwards, with Men's Shields pitting Gardians against DVC Abu.

There is a 2.00 pm start scheduled here.

The highly-anticipated Men's Cup follows to cap off a busy schedule.

Sunday's showpiece will witness the meeting of UCD and Aer Lingus, with a titanic clash expected.

Entry is free at The Watershed Kilkenny Arena.

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