Laurier Golden Hawk Sam Schachter, along with his team mate Steve Marshall from BC, defeated the Ontarian duo of Kevin Horne and Steven Clarey 2-0 (21-13, 21-19) to win the U21 beach volleyball selection tournament held at Toronto’s Beach Blast in late June.
The victory means that Schachter qualifies to represent Canada at the U21 FIVB [...]
Our women’s team of Whitaker-Facca lost a heart breaker against Germany in the event’s official first round after two days of exciting pool play. After losing the first game 16-21, the women bounced back with a convincing 21-15 win. The high winds that had affected many of the previous matches had died down to a [...]
Read More..>>Earlier today, our men’s team of Fenton-Schachter had a disappointing performance against a strong Austrian team of Eglseer-Koraimann losing 21-16-21-12. The temperatures soared to 30 degrees C, hot and sunny for The Hague, which is usually tempered by winds from the North Sea. The boys faded quickly in a 20 minute match. They look to [...]
Read More..>>Canada`s Louise Facca and Caleigh Whittaker sailed past their first opponents with an easy two set win (21-15, 21-12) over Australia`s Zina Stone and Mariafe Artacho in the U19 World Championships in The Hague. The Aussies were well known to the Canadian`s having trained and scrimmaged with them here at Scheveningen Beach prior to start [...]
Read More..>>By WILLY PALOV Sports Reporter
The Chronicle Herald
Canada’s best young male volleyball players will be in Halifax this week for the National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC). The nation’s best 19-and-under players (19U) will be representing their provinces during four days of competition at Saint Mary’s and Sexton universities, starting on Thursday and wrapping up on Sunday. [...]
