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Monday, September 06, 2010
The CSVC Annual Genneral Meeting for the 2010/2011 season is set for 6:30pm on Monday Sept 13th at the Volleydome. Election of Officers and Board Members will take place at the meeting and a short board meeting will follow. If you are interested in joining the board please contact Brian Gullekson at 430 973-7701 or by email at canuckstuff@volleydome.net
What is CSVC?
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club is a competitive club proud to call The Volleydome their "Home" since 1998. Our club this year will consist of ten teams, Five male and Five female, that will play in the Alberta Volleyball Association Club Program. (To see a list of the teams we will be running this season see "2011 Club Teams and Coaches".)
Athletes between the ages of 13 & 18 are invited to tryout for the various teams in their age category. Registration details will be posted on this website in early October, with tryouts being held in early December for Midget and Juvenile age groups, and in early January for the Bantam age group.
At Canuck Stuff our primary focus is on athlete development, helping players reach their potential as volleyball players and as people. We believe that winning is a by-product of hard work in a positive team environment as opposed to the end result of recruiting the ten best players. This philosophy has allowed us to help more athletes go on to play volleyball at the post secondary level and beyond than any other club.
Although we have made commitments for next season to a small handful of returning players, we believe that participating in open tryouts is one of the many important life skills that are developed with playing competitive sports and look forward to seeing the many kids that go through this valuable experience each year.
For more information, click on our FAQ page in the menu on the left or call Brian Gullekson our club administrator at 403 973-7701 or at The Volleydome 403 284-3663.
The Volleydome will also be running a new program this fall (and again this winter) called "Dome Club" as an alternative to the provincial club programs. Here athletes can sign up to practice and play in a (less exspensive) club style league here at The Volleydome. Players will be assigned to teams to practice with a coach and play in "in house" tournaments as well as enter local tournaments. For more information please call The Volleydome at 403 284-3663.
Hall of Fame
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Congratulations must go out to Don Saxton, who was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame as a Sport Builder in Edmonton this past weekend. This would come as no surprise to anyone who knows Don as he is forever trying figuring out new ways to get more people playing this great game, or ways to raise the level of play through another Camp, Clinic or Program. During the past twenty plus years since Don and Mylene opened the Volleydome, thousands of people young and old have come here to enjoy the game and improve their skills in this place filled with fun and a healthy competitive spirit. Don has been so successful at promoting the game of Volleyball that his greatest challenge has become finding a way to get more courts so he can continue to expand all his programs like Dome Club, Canuck Stuff, Volleyball Academy, and of course the Adult Leagues. Congratulations Don, we can't imagine anyone more deserving!!
Tachikara Award Winner
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Congratulations to Brett Walsh who was awarded the U16 Tachikara Athlete of the year this past weekend. This is Brett's fifth year at Canuck and played this past season with Canuck Kaizen. Brett is a very promising young player both on the hard court and on the beach. He is a tireless worker and would love to follow in his Dad's footsteps and perhaps set for our national team one day. Congratulations Brett and keep at it!
New for 2011 Club Season
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by: administartor
Thursday, June 10, 2010
It is the responsibility of the Board Members to keep the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club current and competitive in the ever changing world of club volleyball. After a great deal of discussion the Board of Directors are excited to implement the following changes for the 2011 season.
1)CSVC will plan to run 10 teams for the 2011 AVA Club Season.
*One highly competitive boys team at each age group U14 through U18.
*One highly competitive girls team at each age group U14 through U18.
2)These 10 teams will receive additional practice and training time to help develop the athletes to their potential and to be more competitive at the highest levels.
*U16-U18 teams will receive 7.5 to 8 hrs/week of Practice/Training
*U15 teams will receive 6 to 6.5 hr/week of Practice/Training
* U14 teams will receive 5.5 to 6 hrs/week of Practice/Training
3)CSVC will create more continuity from year to year by allowing a Technical Committee and coaches to offer commitments to a few core players with each team at the end of each season if they so choose. The remaining available positions on each team will be filled in a tryout format that will be similar, but shorter than in the past. These commitments will include the club’s desire to continue to invest in the long term development of those athletes, and create a solid base for each team to build on rather than starting with an empty roster every season. All athletes on the team will still need to earn their playing time as starting positions will not be guaranteed. The number of positions available for each team will be posted before tryouts begin.
