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Ricky Brar and Dzmitry Darashkou

Ricky Brar and Dzmitry Darashkou, of the Mississauga Pakmen volleyball club, won Ontario Summer Games gold in Sudbury.

The beach volleyball duo defeated Brad Crain and Blake Scheerhoorn, of Northumberland, 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 15-10) in the final.

Brar and Darashkou went 6-1 the rest of the weekend, losing their only match to Crain and Scheerhoorn in the final match of the preliminary round.

The first-place showing came just two weeks after the Pakmen pair won the under-15 title at the Ontario Volleyball Association championships in Toronto.

“This championship capped off a perfect season for the boys,” said coach Jessy Satti. “They put in the hours, worked hard and collected their paycheque – the gold medal.”

Brar and Darashkou couldn’t be happier.

“It’s the best feeling in the world,” Brar said.

“I am so glad I joined the Pakmen,” added Darashkou. “This is an amazing club. I love it.”

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Maurice Torres scored a game high 14 points to lead the U.S. to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-16 victory over Canada in the gold medal final Saturday at the NORCECA junior men’s volleyball championships played before a full house at the Centre Sportif in Gatineau, Quebec.

It is the first time the U.S. has won the tournament for North and Central America and the Carribean (NORCECA) which started in 1998 and is held every two years.

Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., the tournament MVP, led Canada with 12 points. The Canadians, also silver medallists in 2008, had their best set in the second but a six point U.S., run midway through was too hard to make-up.

The bronze medal and a berth into the world junior championships went to Puerto Rico who defeated Cuba 3-1, (25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22).

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Canada’s Junior men upset Cuba last night 3-1, (22-25, 25-19, 25-7, 25-15), in the semi-finals at the NORCECA Junior Men’s Volleyball Championships in Gatineau Quebec.

Cuba faces Puerto Rico in the bronze medal match at 6 p.m. followed by the Canada-U.S., gold medal match at 8 p.m.

You can watch them both live tonight at snncanada.ca

Waterloo Region has a new volleyball club. Long-time sports volunteer Paul Langan has launched the Hespeler Scorpions Volleyball Club.

The club, a new member of the Ontario Volleyball Association, will offer the Spikes program to teach the basics of volleyball to boys and girls in Grades 4 to 8. It also will have a competitive program, starting this year with an under-15 girls team.

Tryouts for the competitive team start Sept. 17. More information about the Scorpions can be found at www.scorpionsvolleyball.ca.

Ian Perry has always been a quick study, be it in academics or athletics.

On the hardwood, Perry made his name as a setter. Perry’s remarkable transition from setter to libero has been gradual. Perry made the switch to libero permanently this summer because he saw more of a long-term future at that position. At six feet, Perry is shorter than the prototypical setter at the university level. Height isn’t as big an issue for a libero…..

Perry was picked for the Junior National Team following his standout performance for Team BC at the National Challenge Cup in Toronto (NCCP) in late July. He’s remained in Ontario to train with his teammates in advance of the NORCECA Championships, which run Aug. 16-21 in Gatineau, Que. The top two teams at the NORCECA event, which brings together teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, advance to the junior worlds next year.

Representing his country in international play is “a dream come true,” according to Perry.

“It’s definitely cool, getting to the next step,” he said.

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Quick results recap for NORCECA Aug. 16, 2010:
Cuba defeated Honduras 25-12, 25-19, 25-15
Dominican Republic defeated Guatemala 25-22, 25-23, 25-23
USA defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-9, 25-7, 25-10
Mexico defeated Martinique 25-15, 25-15, 25-16
Puerto Rico defeated St. Lucia 25-10, 25-13, 25-10

Aug. 17, 2010
Mexico defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-15, 25-13, 25-9
Cuba defeated St. Lucia 25-10, 25-10, 25-14
Puerto Rico defeated Honduras 25-19, 25-13, 25-11
USA defeated Martinique 25-14, 25-11, 25-11
Canada defeated Guatemala 25-23, 25-14, 23-25, 26-24

Matches broadcast live from snncanada

The Ontario Summer Games took place last week in Sudbury. Ontario Volleyball Region 5 provided two teams at the Games — the talk about the R5-Red team was around the idea that the “Gold” was a guarantee — so, the R5-White team faced the challenge of being in the shadow of the R5-Red Team.

The R5-White team finished fourth in pool play with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses. The quarterfinal match was against a very competitive Region 4 team — the R5-White team “dug deep” and ended up advancing to the semi-final round against the formidable R5- Red team. Despite a courageous battle the R5-White team lost to the R5-Red Team, 2-0. R5-Red did indeed go on to capture gold defeating Southwestern Purple 2-0, (25-18, 25-18).

