Bozinoski Sisters Win National Volleyball Titles

Sisters Nova and Niki Bozinoski each won a national beach volleyball championship last weekend at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay.
Nova and partner Sydney Krizmanich were the top seed in the 39-team field of the under-16 tournament. The team won its pool, then defeated Ontario teams in both the semifinals (21-19, 25-27, 15-12) and final (21-19, 21-15).
Just before [...]

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2010 Beach Nationals

Join in the excitement at the 2010 Beach National Championships at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto from Friday August 27 to Sunday August 29. Enjoy a fabulous end of summer event with friends and family watching some of the best beach players from across Canada vie for their National Champion division titles. Experience the intensity of the [...]

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See You at the Beach

Beach volleyball is alive and well at Ashbridges Bay, a great volleyball venue in the heart of Toronto, known for its beach and its boardwalk. The hot summer has encouraged Torontonians to get outside and socialize with their friends, meet new people, get some exercise, and get that adrenaline rush that only comes from competition. [...]

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Child Heese Beach Camp

John Child and Mark Heese, Canada’s only Olympic volleyball medalists, are teaming up again to create the inaugural Child Heese Beach Camp, to be held at Toronto’s Ashbridge’s Bay from July 5-9.
The day camp, which will be designed for youth ages 13-18, will fittingly take place at the same beach that Child and Heese have [...]

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Beach Nationals 2009

Over 280 teams from eight provinces and one territory competed on 85 courts at the Beach Nationals at Ashbridges Bay from August 28-30. The OVA would like to thank all the athletes and families that attended the three day event.
A very special thank you to Mark Heese and Canuck Stuff for organizing and hosting the [...]

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Bright Future on the Beach

Our first warm and sunny weekend, Aug. 1-2, the OVA hosted Provincial Championships at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto, for 12U-16U male and female beach athletes. Over 210 teams battled in their age divisions for the chance to be a Provincial Champion.
Pool play began for 12-14U athletes at 9 a.m. sharp Saturday morning to set up [...]

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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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Vernon Duo Claim Ninth at Beach Nationals

The Vernon duo of Lenai Schmidt and Monica Neilson earned a ninth-place finish at the Beach National Volleyball Championships last weekend at Ashbridge’s Bay in Toronto. Schmidt and Neilson were defeated in the single elimination playoff round (22-24, 11-21) by Ontario’s Rosso/Krizmanich, who went on to win the
bronze medal in the highly competitive U18 girls [...]

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Beach Volleyball Tandem Fifth at Nationals

August 31, 2008 – The beach volleyball team of Liz Maloney and Mississauga’s Kara Zakrzewski earned a split against the Quebec tandem of Anouk Boileau and Marie-Christine Mondor over the weekend.
Unfortunately, it was the wrong split.
After defeating Boileau and Mondor in preliminary round action at the Canadian Beach Volleyball Championships at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay, [...]

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