Archive for the 'Beach' Category

Simons spikes her way to bronze

Grade 10 Saltfleet volleyball player Taylor Simons finished her 2008 beach volleyball season in Ashbridges Bay with yet more hardware and many more accomplishments.
Simons, the defending 2007 Provincial and National Beach Volleyball Champion, had to move up an age division this year and compete against players up to two years her senior.
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Hall-mark of Excellence

Dale Lahey has been to the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony before to lend his support.
This year, he’ll be a guest of honour.
The longtime volleyball coach will join his brother Larry Lahey and mentor Mort Giles as a Hall of Fame inductee during the annual banquet Sept. 11 at the W. I. S. [...]

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Power of Sport Campaign

I Believe in the Power of Sport! Do you?
The federal election campaign is underway and so is the Federal Election Campaign for Sport - 2008….
“I believe in the power of sport to…”
The Power of Sport Campaign is looking for your participation, to reach-out to the candidates in all 308 ridings across Canada with your message [...]

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Beach Bum

Sun, sand, being outside, getting the chance to represent her country playing on some of the best beaches in the world - Kacie MacTavish loves every part about playing beach volleyball.
Except the sand in her face.
“It’s not fun when you get sand in your mouth,” MacTavish said. “But it’s definitely easier on the body.”MacTavish, a [...]

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Vernon Duo Claim Ninth at Beach Nationals

The Vernon duo of Lenai Schmidt and Monica Neilson earned a ninth-place finish at the Beach National Volleyball Championships last weekend at Ashbridge’s Bay in Toronto. Schmidt and Neilson were defeated in the single elimination playoff round (22-24, 11-21) by Ontario’s Rosso/Krizmanich, who went on to win the
bronze medal in the highly competitive U18 girls [...]

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Beach Volleyball Tandem Fifth at Nationals

August 31, 2008 - The beach volleyball team of Liz Maloney and Mississauga’s Kara Zakrzewski earned a split against the Quebec tandem of Anouk Boileau and Marie-Christine Mondor over the weekend.
Unfortunately, it was the wrong split.
After defeating Boileau and Mondor in preliminary round action at the Canadian Beach Volleyball Championships at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay, [...]

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Matty and Binner Surprise Victors at Beach Nationals

It felt like summer had finally arrived with bright blue sunny skies and warm temperatures, highlighting the Beach National Championships for a perfect weekend. With 16 divisions of men and women vying for champions from 14U-24U and two senior divisions there was an expanse of courts that seemed endless as it filled the beach at [...]

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Gloucester Volleyball Player Hits the Sand

The Ontario Summer Games is ripe with young athletes who spend a lot of their time playing sports, but Stephanie Green has got to be near the top of the list — the beach volleyball competitor from Orleans lives and breathes volleyball almost 24/7.
“I think I play volleyball actually every day,” says Green, whose schedule [...]

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Gold Medalist to Star on Dancing with the Stars

Those who have attended an AVP event already know that Misty May-Treanor is a dancer at heart.
Now, she’s on a mission to reveal to the rest of the nation that she can move, not only on the sand, but on the dance floor too. It was announced on Monday that she, along with 12 other [...]

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Camp Madawaska Community Mourns Ted Cole

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the death of Ted Cole and share this with the Camp Madawaska community. Ted died after a courageous and lengthy battle with leukemia.
For one week every summer, Ted’s beloved Camp Walden was transformed into  Camp Madawaska, volleyball camp extraordinaire. Madawaska campers will know Ted best for his [...]

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