Archive for April, 2009

Northern Chill Prepped for Provincials

The Northern Chill 15U girls volleyball team will be heading to Kitchener, Ontario to compete in the Ontario Provincial Championships being held by the OVA at RIM Park in Waterloo.
The schedule has the Chill 15U playing this Saturday, Sunday and Easter Monday.
The girls not only made it to premier division, but they are ranked [...]

Read More..>>

Gryphons Sign Krizmanich-Deutscher

The University of Guelph women’s volleyball team is pleased to announce the signing of its first two recruits for the 2009-10 season. Joining the squad in the fall will be Carlisle, Ontario’s Kaitlyn Krizmanich and Kelowna, B.C.’s Chloe Deutscher.
Kaitlyn Krizmanich comes to Guelph after concluding a stellar club and high school career with local volleyball [...]

Read More..>>

Holt Honoured

McMaster University’s Female Athlete of the Year Award has been renamed the Therese Quigley Female Athlete of the Year Award in honour of Therese Quigley, McMaster’s director of athletics and recreation.
The announcement was made at the 85th annual athletic awards ceremony, which recognizes McMaster’s outstanding athletes.
Quigley served McMaster University for 24 years, holding the position [...]

Read More..>>

Cadieux-Van Huizen Claim Bronze

Canadians Ahren Cadieux and Rich Van Huizen edged Orlando Irizarry-Roberto Rodriguez of Puerto Rico by a score of 16-21, 21-15, 15-12 to claim the bronze medal late March at the first event of the season of the NORCECA Continental Beach Volleyball Circuit held in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
The USA-1 Team of Jason Wight and Michael [...]

Read More..>>

Gaels Look National

Four members of the Queen’s men’s volleyball team have been invited to attend the 2009 Canadian Junior National Team selection camp in Winnipeg from June 15-18.
Joren Zeeman of Cambridge and Michael Amoroso of Toronto are returning to the camp having participated last season. Joining Zeeman and Amoroso are Niko Rukavina of Mississauga, and setter Daniel [...]

Read More..>>

Duerden MVP

London, Ontario native Paul Duerden was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 GM Capital Challenge Cup on March 22 in Izmir, Turkey.
Duerden led Arkis Izmir, his Turkish professional team, over Poland’s Jastrzebski Wegiel SA in a five set battle to capture the gold medal in the Cup final.
Former Canadian Men’s National Team Head [...]

Read More..>>

Volleyball Returns to Conestoga

Varsity men’s and women’s volleyball makes a smashing return to Conestoga College next season after a 16-year absence.
While Ontario universities are poised to swing the axe on some varsity teams in the wake of a world-wide economic meltdown, a projected eight per cent enrollment increase at Conestoga means the college can afford to add teams [...]

Read More..>>

« Previous Page