The Archive · 1940

Volleyball Season Opens on Friday

36 Teams Entered in Men's And Women's Leagues

Competition in the twelfth annual Invitation Volleyball League sponsored by the Foreign Y.M.C.A. will get under way on Friday. A total of 36 teams have entered in the men's and women's leagues, with the majority of participants taking barb in the men's second division.

Foreign and Chinese teams are in evidence and the twelve teams listed in the women's competition augur well for a successful season.

In the men's senior section there are only six teams. The Anglo-Chinese Alumni have entered two teams. Absent from this year's competition are the Navy Y.M.C.A,, last year's champions, who went through with sweeping victories.

The complete list of teams in the years league follows:— scrummages and this gave the Neath backs, who handled the ball well, a decided advantage.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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