2010
Volleyball PEI Gala
Sunday, May 2,
2010
| The nominees
and winners (green) |
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14U
Girls – born in 1996 and 1997
Rebecca Clark
Shania Ellsworth
Kiera Rigby
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14U
Boys – born in 1996 and 1997
Robbie Fraser
Nathan Merrell
Carter Yeo
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16U
Girls – born in 1994 and 1995
Sydney Foy
Maiqi Li
Zoe Pocock
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16U
Boys – born in 1994 and 1995
Brandon Boyce
Jeff Duggan
Connor O'Neill
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18U
Girls – born in 1992 and 1993
Rachel Doirion
Beckey Doucette
Laura McGrath
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18U
Boys – born in 1992 and 1993
Lukas Dyment
Michael MacKinnon
Andrew Woodside
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Sr.
Women – 18 yrs +
Alana Murphy
Michelle Pridham-MacNeil
Lindsey Theuerkauf |
Sr.
Men – 18 yrs +
Andrew Costa
Brain Hansen
Chris Richard |
Intercollegiate
Women – played at University or College
for 2009-2010 Season
Katrina Clow
Laurie Marchbank
Barb Vriends
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Intercollegiate
Men – played at University or College
for the2009-2010 Season
Andrew Costa
Matt Sweet
Mitchelle Woodside
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Team
of the Year – any age category
Canada Games
Men's Beach Volleyball
16U Kensington Girls Club Team
Westisle High School Men's Team
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Official
of the Year
Jeff Hirtle
Joe Ryan
Vicki Weldon
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Coach
of the Year
Peter Bolo
Steven Boyd
Chris Austin
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Administrator
of the Year
Chris & Michelle Austin
Canada Games Beach Committe
Dawna Woodside
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New Winner
Crowned at Quads Volleyball Tournament
Saturday at Bluefield High School,
Volleyball PEI hosted their 9th Annual Quads Volleyball
Tournament with a new team taking home the title.
Four former university volleyball players took first
place, Ryan McCarville, Nick Pharo and Heidi Morris
who played for UNB and Kelly McCarville of UPEI
took first place with a 10 point win over Melissa
Gallant, Jason Gallant, Sherry Doucette and Matthew
Sentner.
The third place game was a family
event with the Visser's and Foy's battling it out
and the team of Morley, Gina and Sydney Foy along
with Nathan Visser earned the win over Jonathan,
Hannah and Christina Visser along with Adam Foy.
Volleyball PEI would like to
thank all the teams that took part and look forward
to the ten year anniversary of the event.
Canada
Games Beach Volleyball Pictures
PEI vs Manitoba....Manitoba
won the match by scores of 21-19, 21-10.
PEI's Alanna
Murphy (#2-green) blocking Manitoba's Rachel Cockrell
(#2-yellow)
Volleyball
PEI sends three teams to Eastern Elite Volleyball
Championship
Three teams played
in Moncton over two days for the Eastern Elite Volleyball
Championship, featuring all four Atlantic provinces
in three divisions.
PEI's 18 U men 's team was coached by Krista Walsh
and Darren Dawson who finished 4th overall. They
battled on Friday to a 1/3 record with two of the
three matches going to the fifth set to decide a
winner. On Saturday, again the team played hard
losing both the semi and the bronze medal in the
fifth set and only eight players. The team members
were Jeff Duggan, Brandon Boyce, Dylan Ellsoworth,
Andrew Woodside, Chris Richard, Mike MacKinnon,
Matt MacKinnon, and Tyler Bernard. Mike MacKinnon
was named to the all star team.
The 16 U men 's
team had only seven players, Greg MacCormack, Trevor
Luttrell, Nathan Waite, Steven Feng, Marc Arsenault,
Alec Parise, and Patrick Davis who were coached
by Alan Clark and Ben MacAdam. They finished fifth
of seven with a 2-6 overall record for the weekend
and many close matched.
Team Picture 16U Men
Front Row Greg MacCormack, Trevor Luttrell, Nathan
Waite, Steven Feng, Back Row Ben MacAdam coach ,Marc
Arsenault, Alec Parise, and Patrick Davis, coach
Alan Clark
The 17 U women
came home as Tier 3 winners with a 3-7 record. In
pool play they were 1-5 and won the Tier three semis
and finals 2-0 over teams from Newfoundland. They
were lead by coaches, Morley Foy and Erin Kinsman.
The team members were Ellen Beck, Kate Kinsman,
Danielle MacLeod, Sydney Foy, Hannah Dawson, Kelly
Campbell, Becky Doucette, Meghan Graham, Sam Sweet,
Alana LeClair and Janelle Hardy. Doucette was named
to the all star team.
