The club evolved through the introduction of Volleyball at Tendring High School in September 1991. Within a year the school had won its first competition winning the U-12 JUVO league. The team consisted of several players’ two of whom; Alex Porter and Daniel Boddy would represent Tendring over a seven-year period. After reaching the National championship quarter finals in 1994 the team was entered into the Essex league and subsequently won division 3 of the Essex league. With the standard of play steadily improving the team won the U-15 National Championships in 1995 and has played in every final since at either U-16 or U-18 level. In 1999 the team once again won the U-15 National Championships and the following year crowned themselves U-16 Champions with a new look team featuring our young stars of the future.



The appointment of teachers that had a volleyball education was a major development for the school and club. Darren Lewis, who had learnt the game through Coach Supremo Harris at Colbayns High school, was appointed as a teacher of PE and soon became involved with the newly set up National League team. The strength of the school set-up was demonstrated as Darren was mentored and allowed to develop his coaching skills for the future. This has been the model that Tendring has always followed and has a host of referees and coaches which have gone on to have a real impact on the game of Volleyball in the UK.



During the 1998-2007 period Tendring had no less than 7 teams in the local league and was the largest club in the county. The unique aspect of the club was that all team were made up of juniors running team from U13 to U18 as well as NVL and regional team.



The newly named school, Tendring technology College has now represented England in 5 World Championships(ISF). Starting in 1998 in Greece the college has finished as high as 16th place defeating teams that were training in excess of 10 hours per week. Our greatest performance was in Cyprus in 2004 where 6 points lost against Israel would have seen the college finish in the top 10 of the world.



New teachers have arrived at the college. First to arrive from Australia was Liam Chinnery, probably one of the most enthusiastic coaches in the world. He was followed by Neil Masters and home grown talent Emily Mansfield who attended the school as a student. The college also has a community coach Andre Kaprol who has recently added a women’s side to the NVL increasing our reach across the community.



The club coaches in over 12 primary schools and 3 secondary schools and is now forging extensive links with Essex University. These links will pave the way for the growth of the club and working with the Human Performance Unit at the Uni will have a significant impact upon our performance of the future.