HISTORY


In 2011, a group of young men from Horsham, Mildura and Bendigo joined forces to take on the Melbourne based clubs of the Victorian Volleyball League. One undefeated season later, these young men were crowned champions of the Men’s 2nd Division. At the time, very few really understood the significance of this team and the accomplishment they had achieved.

We formally became the Western Phantoms Volleyball Club in 2012 with the addition of another two teams. We were now represented at the Men’s Division 1, Men’s Division 2 and Women’s Division 2 levels. All three teams made the grand final and unfortunately all three were runners up.

That has been the foundation which has seen our club continually expand drawing players from Warrnambool, Ballarat, Bendigo, Horsham, Mildura, Melbourne and everywhere in between. In 2017 Western Phantoms became Phantoms as the club secured an historic sponsorship deal with the Bendigo Stadium which will ensure its financial viability for the future, provide unprecedented court access for training and home matches and enable our playing fees to remain relatively low and stable to compensate for the additional travel expenses that our players, coaches, supporters and parents incur. In 2018 we have again grown from 7 teams (4 men and 3 women), to a full compliment of 8 teams represented in every Division:

Premier Mens & Womens
Reserves Womens & Mens
Division 2 Mens & Womens
Division 3 Womens & Mens

We exist as a club to help promote the game of volleyball in country Victoria, develop young players across all our regional centres and provide a pathway that can realistically take any player from primary school volleyball to representing Australia. At the end of the day, our goal is to have as many people as possible playing this amazing game of volleyball and sharing our passion for it.

Anyone wishing to be involved in the club as a player, coach, administrator or sponsor can contact us via email, through our contact page or via facebook. As a club we are always on the look out for opportunities to promote volleyball at both a junior and senior level. If any schools, associations or businesses have any questions or are looking to get involved in volleyball, please contact us to see if we can help.

The Phantoms Oath:
“Intense Diligence, Exceptional Preparation, Uncommon Sacrifice”

     

Phantoms 2023 Results

 

Premier 1 Men 3rd/12 – Semi Finalist (1st time finalist in PM1 history)
Premier 1 Women 8th/12
Premier 2 Men 5th/12 – Elimination Finalist
Premier 2 Women 12th/12
Reserve 1 Men 11th/11
Reserve 2 Women 4th/9 – Elimination Finalist

Phantoms 2022 Results

 

Premier 1 Women 6th/9
Premier 1 Men 8th/9
Premier 2 Women 8th/9
Premier 2 Men 8th/9
Reserve 2 Women 14th/16
Reserve 2 Men 3rd/10 – Elimination Finalist
Reserve 3 Women 8th/8

Phantoms 2021 Results*
 
*ladder positions at the suspension of the season due to COVID19

Premier 1 Women 6th/9
Premier 1 Men 4th/8
Premier 2 Women 6th/9
Premier 2 Men 2nd/8
Reserve 1 Men 9th/17
Reserve 2 Women 5th/14
Reserve 3 Women 8th/8

Phantoms 2020 Results
 
Due to the COVID19 Pandemic all VVL rounds were cancelled in 2020
 
Phantoms 2019 Results
 
Premier Women 5th/8
Premier Men 6th/8
Reserves Men 5th/13
Reserves Women 7th/13
Division 2 Men Black 4th/14 – Elimination Finalist
Divison 2 Men Purple 8th/14
Division 2 Women 9th/17
Division 3 Women 5th/13
Division 3 Men 8th/9
 
Phantoms 2018 Results
 
Premier Women 4th/9 – Elimination Finalist (1st time finalist in PW1 history)
Premier Men 6th/9
Reserves Men 6th/12
Reserves Women 9th/12
Division 2 Men 2nd/11 – Semi Finalist
Division 2 Women 11th/16
Division 3 Men 1st/10 – Premiers & Champions
Division 3 Women 9th/13

2018 VVL Division 3 Men’s Champions

 
 
Phantoms 2017 Results
 
Premier Men 5th/9
Reserves Men 6th/11
Reserves Women 2nd/11 – Semi Finalist
Division 2 Men 6th/13
Division 2 Women 8th/17
Division 3 Men 5th/8
Division 3 Women 4th/8
 
Phantoms 2016 Results
 
Premier Men 7th/8
Reserves Men 9th/11
Reserves Women 4th/10 – Elimination Finalist
Division 2 Men 10th/14
Division 2 Women 13th/14
 