VPEI would like to thank all the players and coaches
for their hard work over the many weeks.
Beach
Volleyball Test Event....PERFECT!
Was it the new
facilities, or the weather, or maybe the excellent
organization? The first beach volleyball event in
Summerside over the weekend was near perfect.
The finals on Sunday featured three Islanders, Cherie
Campbell originally from Kensington along with her
partner Jen Waugh from Fredericton, battled the
PEI Canada Games team of Lindsey Theuerkauf from
Cornwall and Alana Murphy from Montague. The senior
team of Campbell and Waugh prevailed for another
title in beach volleyball, now over their 20th tournament
win in the Maritimes since joining forces.
The main purpose of the event was to work out any
wrinkles that could come up duruing the games but
everything ran very smooth all weekend long. Peter
Bolo, event coordinator had this comment, "
What a fantastic weekend for our test event. Our
beach organizing committee did a fantastic job,
got lots of ideas for improvements, and are to be
commended for all the time and effort they have
put in to this point and time. They are an incredible
group of people. Thanks also go to all our volunteers
who came out and worked hard all weekend to train
for the Canada Games event which will be here in
less than 4 weeks. Your hard work helped make the
tournament a great success."
The tournament had great weather on Saturday with
the overcast skies that seemed ready to open up
and pour at any moment but never did. Eight teams
played cross pools with the top two teams advancing
to the finals. The three Canada Games team advanced
along with Campbell /Waugh. The PEI Canada Games
team advanced to the semis with a 3 and one record
Saturday and played their best match on Sunday in
the semi’s vs. the Nova Scotia Canada Games
team winning 21 and 21. Campbell and Waugh earned
their way to the semis with a win over the NB Canada
Games team.
“The organizing committee and volunteers were
amazing all weekend and allowed us as coaches to
come out and just coach,” commented Lynn Boudreau
PEI Canada Games coach. “ Peter Bolo was the
right person to head up this event and along with
all those giving their time on the committee, I
think the beach volleyball will be the place to
be in week one.
The next event for Team PEI is the Cavendish Beach
Volleyball Tournament this weekend and then the
Maritime Open held at Parlee Beach in NB the weekend
before Canada Games..
The Kensington
Crusaders U16 girls compete at Canada East Open
The Crusaders volleyball team
had a successful weekend at the Eastern Canadian
championships finishing 15th out of the 40 teams
in their division.
The Crusaders had an incredible
first day, going 3-0 and finishing first in their
pool. Kensington opened their tournament play with
a very impressive 25-16, 25-17 victory over the
Northumberland Breakers from Cobourg, Ontario. They
followed that with a tough 26-24, 25-16 win over
the West Hants Wizards from Ellershouse, Nova Scotia.
Their third match of the day saw Kensington fight
back to defeat a very good Kent Nord Extreme team
from Richibucto, NB 16-25, 25-23, 15-11.
With three wins on Friday, Kensington
advanced to the top tier on Saturday. This meant
a new pool with three of the top teams in the tournament.
The Crusaders first match was a 25-7, 25-15 defeat
at the hands of the Cape Breton Attackers. Their
second match saw lose a hard fought 25-20, 25-15
decision to the Moncton Bleu et Or. The final match
of the day saw Kensington play the eventual bronze
medalists, the Dragons CSA from LaSalle, Quebec,
losing 25-19, 25-15.
Sunday morning, Kensington faced
a very good Cylones team from Lachenaie, Quebec
in the tier 2 quarter-finals, losing a very well
played match 25-17, 25-14.
In photo:
Back Row: Malary Schurman, Zoe
Pocock, Megan MacLeod, Alicia Webster, Alyssa Stewart,
Alyson Campbell, Sydney Phelan, Bev Paynter, Richard
Younker (coach)
Front Row: Julie McDonald, Taylor
Kerwin, Sarah McDonald, Andrea Hickey, Alannah Stiles
(coach)
Team leaders for Kensington
for the weekend were: Alyson Campbell with 36 kills,
Beverly Paynter with 9 aces, Alyssa Stewert with
5 blocks and Malary Schurman with 18 digs.
Redd
Mudd U15 girls compete at Canada East Open in NB!
With a team of 10, 4 at the
U14 age, Redd Mudd U15 girls coached by Morley and
Gina Foy had a successful experience at this years
Eastern Canadians. 3 days in the early pool is no
easy task for anyone, let alone a group of 13-15
year old girls, but this team rose to the challenge
and competed with the best!
