2017 BC Annual Report

1 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Table of Contents

Message from CEO...... 3 Indigenous Volleyball...... 22 VBC Hall of Fame...... 4 Team BC (High Performance)...... 23 Excellence Awards...... 7 Summer Games...... 26 BC Sports Conference...... 8 Grassroots Volleyball...... 27 BC Athletes On the World Stage...... 9 Adult Leagues...... 28 BC Athlete Representation...... 10 Adult Indoor Provincials...... 29 New Home for Canadian Women's National Team...11 Adult Members Exclusives...... 30 FIVB Grand Prix...... 12 Pro Beach Tour...... 31 NORCECA World Championship Qualifiers...... 12 Vancouver Open...... 32 Club Membership...... 13 Big West Volleyfest (Beach Provincials)...... 33 Youth Club Membership...... 14 Volleyball BC In The Community...... 34 Coaching Membership...... 15 BC High School Championships...... 35 Referee Membership...... 16 SPIKEbullying Campaign...... 36 12U Volleyball Programs...... 17 New Playing Surface...... 37 Club Provincial Championships...... 18 Sponsors...... 38 14U Western Nationals...... 20 Board of Directors...... 39 Youth ...... 21 Staff...... 40

2 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Message From CEO

In 2017, Volleyball BC celebrated another milestone Volleyball BC hosted its third annual BC Sport Con- year and built off a very successful 2016, which was ference and welcomed five new and very deserving highlighted by the successes of several former Team members to the Volleyball BC Hall of Fame. Along BC athletes at the Summer Olympics in , with the introduction of a 12U age category for Club . Provincials, we also saw an increase in youth membership The year started with Volleyball BC announcing that of 413 athletes (10.3%) and we expect clubs to include the Richmond Olympic Oval will be the new permanent more 12U programs in 2018. training centre for the Canadian Women’s National Team BC High Performance programs had another Team. strong year in 2017, as they represented the province Relocating the Women’s National Team from Winnipeg, well at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg, Man., Man. to Richmond not only meant more exposure to International High Performance Championships in high level volleyball for the people of BC, but also more Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and at the North American opportunity for Volleyball BC to assist Volleyball Canada Indigenous Games in , Ont. We could not be with hosting international events. Two of these events more proud of how our athletes preformed, winning were the FIVB Women’s Grand Prix (Group 2) and the several medals, in multiple age categories, at various NORCECA World Championships Qualifiers. events this year. In between running the second annual summer VBC Pro Beach Tour and 26th annual Vancouver Open, Volleyball BC also renovated their existing SportCourt volleyball floors at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre location in , BC. We’d like to thank the Federal Government for the Canada 150 Grant, Volleyball BC received to cover installation costs of the six new Pulastic sport flooring for all Volleyball BC Members and users to enjoy.

Chris Densmore CEO, Volleyball BC

3 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Hall of Fame

Each year during the Hall of Fame banquet, Volleyball BC honours athletes, teams, coaches, referees and builders who have had a significant impact on volleyball in . The third annual induction dinner and ceremony was hosted at the Hilton Burnaby and included the induction of five new members into the Volleyball BC Hall of Fame, as well as, celebrating the Excellence Award winner’s successes.

4 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report KEITH CALLICANO – ATHLETE Growing up in Revelstoke, Keith led his high school team to 4 consecutive High School Provincial Championships earning all-star and MVP honours in 1971. After high school he moved on to play for UBC leading them to consecutive CIS finals in 1976 and ‘77 and coming away with a gold in ’76. Keith later played on BCO Senior Mens team and received Canadian Championships medals 2 consecutive years (Gold in ’78). He also played professionally for the first North American Pro League with the Salt Lake City Stingers. He continues to play in masters championships such as: 2000 Canadian Masters (Champion 35+); 2008 Global Cup Masters (Champion 50+); 2010 US Open Masters (Champion 55+); 2016 America’s Masters Games (Champion 60+).

