Waterloo and RIM Park are bracing themselves for an exciting first of three consecutive weekends of the Ontario Provincial Championships. Boys and Girls in the 13-14U categories will face off starting Friday April 16 through Sunday April 18.
In addition to a full three days of championship youth action, there will be the first ever Coaches [...]
Thanks to all of you, who made Mikaila Nederveen’s personal commitment a resounding success. She filled four suitcases with medical supplies and took them with her to the Dominican Republic.
The Mountain Athletic Club Volleyball libero travelled with the St. Mary Secondary School D.R.E.A.M.S. (Dominican Republic Educational and Medical Support) Project to a remote village where [...]
Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City and Kara Zakrzewski of Mississauga, won the gold medal on Sunday in women’s competition at the fourth stop on the NORCECA beach volleyball circuit.
It is the first victory for the pair since they joined forces at the end of last season. Rodrigue-Zakrzewski defeated top-seeds Nirian Sinal and Kirenia Ballar of [...]
Humber Hawks head coach Wayne Wilkins is encouraging the men’s volleyball team to head to the beach this summer.
“Beach is an absolute recommendation,” said Wilkins. “One of the issues we have with big middles is mobility, and beach forces them to practice that stuff outside of practice and drills.”
There are only two players on a [...]
Through the support of Quest for Gold and the Coaches Association of Ontario the OVA is happy to announce the first ever Coaches Speaker Series during the 2010 Ontario Championships. The 2010 Speaker Series will take place every Saturday of the Ontario Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo. Coaches, athletes and parents are invited to [...]
Read More..>> Scott Koskie of Winnipeg has been named the women’s national team’s new assistant coach.
“My experience as a former national team and professional player will help me relate to and be a resource for the players,” said Koskie. ” I am very familiar with what these players will being going through as they prepare for [...]
Gabe deGroot has found volleyball success in some unlikely places. After growing up in Langley BC and playing for the local Fraser Valley Volleyball Club and Surrey’s Fraser Valley Christian Falcons, deGroot headed to Edmonton to play for The King’s University College Eagles in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. He spent three years with the [...]
Read More..>>Calgary’s Canuck Contact U17 squad will represent Canada at the NORCECA boy’s youth volleyball championships set for April 6-11 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
“We’ve had a very good season and we are really looking forward to this big international challenge,” said coach Don Saxton. “For all of our players it will be their first international experience.”
Saxton says [...]
When talks started last summer into merging the National Capitals Volleyball Club (NCVC) and the Ottawa Kangaroos Volleyball Club (OKVC), no one really knew what to expect. Following a late summer decision to proceed, tryouts came around very quickly and the Ottawa Fusion Volleyball Club was born.
In it’s first season, the OFVC fielded 13 teams. [...]
When people look back at Eric Simon’s impact on volleyball during the 2009-2010 season there will be some obvious accomplishments that pop out. Eric was a huge part of The University of Western Ontario Mustang’s success. He was recognized for his individual success when he was named a CIS Academic All-Canadian, this season’s OUA Player [...]
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