Panathlitikos vs H.A.N.TH (YMCA Of Thessaloniki)

We played against a rather good team and lost 3-0. The opponents are currently positioned at 2nd place.
Their defense during the game was very good while ours was below what it should have been. Similarly for our reception...

The loss puts us to 7th place. There are still lots of games till the end of the championship so we still have high hopes for a good placement.

Omnium Gatherum

A bunch of us Panathlitikos Athletes shall be meeting this Saturday for food at Oreokastro, right after our practice. Anyone interested, sound off!

Panathlitikos vs Eukarpia

We scored our second 3-0 win for this volleyball season. Let's hope we'll be able to keep it up. The match was relatively easy, although at some parts we were making many consecutive mistakes that could have cost us a set or two. Our middles (that includes you Tarantula) performed very well both offensively, a la Power Spikes, and defensively, a la Iron Curtains.

The win puts into 5th place (out of 12) in the league.
FIFTH!
or
Pita Bread!

Panathlitikos vs Aetos

The first official match for the new year ended with a win.
Not only that, it is also our first 3-0 win in an official match since the beginning of the volleyball season.
Our serves have greatly improved. They can now be classified dangerous (of Swinger fame)! Let's hope they'll prove as such during this week's important game.

Panathlitikos vs Epikouros (Again...)

We once again played with Epikouros' youngsters and won 3-1. We lost the first set but the rest were relatively easy.

Panathlitikos on Snow

A bunch of Panathlitikos' athletes shall be heading to Pisoderi for Skiing.
We will be leaving Sunday morning, returning Monday afternoon and we hopefully won't miss Monday's practice.
Anyone interested, sound off!

Panathlitikos vs Epikouros

We had a friendly match with Epikouros' team and won 3-1. Their official team is quite high in Greece's National league, but we played with their younger team. Our team's young players, namely Stratoulis, Nikolakis, Aggelakos and Mitsakos also had their chance to play and gain some experience.

I spy with my little eye...

A few of Panathlitikos' current and ex-players have been spotted playing beach volleyball in 2007.
Their actions and technique had been kept hidden, up to now... Revelations!

Panathlitikos vs Aias

We unfortunately began our second round with a loss, in a game that we all think we should have won. We lost the first two sets cause our game was very static. No energy. We essentially handed the win over to them. We entered the third set with high spirits and managed to win that and the following set. We lost the tie-break.

Panathlitikos vs Asteria Pylaias

We lost 3-1 against Asteria Pylaias.
We won the first set and lost the remaining three.

That was the last match of the first round. We are currently placed 8th (out of 12).

The second round begins immediately and after that we'll have a rather large break for Christmas and new year's.

Panathlitikos vs Navarhos Botsis

Big CONGRADS to the team.
We scored an important victory against one of the better teams (Botsis) in our league. We won 3-1 and all players performed very well. I think our block was key: Iron Curtains!!!

We are currently placed in the middle, rank-wise, and there is one more game left till the end of the first round.

P.S. Barbie, you rock!

Panathlitikos vs MENT

Our team put forward an excellent game against one of our league's best teams. We ended up losing the game but managed to win one set. Also, all the lost sets were very close... think 25-23.

The numbers speak for themselves... Like the Swingers from Canada we are Dangerous!

Panathlitikos vs AS Pera

Our team was involved in yet another cliffhanger match. We played against AS Pera and won 3-2.
We won the first, lost the second, won the third, lost the fourth and finally won the fifth set.
All in all, an enjoyable game.

Most of our games this season end with a tie-break set... The reason was obvious yet always elusive. Things however have changed! I can now proclaim with a fair amount of confidence why we always go to the tie-brake:
We love volleyball too much! We want to play as much as possible even if that means (and it has meant) a possible loss.

I am of course joking. Half-joking...
;)

Panathlitikos vs Polygyros (AOP)

In a total nerve-cracking, jaw-dropping, unexpected game we lost 3-2 to Polygyros last Thursday.
We were winning 2-0 with relative ease. Heck, we were winning 13-7 in the third set but ended up losing 25-23. The rest of the game was downhill.

The loss prompted a team discussion that, we hope, will have solved some problems. Tomorrow's game shall be the judge. Stay tuned!

Panathlitikos vs Galaxias

We played against one of the best teams in our league and lost 3-0.
The beginning of the first set was kind of bad, cause our reception was under-performing. It later got better and remained good till the end of the match.
During the middle of the first set there were signs that the improbable could actually happen, that we could push and score a win. Things were at their best at 20-19 but we couldn't keep it up and lost.
The remaining two sets were easily won by them.

Panathlitikos vs AEN Agias Triadas (AEN Holy Trinity)

We managed to score an important victory this last Thursday. Not because we were playing a against a good team, but because we hadn't scored a victory for a while; it thus became a moral booster.
We won 3-2. A very unpredictable match...

Panathlitikos vs HANTH (YMCA)

We lost on Thursday against the YMCA. They have a decent team and managed to win with relative ease. Our game lacked energy. And that's it.

Panathlitikos vs Niki Eukarpias

On Thursday we played against Niki Eukarpias.
We lost. It's a pity cause we won the first two sets with relative ease and then lost the next three with a very tight score. I would attribute our loss to lack of experience reflected in the fact that when we made mistakes they were always very costly (they were made at crucial times).

There is a video of the game, which I will digitize and distribute to the team. I may or may not upload it on Google Video, depending on whether our coach thinks our adversaries can benefit by studying the video.

Panathlitikos vs Aetos

We lost yesterday in a match against Aetos, 3-1.
It seems their experience, reflected in very smart tipping, got the better of us in the first two sets.
We were able to win the third set. By that time I felt very sure we would do a big come back and win the remaining sets but the forth set ended with 25-23 for them.

Panathlitikos vs Aias

The first official match for this year's championship was fortunately a win, 3-1.
The win was against Aias, a team that has been playing in A Regional for several years now, and as such a moral booster. The result was probably unexpected by others as it prompted EPESTH's website to write that newly-illuminated Panathlitikos' win against Aias was singled-out (ξεχώρισε και η νίκη του νεοφώτιστου Παναθλητικού Συκεών επί του Αίαντα με 3-1).