Born and bred in Melbourne Australia the Australian Volleyball Warehouse has grown quickly since its humble beginnings in 1997. Starting with just enough stock to cover a card table AVW now boasts the most complete range of volleyball equipment in Australia.
At Australian Volleyball Warehouse we are dedicated to supplying every possible volleyball product a player or official could ever want. Make sure you re-visit our site as the range continues to grow and feel free to notify us of any requests you may have.
Australian
Volleyball Warehouse
Factory 8,
171-173 Cheltenham Rd, Dandenong VIC 3175 AUSTRALIA
Telephone:
+61 3 9794 0127
Facsimile: +61 3
9701 3807
Email: info@avw.net.au
Staff Profiles
|
Shane
Purvis |
||
 |
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. Pretty much any time, any place if there is a game on he'll be in it. By day Shane used to be a Graphic Designer/Online Publisher. He is responsible for the AVW web site design. 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 for well over 10 years winning various medals and titles along the way. Official player profile of Shane from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
volleyball Unofficial player profile of Shane from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Sport:
volleyball/beach volleyball/baseball/waterpolo/athletics Unofficial player profile of Shane from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Sport: not enough broken bits to qualify yet but definately developing well.
|
|
 |
||
 |
||
Phill
DeSalvo |
Retail Sales Consultant & Official Product Model | |
 |
Phil is one of this countries greatest recent volleyball exports, one of the true students of the game. But that hasen't stopped us turning him into our office boy!! Phill left home in Wonthaggi at 17 to take up a full time position at AIS volleyball, later getting a contract in Europe where he turned his hobby into a flourishing career. Phill has basically been a professional volleyball player his entire life...till now! With well over 100 international games representing Australia right across the globe and a successful professional career in Europe Phill has the kind of knowledge and experiance money can't buy. Seriously, if you have questions or need advice about equipment feel free to ask. Over the years Phill has tried and tested pretty much every piece of volleyball apparel and equipment available. Phill's day to day role at AVW is to ensure Shane doesn't get caught on the phone any longer than he has to...and to make sure customers get their orders as quickly as possible. He may be superb at getting the ball to the setter, so we call all our customers setters and generally only let him send out the balls... This is the unofficial player profile of Phill from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport: volleyball This is the "Official Best Ever Photo of Phill Playing Volleyball" ...as voted on by Phill himself.
Phill's thought's on this photo: "This is the best photo of me playing volleyball...ever! This was taken when I was the most ripped I've ever been" Staff thought's on this photo: "Really?" |
|
 |
||
 |
||
|
Andrew "Fish" Fisher |
The Press monkey. | |
 |
Mr Andrew is the guy that you get to chat with when you ring the warehouse. He is Fish to everyone, but apparently he's also called andrew, well at least that's how he answers the phone... This is the unofficial player profile of The Fish from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
volleyball
|
|
 |
||
 |
||
|
Big
Al |
||
 |
Al keeps our site on the interweb accurate and up to date. So if you see a stuff up, it's all his fault. Big Al is yet another former Team Australia athlete to retire and find a happy home at AVW. This one's our beach boy!! Big Al travelled the world for about 6 years living up the endless summer that is the FIVB Swatch World Tour. If you have questions or need advice on beach equipment you'll stuggle to find anyone better qualified to dish out the good oil. For anyone that cares...you're right...that photo is Sam Bohem acting as Big Al's personal mascot at the 2009 Asian Beach Volleyball Tour. Doesn't Sam look great in pink!! This is the unofficial player profile of Big Al from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
Beach volleyball |
|
 |
||
|
Dani
Wheeler |
||
|
Dani works here on and off in amongst her 45 other roles. She's responsible for making sure Shane never lets the AVW accounts get out of control again. When she started Shane handed her a big folder and said "these people owe us money"...now it's a small folder...so her job is safe. In short...don't mess with Dani! She's a fierce and relentless accounts woman that will stop at nothing to get old invoices paid. She hates nothing more than a random unpaid account!! (Dani's note to customers...don't address cheques to Shane cause he will bank em and not tell me!!!) Dani's also pretty damn good at volleyball. With a couple of AVL titles, several State League championships and many years representing Victoria in juniors and seniors she's done more than her fair share of winning over the years.
This is the unofficial player profile of Dani from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
volleyball |
||
|
Dani's not a dentist... ...she's just hates having her photo taken. |
||
|
Ebony
|
||
 |
Eb has been working with us for quite a while now and by gosh, she works darn hard. You'll often see her at events doing all the work while the rest of the staff run off to "quickly check out a game". As a player Eb represented Victoria for a number of years and has played club volleyball at honours level. Tragically struck down in her prime with a knee injury...she's soon to make a return bigger and better than ever. This is the unofficial player profile of Eb from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
Boys |
|
 |
||
|
Bill
McHoul |
||
 |
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. Unofficial player profile of Bill from the staff of Australian Volleyball Warehouse. Sport:
volleyball
Official player profile of Bill from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Sport:
volleyball |
|
 |
||