TENDRING Volleyball Club are hoping for a record-breaking crowd for Saturday’s eagerly-awaited National Shield showdown against the Manchester Marvels.

The sides are set to go head-to-head in a quarter-final at Frinton’s Tendring Technology College (first serve is at 8pm).

Tendring chairman Alex Porter is backing his side to march into the last four – and hopes they are watched by their biggest-ever home audience.

“It’s a really big occasion and I’m looking forward to it already,” he said.

“Our record crowd is 135, for a National League match against Wessex.

“We’ve got close to the hundred-mark a couple of times since and it would be nice to set a new record on Saturday.

“I know it would mean a lot to the players if people turned out to support them.”