Shane Purvis
Director

Shane began playing volleyball at the age of 15...in a squash court. Now that's what we call desperate for a game. Not much has changed since then. Any time, any place if there is a game on he'll be in it.

By day Shane used to be an Online Publisher. He is responsible for the AVW web site. Feel free to send plenty of suggestions so Shane is kept too busy to annoy the rest of the staff.

Shane has coached at state, club and school level over the last 9 years winning various medals and titles along the way.

Unofficial player profile of Shane from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Sport: not enough broken bits to qualify yet but definately developing well.

Unofficial player profile of Shane from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Sport: volleyball/beach volleyball/baseball/waterpolo/athletics
Indoor mens: bought Row 275 seats for final, sat in Row 2
Indoor womens: given Row 118 seats for final by sister, sat in Row 2
Beach mens: given Back Row seats for final by mum for birthday, sat in Back Row and got wet like everyone else
Beach womens: bought Row 3 seats for final, sat in Row 3 right behind Nat Cooks family and friends. Awesome.
Free Brazilian t-shirt tally: 3

Official player profile of Shane from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball
Position: opposite
Height: 6'1" barefoot
Spike reach: way, way up there
Indoor grading: Honours
Beach grading: Mens AA
Memorable moment: 2005 World Masters Games, Canada. Game one proposal to now fiancee Tara....mid match.
Sporting goal: to one day earn an Australian uniform instead of stealing parts of Bill's. Playing, coaching, water boy, whatever....not fussy. Does masters count?
Inspiration and hero: Inspiration: Peter Brock...he is the man. Hero: Coddy...just because she is always "keepin' it real"
Hobbies: volleyball, beach volleyball, triathlon, kart racing (lots of kart racing)

Bill McHoul
Director

Bill has been involved in the sport of volleyball since the age of 17. He is now very old which makes that a long, long time.

After spending several years working for Volleyball Victoria as Competition Manager he moved to Kew Sports where he has built the largest domestic volleyball competition in Australia. His centre runs 4 courts 6 days a week.

Bill has coached several Victorian Junior State teams to medals at the Australian Junior Championships. Countless Australian players over the years have been members of Bill's medal winning teams.

As a player...what can we say...Bill is the "Elite Athlete" at AVW. As the starting setter and Captain of the Australian Paralympic Standing Volleyball Team Bill is the only one of us with an Australian uniform that he actually earnt himself.

Official player profile of Bill from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Sport: volleyball
State: Vic
Date of birth: 11 December 1972
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria
Memorable moment: Winning the 1999 Victorian Division Honours State volleyball league title
Inspiration and hero: Former Victorian Institue of Sport Volleyball Coach Craig Smith
Personal goals: Be successful in business and have a happy long-term relationship
Sporting goals: To give my best possible performance at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Games
Hobbies: Golf, computers and volleyball
Sporting achievements: Development of Falcons Volleyball Club junior women.

Unofficial player profile of Bill from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball
Nickname: Billy
Position: setter
Height: 5'9" with shoes and three pairs of socks on
Spike reach: not required
Indoor division: Division 2 (domestic), Paralympic (international)
Beach grading: Mens B
Memorable moment: having a slightly strained little toe described as a life threatening broken ankle in the Herald-Sun during the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.
Sporting goal: to actually record a spike reach
Inspiration and hero: A tie between Doug Beal, Dave Beard and his mum.

Frosty

Frosty (or David as his mother prefers to call him), is our retailing specialist. He also helps out with vital product testing whenever he gets the chance.

Frosty has made the trip to the AIS in Canberra every year since AVW began attending, thus earning him the title of "Volleyball Shoe Guru". No one can fit a pair of volleyball shoes like Frosty.

This is the unofficial player profile of Frosty from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Sport: channel surfing

This is the unofficial player profile of Frosty from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Sport: Seven
Indoor mens: fell asleep waiting
Indoor womens: at work
Beach mens: USA V Brazil...yawn
Beach womens: I hate you all...I knew I should have saved harder a bought a ticket.
Free Brazilian t-shirt tally: 0 (and you ain't getting any of ours)

This is the unofficial player profile of Frosty from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball/beach volleyball
Position: outside hitter/setter/libero (I work for VVI now so I can't play no more)
Height: no comment
Spike reach: don't start on me
Indoor grading: Division 1
Beach grading: Men's A
Memorable moment: we'll get back to you on that
Sporting goal: too late
Inspiration and hero: Billy, definately Billy
Hobbies: volleyball, golf, searching for Bill's golf balls in the rough

Door Stop

This is what happens when you leave the door open too often. People wander in, refuse to leave and end up working for you.

It was rough going at first but truth be known Mark now does more work that both Bill and Shane combined.

Just watch out for him at National School's Cup...if he's not running around in a crop top and bike pants he's probably working his magic selling gear to some unsuspecting customer. This man is the true warrior of our Aust School's Cup set-up.

This is the unofficial player profile of Door Stop from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball
Position: outside hitter
Height: 6'3"
Spike reach: who cares..he can't hit line
Indoor grading: Honours (former National Junior Team)
Beach grading: prefers to watch
Memorable moment: losing 2000 Div 1 Victorian volleyball League to Shane
Sporting goal: he wants to get through a full season uninjured...fat chance!
Inspiration and hero: David Abud, former teammate
Hobbies: becoming DJ Marky Mark and spinning out the tunes at parties/clubs

Hannah

Hannah, is our new secret weapon. She can answer almost any question a girl could ever want to know about the gear we sell, especially the ones you don't want to ask a boy.

Hannah also helps out with vital product testing whenever she gets the chance and we think she does a fine job of it.

Hannah will be making her tournament debut with AVW at the 2005 Australian Schools Cup, thus earning her the title of "Bench Warmer".

This is the unofficial player profile of Hannah from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball/beach volleyball
Position: opposite/outside
Height: 5' 8"
Age: 18, is this relevant... does everyone have to answer these questions
Weight: get a life
Spike reach: enough to hit over Bill and/or Frosty
Indoor grading: Honours
Beach grading: Women's A
Memorable moment: Year 12...very blurry.
Sporting goal: I wanna win
Inspiration and hero: My coach, he's the greatest (vomit now)
Hobbies: drawing, designing clothes

Hollow

This is "Hollow". Hollow is like the Phantom, we know nothing about him. We believe his real name is Matt, but we cannot be 100% sure, we know he live somewhere in NSW but not exactly where, we also suspect he may be able to play some decent volleyball.

No one knows how Hollow became our sponsored athlete, he simply did. Now he begs us for free stuff all the time. Occasionally we help him out, no one knows why, we just do.

This is the unofficial player profile of Hollow from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse.

Sport: volleyball...we hope
Position: unknown
Height: believed to be still growing
Spike reach: unknown
Indoor grading: U17...we think
Beach grading: not sure there is a beach close enough for him to play
Memorable moment: unknown
Sporting goal: unknown
Inspiration and hero: unknown
Hobbies: emailing AVW for free stuff