U17 ThunderBolts Team Report

By: Carley Flemmer, Juliana Kaufmanis and Tamara Nipp

Thunder BOLTS competed in several tournaments this season. At the beginning of the season, we practiced twice a week which later increased to four practices a week when Provincials and Nationals came closer. The team was very anxious to start the season off on a good note! Our very first tournament was the season opener, where the team entered and split into two teams, which was very successful. We went into the tournament hoping to bond with our teammates since this immediately followed our weekend team bonding trip.

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Provincial, Western and National Championship Results

Results from the season, Provincial, Western and National Championships.

Canadian West Open

Thunder Black U16 - Silver medal, Tier 1, Div. 2

National Championships

U17 – Silver Medal, Div 1
U18 – 4th place, Div 2

Western Canadian Championships

Thunder Black U14 HP – 4th

Provincial Championships

Thunderbolts U17 – Gold Medal – Tier 1

Thunder Black U16 – 8th, Tier 1, Div. 1

Thunder Blue U15 – Silver Medal – Tier 1,Div. 2

Thunder Black U14 HP – 6th, Tier 1, Div. 1 (with recap)

Thunder Blue U14 – Bronze Medal – Tier 1,Div. 2

Thunder White U13 – 11th – Tier 1, Div. 1 (with recap)

Thunder Blue U13 – Bronze Medal – Tier 1, Div. 2

Volleyball Centre of Excellence Invites Athletes

The Volleyball Centre of Excellence at the Richmond Oval will be opening up their daytime program to invited athletes between March 21-April 1.

The focus of the sessions will be INDIVIDUAL technical skill development with a focus on ball control, attack, passing, and game play.

They will be inviting a number of 14U/15U aged athletes during the week of March 21-25 as  well as 16/17/18U athletes during the week of March 28-April 1.

Athletes will be invited by the Volleyball Center of Excellence Coaching staff based on their participation in our Dominate program, interest in our Fall 2011 Daytime program, along with other key performance indicators.

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