4)Year round training will be available including Skills Sessions, Strength & Agility Training, Beach Training, Summer Camps and Private Sessions so that all Canuck athletes will have plenty of opportunity to develop in the areas they feel they need to work on. For more information please check the website or call 403 973-7701.
5)Midget Tryouts will be on Sunday Nov 28th Juvenile Tryouts will be on Nov. 29th & 30th.
Bantam U14 Tryouts will be early January 2011
Canuck has the facilities, coaches and resources to offer a top ranking competitive club volleyball program for athletes who would like to commit the time and effort required to be competitive at the highest level and this group of athletes will become the focus for the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club. We remain as always committed to providing athletes and their families a great club volleyball experience!
For more information click on Club FAQ page on the menu.
To view a copy of our Athlete Selection Criteria CLICK HERE
Season Evaluations
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
As this weekend will wrap up the season for 2010, the CSVC Board of Directors would like to thank everyone for another exciting season of Club Volleyball. We also would really appreciate hearing from you about how you felt your season went this year. Please CLICK HEREand print off the Evaluation Form and send it to us with your comments about what we did well and areas you feel we can do better. Your comments are very important as we are continually trying to improve our program.
Forms can mailed to Canuck Stuff Volleyball at 2825 - 24th Ave. NW T2N 4L6 Faxed to 403 289-6240 or scanned and emailed to cauckstuff@volleydome.net or drop them off at the Dome.
Summer Programs
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by: administartor
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
There is still room left in the following Summer Programs available at the Volleydome.
Kathy Tough is running a series of week long Beach Camps in July called Volleyball Professionals. For more information or to register go to her website http://www.volleyballprofessionals.org/
Art and Ed O'Dwyer are also running Calgary Beach Volleyball Club again this summer. For details CLICK HEREand to Register CLICK HERE
Canuck Stuff is also running Indoor Summer Camps for the first time this year. These camps are aimed at club level players who want to maintain or upgrade their skills over the summer. For more information call 403 973-7701 or CLICK HERE to see camp dates or to register, simply print off the form and fax it to 289-6240 or drop it by the dome.
Reflex Finishes 4th at Nationals
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Monday, June 07, 2010
Congratulations to Canuck Reflex who finished fourth at U15 Nationals. The guys played their best volleyball of the season at the Canadian Midget Open defeating many opponents in straight sets, but losing a hard fought battle (16 - 14 in the 3rd set) on Sunday morning to their northern rival NAVC who went on to win the National Title. Reflex came very close to meeting them again in the final but ran out of gas in the semi final against the Ontario provincial champions after winning the first set 25-12. This was a good season for this young bunch and we look forward to lots more exciting volleyball from these athletes in the years to come.
Love of the Game Award Winners
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by: administartor
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Congratulations to Hayley Bremner and Jordan Leong this year's recipients of the Canuck Stuff "Love of the Game Award". This award is given out each year to the one female and one male athlete who best represent the positive attributes of a Canuck Athlete and also includes a $500.00 scholarship. Both Jordan and Hayley are very positive and supportive team mates who come to every practice and game ready to give 100%.We are proud to have them as role models both on and off the court, not only for their team mates but for the younger athletes within our club. They truely represent what it means to be a part of the Canuck family.
Saxton Scholarships
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by: administartor
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Each year the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club gives out $4000.00 in scholarships to deserving Canuck athletes who are going on to play volleyball at the College or University level. Our graduating U18 athletes are invited to apply and the winners are chosen on a graded point system. Congratulations to our scholarship recipients this year, (from left to right) Hayley Bremner, Stephanie Hereford, Stephanie Archer, Branden Schmidt and (missing from the photo) Stefan Lund. Congratulations and we wish you all Good Luck in your post secondary seasons.
