IN A final that saw volleyball at the ARC as the winner and all players as new heroes, Choppers took on District United in the open division grand final.

For the whole match, the pressure and skills shown by both teams were unbelievable with each point being fought out to the desperate end.

The first set saw District United surge to a commanding lead with their centre spiking dominance led by Doug May and Gary Thomas.

Choppers, with Chris Tsiplakis setting the ball superbly to his spikers, fought tooth and nail for every point and clawed their way back to win the set 25/22. In the second set, Choppers spikers Jarrod Collings and Grant Boyd displayed power hitting that left the spectators in shock

as they had rarely spiked with such venom and accuracy. Led by Joel Hine's amazing dives and ball retrievals Choppers only just managed to win the set 25/23.

With Mark Dineen asserting his authority on the net by blocking out the opposition and hampering the great play of James Dolpin in the back court, District United went on to win the third set 25/22. The fourth set erupted with Florian Holfinger retrieving ball after ball and setting

up his spikers to thump the ball into the opposition court.

Andrew Massi stood tall for Choppers by displaying his fine passing skills under pressure which resulted in long rallies.

With each team pressing for that vital breakthrough, Choppers eventually withstood the pressure to to win the set and, therefore, the match 25/22.