Volleyball PEI Current Events and News

Suns with Guns take home Provincial Volleyball Title to finish off Perfect Season

The Summerside Suns with Guns were able to fight off some close matches, to win the 14U VPEI Tier 1 Women's Provincial title. In what was one of very few close matches they played in this year, the Suns with Guns were able to narrowly beat out the Colonel Grey Colonels 19-15 in the Championship game, The Suns with Guns also escaped a sudden death game versus KISH during round robin play, to finish off their season undefeated.

In the Bronze match, KISH was able to come out on top of a another close match against the Summerside Sunfires, defeating them 18-16. The West Prince finished in 5th place, and the East Wiltshire Red Mudd in 6th.

The league featured 11 teams most of the season and 70+ athletes, who showcased some great volleyball. The Provincials finished off what was a great season for the 14U women.

Round Robin Results

Sunfires  over Islanders 21-11
Suns with Guns over EWS   27-5
Colonels  over KISH  22-15
Suns with Guns over Islanders 20-11
Sunfires  over KISH  21-15
Colonels  over EWS  20-18
KISH   over Islanders 18-16
Suns with Guns over Colonels 16-14
Sunfires  over EWS  20-17
Colonels  over Islanders 19-15
KISH   over EWS   18-17
Suns with Guns over Sunfires 17-11
Islanders  over EWS  19-16
Colonels  over Sunfires 22-18
Suns with Guns over KISH  16-15

Playoff Results
Championship Game: Suns with Guns over Colonels 19-15
Bronze Match: KISH over Sunfires 18-16

Provincial Allstars
West Prince Islanders - Kachena Fraser
East Wiltshire Red Mudd - Abby MacDonald
Summerside Suns with Guns - Bella Walsh
Summerside Sunfires - Lexi Gavin
Colonel Grey Colonels - Lauren Moirke
KISH - Emma Woodside

Seven Suns Continues Strong Play to win 14U Women's Provincial Title

The Summerside Seven Suns, completed the season like they started, winning the Tier 2 14U Women's VPEI Provincial Tournament. They finished off their strong season, by defeating the Colonel Grey Colonels 32-8 in the championship game. The Bronze Medal match was an all East Wiltshire Battle, with the Red Mudd 2 defeating Red Mudd 1 21-18

KISH, who is made up of grade 6 students, finished off in 5th place. The league featured 11 teams most of the season and 70+ athletes, who showcased some great volleyball. The Provincials finished off what was a great season for the 14U women.

Round Robin Results
Colonels over EWS 2 28-16
Seven Suns over KISH  32-11
EWS 1 over KISH  21-16
Seven Suns over EWS 2 21-18
Seven Suns over Colonels 20-14
EWS 2 over EWS 1 19-18
EWS 2 over KISH  22-17
EWS 1 over Colonels 23-16
Seven Suns over EWS 1 27-12
Colonels over KISH  20-18

Playoff Results
Championship Game: Seven Suns over Colonels 32-8
Bronze Match: EWS 2 over EWS 1 21-18

Provincial Allstars
EWS Red Mudd 1 - Jessica Gallant
KISH - Lexi Murphy
Summerside Seven Suns - Taegan Corkum
EWS Red Mudd 2 - Morgan Cormier
Colonel Grey Colonels - Amanda McBane

CHARLOTTETOWN ACES EDGE WEST PRINCE ISLANDERS IN VOLLEYBALL P.E.I. 17U PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Volleyball P.E.I. wrapped up it’s 17U boys spring volleyball season last week when it hosted it’s provincial championship at Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown. Tournaments were hosted over the past 5 weeks by 5 different clubs leading into this championship. Play steadily improved each week to the point that the provincial title was truly up for grabs.

Six teams took part in the competition with the top 4 teams advancing to the playoff round. After the round robin, the standings were: Charlottetown Aces 5-0, Hampshire Heat #1 4-1, West Prince Islanders 3-2, and Heat #2, Summerside Slammers, and Montague Magic all finishing at 1-4 and tied for the fourth and final playoff spot. The tie breaking procedures had to come into play, and it went to the third step before it was decided that the Heat #2 would advance.

The playoff format was 1 game to 25 points with a team having to win by 2. Semifinal #1 saw the Charlottetown Aces defeat Heat #2 by a score of 25-18. Semi #2 was an incredible back and forth battle between Heat #1 and the Islanders. Neither team could pull away but with the score tied at 25-25, the Islanders got the next 2 points to win 27-25 and advance to the finals to play the Aces.

These teams had played many close matches over the course of the season and the final provided more of the same. Islander’s coach Adam Gallant stated, “I wondered if the guys would be able to get refocused after such an emotional and draining semifinal.” The Islanders responded to the challenge and took an early 15-12 lead. However , the Aces went on a run with some tough serving and key hits, took the lead, and did not look like they could be caught. However, the Islanders would not quit and went on a run of their own. “Brandy Hiltz and Connor Herget were killing the ball from the power position and did not back away despite being down on the scoreboard,” said Islander coach Allan Clark. “Our setter Kent Doucette did a super job running the offence and libero Ben Perry had his best night of the spring to keep us in the match.” The teams were tied at 25 and the fans in the gym were cheering wildly on each point. With the score 26-26 however, the Islanders made a service and serve reception error, losing the final 2 points, enabling the Aces to walk away with a 28-26 victory and the provincial crown. “I am very pleased with how our boys played,” said Aces coach Andrew MacDougald. “They all stepped up their game and were led by the fine play of Lee Li and Brayden White. The spring season was a fantastic opportunity for players on all teams to develop their skills and everyone got a lot of playing time.” The bronze medal game saw Heat #1 defeat their club mates Heat #2 by a score of 25-21.

Players selected to the tournament all-star team were Lee Li (Aces), Kent Doucette (Islanders), Alex Orsauk (Heat #1), Andre Boudreau (Heat #2),Alex Desroches (Slammers), and Tristan Dawson (Magic).

