The Northern Ireland men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball

Volleyball

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 team of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. They never compete in the FIVB World Championships and only in the CEV

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 European Small Nations division. However, in the lead up to the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

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 in London

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 none of the Home Nations

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 will compete individually other than Small Nations Divisions.

Senior team roster

Shirt #	Name	Position	Current Club
1	Adam Bell	Middle Blocker	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
2	Mark Hazely	Libero	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
3	Alan McKnight	Setter	Ballymoney Blaze
4	Nicholas Wright	Outside Hitter	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
5	Thomas Napier	Opposite	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
8	Mark Fulton	Setter	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
9	Alan Workman (C)	Outside Hitter	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
10	David Hamilton	Middle Blocker	Tenerife Sur Superliga de Voleibol Masculina The Superliga de Voleibol Masculina, ' is the top level of the Spanish volleyball. The championship was founded in 1983. Formerly known as Campeonato Nacional de División de Honor Masculina, and, since 1983 as the current name...
13	Patrick Crooks	Opposite	GB Development
18	Wilson Greenlea	Outside Hitter	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....
	Jeffery Scott	Outside Hitter	Ballymoney Blaze
	Thomas Barrett	Opposite	Ulster Elks UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....

David Hamilton and Patrick Crooks are currently members of the GB development squad in the build up to London 2012 with David recently securing a professional contract with Tenerife Sur VC.

Youth (U17) team roster for 2007 UK School Games

Shirt #	Name	Position	Current Club	Current School
1	Conor Doherty	Setter		Campbell College Campbell College Campbell College is a Voluntary Grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The College educates boys from ages 11–18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and is a member of the Independent Schools Council.The school occupies...
2	Dean McAlinden	Setter
3	Patrick Crooks (C)	Opposite	UU Corona Extra UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....	Methodist College Methodist College Belfast Methodist College Belfast , styled locally as Methody, is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and is a member of the Independent Schools Council...
4	Jeffrey Scott	Outside Hitter	Ballymoney Blaze	Dalriada School Dalriada School Dalriada School is a mixed voluntary grammar school in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The school draws its pupils from a wide geographical area and a range of social, religious and cultural backgrounds. In 2008 the school won the Northern Ireland State Secondary School of the Year award from The...
5	Thomas Barrett	Outside Hitter	cbphoto.ie	St. Brigid's
6	Stuart Currie	Outside Hitter		Dalriada School Dalriada School Dalriada School is a mixed voluntary grammar school in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The school draws its pupils from a wide geographical area and a range of social, religious and cultural backgrounds. In 2008 the school won the Northern Ireland State Secondary School of the Year award from The...
7	Daniel Thompson	Utility Hitter	North Down Lizards	North Down and Ards
8	Glenn Nesbitt	Opposite	Portadown Aztecs	Portadown College Portadown College Portadown College is an academic selective grammar school in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, founded in 1924 and as of 2009, is the number one controlled grammar school in Northern Ireland. The school was established initially in Bann House on the banks of the River Bann, adjacent to...
9	Christopher Irwin	Middle Blocker	Portadown Aztecs	Portadown College Portadown College Portadown College is an academic selective grammar school in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, founded in 1924 and as of 2009, is the number one controlled grammar school in Northern Ireland. The school was established initially in Bann House on the banks of the River Bann, adjacent to...
10	Han Lu	Middle Blocker	UU Corona Extra 1 UUJ Volleyball UUJ Volleyball Club is a volleyball club in University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland.The club's most recent success include winning the Irish Volleyball Intervarsities in November 2005 and November 2006....	Methodist College Methodist College Belfast Methodist College Belfast , styled locally as Methody, is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and is a member of the Independent Schools Council...
11	Stephen Wilson	Outside / Middle	Craigavon Aztecs	Armagh College
14	Jonathan Workman	Libero	Ballymoney Blaze 2	Dalriada School Dalriada School Dalriada School is a mixed voluntary grammar school in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The school draws its pupils from a wide geographical area and a range of social, religious and cultural backgrounds. In 2008 the school won the Northern Ireland State Secondary School of the Year award from The...

External links

• Northern Ireland Volleyball Association