A VENUE crisis has driven Volleyball Western Australia (VWA) to reach out to the City of Swan to host weekly games for its WA Volleyball League competition, according to VWA competition coordinator Alex Neindorf.

The games will be held at Midland Swan Active, with the season kicking off on Sunday April 6 to September 14 for teams that make it to the grand final.

Mr Neindorf said Swan Active currently doesn’t have any clubs training at the venue but VWA hopes to see more clubs move to the area considering the venue crisis.

“The demand of all sports that play indoor, like indoor volleyball or basketball or netball, there’s just probably not enough courts going around for all those sports to play at the same time,” he said.

“So, we’ve sort of had to be complacent with what we can get at a time.”

“But it’s good to get any that we can have access to pretty much every Sunday.

Mr Neindorf said this is the first year competitions are being held at Midland Swan Active.

He said there is demand for volleyball in the eastern suburbs and VWA wants to expand to reach these areas.

“I think in terms of where volleyball is, at the moment, we want to try and expand our reach,” he said.

A City of Swan spokesperson said VWA’s increased sporting activities are welcomed in the community.

“The city encourages sporting groups and communities of all kinds to run healthy, inclusive programs,” the spokesperson said.

Mr Neindorf said there are 165 teams playing in this year’s WAVL season made up of 20 clubs, which is up from 155 last year.

He said VWA is hoping for stakeholders to add more courts across the state to relieve some of the pressure that comes with finding venues.

“We definitely grow every year, and we always need more courts,” he said.