The North Bay Wildcats under-15 boys’ volleyball team shocked the province over the weekend with an appearance in the gold-medal game at the Ontario Volleyball Association Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo.
In its first year of existence, the Wildcats entered the provincials ranked 15th out of 42 clubs, with a goal of staying in the [...]
Stratford Stingers 14U girls capped an incredible weekend by winning bronze at the Ontario Volleyball Association Provincial Championships at RIM Park.
Ranked 31st out of 32 teams entering the event, the Stingers opened with a tough three-set loss to Niagara Rapids Black, 25- 22, 21-25, 12-15. Match two saw the Stingers dig deep to overcome a [...]
In John Child’s PROfile he mentioned “I’m a big believer in you won’t do anything well if you don’t enjoy doing it.” When you watch Kara Zakrewski play, coach or as a inspirational speaker it’s clear to see that a lot of her success comes from the enjoyment and passion she has for beach volleyball.
Kara [...]
Star UBC volleyball player Liz Cordonier was announced as one of this year’s four finalists in the18th annual BLG Canadian university athlete of the year awards.
Cordonier –a devastating 6-foot-1 left-side hitter — has already garnered just about every award on the women’s college volleyball scene for 2009-10; National female player of the year, Canada West [...]
Beach Volley Around the World (BVAW), the new amateur Beach Volleyball initiative to feature at SWATCH FIVB World Tour venues this year, should help provide a vital stepping stone to the SWATCH FIVB World Tour for countries that have struggled to make the transition from amateur to professional in the past, says BVAW Vice-President Mr [...]
Read More..>>Some of Tristan Thiessen’s friends didn’t believe him when he started telling how he had his picture taken with Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the weekend.
Thiessen and the rest of his Riverside Rage boys 14-and-under volleyball team were in Waterloo for the Ontario Provincial Championships.
So was Harper, who came to see his son Ben, play [...]
The Markham-Stouffville Stingers, 13U girls team went to their first Ontario Championship and came home with the gold.
This first year team from Markham, Stouffville and Uxbridge, was ranked in a four-way tie for first place going into the tournament. They knew the competition would be tough. There were 35 teams in their age division at [...]
The OVA kicked off Provincials this past weekend with a great 13/14U tournament that drew rave reviews from all involved. Prime Minister Harper, unable to travel to Poland due to flight restrictions, and with an unexpected hole in his calendar was able to support his son’s Ottawa Fusion team and meet hundreds of our Ontario [...]
Read More..>>The Waterloo Tigers had enough to worry about entering the biggest volleyball championships of their lives Friday morning ranked as underdogs.
But the boys never counted on the extra pressure of playing their first game in the provincials in front of a bunch of men in dark suits with ear pieces and stone-cold expressions. More specifically, [...]
The importance of home court advantage is always talked about in sports, but it’s never really fully explained why it makes such a difference.
Intuitively, it’s understood that playing in front of a home crowd with people supporting your push for a championships gives teams a boost. It’s easier to be cheered than jeered.
But Paul Pavan [...]
