Nicholas Cundy of Edmonton and Gavin Schmitt of Okotoks, Alta., scored 14 points apiece on Saturday to lead Canada to a 25-15, 28-26, 25-10 victory over the Dominican Republic in the fifth place match at the Pan American Cup men’s volleyball tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
With the victory, Canada ends the tournament with two [...]
Canada won’t be on the podium for the first time in three years at the Pan American Cup men’s volleyball tournament after losing a five-set thriller to Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals yesterday at the Pan American men’s volleyball tournament being held in San Juan Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico ranked 15th internationally, took the nearly three-hour [...]
John Child and Mark Heese, Canada’s only Olympic volleyball medalists, are teaming up again to create the inaugural Child Heese Beach Camp, to be held at Toronto’s Ashbridge’s Bay from July 5-9.
The day camp, which will be designed for youth ages 13-18, will fittingly take place at the same beach that Child and Heese have [...]
Manitouwadge’s SPIKES Volleyball Program has been a great success; approximately 40 children have participated in the two programs, Grade 4-6 and Grade 7-8 sessions, each held once per week learning new volleyball skills through the drills and games of the SPIKES program. I spoke with Manitouwadge High School teacher and coach Ted Lalonde who volunteers [...]
Read More..>>The Kitchener Waterloo Predators U18 Women’s team won the bronze medal at the 2010 Canadian Volleyball Championship in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The team came to the National Championship looking to improve on their fourth place finish from the past two years and complete their club team careers with a medal.
On Day one, the team swept [...]
On Sunday in Chiapas, Mexico, Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney, both from Toronto, won the bronze medal at a stop on the NORCECA (North and Central America) beach volleyball circuit. Bansley and Maloney defeated compatriots Liz Cordonier of Vancouver and Jamie Broder of Victoria in the bronze medal match 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-12).
On the men’s [...]
The Sheridan College Athletic Department is pleased to announce that Dave McAllister has been named the new head coach of the Men’s Volleyball Team. McAllister is a Physical Education Teacher at Rick Hansen S.S. in Mississauga, a powerhouse in high school boys’ volleyball. The Rick Hansen Storm has been a constant presence at OFSAA under [...]
Read More..>>Queen’s Gaels Men’s Volleyball head coach Brenda Willis was named 2009-10 Fox 40 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) coach of the year.
Five-time OUA coach of the year and OUA 3M coaching award winner, Willis completed her 23rd campaign with the Gaels and her 36th year of coaching. Her career coaching record at Queen’s is 247-93 in [...]
The Northumberland Breakers U18 girls brought provincial gold back from Waterloo last month.
The girls were at RIM Park on April 30 to compete in the Ontario Championships.
The Breakers were seeded 20th out of 37 teams and needed to win every match in the first two days to compete for the tier one gold medal. The [...]
The Gold Medal at the 2010 East Nationals was the reward for all the hard practices and training for the Durham Attack Girls 16U Black Team.
Day one of the East Nationals held in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the team was well rested and ready to play, resulting in a first place finish in pool play. With Two [...]
