Volleyball
Following Saturday's Scottish league division one victory over Edinburgh at Queensferry, Troon women now head in to the play-off stages of the league programme in very good health.
Saturday's comfortable 3 sets to 1 victory over Scotland's fourth top side saw Troon run a squad of eleven players thoroughly with the most experienced players Lyall, Ellis and Elaine Krawczyk being withdrawn from court on a regular basis.
Troon women clinched second place in the league stages of the Scottish Volleyball Championship when they
Troon victorious against the Cavalry
Troon women’s second team had a welcome four sets to one victory over Cavalry Park of Edinburgh in the Scottish Second Division on Saturday as Emma Pell continued to build her form since her recent return to the game.
HOPES of a run in the European Cup for Troon, Prestwick and Ayr Volleyball Club were shattered at the Citadel Leisure Centre on Saturday.
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