ELIZABETH CORDONIER – ATHLETE One of B.C.’s most celebrated volleyball athletes having been awarded every honour possible for a student-athlete. As a BC native, Liz thrived as an athlete with Team BC and was awarded the Ray Lepp Scholarship. Liz competed for five years as a member of the record setting UBC Thunderbird Women’s Volleyball team achieving three CIS National Championships. Liz was recognized as the UBC Female Athlete of the Year, Canada West Player of the Year, CIS All-Canadian, CIS Player of the Year, CIS tournament MVP, and the prestigious BLG Award distinguishing her as the top CIS Female Athlete across all sports. Liz was a member of Team Canada’s Women’s Indoor program for four seasons and played professionally in Europe, 2010-12. Liz was also a member of Canada’s Beach National team, 2009-10.

JEFF GOGOL – OFFICIAL Jeff was instrumental in formalizing officials’ programs within Volleyball BC. He introduced written policies and procedures to ensure consistency and transparency, and improved the Local and Provincial certification to take into consideration different learning styles. Jeff gave back more than he received through countless hours of mentorship and program management. He moved through the ranks quickly and received his National Level certification in 1989. Jeff attended the first ever National Beach Referee Clinic in 1996. He went from growing the indoor game to furthering the outdoor program. Jeff participated in many FIVB and pro beach tour events in Canada. 5 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report BORIS TYZUK – BUILDER Boris Tyzuk’s contribution to volleyball exemplifies integrity and a true passion for the growth and development of the sport. Boris has served as an athlete, official, coach, and board member for Volleyball BC, Sport BC, and Volleyball Canada. Boris was the driving force and founder of the Vancouver Thunder Volleyball Club. He spent his efforts on mentorship of coaches and athletes alike. Boris’ understanding of grassroots development in the bigger picture has served volleyball well. His most valuable contributions have been serving as administrator/board member across many organizations and committees. Some of these include: director of Manitoba Volleyball Association, Director/President/Board Member for BC Volleyball Association (BCVA) and now Volleyball BC, Director of Volleyball Canada, Chair of the Volleyball Canada’s Beach Volleyball Committee, Board member of Thunder Volleyball Club, and the Chair of Canada’s Men’s National Team Committee. Boris has contributed his valuable professional skills to our sport, and has made an integral contribution to the development of BC volleyball in general.

RON GREENE – BUILDER Ron’s involvement in developing volleyball in British Columbia covers every facet possible: coaching, officiating, and administrating. His passion began with found- ing the Victoria Volleyball Club, coaching with them for 21 years. His teams went on an incredible streak winning eight of nine BC Juvenile (18U) Championships and over 14 total titles including the National Juvenile Championship in 1979. Along the way he assisted with the provincial team, was instrumental in establishing an exchange program with Japanese teams, and coached a Tier One Senior Women’s Team for seven seasons. Ron was also passionate about officiating. He advanced to his level three certification where he delivered a myriad of courses, mentoring and certifying over 500 officials during this time. He also officiated some important matches such as the Pacific Rim Men’s Finals and the 1975 Canada Winter Games. As an administrator, Ron served on the BCVA (now Volleyball BC) board for 16 years acting as president for three of those years. One of Ron’s biggest accomplishments was increasing BCVA’s registration by using his previous organizational skills, as well, as implementing regulations, from 120 members to 2000 the next year. Ron is an Honorary Life Member of Volleyball BC and received the Founder’s Award in 1993.

6 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Excellence Awards

Athlete Excellence Award Sadie Taylor-Parks

Rising Star (25 years & under) Kelvin Ma

Male High School Coach of the Year Michael Sodaro

Female High School Coach of the Year Adele Renzullo

Male Club Coach of the Year Dan Johnson

Female Club Coach of the Year Lisa Bontkes

Rookie Official of the Year Rose Harned

Official of the Year Steve Hewitson Vale Savege Referee Development Award David Tam Ed Neufeld Memorial Award No Award Given

Community Sport Administrator Award Claire Lloyd Program Development Award Lisa Tam

7 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report BC Sport Conference

More than 200 coaches and sports-minded professionals took in the 3nd Annual BC Sports Conference at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby, B.C. The event had a focus on educating attendees on being the best coach they can be for every athlete, with the overall theme being how coaches can take an athlete-centred approach to coaching. Partners for the event included, viaSport BC, BC School Sports, Softball BC, British Columbia Golf, Belairdirect Insurance and Sport Burnaby. RYAN WALTER STEVE GUTZLER THE FIVE MINDSETS OF HIGH EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP: PERFORMING TEAMS PLAYING BIG

• Played and coached 17 seasons in the NHL • President of Leadership Quest • 1986 Champion () • Published author on leadership and • Author of five books and perenial contributor emotional intelligence to online and print publications • Voted #1 by Huffington Post as the • Executive positions in the "Most Inspirational Leader" on social Foundation, Seton Hall Stillman School of media. Business Leadership Advisory Council.

