Growing up in Comox, British Columbia has many advantages, the town is approximately 12,000 people on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island with beautiful summers and mild winters. Comox is also the home town of NHL Legend Cam Neely, and actresses Kim Cattrall, and Pamela Anderson. Some may wonder why someone would ever leave. For [...]
Read More..>>Julien Boucher is back to blogging – this time at the 2010 Women’s World Championships in Japan. Read on for Julien’s blog.
For the second time in a month, I will be participating in a World Championship as a Team Manager, this time in Japan with our Women’s team. I actually wrote these lines on the [...]
Maverick Volleyball, in partnership with Savoirnet is stepping outside of the gym and into the virtual world to share our expertise and to stimulate discussion on volleyball coaching challenges and solutions. The blog is an open invitation to school and club coaches, teachers and parents to join a dynamic learning discussion. It will become a [...]
Read More..>>The Loyalist Lancers senior volleyball team went a perfect 8-0 en route to a tournament championship on Saturday in Perth.
The Tom Worthy – coached club beat General Panet of Petawawa in straight sets in the final.
Loyalist rallied from a 10-2 first set deficit in the final, winning it 25-23.
Eric Down was the MVP of the [...]
Canada coach Arnd Ludwig needs no telling about the size of the task facing his side at the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship. Ludwig believes the Canadians are in the “toughest” pool and says they will need to be at their best to reach the second round.
Canada, world No. 24 in the FIVB rankings, will [...]
A fundraiser for National Beach volleyball athletes Liz Maloney and Heather Bansley will take place on Friday, November 12th 8:00pm to 1:00am at the Opus Pantages Condo Penthouse Party Room in Toronto to support their 2012 Olympic Dream.
Liz and Heather are two of Canada’s top beach volleyball athletes that have proven their success on the [...]
With two straight provincial championships to defend, St. Thomas Aquinas’ senior boys volleyball club is marching toward another berth in the big show.
The two-time Ontario Federation of School Athletics Associations’ boys volleyball ‘A’ champions floated the goal of a three-peat at the beginning of the fall campaign and, so far, the season is unfolding according [...]
A $6-million boost from the federal government is aimed at changing Canada’s history of poor performances in team sports at the Summer Olympics.
Basketball, volleyball, field hockey, water polo and recent Games addition rugby sevens will benefit from the new funding, part of a five-year commitment confirmed Tuesday by Minister of State Gary Lunn during the [...]
Queen’s Gaels outside hitter Joren Zeeman of Cambridge, Ont., has been named to Volleyball Canada’s National B team for the 2010 season.
The announcement was made last week in conjunction with the naming of men’s senior national team following the selection camp held May 9 to 14 in Gatineau, Que.
In his three years at Queen’s, Zeeman [...]
Josh Kirkham of the Waterloo Tigers was named one of the best high school athletes in Waterloo, Ontario for the week of October 18th, 2010. Kirkham made High School Sports Blog’s best of list, compiled by Waterloo Region Record sports reporter Mark Bryson.
Below is the excerpt on Josh Kirkham:
Josh Kirkham, Jacob Hespeler: The Grade 11 [...]
