After a year away, Essex Pirates have reformed and travelled to Ashcombe, Dorking, on Sunday for the first round of this year’s national Sitting Volleyball Grand prix series.

Pirates took on Kent Wyverns, Battleback 2 (the Armed Forces team) and newcomers Newcastle.

The Essex Pirates beat Wyverns and in the final match against Newcastle Staffs the match could have gone either way.

But in the end Staffs were victorious