Coaches from all 5 clubs agreed that this spring season bodes well for an exciting PEISAA high school league next fall. Next stop....beach volleyball this summer !

Round robin results:
-Aces over Islanders 27-15   Heat 1 over Islanders 24-20 Islanders over Heat 2     28-17
-Aces over Heat 1     21-20   Heat 1 over Heat 2     27-21 Islanders over Magic      31-15
-Aces over Heat 2      32-17 Heat 1 over Magic      25-20 Islanders over Slammers 24-21
-Aces over Magic      28-20 Heat 1 over Slammers 34-11 Slammers over Magic    29-20
-Aces over Slammers 22-21 Heat 2 over Slammers 25-20 Magic        over Heat 2    22-21

Summerside Slammers win Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys Volleyball Tournament

For the first time this spring, a team other than the Summerside Slammers won a Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys Volleyball Tournament. The West Prince Islanders edged the Slammers 20-18 in the finals in the fifth of six league tournaments. The three-team event took place at M.E. Callaghan on Wednesday.

West Prince advanced to the finals by topping Red Mudd 23-20 in the semi-finals.

Play is progressing well and a big improvement is shown each week in all the players participating.

The three teams played a double round-robin before entering the playoffs. The Slammers finished in first place with a perfect 4-0 record. The Islanders were second at 2-2 while Red Mudd was 0-4.

The last of six league tournaments is scheduled for next Wednesday at East Wiltshire School. The Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys provincial championships will be held on Wednesday, May 15th at Summerside Intermediate.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

ROUND ROBIN

Summerside Slammers over West Prince Islanders 22-14
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 35-13
Summerside Slammers over Red Mudd 22-20
Summerside Slammers over West Prince Islanders 20-16
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 27-15
Summerside Slammers over Red Mudd 22-17

Semi-Finals

West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 23-20

Finals

West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers 20-18

Volleyball P.E.I. Mini Volleyball Jamboree - April 26th, 2013

Tignish Two defeated Alberton Three 21-19 to win Volleyball P.E.I. Mini Volleyball Jamboree. The event was played at Callaghan Intermediate School and included eight teams. Bloomfield One edged Tignish Three 23-20 to finish third. Alberton One finished fifth with a 24-12 win over Tignish One. Bloomfield Two was seventh by beating Alberton Two 24-19. In round-robin standings, Bloomfield One finished in first place with a 6-1 record. Then came Tignish Three (5-2), Tignish Two (5-2), Alberton Three (5-2), Alberton One (4-3), Bloomfield Two (2-5), Tignish One (1-6) and Alberton Two (0-7).

Volleyball P.E.I. Mini Volleyball Jamboree - April 26th, 2013

FINAL RESULTS

Alberton Three defeated Alberton One 23-15
Tignish Three defeated Tignish One 29-19
Bloomfield Two defeated Alberton Two 32-10
Tignish Two defeated Bloomfield One 23-22
Alberton Three defeated Tignish Three 23-15
Alberton One defeated Bloomfield Two 25-15
Bloomfield One defeated Alberton Two 38-5
Alberton Three defeated Bloomfield Two 24-6
Tignish Three defeated Tignish Two 26-19
Bloomfield One defeated Alberton One 23-14
Tignish One defeated Alberton Two 30-18
Tignish Two defeated Alberton Three 18-17
Bloomfield One defeated Bloomfield Two 21-17
Tignish Three defeated Alberton Two 32-5
Alberton One defeated Tignish One 27-11
Bloomfield One defeated Alberton Three 24-17
Tignish Two defeated Alberton Two 26-13
Bloomfield Two defeated Tignish One 21-16
Tignish Three defeated Alberton One 20-17
Alberton Three defeated Alberton Two 25-10
Bloomfield One defeated Tignish One 25-14
Alberton One defeated Tignish Two 18-16
Tignish Three defeated Bloomfield Two 23-11
Alberton Three defeated Tignish One 18-17
Alberton One defeated Alberton Two 33-10
Bloomfield One defeated Tignish Three 19-18
Tignish Two defeated Bloomfield Two 23-18

Round Robin Standings

W L W L

1. Bloomfield One 6 1 5. Alberton One 4 3
2. Tignish Three 5 2 6. Bloomfield Two 2 5
3. Tignish Two 5 2 7. Tignish One 1 6
4. Alberton Three 5 2 8. Alberton Two 0 7

PLAYOFFS

Championship Semi-Finals

Alberton Three defeated Bloomfield One 31-6
Tignish Two defeated Tignish Three 18-7

1st Place Game

Tignish Two defeated Alberton Three 21-18

3rd Place Game

Bloomfield One defeated Tignish Three 23-20

Consolation Semi-Finals

Alberton One defeated Alberton Two 24-12
Tignish One defeated Bloomfield Two 22-20

5th Place

Alberton One defeated Tignish One 24-12

7th Place

Bloomfield Two defeated Alberton Two 24-19

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Tignish Two
2. Alberton Three
3. Bloomfield One
4. Tignish Three
5. Alberton One
6. Tignish One
7. Bloomfield Two
8. Alberton Two

OVERALL CLUB RANKINGS

Tignish = 1, 4, 6 = 11/3 = 3.7
Bloomfield = 3, 7 = 10/2 = 5.0
Alberton = 2, 5, 8 = 15/3 = 5.0

18th Annual Seaside Volleyball Camp at Westisle Composite High School

Monday, July 1st to Friday, July 5th, 2013 - (9:00 am to 4:00 pm)

Open to all players from Grade 7 to 12 (in fall of 2013)

Come and join us for one week of top volleyball instruction, a chance to meet new friends and a guarantee of a good time.

Camp Highlights:
• Serving
• Setting
• Passing
• Hitting
• Defense
• Movement
• Beach Volleyball
• Seaside Challenge
• Seaside Team Challenge
• much more ......

