Seaside U16s Eye Western Volleyball Title
by Nick Greenizan - Peace Arch News
(reproduced from the Peace Arch News)
A Semiahmoo Peninsula youth volleyball team has been on quite a roll this season, and is now eyeing a Western Canadian championship.
Seaside Volleyball Club’s under-16 boys team, the Surf – made up primarily of players from Elgin, Earl Marriott and Semiahmoo secondaries – is undefeated in its own age group, and has yet to even lose a set. They capped their run of great play with a provincial-title win last weekend at the Tradex Centre in Abbotsford.
Later this month, the squad heads to Calgary to prove themselves against competition from other Western provinces.
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There is plenty of home cooking on the horizon for one of Canada's top volleyball players.
Tsawwassen's Lucy Charuk learned she will be spending much more time back in her home province after Volleyball Canada announced the women's national team will be based out of the Richmond Olympic Oval, starting in 2017. Winnipeg has hosted the program for the past 25 years.
The South Delta Secondary School graduate enjoyed a standout collegiate career at the University of Houston, before playing professionally in Europe. The 26-year-old earned the Top Blocker Award at last month's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Nebraska where Canada fell short of earning a spot in Rio this summer.
The Optimist caught up with Charuk last week in Germany where she recently joined Rote Raben Vilsbiburg for the balance of the Bundesliga season.
- See more at: http://www.delta-optimist.com/sports/charuk-thrilled-with-move-1.2174530#sthash.oSeb3Wxi.dpufThere is plenty of home cooking on the horizon for one of Canada's top volleyball players.
Tsawwassen's Lucy Charuk learned she will be spending much more time back in her home province after Volleyball Canada announced the women's national team will be based out of the Richmond Olympic Oval, starting in 2017. Winnipeg has hosted the program for the past 25 years.
The South Delta Secondary School graduate enjoyed a standout collegiate career at the University of Houston, before playing professionally in Europe. The 26-year-old earned the Top Blocker Award at last month's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Nebraska where Canada fell short of earning a spot in Rio this summer.
The Optimist caught up with Charuk last week in Germany where she recently joined Rote Raben Vilsbiburg for the balance of the Bundesliga season.
- See more at: http://www.delta-optimist.com/sports/charuk-thrilled-with-move-1.2174530#sthash.oSeb3Wxi.dpuf