The VNS Volleyball Club Griffins (originally, the Volleyball Never Stops Volleyball Club) are a professional men's volleyball team in the Philippines playing the

Spikers' Turf The Spikers' Turf is a men's semi-professional volleyball league in the Philippines associated with the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision). History The league had its beginnings in 2014, when the Shakey's V-League introduce ...

. It previously played under various sponsorships.

History

Volleyball Never Stops or VNS was established in 2013 by a group of team captains who played volleyball either at the

University Athletic Association of the Philippines The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...

(UAAP) or the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

(NCAA) as a means to be still able to play competitive volleyball even after they graduated from college. They often took part in exhibition games and various minor tournaments and were joined in by other UAAP and NCAA graduates. In 2016, they were invited to take part in the semi-professional men's volleyball league,

. They played under the name of their sponsor Bounty Fresh in their debut at the 2016 Open Conference. For the season-ending 2016 Reinforced Conference they under the banner of another sponsor as the 100 Plus Active Spikers. In 2017, they joined the

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The league began in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League, a women's collegiate league. Since 2011, the ...

, and took part as the Café Lupe Sunrisers for the whole 2017 season. They would return to the Spiker's Turf in 2018 as the Fury Blazing Hitters. In 2019, they played as the VNS Griffins. In 2021, VNS would take part in the 2021 PNVF Champions League as the Manileño Spikers. The Spikes clinched the bronze medal in the tournament defeating Global Remit in the third place play off.

Name changes

* Bounty Fresh ( 2016 Open) * 100 Plus Active Spikers ( 2016 Reinforced) * Café Lupe Sunrisers (

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) * Fury Blazing Hitters (

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) * VNS Volleyball Club Griffins (

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * Manileño Spikers (

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) * VNS-One Alicia Griffins (

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)

Current roster

Coaching staff * Head Coach: Ralph Ocampo * Assistant Coach: Hans Chuacoco Team Staff * Team Manager: * Team Utility: Medical Staff * Team Physician: * Physical Therapist: -->

Previous roster

Coaching staff * Head Coach: Ralph Ocampo * Assistant Coach: Hans Chuacoco Team Staff * Team Manager: * Team Utility: Medical Staff * Team Physician: * Physical Therapist: Coaching staff * Head Coach: Ralph Ocampo * Assistant Coach: Bakhie Pareja Team Staff * Team Manager: * Team Utility: Medical Staff * Team Physician: * Physical Therapist: For the Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference: Coaching staff * Head Coach:
Rodrigo Palmero * Assistant Coaches:
Ronald Dulay
Mario Mia Team Staff * Team Manager: * Team Utility: Medical Staff * Team Physician: * Physical Therapist: For the Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference: Coaching staff * Head Coach:
John Pat de Guzman * Assistant Coach:
Ronald Dulay Team Staff * Team Manager: * Team Utility: Medical Staff * Team Physician: * Physical Therapist:

Honors

2021 PNVF Champions League

Spikers' Turf / Premier Volleyball League

;Notes

Individual

Spikers' Turf / Premier Volleyball League:

Team Captains

* Ralph Raymund Ocampo (

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) * Phillip Michael Bagalay (

) * Geuel Asia (

) * John Benedict San Andres (

)

Coaches

* John Pat de Guzman (2016 –

) * Rodrigo Palmero (

) * Ralph Raymund Ocampo (

)

External links

* *

References

* Premier Volleyball League (Philippines) Sports teams in Metro Manila 2013 establishments in the Philippines Men's volleyball teams in the Philippines {{Premier Volleyball League, state=collapsed