Head Instructors: Peter Bolo and Harvey Mazerolle
Senior Instructors: Dexter Sellick, Jennifer Arsenault, Jackie Ellsworth, David Brothers

Registration Fee: $205 (1 camper), $355 (Family - 2 campers), $450 (Family - 3 or more campers)
Early Bird Registration (by June 15th) : $190 (1 camper), $325 (Family - 2 campers), $400 (Family - 3 or more campers)
NOTE: A $100 deposit must accompany the registration form.

For more information, contact Cletus Dunn at (902)853-2554

Provincial Elite Teams for 17U girls - Tryouts

The Final Tryout for the Volleyball PEI Provincial Elite Teams for 17U girls will be held on Saturday, May 11th from 10am-12pm at Kensington Intermediate Senior High. For all those interested in trying out, please read the attached letter and ensure both you and your parent signs it, and that you bring it to the final tryout. It contains important information and you will not be permitted to tryout on the 11th without it signed. The cost for the tryout is $10 which is payable the day of the tryout.

All athletes must pre-register with Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or (902) 569-0583 in advance to allow coaches to plan accordingly. Good luck with your spring league provincials over the next few weeks and we’ll see you on May 11th! For those trying out for 15U girls, the coaches will likely be in contact soon if they haven’t already been to discuss a fundraiser they have in the works.

Indoor Volleyball Camp

Holland College will host an indoor Volleyball camp July 15-19th. Lead by Women’s Coach Lori-Beth Dwyer (former AUS Most Valuable Player with Acadia). Further details to be released soon!

Beach Volleyball Camp

Host: Volleyball PEI
Instructors: Andrew Costa (Canada Games Beach Volleyball Head Coach) & Kendal Steele and Alec Parise (Canada Games Beach Volleyball Athletes)
Place: Summerside Beach Volleyball Courts
Time: Saturday & Sunday; June 22nd & 23rd; 9am-12pm, hour lunch break, 1-4pm
Price: 70$ per athlete

Camp Includes:
-Beach volleyball basics
-proper movement in the sand
-strategies of offence
-strategies of defensive backrow player
-strategies of defensive blocker player
-game play
-tournament style competition on day 2
-camp photo
-camp prizes.
To register: Contact Volleyball PEI at 569-0583 or cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca

Suns with Guns take fourth straight VPEI Tournament

The Summerside Suns with Guns continued their dominance of the Tier 1, 14U VPEI women's league this past week by taking home their fourth straight title. They went undefeated throughout the round robin tournament, and defeated KISH 28-13 in the championship game. With one less team this past week, this was the first time in the season that Tier 1 has included a playoff round.

The West Prince Islanders were able to narrowly scrape out an exciting third place match by beating out the Summerside Sunfires 23-22 in sudden death overtime. The Islanders finish tied for third with the Sunfires and Colonel Grey Colonels after round robin play, but finished fourth overall after using a tie-breaking policy. The Sunfires finished in third during round robin play, while the Colonels finished in fifth. The East Wiltshire Red Mudd finished off the seedings in sixth place.

There will be two tournaments next week, with the first at SIS intermediate on Monday, April 29th, followed by Provincials, on Tuesday, April 30th to finish off the season at M.E. Callaghan.

Round Robin Results

Suns with Guns over Colonels 27-11
KISH over Islanders 16-12
Suns with Guns over Sunfires 24-9
KISH over EWS 16-13
Colonels over Sunfires 18-17
Suns with Guns over Islanders 20-8
Sunfires over EWS 21-10
Suns with Guns over KISH 25-7
Islanders over Colonels 21-13
Suns with Guns over EWS 16-10
Sunfires over Islanders 24-10
KISH over Colonels 24-12
Islanders over EWS 22-11
Colonels over EWS 18-17
KISH over Sunfires 20-11

Playoff Results

Championship game: Suns with Guns over KISH 28-13

Bronze game : Islanders over Sunfires 23-22

Seven Suns repeat as Champions

For the fourth straight week, the Summerside Seven Suns won the 14U VPEI Women's Tier 2 tournament. They, once again, were able to go undefeated in round robin play, and go on to defeat EWS 1 28-15 i the championship game. The Suns had a dominant tournament, defeating their opponents by at least 15 points in all round robin games.

The calibre of play in Tier 2 league continues to improve each week. The East WIltshire Red Mudd 2 took home third place by defeating KISH 29-17 in the Bronze Match. The tournament featured 5 teams once again this week. The Colonel Grey Colonels finished off the standings in fifth place.

There will be two tournaments next week, with the first at SIS intermediate on Monday, April 29th, followed by Provincials, on Tuesday, April 30th to finish off the season at M.E. Callaghan.

Round Robin Results

EWS 2 over Colonels 31-16
Seven Suns over KISH 30-15
EWS 1 over KISH 28-16
Seven Suns over EWS 2 30-15
Seven Suns over Colonels 33-12
EWS 1 over EWS 2 29-15
EWS 2 over KISH 25-24
EWS 1 over Colonels 29-12
Seven Suns over EWS 1 32-11
KISH over Colonels 25-24

Playoff Results

Championship Game: Seven Suns over EWS 1 28-15

Bronze Match: EWS 2 over KISH 29-17

Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys tournament

Summerside Slammers Team One edged Summerside Slammers Team Two 21-19 in an all-Summerside final to win the fourth Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys tournament. Summerside has won all four tournaments this spring. The four-team event was held at Summerside Intermediate School on Wednesday.

West Prince Islanders doubled Red Mudd 28-14 to finish the event in third place.

Julie Wilting, coach of Red Mudd was very pleased with how her young boys were doing. They have the youngest team in the competition and this will definitely help them to grow as volleyball players. Dale MacDougall, coaching of the winning team commented, “Our boys, both teams are playing very well and we look forward to the last two tournaments and provincials on May 15th.”