Canuck Heat Finishes 4th at Nationals
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Congratulations to U14 Canuck Heat on a fabulous season; winning Gold at their 1st two AVA tournaments & Bronze at the provincials. The only match they lost in AVA play was to Red Deer in the provincial semi-finals, and they were able to take positive things out of this loss that helped them at Nationals in Saskatoon where they finished fourth. “This has been an exceptional group of athletes & parents” says coach, Candace Greves. “The boys have worked very hard this season as a team, not only improving their volleyball skills, but also the number of pushups they can do.... (much to their annoyance)”
Canuck Contact Competes at Norcecas
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Congratulations to Canuck Contact on their successful bid to represent Canada in Guadelajara Mexico at the 2010 Norceca Championships. Our U17 Mens team was joined by Brett Walsh and Luke Rauwerda from Canuck Kaizen and Don Saxton and Rod Walsh joined the coaching staff for this event. This was an awesome experience for this group as they got to play against two of the top ranked teams for this age group in the world. They lost their pool play matches with Cuba and USA (who went on to play each other in the final), but won both their cross over matches against Curacao and Costa Rica to finish seventh. One of the highlights of the trip was getting to hang out and spend time with the Cuban team, one in particular is a 16 year old 6'7 player that touches 12'2" and is already regarded as on of the best players in the game. You may notice a couple of his jerseys on players from Cantact as they were a popular item in the trading sessions.
Fuego Wins Bronze at Provincials
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Canuck Fuego won a Bronze medal at U13 Girls Provincials in Red Deer last weekend. The only match they lost to a U13 team this year was against Calgary Pride in the Semi Final. They played well in their Bronze medal match and defeated the Three Hills Pilots in straight sets. Congratulations girls on a Great Season!
Canuck Ignite Wins Bronze
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Congratulations to Canuck Ignite on an oustanding AVA season! These young ladies have made amazing strides under the direction of Head Coach Michele Prince and assistants Gord Walsh and Caleb Barke. Their accomplishments include winning a Bronze medal at the Premier 1 and a Silver medal at Premier 2. After a heartfelt semi final loss at provincials to the Fog Hawks, the girls rebounded to defeat #1 ranked Nor-Cal Spark in the Bronze medal match by a score of 17-15 after fighting their way back from a 14 - 9 deficit in the 3rd set. Canuck Ignite will be competing in Saskatoon at Nationals in two weeks.Good Luck girls and keep up the good work.
Best in the West
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Canuck Stuff U18 guys (or parts there of) competed in the Best of the West Volleyball Tournament this past weekend at Mt Royal. During this tournament we often see some of the exciting match ups that will part of the Juvey national championships. With 9 of their 12 guys they finished first in their pool, beating FVVC 18’s from Langley, Grande Prairie 18’s, and Prince Albert, then played Grande Prairie 18's again in the Semi and won 2-0. Stuff beat Elite West in the final winning the match in staright sets.
Tournament All-Stars were Branden Schmidt, Chad Britton; Kyle Matthyson
Finishing On Top
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by: administartor
Monday, March 29, 2010
Canuck Stuff U18 guys finished the Premier Series of tournaments with a Gold Medal this past weekend in Grande Prairie. Stuff finished second in their pool and went on to beat Grande Prairie in the quarter final, Canuck Contact U17`s in the semi and defeated Elite West in 3 sets in the final. Both coaches commented that "the guys buying into the new system and working hard.is really paying off." Apparently Brandon Schmidt was vitually "unstoppable" in the final.
Canuck Contact finished at the top of the U17 teams losing to LVC for the Bronze. They are off to Mexico to compete as Canada's representative at Norcecas next weekend Good Luck!!
Canuck Fuego Ranked First
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Our U13 Girls are Ranked #1 going into Provincials after defeating the Red Deer Queens team in the Gold Medal match for the second time this season. Congratulations ladies on your undefeated streak and keep on workin, smilin, and chompin on the Gold!
Canuck Heat Strikes Gold
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Canuck Heat strikes Gold for the second time this season winning Premier #2. The guys played well under presure as they played several 3 set matches this past weekend. The final was no exceptionas they defeated Sherwood Park 17 - 15 in the 3rd set. Congratulations on a great season so far winning all their U14 tournaments and placing 3rd in the Volleydome U15 Tournament. Their hard work has earned them a 1st place ranking going into Provincials. Good Luck!
Canuck Reflex Wins Premier #2
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Congratulation to Canuck Reflex as they defeated NAVC Green in the Gold Medal match for the second time this year in an AVA Premier. After losing to NAVC in Power Pool play, the boys played good solid matches against NAVC White in the quarter and LVC in the semi final only to meet their nemesis again in the final. This is the 6th time these two teams have met this season and 5 of the 6 have been by 2 points in the 3rd set. So far Reflex has won 4 of them by a score of 15 - 13. This has been a good season for this group of boys winning all four U15 tournaments and placing third in the two U16 tournaments they have entered this year. Keep up the good work!