DAVID HILL TOM BLACK DECISION TRAINING MODEL THE RIGHT KIND OF FEEDBACK

• MSc Science, BEd & Physical Education • Head coach of Div I, University of • 20+ years coaching alpine skiing & rugby Georgia Women's Volleyball Team • Lead role in the development of the National • Assistant & Consulting coach for U.S Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Women's National Team during London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games

ROGER FRIESEN CONCEPTS & STRATEGIES TO DEVELOPING MENTAL TOUGHNESS

• Sport Psychology instructor at the University of Fraser Valley • 20+ years experience training and consulting National and Olympic level teams • Consultant in high stress sports, performing arts, and adventure tourism

8 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report BC Athletes On The World Stage

Team BC athletes continued to showcase strong performances internationally following a successful year at the 2016 Rio Olympic Summer Games. On the Men’s side, the National Team won Bronze at the 2017 FIVB World League in , Brazil, their best result in program history. Along with a newly relocated training centre, the Senior Women’s Indoor Team won Gold at the NORCECA Women’s Qualifiers in Langley, B.C. Both teams have qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championships, Men’s in Bulgaria and , and Women’s in . The Men’s National Team adopted the social media hashtag #MapleVolleys while the Women’s Team used #LadyMaples. On the beach, 2016 Olympian and Victoria-born Jamie Broder secured a Gold Medal finish in Jamaica amongst successes in many other competitions. Both Men’s and Women’s National Teams won Bronze at the ParaVolley Pan American Zone Sitting Volleyball Championships in Montreal. B.C. also had good representation within the National Development and Canadian Junior teams. Both Indoor Teams competed at the Summer (FISU) Games in Taipei, Taiwan, while the on the beach, partners Megan & Nicole McNamara, Quinci Birker & Darby Dunn, Logan Mend & Tom Sorra (Ont.), all competed at the U21 World Beach Championships in , .

9 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report BC Athlete Representation

Senior Team Athletes

Gord Perrin (Creston) Mike Plantinga (Langley) Brianna Beamish (Surrey)

Brad Gunter (Comox) Kyla Richey (Roberts Creek) Jamie Broder (Victoria)

Steve Marshall (Abbostford) Lucille Charuk (Ladner) Tessa Davis (Surrey)

Daniel Jansen VanDoorn (Langley) Marisa Field (Kelowna) Sarah Chase (Campbell River)

Junior & Development Team Athletes Tyler Koslowsky (Abbotsford) Byron Keturakis (Surrey Shae Harris (Vancouver)

Ryan Sclater (Port Coquitlam) Fynn McCarthy (Lake Country) Aidan Lea (Kelowna)

Jim Bell (White Rock) Nikki Cornwall (Coquitlam) Nicole McNamara (Delta)

Irvan Brar (Surrey) Alison McKay (Port Moody) Megan McNamara (Delta)

National Sitting Team Athletes Felicia Voss-Shafiq (Burnaby) Shacarra Orr (Jaffray) Chris Bird (Nanaimo)

Danielle Ellis (White Rock) Tessa Popoff (Langley)

Youth/Select Team Athletes Cole Brandsma (Abbotsford) Lachlan McBridge (Vancouver) Serena Gentile (Coquitlam)

Bailey Burdick (Kelowna) Tamara Bill (Maple Ridge) Cecilee Max-Brown (Surrey)

Luke De Greeff (Victoria)

10 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report New Home For Canadian Women’s National Team

The Women’s National Team officially moved its training headquarters to Richmond, B.C. Volleyball BC won the bid for Volleyball Canada to relocate the Women’s Team to the Richmond Olympic Oval after the program had been operated out of Winnipeg for the past 24 years. Volleyball BC also worked with Volleyball Canada to host two international events in B.C.: The FIVB World Grand Prix Group 2, and the NORCECA World Championships Qualifiers. The 27-athlete roster featured 11 athletes from BC. The team was made up of a variety of athletes with most playing professionally, as well as, representing Canada internationally. Other National Team athletes returned back to their respective collegiate teams as student-athletes, and some stayed at the Richmond Oval as full time training athletes.