The four teams played a double-round robin in timed games lasting 12 minutes. After round-robin, Summerside Slammers Team One finished first with a 5-1 record. They were followed by Summerside Slammers Team Two (4-2), West Prince Islanders (3-3) and Red Mudd (0-6)

The fifth of six league tournaments is scheduled for next Wednesday at Callaghan Intermediate School.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - ROUND ROBIN

Summerside Slammers Team Two over Summerside Slammers Team One 20-16
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 25-20
Summerside Slammers Team One over Red Mudd 31-13
Summerside Slammers Team Two over West Prince Islanders 21-15
Summerside Slammers Team One over West Prince Islanders 25-11
Summerside Slammers Team Two over Red Mudd 32-9
Summerside Slammers Team One over Summerside Slammers Team Two 30-10
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 29-15
Summerside Slammers Team One over Red Mudd 32-8
West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers Team Two 26-14
Summerside Slammers Team One over West Prince Islanders 29-8
Summerside Slammers Team Two over Red Mudd 21-10

1st Place Game

Summerside Slammers Team One over Summerside Slammers Team Two 21-19

3rd Place Game

West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 28-14

Provincial Elite Teams for 15U girls, 16U girls, 16U/18U boys - Final Tryout

The Final Tryout for the Volleyball PEI Provincial Elite Teams for 15U girls, 16U girls, 16U/18U boys will be held on Saturday, May 25th from 10am-12pm at the University of Prince Edward Island. For all those interested in trying out, please read the attached letter and ensure both you and your parent signs it, and that you bring it to the final tryout. It contains important information and you will not be permitted to tryout on the 25th without it signed. The cost for the tryout is $10 which is payable the day of the tryout.

All athletes must pre-register with Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or (902) 569-0583 in advance to allow coaches to plan accordingly. Good luck with your spring league tryouts over the next few weeks and we’ll see you on May 25th! For those trying out for 15U girls, the coaches will likely be in contact soon if they haven’t already been to discuss a fundraiser they have in the works.

Please note: The final tryout for the 17U girls will be held on a different date/location and will be announced soon.

Volleyball PEI set to host 5th Annual Awards Gala

When: Sunday, May 5th

Where: Howard Johnson Dutch Inn in Cornwall

Time: 4-6pm

Who: All Volleyball enthusiasts!

Why: To celebrate Volleyball achievements in 2012!

All award nominees have been emailed and sent via mail - congratulatory letters. Tickets to the event are $20 and are available by contacting Volleyball PEI by May 2nd at (902) 569-0583 or via email at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca

Suns with Guns Continue their Dominance

The Summerside Suns with Guns once again went home with the 14U Tier 1 Women's Volleyball PEI tournament title for the third straight time. They were able to repeat their first week record, going 7-0 to take the Round Robin formatted tournament. There are no playoffs during the Tier 1 tournament, as the team with the best record, finishes first. In the first three tournaments, only one team has been able to get a victory off of the Suns with Guns.

The other Summerside team (the Summerside Sunfires) were able to finish in second behind their city counterpart with a 4-2 record. The East Wiltshire Red Mudd 2 finished with an identical record as the Sunfires, placing third. The Colonels followed in fourth with a 3-3 record, just ahead of Red Mudd 2. Finishing off the standings, were KISH in sixth and the West Prince Islanders in seventh. Aside from the Suns with Guns' dominance, the first three tournaments have seen a lot of changes in the in the overall results.

The next tournament takes place at Colonel Gray High school, on Tuesday, April 22nd.

Round Robin Results
Sunfires over EWS 2 20-14
Colonels over Islanders 18-14
Suns with Guns over KISH 18-11
Colonels over EWS 1 24-8
Suns with Guns over EWS 2 19-15
KISH over Islanders 17-14
Suns with Guns over Sunfires 19-11
EWS 1 over KISH 16-14
EWS 2 over Islanders 21-12
Colonels over KISH 17-15
Sunfires over Islanders 31-4
EWS 2 over EWS 1 19-12
Suns with Guns over Islanders 26-6
EWS 2 over Colonels 19-17
EWS 1 over Sunfires 17-16
KISH over EWS 2 18-17
Suns with Guns over EWS 1 17-15
Sunfires over Colonels 20-19
Islanders over EWS 1 19-12
Sunfires over KISH 16-15
Suns with Guns over Colonels 23-7

WEST PRINCE ISLANDERS 17U BOYS EDGE HAMPSHIRE HEAT

The week 4 Volleyball P.E.I. 17U boys tournament finals came right down to the wire. The event was played at the Holland College gym in Charlottetown and was hosted by the Hurricanes men head volleyball coach Joe Ryan. The caliber of play is getting higher with each passing week, said Ryan. By the time provincials role around in 2 weeks, it will be very interesting to see the level of play and final results.

Six teams took part in the normal round robin action, with the top 2 teams advancing to the finals. The action was so close that a tie breaking procedure had to be used to determine positions 2 through 4. The West Prince Islanders finished in 1st place with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss. Three teams finished with records of 3-2, and after going to the second tie -breaking procedure, the results were Hampshire Heat #1 finishing 2nd, Summerside Slammers 3rd, and Charlottetown Aces 4th. The Hampshire Heat #2 team finished 2-3 while the Montague Magic were 0-5.

In the final, the Islanders were looking to turn the tables after suffering a 1 point loss to the Heat #1 team. It was a back and forth battle and neither team would give an inch. The Heat made 3 or 4 incredible defensive plays to stay within striking distance and the score was tied at 18-18 as the ball was served by the Islanders just before the final buzzer sounded . In what was a long rally for the final and deciding point, the Islanders finally put it away with a strong rightside attack and a 19-18 victory. This was the 4th consecutive tournament win for the West Prince squad. I am really proud of our guys, said Islander coach Adam Gallant. We only had 6 guys available this week and some of them had to play in positions that they normally don't. What a great final and what a fantastic defensive effort the Heat put up. In the bronze medal game, the Aces beat Slammers 27-20.