Day 1 saw lots of success with
a strong win against Ottawa and one of Quebecs many
teams, and a loss against another Quebec team. Happily
this meant nothing lower than a tier 2 finish. Day
2 was a bit of a downer, as the first team Mudd
met, Maverick Ambush from Ottawa, was the strongest
team in this division, and actually went on to win
tier 1. There were some long rallies in this match
however, and the girls felt their play was strong!
The day continued with another couple of losses
both to Quebec teams. It was a day of defeat on
the court, but the girls played well and easily
managed to kept their spirits high because they
knew they did their best. With scores in the second
sets reaching 21-25 and 24-26, heads were up and
confidence continued. The third day began with tier
2 quarter finals, and yet another team from Quebec.
This was, by far, the closest game in three days,
and Redd Mudd edged the win in two sets 25-22 and
29-27. Anna McCarvill had a beautiful setting day
which allowed Sydney Foy to execute many powerful
hits from all over the court. Kelly Campbell had
some strong, timely back court hits, and Hannah
Dawson earned her share of points from serving.
All four of these girls made some very impressive
blocks against some very tall players, and each
girl was able to walk away feeling they played their
personal best.
The semi final game was a bit
of a disappointment as Redd Mudd had to play The
Citadins from Quebec for a second time. Definitely
a strong team, Redd Mudd went down with style, never
giving up, always going for the dig, smiling and
showing a positive attitude, fighting for every
point available. The stronger team won, and Red
Mudd congratulated them with heads held high. Tier
2 Semi-finals. . . not too shabby! All 10 girls
saw plenty of play time. Other team members include
Alyson Smythe, Ellen Chapman, Danielle MacLeod,
Taylor Walsh, Jennifer Aubé, and Megan Llewellyn.
16U Charlottetown
Colonels compete at Canada East Open!
It was the Colonels first time
attending the nationals and we took a team of eight
players.
Friday began with a tough draw
and the girls were a bit overwhelmed by the Agrena
atmosphere. We lost all three matches but we were
close and all three teams went on to be a top ten
team, a winner of tier 2 (which we took to a third
game) and a winner of tier 3. We never felt overmatched
but our weaknesses (serve receive, defense, speed)
made the difference. It was very obvious to the
girls where our improvements need to be made.
On Saturday we won all our matches
and the girls were very excited about that. Sunday's
early match placed us against a smaller Quebec team
(we lost 3 of all 4 matches to Quebec teams) who
beat us on excellent serving and very fast defense.
The girls were disappointed but we had a good team
lunch and headed back to watch the final game of
Tier 1. Amazing volleyball, and a great way to end
the weekend.
Most valuable players for the
tournament were Maiqi Li for her hitting and Lauryn
Austin for her setting/serving. A great upcoming
player is 13 yr old Kiera Rigby who held her own
against older players (what an athlete!) All players
played a great deal and all came away with a greater
determination to improve their skills.
West
Prince Islanders at 16U Eastern Canadian Volleyball
Championships
The West Prince
Islanders 16U boys team capped off a great spring
season by attending the Eastern Canadian Championships
in Moncton May 8-10. A total of 116 boys and girls
teams from Ontario to Newfoundland participated
over the 3 days in 5 different division. Sixteen
teams competed for the 16U boys championship. On
day 1, the Islanders played 3 matches, finishing
the day with 1 win and 2 losses. They started off
against the much taller Ottawa Kangaroos and played
very well in game 1, losing 25-23, before losing
game 2 by a score of 25-10. They rebounded after
this loss with a great match against Impulsifs from
La Malbaie, Quebec losing 18-25 and 24-26. In their
final match of the day, the defeated valley waves
from Wolfville, NS 2-1 (25-14, 18-25, 15-9). The
days record put them into tier 2 form the second
day of competition.
Day two was a highlight
for the West Prince, as they played exceptionally
well, winning all 3 of their matches. They defeated
the Valley Skyhawks from Auburn, NS 2-0 (25-22,
25-14), Gravitron from Moncton, NB 2-0 (25-17, 25-12)
and finished with an exciting victory over the Cyclones
from Lachenaie, Quebec 2-0, (25-22, 25-21). This
match was the last to finished and players didn’t
get off the court until 10:30 at night. This was
to catch up with the Islanders in the playoffs the
next day.
After a short night,
the Islanders started off well, dominating their
quarter final match against the Dartmouth Lakers
from NS 25-7, 25-5. This put them into the semifinals
against the Sackville (NS) Sonics. “ You could
tell right from the start that the kids had nothing
left in the tank”, said coach Peter Bolo.
