Indoor, outdoor, at the beach, on the floor.
If there’s a net and a volleyball somewhere, Stratford’s Katie McLay will be there.
The 15-year-old St. Michael student started hitting the ball “when I was about two”.
She hasn’t stopped.
And she’ll be blasting away for the 16U Region 3 squad at the provincial championships in Toronto mid-August.
“I made the [...]
The red sand of P.E.I. may make for stunning postcards, but it doesn’t measure up when it comes to the exacting standards of international beach volleyball.
Organizers of the 2009 Canada Games say contractors had to buy 750 tonnes of sand from neighbouring Nova Scotia after they learned the Island’s fine sand is too easily compacted.
That [...]
If it’s not on the beach, it’s on the court.
And when Cam Wheelan isn’t playing volleyball?
“My social network is pretty much all volleyball,” the 20-year-old Barrie native said.
When Wheelan’s not starring with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s volleyball team — he’s been collecting Ontario University Athletics accolades for two seasons with the Waterloo university [...]
Last summer, four hours before her 26th birthday, Stephanie Fisher got a phone call at home that had her trembling before she picked up the receiver.
The call was from the Canadian national volleyball team that was assembling a squad to compete in the 2009 Maccabi Games in Israel – a team Fisher had tried out [...]
Volleyball star Jason Haldane made his Great Britain debut on the May 30th weekend with the remit of helping prepare the squad for the 2012 Olympics. Haldane, a former Canadian national team member and one of the most decorated players on the international circuit, has received clearance to play for Britain at the age of [...]
Read More..>>In another spectacular match of five sets, the US team revalidated its title as champions of the Fourth Men’s Pan American Cup with a victory over Team Canada. This victory was a replay of the last edition of the event, the Americans defeating the Canadians in that final also.
The Canadians had the lead in the [...]
In a close game, the USA prevailed in the five-set battle with Team Canada to finish at the top of Pool A in the 4th Men’s Pan American Cup last night in Chiapas, Mexico.
The scores were 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-13 and the victory sends United States directly to the semi final phase.
Gavin Smith and [...]
Canada recovered from a slow start Monday night and defeated Dominican Republic 3-1 in Pool A match of the 4th Men’s Pan American Cup in Chiapas, Mexico.
The Canadian team came back from a lopsided loss in the opening set to win by set scores of 15-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-18.
The Canadians edged their opponents in the [...]
Caleigh Whitaker and Dianne Burrows, Adam Podstawka and Reid Hall, will represent Ontario at the 2009 Canada Games in Prince Edward Island this August.
The women’s final was a tightly contested match played in front of a large crowd on centre court at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto. After winning the first set, Whitaker-Burrows began the second set [...]
Canada’s National Men’s Volleyball Team will kick off their 2009 international season at the 4th Annual Pan American Cup in Chiapas, Mexico June 13 – 21. The tournament features powerful teams including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and USA.
This will be the first international competition for men’s team since their move earlier this [...]
