Tim Gourlay of Grande Prairie, Alta., came off the bench in the fourth set and contributed 15 points in Canada’s 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 15-13 victory over the Dominican Republic in Thursday’s quarterfinal at the North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation (NORCECA) men’s volleyball championships in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
With the victory, the Canadians, ranked 21st [...]
With a resume that includes back-to-back 18U National Beach Championships, an AAU Junior Olympics Gold Medal and representing Canada at the 2009 FIVB U19 Youth World Championships, no one should be too surprised that Melissa Humana-Paredes has big plans for her beach career. What may come as a surprise is that Melissa has chosen not [...]
Read More..>>The Mohawk women’s volleyball team continued to prepare for the upcoming Ontario Colleges Athletic Association season. Playing four exhibition sets with the Burlington Defensa Under-17 club last Thursday at the Fennell Gym, the Mountaineers ended up tying them 2-2.
“Defensa finished second in Ontario last year,” said Mohawk head coach Sean Pellow. “They are a very [...]
When you watch National Team Member Sam Schachter play beach volleyball you would never guess that four short years ago he was battling in the OVA 16U Tier 2 division.
“The biggest contributing factor to my change in success was the experience I gained from playing with different partners and learning from Elite players and coaches. [...]
The Nipissing Lady Lakers kicked off the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association volleyball season Saturday, defeating the Sault Cougars 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 26-24). Third-year middle Chandra Massey celebrated her birthday by powering the Lady Lakers offence, collecting 12 points on nine kills, two aces and a block.
The Canadore Lady Panthers volleyball team opened up their season [...]
Dale Baker was planning to retire from teaching last year.
But she held off.
Baker, a 56-year-old phys-ed instructor at Innisdale Secondary School, couldn’t resist sticking around to help organize the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations senior boys ‘AAAA’ volleyball championship in Barrie. She convened the event — held at Innisdale, Barrie North Collegiate and Eastview [...]
Canada’s Jessi Lelliott of Kelowna, BC and Ben Saxton of Calgary won the gold medal in comeback style yesterday in men’s beach volleyball at the Francophone Games in Beirut. Heather Bansley of Waterdown, Ont. and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City added a bronze for Canada in women’s beach volleyball.
Lelliott and Saxton defeated Roman Sutter and [...]
Canada is still in the hunt for gold in beach volleyball at the Francophone Games being held this week in Beirut.
In women’s play, Heather Bansley of Waterdown, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City completed round robin with victories in their four matches to place first in their pool and earn bye to the semifinals. [...]
OTTAWA – Heather Bansley of Waterdown, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City remained undefeated in beach volleyball on Wednesday at the Francophone Games being held this week in Beirut, Lebanon.
Bansley and Rodrigue upped their record to four wins and no losses with victories over pairs from Egypt and Niger.
Marie-Christine Mondor and Isabelle Rancourt are [...]
Once again, the most successful Beach Volleyball Club in Canada had a victorious National Championships. The following teams from the club finished in the top 3 at the 2009 Nationals:
U16 Boys: Joey Nuguid – Aaron Nusbaum = 1st
U16 Girls: Nova Bozinoski – Sydney Krizmanich = 1st
U18 Boys: Todd Stevenson – Richard MacKay = 3rd
U18 Girls: [...]
