Volleyball News: Paddy Murphy re-elected as the President of NIVA
Paddy Murphy has been re-elected as the President of Northern Ireland Volleyball Association (NIVA). The news was officially publicized on Sunday, May 29 from the headquarters of NIVA in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Murphy has been known for his influential role in managing the operations of Northern Ireland Volleyball Association for several years. He has been associated with volleyball as a player, coach and organiser. He is also associated with the British Volleyball
Federation. He is a member of the London Organising Committee of Olympic Games (LOCOG) for the 2012 Olympics in London.
Paddy Murphy has served as the President of Northern Ireland Volleyball Association for quite a while. He was a volleyball player in the 70’s and contributed to the overall growth of his team in that era. Later, he opted for coaching volleyball as a professional
and concentrated on his leadership and administrative abilities. He proved his endeavours as an international referee all around the European continent and supervised a number of important matches. Murphy performed his duties whole heartedly and earned a very
good reputation on account of his expertise and experience. He improved his knowledge of the game by supervising several CEV and FIVB events throughout the world.
In recent times, Murphy also suffered from some serious health problems but still did justice to his job. That is what makes him stand apart from others with distinction. He is known as a man of friendly nature, who has good humour and wisdom in his personality.
He is an important figure in the British Volleyball community.
Ms. Irena Mihneva will assist Murphy as the new Vice President. The Bulgarian is considered as a dynamic person, who has done a lot for the development of women’s volleyball in the region. She started her career as a player and spent quite some time playing
beach volleyball. Afterwards, she developed an interest in teaching the game and was hired as a referee by Northern Ireland Volleyball Association. She has great leadership qualities and that is what enabled her to take over the position of Vice President
of Northern Ireland Volleyball Association.
At the assembly held at the headquarters of Northern Ireland Volleyball Association, the team coach of Coleraine, Treasurer Alan McKnight was also assigned a new task. He will now work for the Northern Ireland Women’s National League next season.
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