Men's Division I

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Su Ragazzi 8 8 0 24 3 24 West Coast 8 7 1 23

22 Jets 8 6 2 18 9 20 Coatbridge 8 5

3 17 12 18 MCA Cardinals 8 4 4 15 13 16 Dundee

8 3 5 10 19 14 Team Fife 8 2 6 11 18 12

Pentland NUVOC 8 1 7 5 23 10 Glasgow Gregg 8 0 8 3 24 8

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P W L F A Pt Team Comp. Bureau 8 8

0 24 3 24 Glasgow Powerhouse 8 7 1 22 3 22 Jets

8 5 3 17 12 18 Streamne Hazlehead 8 5 3 19 14 18

Grangeburn Coaches 8 4 4 13 17 16 Edinburgh University 8 3 5 12 19 14

Pentland NUVOC 8 2 6 12 20 12 Coatbridge 8 2 6 9 19

11 Paisley 8 0 8 3 24 8

STREAMLINE Hazlehead's bid for volleyball honours in the second half

of the season has been strengthened by the arrival of a Czechoslovak

player.

Marketta Riedlova, who is working as an au pair in the Aberdeen area

for the next six months, has been cleared to play in the Royal Bank

Scottish League. Having played in the Czech first division with VSC

Zlin, she has experience of a higher level which should rub off on the

club's young players.

Hazlehead lie fourth in the women's first division at halfway and have

an outside chance of the title, although probably it will be a straight

fight between unbeaten leaders Team Components Bureau and champions

Glasgow Powerhouse.

Riedlova, after clearance from the International Volleyball Federation

(FIVB), played in the

10-15, 10-15, 8-15 defeat by Powerhouse in Aberdeen earlier this month

but is still finding her feet in the Scottish game. Her influence should

become noticeable in the second half of the season.

However, the Scottish Cup may be a better bet. Hazlehead are through

to the last eight of the competition but are in the same half of the

draw as Team Components Bureau. Hazlehead did, however, take two sets

off the Whitburn side in Aberdeen earlier in the season and will hope

that they can pull off a shock if the teams meet in the later stages of

the cup.

The leaders themselves have threatened to bring in a couple of foreign

players for the second half of the season, although they have not yet

approached the Scottish Volleyball Association to obtain clearance.

Glasgow Powerhouse plan additional training sessions over the festive

period to ensure their challenge does not wilt.

Su Ragazzi lead the men's league at halfway and their return meeting

with champions West Coast is likely to be the most significant fixture

in the second half of the season, although Jets cannot be discounted.