Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team faces its final opportunity to qualify for next summer’s Paralympic Games in London at the Pan Am Championships set for September 28 to October 2 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The tournament winner will earn the ticket to London. However the U.S., took a Paralympic spot this past summer with a second [...]
The City of Ottawa’s City Wide Sports group is proud to announce the first-ever FUNdamental Sitting Volleyball Program in Ottawa. It is open to all participants, with or without a physical disability.
The program will be run every Thursday from October 20th through December 8th, 2011.
Sessions will run on the following schedule:
7:00 – 8:30 pm: 8-14 years [...]
Canada’s national men’s sitting team gained some more valuable international experience Tuesday in its preparation for a Paralympic qualifying event later this year at the inaugural European Continental Cup.
The Canadians lost a close battle to Kazakhstan 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 30-28 then fell to Bosnia-Herzegovina 25-17, 25-9, 25-13. The Canadians stand 0-3.
“We had a better showing [...]
Canadian Paralympic Committee invites Canadians to play parasports and meet Paralympians on Canada Day
The Canadian Paralympic Committee is excited to take part in Canada’s 144th birthday celebrations and is pleased to announce details of its “Paralympic Showcase!” on July 1 as part of the National Capital Commission (NCC) Canada Day celebration at Major’s Hill Park, [...]
Imagine playing a game of volleyball. There are six players on a team: starters, blockers, and passers and so on, who are working together to serve that perfect ball that will outplay the opposition.
Now imagine doing all of that, but sitting down.
For warrant officer and Ottawa Centre resident Karen McCoy, it’s not just something she [...]
Canada completed a three-match sweep over Costa Rica in men’s sitting volleyball on Sunday with a 25-19, 25-20, 25-12 victory at the Defi Sportif multi sport event for athletes with a disability.
Both squads are currently preparing for the Para PanAm Games and Paralympic qualification in Guadalajara, Mexico this November.
Highlights for Canada included a five point [...]
Team Canada Sitting Volleyball (TCSV) will host a mens and womens national team selection camp February 24-27 at CFB Petawawa.
Team Canada is currently preparing for a busy competitive season which starts in March and runs through to November.
“We’re excited to be working once again with the Canadian Forces’ Soldier On program,” said Kerry MacDonald, Coordinator, [...]
Durham Attack’s Sitting Volleyball House League was recently featured on a CBC News segment promoting sitting volleyball in Ontario. The piece features interviews with Canadian National Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team player Chantal Beauchesne and the Chair of Volleyball Canada’s Disabled Volleyball Committee Lawrence Flynn.
To view the piece, please click here. The sitting volleyball story appears [...]
Greg Stewart is impossible to miss.
There’s the shaggy mohawk. There’s the prosthetic arm. But really, those things aren’t what you notice first about the Canadian competing this week at the sitting volleyball world championships.
He stands out when he stands up.
Stewart is 7-foot-2.
Even in a sport where everyone has to keep their keister on the floor, [...]
Volleyball Source magazine, a Canadian volleyball online magazine, was launched on Monday, March 8, by long-time touring beach player Ahren Cadieux, who knows just about everyone in the sport. Veteran volleyball writer Larry Humber handles the editorial.
They are joined by some winning correspondents, notably three-time Olympian Mark Heese, as well as fitness, mental conditioning and [...]
