Cork volleyball club rallies round new arrival from Ukraine and discovers 'a star in the making'

Net Force is one of the clubs taking part in Volleyball Ireland's effort to reach out to people fleeing war-torn Ukraine

Vika (centre, front row) with her new clubmates at a Net Force Volleyball Club training session in Cork along with her twin brother and their mother (centre, middle row). The family fled Ukraine just three weeks ago.

A volleyball club has opened its arms and its courts to a talented Ukrainian teenager who was forced to flee the war with her family.

And after her first training session with Net Force Volleyball Club in Cork, Vika’s new teammates say she's a star in the making.