The last regular season tournament will be hosted by the Summerside Slammers on Wednesday, April 24 at Three Oaks. This will be the last opportunity for teams to play and prepare for the provincial finals being hosted at Colonel Gray on May 1st.

Scores:

Islanders Over Heat#2 22-20
Slammers Over Magic 27-16
Islanders Over Aces 26-21
Slammers Over Heat#1 23-19
Islanders Over Magic 29-16
Slammers Over Heat#2 23-16
Islanders Over Slammers 25-14
Heat#1 Over Islanders 23-22
Heat#1 Over Aces 26-17
Heat#1 Over Magic 31-17
Aces Over Slammers 27-22
Aces Over Heat#2 26-23
Aces Over Magic 28-19
Heat#2 Over Magic 25-23
Heat#2 Over Heat#1 22-19

Week 3 Results for 17U girls

WP 2 def KISH 2 25-7
RM 2 vs Rural 2 25-11
Rural 2 def KISH 2 25-9
RM 2 def WP 2 25-24
RM 2 def KISH 2 25-9
WP 2 def Rural 2 25-8
Gray 1 def Rural 1 25-24
S'side def RM 1 25-17
Gray 1 def KISH 1 25-17
WP 1 def RM 1 25-19
KISH 1 def WP 1 25-17
S'side def Rural 1 25-22
KISH 1 def S'side 25-20
RM 1 def Gray 1 25-18
Rural 1 def WP 1 25-14

Standing for Week 4
RM 2 3-0
KISH 1 2-1
S'side 2-1
Gray 1 2-1
WP 2 2-1
RM 1 1-2
Rural 1 1-2
Rural 2 1-2
WP 1 0-3
KISH 2 0-3

Beach Volleyball Camp

Host: Volleyball PEI

Instructors: Andrew Costa (Canada Games Beach Volleyball Head Coach) & Kendal Steele and Alec Parise (Canada Games Beach Volleyball Athletes)

Place: Summerside Beach Volleyball Courts

Time: Saturday & Sunday; 9am-12pm, hour lunch break, 1-4pm

Price: 70$ per athlete

Camp Includes:

-Beach volleyball basics
-proper movement in the sand
-strategies of offence
-strategies of defensive backrow player
-strategies of defensive blocker player
-game play
-tournament style competition on day 2
-camp photo
-camp prizes.

To register: Contact Volleyball PEI at 569-0583 or cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca

Seven Suns Victorious again

The Summerside Seven Suns won this past week's Tier 2 14U Women's Volleyball PEI tournament at KISH. The Suns went undefeated in the round robin play, en route to a 27-14 victory over the East Wiltshire Warriors 1 in the championship game. The Seven Suns have won both 14U tournaments so far this year.

The 4 teams play a double round robin tournament, followed by one playoff round. No team has been able to defeat the Seven Suns in either tournaments, in both Playoff and Round Robin play. East Wiltshire 2 was able to come out on top of a close game against the Colnels (19-18) to take third place in the tournament.

The third tournament is scheduled on Tuesday, April 16th at SIS Intermediate.

Round Robin Results

EWS 1 over EWS 2 22-15
Seven Suns over Colnels 28-9
Seven Suns over EWS 1 22-17
Colnels over EWS 2 25-21
EWS 1 over Colnels 21-16
Seven Suns over EWS 2 30-6
Seven Suns over Colnels 31-9
EWS 1 over EWS 2 26-17
Colnels EWS 2 18-18
Seven Suns over EWS 1 23-16
Seven Suns over EWS 2 26-11
EWS 1 over Colnels 25-13

Playoffs

Championship game: Seven Suns over EWS 1 27-14

Bronze Match: EWS 2 over Colnels 19-18

WEST PRINCE ISLANDERS MAKE IT 3 IN A ROW

For the third week in a row, the West Prince Islanders took home the title in the Volleyball P.E.I. weekly 17U boys volleyball tournament. Seven teams took part in the tournament that was hosted by the Hampshire Heat at Bluefield High School. This was the largest number of teams to take part so far so the format was a round robin between all 7 teams with no playoffs.

Final results after all games were played were: Islanders#2- 6-0,Islanders#1- 5-1, Charlottetown Aces- 4-2, Hampshire Heat#1- 3-3, Summerside Slammers - 2-4, Montague Magic- 1- 5, Hampshire Heat#2- 0-6. To demonstrate how close the action was, the winning Islanders 2 squad won 2 of their games by 2 points or less while the Islanders 2 team, who finished 2nd, lost 1 game by one point and won 3 games by 2 points or less. Five other matches were decided by 5 points or less. AThe athletes see spring league as an opportunity to play and that is exactly what it is@, said Summerside Slammers coach Joel Arsenault. AIt is evident that the level of play has gotten better each week and this is something that opposing coaches speak to each other about. Our club is looking forward to the second half of the season and to the VPEI championship on May 1st.@

The 4th league tournament will take place at the Holland College gymnasium on Wednesday, April 17 with action beginning at 5:30. More great action will surely be in store.

