Canadians Martin Reader and Ray Sewell defeated Orlando Irizarry and Joseph Gil of Puerto Rico 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-8) to win the gold medal in men’s competition on Sunday at the season opening stop at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands on the 2010 NORCECA beach volleyball circuit.
Both finalists went to the limit in their respective semi [...]
Tim Gourlay of Grande Prairie, Alta., came off the bench in the fourth set and contributed 15 points in Canada’s 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 15-13 victory over the Dominican Republic in Thursday’s quarterfinal at the North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation (NORCECA) men’s volleyball championships in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
With the victory, the Canadians, ranked 21st [...]
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico – Tiffany Dodds of Lucky Lake, Sask., Brittney Page of Vernon, B.C., Marisa Field of Kelowna, B.C., all reached double figures in points to lead Canada to a 25-22, 25-21, 25-19 victory over Mexico in the fifth place match at the NORCECA women’s volleyball tournament.
The Dominican Republic won the gold medal defeating [...]
Canada’s Tiffany Dodds was elected the Most Valuable Player of the last qualifier tournament in NORCECA for the Final Round of next year’s FIVB Women’s World Championship. Canada along with Costa Rica secured the last two remaining spots for the event being held in Japan, next October.
“I have been with the national team for the [...]
The Canadian men and women’s national volleyball teams both took full advantage of their last chance to qualify for the World Championships in 2010. Both teams finished their qualification tournaments with 3-0 records earning each team one of the last two final berths from their NORCECA competitions to the 2010 World Championships.
Canada and Costa Rica [...]
After three years as Head Coach of Canada’s National Women’s program, and five years as the Assistant Coach, Naoki Miyashita will be returning to Japan to coach a women’s professional team.
“It has been a pleasure to see Canada improve and grow as a competitive international team,” stated Miyashita. ” Team Canada has a young program [...]
SALTILLO, Coahuila, July 24, 2008.- United States defeated Canada 3-1 (25-22, 25-13,18-25 y 25-21) and secured the second place in Pool A of the NORCECA Women’s Junior Tournament. It was a match of ups and downs where the Americans took better advantage…
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Canada’s Junior Women’s National Team departed early last Sunday morning for the 2008 NORCECA Junior Women’s Continental Championship in Saltillo, Mexico. The competition, July 22-27, will see the top three teams qualify for the 2009 Junior Women’s World Championships. Featuring the best U20 aged athletes from the NORCECA Zone, Canada is competing in Group [...]
Read More..>>Canada’s Junior Men’s National Team will face Mexico Friday night at 6:00pm (CDT) in the first Semi-Final at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Men’s Championship in San Salvador.
The USA faces off against Cuba in the later Semi-Final match up at 8:00pm (CDT).
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