In John Child’s PROfile he mentioned “I’m a big believer in you won’t do anything well if you don’t enjoy doing it.” When you watch Kara Zakrewski play, coach or as a inspirational speaker it’s clear to see that a lot of her success comes from the enjoyment and passion she has for beach volleyball.
Kara [...]
Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City and Katherine Zakrzewski of Toronto nearly upset the top-seeded British pair in qualifying on Wednesday to open the 14th and final stop on the FIVB World Tour women’s beach
volleyball circuit in Phuket, Thailand.
Rodrigue and Zakrzewski, competing for the second time together, opened the qualifying round Wednesday with a victory over [...]
Marie-Andree Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., and Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., lost their two matches on Thursday at the 13th stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour circuit in Sanya, China. The eighth seeded Canadian team will be ranked 25th for the tournament.
Lessard and Martin lost their first round match to 20-year old [...]
Christian Redmann and Richard VanHuizen entered “unchartered territory” for their partnership on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour as the 22nd-seeded Canadians reached the men’s quarter-finals at the US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 by winning their opening elimination match Saturday morning.
With their 21-17, 19-21 and 15-13 win in 54 minutes over 10th-seeded Yury Bogatov and Serguei [...]
Canadian women’s beach volleyball team of Annie Martin and Marie-Andree Lessard had two surprise wins Wednesday at the 1-to-1-energy Grand Slam FIVB World Tour event being held in Gstaad, Switzerland.
After beating out the Maria Clara-Carol of Brazil (2-1) and Forrer-Schmocker of Switzerland (2-0), the Canadian team clinched a spot in the quarterfinals.
The US$600,000 1-to-1-energy Grand [...]
The Dubai Open is the first-ever international Beach Volleyball event to be staged in the United Arab Emirates and was held at the Jumierah Beach Park, October 5-10.
Annie Martin teamed up with fellow Canadian Marie-Andre Lessard for this event winning their opening match against the 12th ranked team of Campisi-Lozano from Spain, 2-0 (21-14, 21-13). [...]
Toronto’s Dana Cooke and Annie Martin (Sherbrooke, QC) and have failed to qualify for Beijing. The pair needed to place top 2 this week in the final qualification tournament on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France in order to have a chance to qualify. Unfortunately they came up short, losing to Fernandez Grasset-Larrea [...]
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