Round Robin Scores:

Islanders 2 over Islanders 1 20-19
Islanders 2 over Slammers 25-13
Islanders 2 over Heat 1 26-19
Islanders 2 over Heat 2 26-24
Islanders 2 over Aces 28-20
Islanders 2 over Magic 26-17
Magic over Heat 2 25-20
Islanders 1 over Magic 26-14
Islanders 1 over Slammers 25-23
Islanders 1 over Heat 1 28-20
Islanders 1 over Heat 2 25-24
Islanders 1 over Aces 25-24
Aces over Slammers 28-24
Aces over Heat 1 23-20
Aces over Magic 27-25
Aces over Heat 2 31-14
Slammers over Magic 28-18
Slammers over Heat 2 29-17
Heat 1 over Heat 2 31-25
Heat1 over Slammers 24-22
Heat 1 over Magic 37-16

Week 3 Results for 17U girls

Results from Wednesday's matches:

WP 2 def KISH 2 25-8
RM 2 def KISH 1 25-20
Gray 2 def KISH 2 25-6
WP 2 def Rural 2 25-8
KISH 1 def Rural 2 25-24
WP 2 def RM 2 25-24
RM 2 def KISH 2 25-10
Gray 2 def Rural 2 25-22
Gray 2 def KISH 1 25-19
S'side def Rural 1 25-22
RM 1 def Gray 1 25-21
Rural 1 def WP 1 25-23
Gray 1 def S'side 25-8
RM 1 def WP 1 25-23
Gray 1 def Rural 1 25-22
S'side def RM 1 25-21
Gray 1 def WP 1 25-21

Standings for Week 3
WP 2 3-0
Gray 2 3-0
Gray 1 3-1
RM 1 2-1
S'side 2-1
RM 2 2-1
Rural 1 1-2
KISH 1 1-2
WP 1 0-3
Rural 2 0-3
KISH 2 0-3

Pictures from Senior Women’s/Men’s provincials held at UPEI recently

Click here to see more pictures!

Summerside Slammers win Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys tournament

For a third straight week, the Summerside Slammers took the Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys tournament. The three-team event was held at East Wiltshire. The Slammers downed West Prince Islanders 28-11 in the finals. Summerside opened a early 10-2 lead and never looked back in the finals.

It was the first tournament for Red Mudd, based out of East Wiltshire. Due to numbers, Summerside only had one team participating in this week’s event.

Julie Wilting, coach of Red Mudd was very excited to have her charges participating. “This gives our your kids an opportunity to participate in a non-threatening atmosphere. I can see a big improvement in the play of my boys from the first game to the end of evening. We are definitely looking forward to playing in the remaining tournaments and the Volleyball P.E.I. provincials in May”.

West Prince advanced to the finals by nipping Red Mudd 32-14 in the semi-finals.

The three teams played a double-round robin in timed games lasting 12 minutes. After round-robin, both Summerside and West Prince finished with 3-1 record. Summerside was given the first-place nod after applying the tie-breaking procedure. Red Mudd finished third at 0-4.

The fourth of six league tournaments is scheduled for next Wednesday at Summerside.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

ROUND ROBIN
Summerside Slammers over Red Mudd 31-7
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 28-16
Summerside Slammers over West Prince Islanders 19-16
Summerside Slammers over Red Mudd 30-12
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 27-14
West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers 19-16

SEMI-FINALS
West Prince Islanders over Red Mudd 32-14

FINALS
Summerside Slammers over West Prince Islanders 28-11

WEST PRINCE ISLANDERS BOYS WIN AGAIN

For the second week in a row, the West Prince Islanders came away with the title in the weekly Volleyball P.E.I. 17U boys volleyball league. This week’s tournament was hosted by the newest team in the league, the Montague Magic.

Six teams from 5 different clubs took part, as the Charlottetown Aces returned to action after missing the first tournament held last week at Westisle. There were 2 teams from the Hampshire Heat along with 1 from the Aces, Magic, Islanders and Summerside Slammers. The action was even tighter than in week 1.After round robin play, the Islanders had a record of 4 wins-1 loss. It was then a 3 way tie for second as the Slammers and Aces both won their last matches to catch Hampshire #1, and finish with a 3-2 record. After looking at the tie breaking procedure, the Slammers ended up in 2nd place as they had beaten both the Heat and Aces in pool play and so they advanced to the final. Hampshire finished in 3rd spot followed by the Aces in 4th Both teams played in the bronze medal match. Rounding things out were the Magic at 2-3 and the Heat #2 at 0-5.

In the final, the Islanders played their best volleyball of the evening, defeating Summerside 30-15. “The guys played great” said Islander coach Adam Gallant. “We hope to be able to use this as we head over to Aylesford, Nova Scotia this weekend to play in an 18U tournament with some of the top clubs in their province.” In the consolation match, Hampshire edged the Aces by a score of 26-22.

When asked about their thoughts about the tournament, Heat coach Lynn Boudreau said, “Spring league is a great chance for players of all skill levels to play and gain experience for the coming school year. The play in the first 2 weeks has been very good.” Charlottetown Aces coach Andrew MacDougald stated“It’s great to see the players having a lot of fun and displaying such a high level of sportsmanship.”

The 3rd tournament of the season will be hosted by the Hampshire Heat at Bluefield High School on Wednesday, April 10. Play begins at 5:30 and more exciting action is expected.

Round robin scores:
Islanders over Slammers 27-15
Islanders over Heat 1 26-18
Islanders over Magic 36-10
Islanders over Heat 2 32-16
Aces over Islanders 25-22
Aces over Heat 2 28-22
Aces over Magic 22-21
Magic over Slammers 24-23
Magic over Heat 2 22-20
Slammers over Heat 2 25-23
Slammers over Aces 26-18
Slammers over Heat 1 21-17
Heat 1 over Aces 21-17
Heat 1 over Heat 2 24-20
Heat 1 over Magic 28-18

14U Boys Tournament One

Summerside Slammers Team One edged the West Prince Islanders 20-17 to win the first Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Boys tournament of the year. Three teams participated in the event which was held at Summerside Intermediate School last Wednesday. West Prince Islanders are the defending Volleyball P.E.I. 14U Provincial Champions.

“It was amazing to see how much the players improved as the tournament went on” commented official Darryl Gaudet.

The three teams played a double-round robin in timed games lasting 12 minutes. Although there was only three teams, others are looking at starting play this week. “It was nice to get started” said Dale MacDougall, coach of the Slammers. “The spring season is so important to the development of our program. It allows us to get young players involved in the sport and to get them ready for the fall P.E.I.S.A.A. season”

The finals were very close with the lead switching hands on numerous occasions. West Prince advanced to the finals by getting by Summerside Slammers Team Two 22-19.