Phantoms 2015 Results
 
Premier Men 6th/8
Reserves Men 7th/10
Reserves Women 8th/9
Division 2 Men 5th/8
Division 2 Women 3rd/12 – Champions

2015 VVL Division 2 Women’s Champions


 
Phantoms 2014 Results
 
Premier Men 5th/9
Reserves Men 4th/10 – Elimination Finalist
Reserves Women 5th/9
Division 2 Men 4th/6 
Division 2 Women 9th/15

Phantoms 2013 Results
 
Premier Men 7th/8
Reserves Men 4th/9 – Elimination Finalist
Reserves Women 6th/10
Division 2 Men 6th/9 
Division 2 Women 8th/14

Phantoms 2012 Results
 
Reserve 2 Men 1st – Grand Finalist – R/U
Division 2 Women 4th – Grand Finalist – R/U
Division 2 Men 2nd – Grand Finalist – R/U

Phantoms 2011 Results
 
Division 2 Men 1st – Premiers & Champions

2011 VVL Division 2 Men’s Champions

 

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CamRobinson149KaraJohnson102
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MattGordon123RebeccaAllan80
BenHassell120HollyEason81
MattyHallowell118BrookeFreckleton81
MatthewBerry116KilbyTodd74
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ChrisRoberts82SamWilson54
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OllieHarriott71LaurynKeeley53
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BradLeersen59SiobhanRobinson46
KaneRutledge58LuciaBowles44
MichaelMayes55TeaganMason43
JamesPreston53ElizaBanks-Purcell43
AshbySmith51GeorgiaEason42
AngusHermans49KeelyKnight42
LachlanParkinson49LaelahRobertson42
DanKearney46SusieGodfrey40
JimmyWinzar46LoreenaVincent40
KadeZrna44MercedesArnott39
TrentBranson40HilaryHannagan39
AbePenny40GabbyLougheed39
TylerPuls40TillyOpie38
BrandonGibbs39EmmaHannagan37
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BaydenKalms36KatieNicole34
NathanMurphy36GeorgiaHooley32
WillSaligari35MollyKalms32
JackSmith35EllyBlakeley31
MattPoulter33CleoBaker30
JakobDeSalvo29MaddieBuckley30
JayPenny29ElizaPatterson-Lade30
JesseRobinson29BethDivola29
RileyStone29LetitiaLahtz29
BenTsaptsalis29SophiePerry29
ChrisRadford28EadieGarth-Lindsay28
Paolo28EmmaRegan28
ShaunBray27LauraRoberts28
SteveKeast27Steph (Onyx)Davis27
AidanO'Connor27SammyMiller27
PaddySherry27BellaVan Vugt27
JackBelsar26ChelseaDuynhoven26
CiaranNoble26EmmaHooley26
ClintonDemartin25MatildaKeally26
NedPatterson Lade25RosiePayne26
LachieScherger25LaurenBarake25
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SamHilson24AshleeMacartney25
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LachieHill23MaddieBetts24
ScottJohnson23AlyceMason23
DarcyReading23HollieRadomski23
JackSides23RubySelisky23
NelsonBeks22MillieBowles22
SamHudson22BeckySchmidt22
MattMcSwain22EllexSkinner22
JaydenMcQueen22MelBrandes21
BradMason21MorganEdge21
BradleyHassell19EmilyHannan21
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TobyDeAraugo18MarleyEasterbrook19
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TimLadlow9PrueWilkinson9
BradyHodgetts9ShannonBurdeu8
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MitchSchampers9AlyshaListon8
WeiSoo9AshleeMatotek8
LiamClegg8Ser-LeinWan8
PaulFreckleton8ShathaAl-Huneidi7
LachieGiles8CharlotteHawson7
JackHa8MakaylaPel7
JamesHaythorne8LisaUng7
SarathSreredharan8ClaireWhyte7
BradmanThomsp0n8ZoeHilson6
WillBrennan7CordeliaPendlebury6
SebastianMaggs7AmyMann5
LewisRoberts7ChandiWhitewolf4
HarryStemp7TahliaSteen3
ChrisGrigg6AnnaBush2
KaydenLewis6Amy LousieMcDonald2
MichaelPainter6GraceRoss2
JopeVakarua6HollieKennedy2
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CalebSmith4EbonyLittore1
TylerSnowden4YaseminMedalia1
MichaelBrown3BelindaWarren1
LukeDivola3LottieWhite1
PeterHassell2
ZackBoundy1
DanielSlorach1