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Rebels Christmas Special
It’s time for the annual Essex Rebels Christmas Special! Celebrate the holidays with us at the Essex Sport Arena on Saturday, 21 December, for a festive basketball tripleheader and our final home games of 2024!
The action starts at 1.00pm with the D2 Essex Rebels taking on the London Elite. Then at 4.00 pm, the SLB Essex Rebels will face the London Lions, before the day wraps up with the D1 Essex Rebels going head-to-head with the Loughborough Riders at 6.30 pm.
We’ve got a full day of festive fun planned! Enjoy Christmas songs, join in on the Ugly Christmas Jumper Competition with prizes to be won, and treat yourself to some seasonal favourites like mince pies and mulled wine, plus we’ll have our Mistletoe Cam and more!
So come down, support the Rebels, and let’s celebrate the holiday season together as we wrap up 2024 in style. We look forward to seeing you there!
Proud to be a Rebel.
Volleyball was the first performance sport introduced at the University of Essex, 9 years ago. Current Head Coach Alex Porter was recruited and has since built a program that has reached the pinnacle of the sport in the UK. Whilst winning their way up through the BUCS tiers into the BUCS Premier Division a partnership with Tendring Volleyball Club was initiated.
The partnership helped both the Men’s and Women’s teams win promotion from National League Division 2 South, into Division 1 and finally into the National Super League. The program has tasted national success five times, the men and women winning the Volleyball England National Student Cup four times between 2017 and 2019.
Then in 2019 the Men’s team competing as the Essex Blades were able to bring home the BUCS National Championship, the first time any Essex team from any sport has won a BUCS National Championship. In the same season, the Women’s team, competing as Tendring Volleyball Club, won the National Super League title. At the close of the 2021-22 season, the agreement between the club and the university was taken to the next level, as everyone joined together under the name Rebels, ready to change the sport in the UK.
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We Are Rebels – come join the rebellion!