Slammers One finished the round-robin with a perfect 4-0 record. The Islanders were second at 2-2 while Slammers Two were third at 0-4.

The second of six league tournaments will be held this Wednesday at M.E. Callaghan Intermediate School.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

ROUND ROBIN
Summerside Slammers Team One over Summerside Slammers Team Two 25-18
West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers Team Two 24-20
Summerside Slammers Team One over West Prince Islanders 25-13
Summerside Slammers Team One over Summerside Slammers Team Two 24-12
West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers Team Two 30-24
Summerside Slammers Team One over West Prince Islanders 20-15

SEMI-FINALS
West Prince Islanders over Summerside Slammers Team Two 22-19

FINALS
Summerside Slammers Team One over West Prince Islanders 20-17

West Prince Islanders Win VPEI 17U Tournament

ACan you dig it?... Oh yeah ! @Volleyball PEI 17U boys spring league got off to a great start this week. The league will run for 5 weeks, culminating in the provincial championship on May 1st in Charlottetown. Six teams from 4 different clubs took part at the 1st tournament hosted by the West Prince Islanders at Westisle Composite High. Clubs registered this spring include: defending provincial champion West Prince Islanders, coached by Allan Clark, Adam Gallant, and Peter Bolo; Summerside Slammers, coached by Joel Arsenault, Hampshire Heat, coached by Lynn Boudreau, and a newly formed club out of Montague, coached by Dr. Travis Murphy. The Andrew MacDougald coached Charlottetown Aces, who competed in the league last year, did not take part this week but hopefully will be ready to go by next weeks tournament.

The tournament was a round robin format, with the top 2 teams vying for the championship and 3rd and 4th place teams playing in the consolation. Games were 15 minutes in length and many of the matches were extremely close, going right down to the buzzer. Results after round robin play saw the Islanders#1 and Islanders #2 teams with identical 4-1 records, followed by Hampshire Heat #1 at 3-3, Montague at 2-3, and Hampshire #2 and Summerside at 1-4.

Both host Islanders teams met in the final, with Islanders 1 looking to exact some revenge for a close 22-19 loss at the hands of Islanders 2 in the first match of the evening. Things started off well for them as they jumped out to a quick 9-2 lead. However, the #2 team slowly clawed their way back and tied the score at 21-21 heading into the last minute. They continued to carry this momentum and scored the last 3 points of the match to win by a score of 24-21. In the consolation game, Hampshire 1 defeated Montague 29-15.

League coordinator Peter Bolo commented, AFor the first tournament of the season, the level of play was very good. It got better and better as the night went on and should provide for some great action over the next month. The idea of spring league is to get the kids playing. There are no cuts , small numbers on each team and little sitting on the bench. The players are usually tired after 3 hours of playing.@ He also commented on how great it was to see Montague in the league this year. ATravis also coaches the high school team there. He has done a terrific job with that program and this will improve even more with his guys playing spring league.@

The next tournament will take place next Wednesday, April 3rd at Montague High School. Play starts at 5:30 and goes till 8:30. Fans are always welcome to come out and catch some of the action.

Round Robin Results:
- Islanders 2 defeated Islanders 1 22-19
-Islanders 2 defeated Hampshire 2 24-14
-Islanders 2 defeated Summerside 24-20
-Islanders 2 defeated Hampshire 1 32-16
-Montague defeated Islanders 1 22-21
-Montague defeated Hampshire 2 26-23
-Summerside defeated Montague 29-16
-Islanders 1 defeated Montague 34-12
-Islanders 1 defeated Hampshire 2 25-21
-Islanders 1 defeated Hampshire 1 23-21
-Islanders 1 defeated Summerside 22-21
-Hampshire 1 defeated Hampshire 2 26-17
-Hampshire 1 defeated Summerside 26-19
-Hampshire 1 defeated Montague 34-14
-Hampshire 2 defeated Summerside 22-17

Upcoming Tryouts and Events

Coaches Symposium being held next Saturday, March 9th at Bluefield. It will run from 9:30-3pm and lunch will be provided. Looking forward to hearing/seeing the presentations by guest coaches Shane St. Louis (bio attached) and Lynn Boudreau (previous VPEI Technical Director, Level 3 indoor/beach coach, Level 2 Learning Facilitator, club coach, former provincial team coach and former AUS All-Star ? ). Cost is $20/coach. Sessions will be suited for all levels of coaches, particularly spring league, jr. and sr. high coaches, and up and coming provincial team coaches. Payment can be made on site but you must pre-register by Thursday, March 7th by calling Volleyball PEI at 569-0583 or via email at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca.

The Level 1 Coaches Course is also a go this Saturday and Sunday, March 2nd and 3rd at KISH from 9-4 each day. Cost is $75/coach payable to Volleyball PEI. There is already 11 people registered so if you or someone you know is interested in attending, let me know!

The 2nd set of Provincial team tryouts are set for this Saturday at KISH as well. 16U girls and 16U/18U boys go from 9:30-11:30am, 17U girls go 11:30-1pm, and 15U girls go from 1-3pm. Cost is $10 and athletes must pre-register with me at VPEI. Payment can be made on site.

2013 Canada Games Indoor Men’s Tryouts are set for this Friday (6-9pm) and Saturday (10am-2pm) at TOSH. Contact Craig MacDougall at craigmacdougall@rocketmail.com for more details.

2013 Canada Games Indoor Women’s Tryouts are set for this Saturday afternoon from 3-5pm at KISH. Contact Amanda Hickey at hickeyak@yahoo.com for more details.

2013 Canada Games Women's Indoor Volleyball Team Tryouts

The next set of tryouts for the 2013 Canada Games Women's Indoor Volleyball team will be held this Saturday, March 2, at Kensington Intermediate Senior High. Cost is $10/athlete per tryout. The tryout will be held, 3-5pm (after the Provincial team tryouts).

