Volleyball : Troon PA coach fears Coutts

Troon PA coach Vince Krawczyk has identified the two Capital players who stand between his team and the women's Schelde Sports Scottish Volleyball League title this weekend.

The Ayrshire side face defending champions City of Edinburgh twice this weekend in the best-of-three play-off final.

Krawczyk, Scotland's most successful club coach, has warned his players they must stop former England captain and current Scottish player-of-the-year Mel Coutts and setter Natalyia Durkaca from running the show.

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"It is easier said than done," he said. "Mel is such a big influence and if she plays well, the team play well. The setter is also a big player for them and they will go into the matches as favourites."

Edinburgh only dropped four sets over the entire league programme - but significantly all to Troon - and handed Krawczyk's side their only domestic defeat so far. The coach believes he has the strongest squad he has had to date but injuries to Gillian Lyall and Hazel Gow have deprived him of two key players in recent weeks.

The teams meet at Queensferrry High tomorrow and the return is at Belmont Academy in Ayr on Sunday. If a third match is required, it will be staged at Queensferry High a week tomorrow.

City of Edinburgh face City of Glasgow Ragazzi this weekend in the third-fourth play-off. Glasgow Mets and Kilmarnock Blaze face up to each other for the title.

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