They had, you could say, their backs to the net.
With the season on the line at the Ontario Volleyball Association Championships in Waterloo on the morning of April 16th, the Collingwood U-16 Cubs had a team meeting before their first match of the day.
“We basically laid it out on the line, that whatever they needed to [...]
Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney of Toronto came within a set of qualifying for the main draw at the second stop on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball circuit.
The Canadian pair, busy this month with important tournaments in the North and Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) conference, lost to Russia’s Ekaterina Khomyakova and Anna Vozakova [...]
The 15U BSV Smash team out of Hamilton entered the Ontario Championships from humble beginnings. At the beginning of the season the intention was to make this team a 14U team, but response was lacking so the club decided to have a 15U team instead. With five 15U players and four 14U players, all with NO club [...]
Read More..>>The Niagara College Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are very pleased to welcome Joey Martins as their new head coach of the Niagara College Knights Women’s Volleyball team.
Joey Martins, a Burlington native, comes to Niagara after a very successful playing career in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, Ontario Provincial team, a member of the Canadian National [...]
After eight months of practice, eight Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) tournaments and a handful of Invitational tournaments, the Eclipse Volleyball Club’s 15U Girls team was ranked #1 going into the Ontario Provincial Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo on the weekend of April 8-10, 2011. The team, under the coaching staff of Arif Nathoo and [...]
Read More..>>The York University Lions men’s volleyball program got a big boost this off-season with the commitment of Daniel Dearing, who will join the team for the 2011-12 season.
The Toronto native, who attended North Albion Collegiate Institute, brings significant club volleyball experience to York. He played for the Toronto West Volleyball Club for the 2006-07 season [...]
On April 17th, 2011, the Ken Davies Memorial Award and Evelyn Holick Award were presented during the 18U Boys and 18U Girls medal presentations at the 2011 Ontario Championships. The OVA is pleased to announce this year’s recipients – Tyler Scheerhoorn of the Northumberland Breakers and Michaela Reesor of Defensa.
The Ken Davies Memorial Award is [...]
The 13U/16U/18U Ontario Championships held April 15-17, 2011 at RIM Park in Waterloo, ON, were a showcase event of volleyball in Ontario. Many of the best players in the province, and future stars, competed for glory over the weekend, including the exceptional performances of those named as 18U All Stars during the 18U medal presentations.
Congratulations [...]
Volleyball Canada is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Ed Drakich as Beach High Performance Director, effective immediately.
This is Ed’s third tenure with Volleyball Canada. He was VC’s Beach Technical Director in 1994 and the Technical Director between 2004 and 2007, during which time he also served as the Beach High Performance Director from [...]
The newest volleyball club in the Waterloo Region, the Hespeler Scorpions, won a Silver Medal in u15 Girls Division 2, Tier 1 play at the Ontario Volleyball Association Provincial Championships held at RIM Park recently in Waterloo.
The Scorpions were in a division with 40 other teams. The U15 girls went undefeated in the opening two [...]