All interested athletes are asked to pre-register by emailing Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or phoning (902) 569-0583. You MUST pre-register by Friday, March 1. This enables coaches to plan the practice accordingly. You must also print and fill out the attached form and pay the $10 fee at the tryout.

All athletes interested in trying out for this team (whether you have tried out before or not) are encouraged to tryout. This is an open tryout and it is one of two final tryouts that will be held before the team is selected for the Canada Games Women's Indoor Volleyball Team.

Spring League Starting Soon

Volleyball PEI’s Spring League (age group 14U and 17U both girls and boys) 2013 Organizational Meeting for all team contacts will be held on Monday, February 25th at 7pm at Kensington Intermediate Senior High (KISH). All teams looking to play in spring league this year must have a rep in attendance. There will be concurrent meetings going on during the second half of the meeting so if a club has 2+ teams planning to play, make sure you send 2+ people to sit in on these meetings. Schedules, format, fees, etc will all be discussed. Please RSVP to me if you plan on attending and the team you will be representing so we will know who to expect

Coaching Clinic / Seminar

On March 2nd and 3rd, Volleyball PEI is offering a Level 1 NCCP Coaches Clinic. It will be held from 9am-4pm each day at Kensington Intermediate Senior High and will be facilitated by LF Richard Younker. Cost is $75/coach and includes all manuals, etc.

Also, please mark your calendars for Volleyball PEI’s – Coaching Seminar – on Saturday, March 9th at Bluefield! This event will feature guest coach sessions in the gym, a lunchtime presentation, and chance to share ideas with volleyball coaches from across PEI, and lots more! This session is meant for all school, club, and provincial team coaches and will run from 9am-4pm approximately. This session will compliment any NCCP training you might already have. Further details will go out on this soon.

2013 Provincial Elite Team Tryouts – RESCHEDULED

The tryouts will be held on Saturday, February 2nd at KISH. Cost is $10/player, that can be paid onsite but players MUST pre-register by emailing Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or phoning (902) 569-0583

Times:
9-11am – 17U girls
11am-1pm – 16U girls
1-3pm – 16U/18U boys
3-5pm – 15U girls

Age Classifications for the 2013 Canada Summer Games

Women Indoor - 20 and under as of Dec.31, 2013
Men Indoor - 21 and under as of Dec.31, 2013
Women Beach - 21 and under as of Dec.31, 2013
Men Beach - 22 and under as of Dec.31, 2013

Canada Games Women’s Indoor Team Tryouts

The next set of tryouts for the 2013 Canada Games Women's Indoor Volleyball Team will be held on Thursday, December 27th & Friday, December 28th at Three Oaks Senior High. Cost is $10/athlete per tryout. Both tryouts will be from 12-2pm. There is also a Nutritional Session on December 27th, 10-12pm (held right before the first gym session, also at Three Oaks Senior High). This is a mandatory session for all athletes interested playing Canada Games volleyball. All interested athletes are asked to pre-register by emailing Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or phoning (902) 569-0583 .

You MUST pre-register by Friday, December 21st. This enables coaches to plan the practice accordingly. You must also print and fill out the attached form (if you did not already complete one at the Spring tryouts). All athletes interested in trying out for this team (whether you have tried out before or not) are encouraged to tryout. These are open tryouts for the Canada Games Women's Indoor Volleyball Team 2013 and in order to be considered for the team, an athlete must attend at least one tryout held by the Canada Games organization

2012 Christmas Smash Quads Volleyball Tournament

Our Christmas Quads tournament will be held on Dec 22nd, please click here for further details.

2013 Canada Games Men’s Tryouts

The details have now been confirmed for the 2013 Canada Games Men’s Indoor Team Tryout Camp. It will be held on December 27th and 28th , 2012 from 10am-2:30pm each day at Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside. The 2 day tryout camp will include on-court training, off-court sessions, lunch each day (provided) and sharing of pertinent information for all interested players. The cost for the tryout camp is $25.00. All interested players must pre-register in advance by contacting Volleyball PEI at cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca or Head Coach Craig MacDougall at craigmacdougall@rocketmail.com. This will be the first tryout camp used to identify potential training team members for the team that will represent PEI at the Indoor Men’s Volleyball competition at the 2013 Canada Summer Games. All male athletes 21 years and under as of December 31, 2013 (Date of Birth: 1992 or later) are eligible to tryout.

Provincial Team Program 2013

The dates have been set, and the location confirmed. Volleyball PEI will begin its’ selection process for the 2013 Provincial Teams over the Christmas holidays on Saturday, December 29th at Three Oaks Senior High School. Camps will also take place throughout the winter. Teams selected will represent PEI at the Eastern Elite Volleyball Indoor Championships in St. John’s, Newfoundland on July 26-28th, 2013.

Depending on the number of coaches, we will have teams in the following age categories: 15U Female, 16U Female, 17U Female, 16U Male and 18U Male.
The cost for the camps will be $10/athlete. You must register for the camp by contacting Volleyball PEI at (902) 569-0583 or cgcrozier@sportpei.pe.ca and by filling out the attached registration form. You can take your $10 registration fee with you and pay the day of the camp.

Here are the tryout camp times:

17U Female – 9am-11am
16U/18U Male – 11am-1pm
16U Female – 1pm-3pm
15U Female – 3pm-5pm

Please note: Due to the location of the 2013 Eastern Elite Championship, increased travel times and increased costs will be necessary and should be considered for all those interested in playing. These will be discussed in details at the tryout camp on the 29th.

2012 Senior Men's League - Holiday Classic Champs

Men-in-Black edged Holland College 25-21 to claim the Volleyball PEI Senior Men's League Holiday Championship Title recently. Pictured (L-R) are Volleyball PEI President Krista Walsh congratulating Men-in-Black's David Wood, Jody Walsh, Justin Dawson, Nathan Barbour, Darren Dawson and Parker Gallant. The league plays weekly at Holland College, and league play resumes January 15, 2013.