Canuck Kaizen also had another strong showing, finishing second in Premier #2, losing to Canada West Ballista in the final.There seems to be another rivalry brewing here as well, with Kaizen and Ballista consistently meeting each other in the finals.
There Seems to be a Theme Here???
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Our Canuck Bantam teams Fuego, Ignite, Heat and Xplosion seem to be obsessed with "Hot Stuff" for names, but why not.......as volleyball players they seem to be pretty "Hot Stuff" on the court as well.
Canuck Fuego U13 Girls defeated Queens Extreme to win Gold in Leduc. Canuck Ignite U14 Girls defeated the Pixies to win Bronze in Edmonton. Canuck Heat defeated Canada West Vertex in the semi final in 2 close sets and then defeated Fog Black 15 - 11 in the third set of the final at Rally Pointe for another set of Gold medals.
Congratulations everyone!
Canuck Alumni Making a Difference
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Congratulations to the SAIT Trojans mens team for winning the Provincial ACAC title. Canuck Alumni Quinn Johnsen, Kenny Rauwerda, and Tyler Blank were on board with SAIT, ( Kenny Rauwerda was named to 1st team All-Conference) as well as Canuck Coaches Andy Hayer and Blake Chalmers.
Congratulations are also in order for the U of C Dinos Mens team who captured the coveted CIS National Championship this past weekend. There were also several former Canuck players with teams that made the final four, including Graham Vigrass and Curtis James who helped the Dinos bring home the banner. Graham finished strong in the final match and was awarded the Tournament MVP.
Congratulations to everyone on their continued success!
One Golden Day!
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Monday, March 08, 2010
It was Sunday Feb 28th about 2pm and our Team Canada Hockey team was playing in Vancouver, in the most talked about game of the decade with Team USA battling for Oympic Gold. At the very same time Canuck Kaizen U16 Boys were playing in the Premier #1 Championship match against Canada West in Red Deer and Canuck Reflex were playing their nemesis NAVC Green for bragging rights in the U15 Boys final in Cochrane. For some reason both the Canuck teams noticed spectators ducking in and out during their matches which of course both had to go 3 sets. Canuck Reflex struck Gold first and saw the last 2 minutes of regulation time. Canuck Kaizen won Gold in time to see that dreaded goal with only 24 seconds left, and Team Canada not to be out done claimed Olympic Gold in overtime. All in all "A Golden Day!" Congratulations Everyone!
Juvenile Results
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Monday, March 08, 2010
All four Canuck Juvenile teams are battling to stay in the thick of things in Division 1 at the AVA premiers for U17/18. The interesting part is......not only are they battling all the other clubs but they keep running into each other in the cross over matches. In the womens Premier #2 Canuck Vitality managed to beat Canuck Dime in the crossover match and went on to finish 4th the highest of any U17 team. In Premier 3 they met again in a match that went 22 - 20 in the third before Vitality was declared the winner. On the guys side it seems Canuck Contact and Canuck Stuff have the same magnetism because they met in the 1st Premier with the younger U17's being victorious in that match. Canuck Stuff U18s finished 4th in Premier #2 and then went into Premier 3 and won their Power Pool against the top 3 teams and finished round robin play ranked 1st going into the crossover against guess who??.....#8 ranked U17 Canuck Contact, who again upset the odds makers beating the U18 Stuff Team in 3 very close sets. Good work everyone, but what do you say we pick on some other clubs and have all our Canuck teams finish on the front side??
GO CANUCK!!
Canuck Athletes Win U18 Tachikara Awards.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Every year Alberta Volleyball gives out awards to the top male and female athletes at the U18 level. This year those awards went to two very deserving Canuck athletes. They are Camille Saxton for the Tachikara U18 Female Athlete of the Year and Jarron Mueller for the Tachikara U18 Male Athlete of the Year. We are very proud of both Camille and Jarron as they been outstanding ambassadors both on and off the court for our club for many years, and are both going on to play volleyball at the post secondary level. Camille will play next season at Oregon State University and Jarron will play for the Mount Royal Cougars.
Congratulations to both of you and Good Luck next season!
Canuck Alumni wins the BLG Award
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Former Canuck Athlete wins the most pretigious award in CIS
The BLG Doug Mitchell Trophy for Men's Athlete of the Year
One of four athletes in the running Joel Schmuland was chosen as the receiptient of this years award.
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