To many Canadians, Hawaii is a desirable holiday destination.
For Stephen Maar, it will be home for the next four years, after the 17-year-old Aurora resident accepted an offer last week to attend the University of Hawaii on a full volleyball scholarship.
The 6-foot-8 outside hitter explained that his desire to be with a winning program swayed [...]
At the 2011 OVAtion Awards Banquet, two groups of extraordinary volunteers were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to the Ontario Volleyball community. The 2009 Canada Games Team Coaches and the outgoing OVA Board Members were honoured with Tribute Awards at the ceremony, which took place December 3rd, 2011.
2009 Canada Games Coaches
Canada Games is the [...]
The Corporate Recognition Award is presented to a corporation or partner of the OVA that has made significant contributions to the Association and its programs. Two corporations, Mikasa Sports Canada and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), were honoured this year with the Corporate Recognition Award at the OVAtion Awards Banquet held on December 3rd, 2011.
Mikasa [...]
Read More..>>The Officials’ Award of Merit was established in 1998 and is presented biannually at the OVAtion Awards Banquet by the Officials’ Committee in recognition of dedicated service to volleyball in Ontario.
At this year’s Awards Banquet, two officials were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the sport:
Eric Lawlor
For over 10 years, Eric has served as the [...]
Read More..>>At the 2011 OVAtion Awards Banquet the OVA recognized the achievements of four excellent coaches, honouring them as Coaches of the Year. The OVA Male and Female Development Coach of the Year Award is presented to coaches for their history in developing athletes and teams within the OVA and for their contribution to the development [...]
Read More..>>The OVA Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has had an impact on volleyball development at the regional or provincial level for 10 years or more. This year the OVA honoured 8 Achievement Award recipients at the bi-annual OVAtion Awards Banquet held on December 3rd, 2011.
The 2011 Achievement Award Winners are:
Denis Levesque
Denis [...]
Read More..>>At the OVAtion Awards Banquet on December 3rd, 2011 the Recognition Award was presented to 13 outstanding individuals in the volleyball community. The Recognition Award is presented to an individual who has been involved in the development of volleyball at the club or local community level for 5 years or more.
The 2011 Recognition Award recipients [...]
Halifax will become the first city to host back-to-back FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships after the sport’s governing body announced that the waterfront town will welcome the world’s best junior players once again in 2012.
The six day tournament will take place from August 28 to September 2 and features a Main Draw of [...]
A great tournament run and a breakthrough season concluded on Saturday for Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as they finished seventh at the final stop on the FIVB World Tour circuit.
The Canadian pair equaled its best-ever international result achieved this past July at the World Tour stop in Quebec City. The showing should [...]
Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto split their opening two matches on Wednesday to remain in contention at a stop on the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour circuit.
Bansley and Maloney, seeded 18th, defeated 15th seeds Satoko Urata and Takemi Nishibori of Japan 21-17, 21-12 in 34 minutes. In the second round they lost to [...]
