Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin equaled their best result this season on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour circuit placing ninth following a loss on Friday in Kristiansand, Norway.
The Canadian veterans produced a strong run and were finally stopped by eighth-seed Brazilians Maria-Clara and Carol Salgado 18-21, 16-21 in 42 minutes. Lessard and Martin led [...]
Canadians Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin strung together two more wins yesterday to remain in medal contention in Kristiansand, Norway, the 13th stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour circuit.
Lessard and Martin defeated Mathilde Giordano and Eva Hamzaoui of France 19-21, 21-18, 15-13 then Cristine Santanna and Andrezza Martins das Chagas of Georgia 33-31, [...]
Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin posted a season high ninth place finish at Stare Jablonki, Poland, the 12th stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Circuit. The competition was also part of the Grand Slam Series which nearly doubled the prize money to $300,000 for both the men and women.
On Friday, Lessard and Martin, [...]
In the final eight late Saturday at the SWATCH FIVB U19 Youth World Championships in Porto, Portugal, the Canadian team of Nick del Bianco and Toronto’s Garrett May, seeded 18th, upset fourth-seeds Andrey Bolgov and Ruslan Bykanov of Russia 2-0, (21-14, 22-20) to advance to the semifinals. Earlier that morning, in the round of 16, [...]
Read More..>>Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin posted their best result this season with a win and a loss for the second straight day on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour circuit finishing in 13th place, in Marseille, France. Lessard and Martin posted a 2-2 record in tournament play.
The Canadians defeated Rieke Brink-Abeler and Angelina Grun of [...]
If you liked the first issue of Volleyball Source Magazine, you are really going to enjoy publisher Ahren Cadieux’s second, on-line magazine effort. It’s a 62-pager, chock full of player profiles — notably cover girl Liz Cordonier and hard-hitting Gavin Schmitt — and includes a special player, soon-to-retire Paul Duerden.
Also included is the predictions [...]
Marie-Andre Lessard and Annie Martin upset 11th seeds Doris Schwaiger and Stefanie Schwaiger of Austria in their opening main draw match at the Swatch FIVB World Tour Grand Slam event in Moscow.
“We were expecting a tough match but we’ve had success against them in the past” said Lessard, who posted three ninth-place finishes with Martin [...]
In John Child’s PROfile he mentioned “I’m a big believer in you won’t do anything well if you don’t enjoy doing it.” When you watch Kara Zakrewski play, coach or as a inspirational speaker it’s clear to see that a lot of her success comes from the enjoyment and passion she has for beach volleyball.
Kara [...]
Beach Volley Around the World (BVAW), the new amateur Beach Volleyball initiative to feature at SWATCH FIVB World Tour venues this year, should help provide a vital stepping stone to the SWATCH FIVB World Tour for countries that have struggled to make the transition from amateur to professional in the past, says BVAW Vice-President Mr [...]
Read More..>>Canadians Martin Reader and Ray Sewell defeated Orlando Irizarry and Joseph Gil of Puerto Rico 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-8) to win the gold medal in men’s competition on Sunday at the season opening stop at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands on the 2010 NORCECA beach volleyball circuit.
Both finalists went to the limit in their respective semi [...]