Bring on the Bronze Medal match against Region 6.

Setters Cole Grossinger and Nicholas Walsh were both extremely competitive – Nicholas got the start in the first set. With some very dynamic attacks by Raddy Kim and Markus Trence the team took the first set 25-22. The second set was also very competitive however the team fell a little short losing the 2nd set 21-25. The third and final set brought some inspirational defense by libero Kamyn Wilkins and some incredible poise by co-captains Tevin Whitely and Glenn Lassaline. The R5 team prevailed with a 15-9 victory and captured the bronze, a second medal for Region 5.

Congratulations to the R5- Whites on winning the Bronze Medal!

R5-White Team: Kamyn Wilkins, Marcus Trence, Raddy Kim, Nick Walsh,  JJ Jarvis,  Cole  Grossinger,  Shayne Hubert,  Tevin Whitely,  Cam McNeil,  Hendrik Jakobson,  Glenn Lassaline, William McQuarrie.

The coaching staff consisted of assistant coaches: Denny Lee and John Burt and head coach Michael Wahbi.

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Region 4 Gold medalists Ontario Summer Games, Sudbury, 2010

Selected girls representing Ontario Volleyball Region 4, from cities and towns from Pickering to Trenton and north to Peterborough, won gold for 16U at the 2010 Ontario Summer Games, held in Sudbury, Aug. 10-13.

Six Ontario Volleyball Regions competed over three days to determine the medal standings.

Region 4 girls were undefeated going into the final gold medal match against Region 3, athletes representing South Western Ontario.
The first game victory went to Region 3, by the score of  25-21. The second game stayed close until Region 3 went ahead 23-17. Region 4 re-focused using great serves and defense to almost catch up, 23-20. With the score 24-21 and their backs to the wall, Region 4 dug very deep to tie the game 24-24. They finally won 28-26.

The third set saw Region 3 take the lead 8-4 but when the teams changed sides, great serves and outstanding defense once again turned the tide with Region 4 winning 15-11 and capturing the gold.

It was a great result for a team that practiced and trained so hard. Thanks also go to the dedicated coaches.

Pictured: (left to right) Olivia Henderson, Niki Slikboer, Hayli Moore, Chantal Cormier, Shannon Dean, Ashleigh Andzel, Brooke Eibbitt, Abbey Fulton, Becky Wilson, Rianna McNeill and Rayan Bourne.
Coaches, Ian Eibbitt, Kristen Collins, Lauren Skelly and Curtis Gilfillan.

submitted by Clare Fulton

Full Summer Games Results

Annie Martin in action in Norway

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 the first set 16-13 but couldn’t adjust when the Brazilians changed their strategy.

“We tried a different strategy as well to try and get the lead back but it didn’t work,” said Lessard. “Still we are happy with our final placing.”

The Brazilians won their next two matches and are in the semifinals.

The Canadians had a bye to the main draw this week and won three of their five matches in the double elimination tournament.   They earn $6,000.

The next stop on the circuit starts Tuesday in Aland, Finland.

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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, 21-16 squandering six set points before winning the first set.

“It was a real adventure,” said Martin about the first set against the Georgians.  “We made some good defensive blocks and finally won the set. We had to be patient.”

The Canadians need to win three matches on Friday to advance to the semifinals.  They suffered their one loss on Wednesday and can’t afford a second in the double elimination tournament.

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto saw their tournament end as they lost to fourth seeds Vivian Cunha and Taiana Lima of Brazil 21-12, 23-21. Bansley and Maloney will place 17th overall, their best result this season on the circuit.

Jamie Broder of Victoria and Liz Cordonier of Vancouver, lost their two main draw matches and were eliminated.

In men’s qualifying all three Canadian entries did not make the cut. They were Martin Reader of Comox, B.C., and Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alta.; Ben Saxton of Calgary and Steve Marshall of Abbotsford and Josh Binstock and Matt Zbyszewski, both of Toronto.

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Jane Ferguson of North Bay in action Wednesday night. photo: Gino Donato

It was a tough first day for the North East Region indoor volleyball teams at the Ontario Summer Games. Playing at St. Charles College, the girls team went into its second match Wednesday having lost its first game 25-12 and 25-17.

They were taking on Region 5, which is the Central team from the Toronto area.

They were down 4-1 in the first set after a couple missed serves, but were able to turn it around, tying it at 11-11. From there, it was a bit of back-and-forth volleyball before Central went on a run, outscoring the North East team 14-6 down the stretch and taking the set 25-17.

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Results for Girls Indoor