Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as well as Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City advanced to the round of 16 on Thursday at the FIVB beach volleyball international.
The competition is the Olympic test event for next summer’s Games.
Bansley and Maloney, seeded fifth, concluded the round robin with a [...]
NITEROI, Brazil – Tommy Belisle of Quebec City collected 26 points as Canada secured a place in the consolation semifinals on Sunday defeating Tunisia 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23 at the men’s world junior volleyball championships.
The Canadians complete the round robin portion of the consolation draw with a 3-0 record for first in its pool. They [...]
Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as well as Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City advanced to the main draw on Tuesday at a stop in the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour.
Both squads posted two wins in Tuesday’s qualifying. The victories continued an impressive string of success for Bansley [...]
Ottawa’s Adam Simac and the Canadian men’s volleyball team will continue their quest to emerge as one of the globe’s best volleyball countries when they take on Slovakia in a World League qualifier July 29-30 at Scotiabank Place.
“From the worlds last year to now, we’re making a lot of improvements in our game,” says Simac, [...]
Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto will earn a career best result on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball circuit with a seventh place after losing their quarterfinal match on Saturday at the Quebec Open Jeep event.
Bansley and Maloney, who strung together three exciting wins on Friday to keep their medal hopes alive, fell [...]
Five Canadian teams will be in must win situations on Friday after Thursday’s opening main draw action at the $380,000 Quebec Open Jeep beach volleyball tournament. The competition is a stop on the FIVB World Tour Circuit.
In women’s competition, ninth-seeds Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-AndrĂ©e Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., as well as [...]
Three Canadian pairs in women’s competition and one more on the men’s side were added to the main draw on Wednesday following qualification action at the $380,000 Quebec Open Jeep beach volleyball tournament.
The competition is the only Canadian stop this season on the FIVB World Tour Circuit.
Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes, both of Toronto as [...]
As a prelude to the start of this week’s event, four teams from Canada and one from the United States emerged from men’s country quota playoff matches Tuesday to advance to Wednesday’s qualification tournament at the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron. Four Canadian teams and one U.S. team also advanced [...]
Read More..>>Back in North America for the first time since 2007, the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour is in Canada this week for the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron.
Beach volleyball tandems from around the world are in Canada as the double-gender event marks the eighth time the world tour [...]
Canada’s bid to return to the World League men’s volleyball tournament in 2012 will continue July 29-30 at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ont., in a two match series against either Slovakia or Slovenia.
The opponent will be finalized following the completion of the European Confederation Tournament. Canada is assured to host the matches because it is [...]
