The Association initially played on Tuesday evenings and later expanded to two nights, initially  Tuesday and Sunday before settling for the current Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Volleyball at Croydon has always been regarded as a mixed competition.

At its peak, in the late 1980’s, the Association was able to boast a competition of 110 teams (with some teams in reserve), with 55 on each night. At that time there were over 1200 members of the Association and was the second largest volleyball body in Victoria and Australia. It is still one of the larger volleyball associations in Australia.

The Association became an incorporated body in 1986.

The CDVA hosted an international match between NEC (Japan) v Australia at the Croydon Leisure Centre in 1990.

An independent sporting association, we were not affiliated with the State body until 1992. Affiliation with the State body (VVI) lasted for three years before we left after it went through a re-structure and members of our Association voting, in February 1995, to leave the State body due to few benefits flowing to the local Association.

While affiliated with VVI the CDVA successfully hosted the National Indoor Grand Prix and National Cup at the Croydon Leisure Centre in 1992, as well as the State Under 15 tournament.

Over many years the CDVA successfully ran its own tournament which involved teams from other volleyball associations from around the state. This was abandoned in 1995 after VVI rules made it difficult for other Associations to compete against the CDVA.

The CDVA has had teams participate in three Australian Masters Games, in Melbourne (1995), Canberra (1997) and Adelaide (1999) in addition to various competitions and tournaments over the years.

Objectives of the Association are stated in clause 3 of its Constitution, viz.:

1. To promote interest in volleyball;
2. To promote good fellowship among those interested in volleyball;
3. To educate, train, coach and encourage members of the Association; and
4. To do all such things and acts conducive to the furtherance of the objectives and interests of the Association.

The Croydon & Districts Volleyball Association Inc. continues to show a keen interest in providing and promoting volleyball in the cities of Maroondah and Knox. Players have come from as far afield as Frankston and Dandenong, Pascoe Vale, Healesville, Bulleen, Carlton, Eltham and Hawthorn.

The CDVA has always stood out from other competitions in that teams are not required to perform duty obligations for other matches in the competition. We provide our own referees to officiate in all competition matches. The teams are therefore able to come and play their volleyball and then go home.

In 1998 the Association bottled its own label port to celebrate its twenty-first anniversary.

The Association moved its base to Yarra Valley Grammar School in 2000 when the school had completed its new sports stadium and for the year volleyball was played at Yarra Valley and on two courts at Luther College. After reviewing the growth of a junior competition and projecting on the future needs of the association,   discussions were held with the City of Maroondah Council. The Association decided to base its volleyball over two stadiums: Croydon Leisure Centre and Yarra Valley stadium.