Quarterfinals for Canadians at Blackpool

Ontario’s Kaitlyn Krizmanich and Caleigh Whitaker represented Canada at the recent U21 Jr Worlds in Blackpool, England where they made it through to the Quarterfinals. Krizmanich and Whitaker, lost to No. 8 Jazmin Machado and Summer Ross of the U.S., 21-13, 21-16. The Ontario pair went 2-1 in the round robin section of the tournament [...]

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U21 Beach Worlds Update

Temperatures are a little warmer today in Blackpool, England, site of the U21 FIVB Junior World Beach Championships as pool play finishes up for the 24 men’s and women’s main draw teams as they play their final two pool play matches after which the field will be reduced to 16 to begin the single elimination [...]

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2009 Jr Beach World Championships

The SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships will be staged September 15-20 as England will host the Beach Volleyball event for players under the age of 21 for the second-straight year in the seaside town of Blackpool.
A total of 74 teams (39 men, 35 women) representing 30 nations will be heading to England for the championship [...]

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Storm Attack at Beach Nationals

Know this about Aaron Nusbaum and Joey Nuguid – no one kicks sand in their faces and gets away with it.
The duo overcame a season of playing mostly in the runner-up role on the Ontario Volleyball Association beach tour to capture the Volleyball Canada boys U16 national title Sunday with a come-from-behind, three-set victory over [...]

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Schachter Reps Canada

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 [...]

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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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Gryphons Sign Krizmanich-Deutscher

The University of Guelph women’s volleyball team is pleased to announce the signing of its first two recruits for the 2009-10 season. Joining the squad in the fall will be Carlisle, Ontario’s Kaitlyn Krizmanich and Kelowna, B.C.’s Chloe Deutscher.
Kaitlyn Krizmanich comes to Guelph after concluding a stellar club and high school career with local volleyball [...]

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