OVA News

If Jeff Vermaas’s plan comes to fruition, a new Ontario Volleyball Association-sanctioned boys club will be starting in Halton this fall.
Citing the region as “underserved” in terms of opportunities for young men to play the sport, the 45-year-old father of two is hoping to get enough members for one or two teams [...]

The Eagles are soaring again.
The Quinte Christian High School Eagles ended a 21-year drought Wednesday by winning their first COSSA ‘A’ junior girls volleyball championship since 1988.
And they did it the hard way by defeating perennial champion Ecole Secondaire Marc Garneau Astros of Trenton.
The Astros went into the COSSA tournament riding a [...]

This season, the Markham-Stouffville Stingers 15U Boys team has experienced quite the run. The team has managed to compile a record of 14 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties in 15U competition so far. Starting off the year ranked dead last in our age group, we came away with gold medals at both the Provincial [...]

As the eighth ranked squad in Ontario in its age division, the Waterloo Tigers 15U Black team has its sights set on tier-one competition among the 24 top teams in the Ontario championships to be held at RIM Park in April.
To help the Tigers get there, the team, lead by coach Marek Gwozdz, has been [...]

In three years the Peterborough Thunder Volleyball program has tripled in size and made a name for itself at the provincial rep level.
For the first time the Thunder’s U16 girls side was promoted to play in the Championship Division and hosted the Ontario East Challenge Cup, against 10 other teams, at St. Peter’s Secondary School [...]

Bronze, silver and now gold. Where do the 13U Markham-Stouffville Stingers go next?
This first year team is off to a great start. A few of the girls have played together on their school team, but for the most part this group of energetic, athletic girls is playing together for the first time.
An instant bonding between [...]

The Etobicoke Wildcats Volleyball Club has been primarily a girls club for the last couple of years — things got a little different this year. This is the first year the club has expanded to the boys market beginning with a very exciting to watch 17U Boys squad. Head Coach Michael Wahbi, [...]

Ontario Volleyball will be hosting its first Volleyball for Life Conference on Saturday, March 27th, 2010.
The conference will feature two keynote addresses from prominent sports and volleyball personalities as well as two interactive panel discussions and presentations involving representatives from other sports who will share their experiences and challenges in implementing the Long Term Athlete [...]

Mike Slean has experienced success at all levels of his volleyball career. After winning an OFSAA Championship in High School Mike attended the University of Toronto. While at U of T Mike’s career took off winning an OUA Championship and being an OUA First Team All Star in all 5 years of his Varsity Blues [...]

I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Thursday, to see the Olympic torch being carried through Durham. And to watch my friend and colleague Chris Williamson carry the torch, on behalf of all the volleyball athletes he has trained in the past, and all those he has vowed to train in the future. It was an emotional [...]