The first game was close with the Islanders having
a 24-22 lead before giving up 4 straight points
and losing the match 24-26 in game 2, the Islanders
could not get anything going and lost 17-25. Sackville
went on to win the final against the Castors from
Fredericton, NB.
All in all, it
was a great weekend for the Islanders. They were
one of the shortest teams but had terrific skill
and “played big”. They finished with
a record of 5 wins - 3 losses and all players had
a great time and improved greatly as volleyball
players. This will certainly help the Westisle Composite
High team next year as they look to defend their
PEISAA Provincial Championship.
Bantam
Boys(U14) Provincial Volleyball Championships
The West
Prince Islanders Team One defeated the Summerside
Slammers Team One 29-14 to win the Volleyball P.E.I.
Bantam Boys Provincial Volleyball Championships.
The six-team event took place at East Wiltshire
School on Monday. The Cornwall Warriors Team One
downed the Charlottetown Crusaders 25-19 to finish
in third place.
In semi-final play,
the Summerside Slammers edged the Charlottetown
Crusaders 25-24 in a one-point overtime while the
West Prince Islanders Team One downed the Cornwall
Warriors Team One 24-19. The Crusaders got by the
West Prince Islanders Team Two 32-12 and the Warriors
Team One tripped the Warriors Team Two 27-18 in
quarter-final play.
The West Prince Islanders
Team One finished atop the round-robin standings
with a perfect 5-0 record. Summerside Slammers Team
One was next at 4-1. Then came Charlottetown Crusaders
(2-3), Cornwall Warriors Team Two (2-3), Cornwall
Warriors Team One (1-4) and the West Prince Islanders
Team Two (1-4).
Tournament all-satrs
include Colin Arsenault (Summerside Slammers Team
One), Brett Butler (Charlottetown Crusaders), Taylor
Wallace (West Prince Islanders Team One), Justin
Doucette (West Prince Islanders Team Two), Tanner
MacLean (Cornwall Warriors Team One) and Andrew
Chapman (Cornwall Warriors Team Two).
Click
here for complete tournament results.
Bantam
Boys All-Stars
Picture
(Left to Right): Tanner MacLean (Cornwall Warriors
Team One), Brett Butler (Charlottetown Crusaders),
Colin Arsenault (Summerside Slammers Team One),
Taylor Wallace (West Prince Islanders Team One),
Justin Doucette (West Prince Islanders Team Two)
and Andrew Chapman (Cornwall Warriors Team Two).
VPEI
U17 Girls Provincial Championships
Back Row: Malary
Schurman, Zoe Pocock, Megan MacLeod, Alicia Webster,
Alyssa
Stewart, Alyson Campbell, Sydney Phelan, Bev Paynter,
Richard Younker
(coach)
Front Row: Julie
McDonald, Taylor Kerwin, Sarah McDonald, Andrea
Hickey,
Alannah Stiles (coach)
The Kensington
Crusaders U17 girls volleyball team captured their
second straight VPEI provincial championship over
the weekend. The team won in convincing fashion,
going undefeated during the tournament.
Eight teams from across PEI
competed for the 2009 title. The tournament consisted
of two pools of four in the round robin portion
with each team earning a birth in the quarter finals.
Pool A saw Kensington finish first with victories
over West Prince (25-15), Red Mud #2 (25-10), and
Charlottetown #1 (25-11). Charlottetown placed second
with wins over West Prince (25-14) and Red Mud #2
(25-15). Red Mud #2 defeated West Prince 28-26 to
capture third in the pool.
Pool B saw Summerside finish
first with wins over Red Mud #1 (26-24), Charlottetown
#2 (25-12) and Francois Buote (25-11). Red Mud #1
placed second with wins over Francois Buote (25-11)
and Charlottetown #2 (25-7). Charlottetown #2 finished
3rd with a 25-16 win over Francois Buote.
Two of the quarter finals saw
teams from the same club collide with Charlottetown
#1 defeating Charlottetown #2 25-11, 25-11 and Red
Mud #1 defeating Red Mud #2 25-15, 25-12. In the
third quarter-final, Summerside squeaked past West
Prince 20-25, 25-14, 15-9 while the fourth quarter
final saw Kensington defeat Francois Buote 25-6,
25-6.
The Crusaders continued to roll,
winning over a very tough Red Mud #1 25-13, 25-20
in the first semi-final. Last year's finalist, Charlottetown
#1, captured a spot in their second straight VPEI
championship match with a 25-20, 25-19 victory over
Summerside.
