NORTH BAY, ON – January 14, 2012 – A winter storm reeked some havoc on the 19th annual Lakers Volleyball Classic as 7 teams were forced to pull out and one team added however when all was said and done the Korah Colts from Sault Ste. Marie posted a 2-1 (22-25, 25-13, 15-12) come-from-behind victory [...]
Read More..>>As the girls were passing, spiking, digging, and serving their ways onto the 2011 – 2012 Northern Chill 14U team, Coach Eric Bacon knew what needed to be done to bring this young and impressionable group of young ladies together as a team.
“Months ago, I participated in ‘low ropes’ training”, said Bacon.
“Once I saw the [...]
Taralynn Ray has a hard enough time balancing schoolwork and her varsity athletics schedule.
There’s just no time for a part-time job.
Sometimes it’s hard to juggle your time,” she said. Athletes have to be very good at time management.”
The Nipissing University Bachelor of Education student is among more than 120 athletes who could benefit from the [...]
One of them showed up for his first tryout barefoot.
At least two have never played high school volleyball before.
None of them play on a club team.
Few, if any, actually play in volleyball shoes.
And their home is the last high school tile floor left in London, a horrible surface to play on.
But in spite of all [...]
Canada wins the bronze medal at Pan Am Cup volleyball tournament
GATINEAU – Canada returned to the medal podium at the Pan Am Cup men’s volleyball tournament on Saturday with a decisive 25-14, 25-20, 25-21 victory over a young but very talented squad from Puerto Rico.
Brazil, buoyed by a group of loud supporters with with drums [...]
Volleyball Canada, in collaboration with the National Capital Commission and the City of Gatineau invites you to come and play snow volleyball! Whether it’s played sitting or standing, you’ll be sure to have a ball!
Athletes from the men’s national volleyball team will be on-site to discuss and sign autographs.
The event details are as follows:
Location: Jacques-Cartier [...]
As the boys high school season approaches the mid-season many of the top teams in Ontario are gearing up for the 4th annual St Michaels College School Showcase. Alain Arseneau has done a great job in building this event into a pre-Ofsaa caliber tournament where emphasis is put on quality of matches over quantity. Past [...]
Read More..>>The following is a blog written by National Team athlete Maverick Hatch. Follow him and his partner Jessi Lelliott this week as they represent Canada on the Norceca tour. Visit maverickhatch.com
Day two of the tournament played out like this -
We were matched up against MEX 5 in the morning and beat them in two straight [...]
It is with deepest regret that Volleyball Canada accepts the resignation of its Executive Director, John-Paul Cody-Cox. John-Paul is moving on to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Speed Skating Canada.
John-Paul has served as Volleyball Canada’s Executive Director for the past three-and-a-half years, following two years as Marketing Director. He took on the position of [...]
LIMA, Peru – Subpar play at the end of sets continued to haunt Canada’s national women’s volleyball team on Saturday night as they lost to Peru 17-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-20, 15-13 on Saturday night to complete a five-match series between the two world championship bound squads.
With the victory, Peru won all five matches in the [...]
