Beach Medals in PEI

Reid Hall and Adam Podstawka have been playing together since they first spiked a ball, unique in a sport where switching partners is far from uncommon.
The Ontario twosome capped their flawless week with a gold medal Friday in men’s beach volleyball at the Canada Summer Games, a fitting finale for the longtime friends and teammates.
“They’ve [...]

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Ontario Tops at Canada Games

Congratulations to Ontario’s beach teams as both finished top of their respective pools at the Canada Games in PEI. The female duo of Dianne Burrows and Caleigh Whitaker won all of their matches and only gave up a set to New Brunswick in a hard fought match winning the third 16-14 and one to [...]

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Beach Provincial Team

The August long weekend represented the final three days of training for the 2009 Beach Provincial Team. This year’s program included a five weekend long, Canada Games Team selection process that resulted in the teams of Dianne Burrows/Caleigh Whitaker and Adam Podstawka/Reid Hall winning the opportunity to represent Ontario in the beach volleyball competition at [...]

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Canada Games ONT Beach Teams

Caleigh Whitaker and Dianne Burrows, Adam Podstawka and Reid Hall, will represent Ontario at the 2009 Canada Games in Prince Edward Island this August.
The women’s final was a tightly contested match played in front of a large crowd on centre court at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto. After winning the first set, Whitaker-Burrows began the second set [...]

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Canada Games Beach Qualifying

Who will represent Ontario on the beach at this summer’s Canada Games? Last weekend’s tournament has shown us, there is no easy answer.
Twelve of the top women’s beach athletes participated in the first official Canada Games qualifying event. Last weekend’s tournament was an opportunity to play with their new partners and battle for the seedings [...]

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