OVA News

David West and Alexander Elliott sure know how to make the most of an hour. That’s all the time the local pair had to work together in advance of this past Sunday’s Ontario Volleyball  (OVA) Beach Tour event at Cobourg’s Victoria Beach. The two ended up with a podium finish in the Boys’ 18 & [...]

Julia Hamer, 16, of Burlington, a member of the Hurricanes Volleyball Club, and Taylor Simons, 14, of Stoney Creek have qualified to represent Canada in girls’ under-16 beach volleyball at the Junior Olympics in Detroit  scheduled for July 28-31. Hamer and Simons, a member of Durham Attack Volleyball Club, won the Jr. Olympic qualifier June [...]

Check out all the latest results from the Cobourg tournament on July 12-13th.
Female Adult Results
Female Youth Results
Male Youth Results
Male Adult Results

Athletes from the North Bay Youth Volleyball Club competed for positions on the 16U Regional volleyball team on the June 7-8th weekend. The tryouts were held at College Boreal in Sudbury. Both Girl’s and Boy’s Regional teams will represent Region Two [Northeast Region] at the Ontario Summers games being held in Ottawa August 13-16.
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The HOPE Volleyball SummerFest is the largest outdoor one-day beach volleyball tournament in the world. The 26th annual HOPE Volleyball SummerFest takes place Saturday July 12th, 2008 at Mooney’s Bay Beach, Ottawa, Ontario.
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If you haven’t had an international volleyball fix for some time, there’s relief in sight.
Volleyball Canada has confirmed that the Australian national men’s team and the Denso Airybees, a Japanese women’s professional team, will be in Winnipeg for a series of exhibition matches with Canada’s national teams July 31 and Aug. 5.
Both matches will be [...]

Glorious beach weather and perfect conditions at Ashbridges Bay heralded the OVA beach tournament.  Here’s the results of the July 5-6 weekend:
Youth Male  | Youth Female |  Adult Male  | Adult Female  

HEATWAVE 2008: 14th Annual Beach Volleyball Tournament
Saturday July 12, 2008
1-Day Recreational Coed 6’s
Sunday July 13, 2008
1-Day Competitive Coed 6’s
Sat. July 12 & Sun. July 13,2008
2-Day Competitive Coed 6’s
2-Day Recreational Coed 6’s
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The final of the 2008 NORCECA Junior Men’s Championships in San Salvador played out as a battle of the unbeaten, with Canada and Cuba each sporting a perfect 4-0 record coming into Saturday’s Gold Medal tilt. In the end, it was Cuba who managed to edge Canada 3-1…
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Canada’s Junior Men’s National Team will face Mexico Friday night at 6:00pm (CDT) in the first Semi-Final at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Men’s Championship in San Salvador.
The USA faces off against Cuba in the later Semi-Final match up at 8:00pm (CDT).
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