Melbourne Falcons Volleyball Club

We are proud to announce Phill DeSalvo as the new Head Coach for the Mens program in 2010.

Phill joins the club after representing Australia as Libero in the senior team for 150 games and junior team for 100 games. During this time he competed in the 2003 Youth World Championship (ranking 5th as individual best digger in the tournament), 2006 World Championships, 2007 World Cup, and was also part of the team who were 2007 Asian Champions and also 2007 Commonwealth Champions. This national team was also ranked 11th in the world in 2007. He was also part of the Olympic Shadow Squad in 2004 and 2008.

Over the recent years Phill has been playing professionally in Germany and the Czech Republic. He played for:

• Sonneberger Volleyball Club – Germany (2nd Bundesliga)
• Volleyball CZ Kladno – Czech Republic (Czech Superliga)
• Volleyball CZ CZU Praha - Czech Republic (Czech Superliga)
• Volleyball SG Eltmann – Czech Republic (1st Bundesliga)

Phill has now come back to Melbourne for study, and has great plans for a revamped Mens program in 2010. This year Falcons should be represented in Honours, Division 1, Division 2 and Junior State league in the mens competition.