When you watch National Team Member Sam Schachter play beach volleyball you would never guess that four short years ago he was battling in the OVA 16U Tier 2 division.
“The biggest contributing factor to my change in success was the experience I gained from playing with different partners and learning from Elite players and coaches. [...]
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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
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 [...]
Ashbridges Bay Beach in Toronto has been serving as the outdoor training ground for Canada’s top beach volleyball athletes. From July 1-25, athletes hailing from all over Canada, showed their fierceness as competitors and strived to earn their ranks among the Canadian beach volleyball greats.
Under the direction of recently appointed head coach, Lennard Krapp, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the world of volleyball Sam Schachter pulls double duty.
His left foot firmly tucked in a sneaker and planted on a shining hardcourt, his right foot bare with his toes dug in the sand, such is the persona of Richmond Hill resident and volleyball ace Sam Schachter.
Half beach volleyball stand-out, half traditional six-man star, the [...]
He often goes by the nickname “King Kong”, likes listening to hip hop music and his favourite professional athlete is basketball star Vince Carter.
But Steven Kung, a fourth year student at the University of Toronto, has something new to add to his portfolio after being selected on Monday as the top male university volleyball player [...]
