Earlier today, our men’s team of Fenton-Schachter had a disappointing performance against a strong Austrian team of Eglseer-Koraimann losing 21-16-21-12. The temperatures soared to 30 degrees C, hot and sunny for The Hague, which is usually tempered by winds from the North Sea. The boys faded quickly in a 20 minute match. They look to [...]
Read More..>>Canada`s Louise Facca and Caleigh Whittaker sailed past their first opponents with an easy two set win (21-15, 21-12) over Australia`s Zina Stone and Mariafe Artacho in the U19 World Championships in The Hague. The Aussies were well known to the Canadian`s having trained and scrimmaged with them here at Scheveningen Beach prior to start [...]
Read More..>>It took 50 minutes and three games (16-21, 21-15, 15-10) for our team of Schachter and Fenton to dispose of the Latvians on centre court, in their opening match at The U19 World Championships.
The team started slowly but overcame their opening set jitters to dominate in games two and three. Individually, Sam Schachter blocked exceptionally [...]
TORONTO – A lot of 18-year-olds who stand six-four-and-a-half and weigh 185 pounds are, shall we say, somewhat gangly and more apt to bump into a wall while taking a walk than perform finesse moves on a field of play. But Sam Schachter is no ordinary teenage string bean. In fact, he’s got all [...]
Read More..>>Alberta completed a perfect run through the National Team Challenge Cup under-19 men’s volleyball
championship on Sunday at Nova Scotia’s The Tower. After winning Pool A with a 5-0 record through round-robin play, Alberta swept Pool B winner Ontario in Sunday’s final for the title.
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SALTILLO, Coahuila, July 24, 2008.- United States defeated Canada 3-1 (25-22, 25-13,18-25 y 25-21) and secured the second place in Pool A of the NORCECA Women’s Junior Tournament. It was a match of ups and downs where the Americans took better advantage…
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Nova Scotia’s first team lost a five-set nail-biter to Alberta at the National Team Challenge Cup under-19 men’s volleyball championship at the Tower on Saturday.
Alberta came out on top by scores of 25-17, 21-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-13. Drew Stephens led Nova Scotia with 22 kills and eight blocks….In other results, Ontario defeated Saskatchewan 3-1…
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Canada’s Junior Women’s National Team departed early last Sunday morning for the 2008 NORCECA Junior Women’s Continental Championship in Saltillo, Mexico. The competition, July 22-27, will see the top three teams qualify for the 2009 Junior Women’s World Championships. Featuring the best U20 aged athletes from the NORCECA Zone, Canada is competing in Group [...]
Read More..>>The Netherlands will stage its first-ever international event from July 30 to August 3 as The Hague will be the site for the SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 19.
Ontario’s Louise Facca (Aurora, ON) and Caleigh Whitaker (Sharon, ON) will represent Canada for the women, Sam Schachter (Richmond Hill, ON) and [...]
By WILLY PALOV Sports Reporter
The Chronicle Herald
Canada’s best young male volleyball players will be in Halifax this week for the National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC). The nation’s best 19-and-under players (19U) will be representing their provinces during four days of competition at Saint Mary’s and Sexton universities, starting on Thursday and wrapping up on Sunday. [...]