In a rematch of last year's
final, Kensington dominated Charlottetown with excellent
serving and a balanced attack. The Crusaders pulled
away early in the first set, winning 25-14. The
second set was a very close battle early on with
both teams winning long rallies. However, at 15-14,
Kensington won the last 10 points in a row to win
the second set going away 25-14. Team leaders for
Kensington were Alyson Campbell with 21 kills, Zoe
Pocock with 11 aces, Malary Schurman with 13 digs,
and Sydney Phelan with 5 blocks.
Provincial Tournament All-Stars
were:
Madilyn MacNeill - West Prince
Kristyn MacKenzie - Charlottetown #2
Christine Lane - Francois Buote
Chelsey Darrach - Red Mud #2
Chloe Finkle-Aucoin - Summerside
Anna McCarvill - Red Mud #1
Laura MacGrath - Charlottetown #1
Zoe Pocock - Kensington.
West
Prince Islanders Mini Volleyball Tournament
Tignish Six defeated
Tignish Two 17-14 to win the second West Prince
Islanders Mini Volleyball Tournament. Fourteen teams
participated in the tournament held Wednesday at
M.E. Callaghan. Bloomfield One downed Bloomfield
Three 23-16 to finish third. Tignish One edged Bloomfield
Two 19-18 to finish fifth. Seventh place went to
O’Leary One who beat St. Louis Three 31-9.
In round-robin play both Tignish
Six and Tignish Two ended tied for first with a
5-0 record. Bloomfield One was third at 4-1. Finishing
with a 3-2 record were Bloomfield One, Bloomfield
Two, Tignish One, O’Leary One and St. Louis
Three. Tignish Three and St. Louis Four had 2-3
records. Tignish Four and Tignish Five were 1-4
and St. Louis One and St. Louis Two finished with
an 0-5 record. Click
here for full tounament results.
Canada
Games Indoor Team Selected
Volleyball PEI
would like to congratulate the final 14 players
selected to the Canada Games indoor team. Volleyball
PEI would also like to congratulate the coaching
staff who have done a tremendous job thus far. Thank
you players and coaches for your hard work and dedication.
Of the fourteen, two will remain as the Alternate
players once the final 12 have been selected.
| Alyson Clow
(Kensington) |
Hillary Harris
(O'Leary) |
| Ashley MacDonald (Charlottetown) |
Laura McGrath (Charlottetown) |
| Ashley Holwell (Summerside) |
Leta Oatway (Kensington) |
| Ashtin Arsenault (Tignish) |
Miachi Li (Charlottetown) |
| Becky Doucette (Hunter
River) |
Olivia Dolphin (Emyvale) |
| Emily Schruman (Kensington) |
Sarah McQuaid (Summerside) |
| Erin Coady (Emyvale) |
Zoe Pocock (Kensington) |
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| Head Coach - Kevin MacAdam |
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| Assistant Coach - Amanda
Hickey-Leblanc |
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| Manager - Tammy Sullivan |
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VPEI
Awards Gala
Sunday, April 26,
2009 - 5-9pm - Ises' Sports Bar - Tickets $15 -
Available at VPEI
VPEI is pleased to announce it's annual awards ceremony
taking place on April 26, 2009 at Ise’s Sports
Bar in Charlottetown. The Gala Awards Reception
will honor three finalists in twelve different categories.
The event will also be the organization’s
main fund-raiser of the year and include trivia,
a silent auction and door prizes. Tickets are priced
at $15.00 and available at Volleyball PEI.
The nominees
are:
| Bantam
Female Athlete of the Year
Kelly Campbell
Sydney Foy
Kiera Rigby |
Bantam
Male Athlete of the Year
Jesse Knox
Alec Parise
Kyle Welton |
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| Midget
Female Athlete of the Year
Mi Chi
Janelle Hardy
Zoe Pocock |
Midget
Male Athlete of the Year
Brandon Boyce
Jeff Duggan
Trevor Luttrel |
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| Juvenile
Female Athlete of the Year
Olivia Dolphin
Hillary Harris
Alana Murphy |
Juvenile
Male Athlete of the Year
Daniel Dickieson
Adam Foy
Mitchell Woodside |
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| Senior
Female Athlete of the Year
Katrina Clow
Rebecca Gallant
Barb Virends |
Senior
Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Costa
Mike Harris
Matthew Sweet |
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| Coach
of The Year
Chris Austin
Morley & Gina Foy
Richard Younker |
Team
of The Year
Red Mudd Bantam Girls
Westisle High Men
Jeff Rand & Brian Hansen |
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| Official
of The Year
Dave Chisholm
Rick MacKinnon
Vickie Weldon |
Volunteer
of The Year
Mike O’Meara
Dawna Woodside
Krista Walsh |
