OTTAWA -Team Canada won its opening matches in men’s and women’s beach volleyball on Monday at the Jeux de la Francophonie (the Francophone Games) being held this week in Beirut, Lebanon.
In men’s play Jessi Lelliott of Kelowna, B.C., and Ben Saxton of Calgary defeated a pair from Niger 21-5, 21-5. On the women’s side, Heather [...]
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico – Tiffany Dodds of Lucky Lake, Sask., Brittney Page of Vernon, B.C., Marisa Field of Kelowna, B.C., all reached double figures in points to lead Canada to a 25-22, 25-21, 25-19 victory over Mexico in the fifth place match at the NORCECA women’s volleyball tournament.
The Dominican Republic won the gold medal defeating [...]
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico – Canada lost 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday in its opening match at the eight-country women’s volleyball NORCECA (the North, Central and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation) Championships.
Six of the eight teams at this tournament are headed to next year’s worlds in Japan including Canada.
Team captain Tammy Mahon [...]
Read More..>>The Widdifield Wildcats junior boys volleyball team started off their season Saturday, September 12, by winning the Trojan Invitational volleyball tournament, beating Sudbury’s Lockerby Vikings in the final.
The Wildcats opened the day with a two-set win over Lockerby, coming from behind in both sets.
The Wildcats then beat Espanola, the Chippewa Raiders and Sudbury’s St. Charles [...]
Ontario’s Kaitlyn Krizmanich and Caleigh Whitaker represented Canada at the recent U21 Jr Worlds in Blackpool, England where they made it through to the Quarterfinals. Krizmanich and Whitaker, lost to No. 8 Jazmin Machado and Summer Ross of the U.S., 21-13, 21-16. The Ontario pair went 2-1 in the round robin section of the tournament [...]
Read More..>>Temperatures are a little warmer today in Blackpool, England, site of the U21 FIVB Junior World Beach Championships as pool play finishes up for the 24 men’s and women’s main draw teams as they play their final two pool play matches after which the field will be reduced to 16 to begin the single elimination [...]
Read More..>>Canada’s second beach teams both men’s and women’s were unsuccessful in their bid to win their way out of the qualifier in Blackpool for the SWATCH FIVB Junior U21 World Championships. The men’s team of Dearing-May won their first match Wednesday morning against Mohoric-Ponikvar of Slovenia 2-0 (21-18, 21-13). Later in the day they lost [...]
Read More..>>Lately, Jos Nederveen has spent more time than Taylor Swift accepting awards.
Last night, St. Mary’s skipper Nederveen was named the winner of the the Wismer Award for High School Coaching Excellence.
Nederveen finished ahead of Sean Kiely (St. Mary’s), Frank Hayes (Delta), Jim Weatherbee (Saltfleet) and Stefano Giovannangeli (St. Thomas More).
“It’s an honour beyond belief to [...]
The SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships will be staged September 15-20 as England will host the Beach Volleyball event for players under the age of 21 for the second-straight year in the seaside town of Blackpool.
A total of 74 teams (39 men, 35 women) representing 30 nations will be heading to England for the championship [...]
An ACL is a tiny ligament the size of a pinky that stabilizes the knee. When it ruptures or tears there is usually pain, sometimes a lot, and a sound of a pop so loud other players can sometimes hear it. It requires reconstructive surgery and six to nine months, or more, of rehab.
Some researchers [...]