11 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report FIVB Grand Prix Richmond, BC

The Women’s National Team hosted their first Grand Prix event on their new home court, the Richmond Olympic Oval July 21-23, 2017. The tournament consisted of Canada, Peru, , and as part of the World Grand Prix Group 2 Pool B competition. Canada finished the weekend with one win and two loses, finishing eighth overall in their2 team international group.

NORCECA World Championship Qualifier Langley, BC The Women’s National Team followed their Grand Prix performance with an international tournament on September 28-30, 2017, with the goal of qualifying for the 2018 Women’s World Championships. The NORCECA World Championship Qualifier was held in Langley, B.C. consisted of Teams from Canada, , Nicaragua, and Saint Lucia. The Women’s National Team won the tournament and secured their entry to the 24-team 2018 World Championships in Japan.

12 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report General Membership

Youth Adult Total Coaches Officials Players Players Membership

2014 3685 2340 614 360 6999

2015 3740 2631 661 304 7336

2016 4008 2664 648 420 7742

2017 4421 2682 690 418 8211

Noteworthy Takeaways From 2017

Youth membership increased by 10.3%

Coach membership increased 6.5%

Total membership increased by 6.1%

13 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Youth Club Membership

Percentage Regions 2014 2015 2016 2017 change

Kootenays ** 10 19 4 21 425%

Thompson 595 570 687 808 17.6% Okanagan

Fraser Valley 1151 1173 543 555 2.2%

Fraser River/Burnaby/ 496 486 937 988 5.4% Delta/Richmond

Vancouver/Squamish/ 1009 6.3% Sunshine Coast 699 665 949

Vancouver Island/ 535 640 670 772 15.2% Central Coast

Northwest 30 43 40 56 40%

Cariboo/ 169 144 178 212 19.1% Northeast **

*Note- Zones boundaries were changed in 2016 **Note- Both Northeast and Kootenays regions have teams that play in Volleyball

14 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Coaching Membership

Volleyball BC had 690 people registered as coaches in 2017. Of those members, 397 (58%) of them were male and 293 (42%) of them were female. This was a slight increase from 2016 when 648 coaches were registered with Volleyball BC.

2017

Kootenays* 7

Thompson 117 Okanagan

Fraser Valley 96

Fraser River/Burnaby/Delta/Richmond 170

Vancouver/Squamish/Sunshine Coast 134

Vancouver Island/Central Coast 119

Northwest* 9

Cariboo/Northeast 38

*Note- Both Northeast and Kootenays regions have teams that play in Volleyball Alberta

15 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Referee Membership

Volleyball BC had 418 people registered as referees in 2017. Of those members, 267 (64%) of them were male and 151 (36%) of them were female.

Regions 2017

Kootenays 7 Thompson 65 Okanagan Fraser Valley 46

Fraser River/Burnaby/Delta/Richmond 95

Vancouver/Squamish/Sunshine Coast 88

Vancouver Island/Central Coast 99

Northwest 4

Cariboo/Northeast 14

16 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report 12U Volleyball Programs

As part of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan, one initiative was to grow the engagement of youth athletes 9-12 years-old to follow the “Learning to Train” long term athlete development model. Volleyball BC held their first 12U programs, along with hosting 12U Provincials at Tradex in Abbotsford, B.C. The event featured eight teams competing in the 2017 12U Provincial Championships.

Watch the 12U Volleyball Program Incentives 17 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Club Provincial Championships

The TRADEX Centre in Abbotsford B.C hosted 292 club teams at 2017 12/13/14U and 15/16U Provincial Championships over two weekends and the 17/18U Provincial Championships were held at the Richmond Olympic Oval with 76 club teams taking part. Canuckstuff Volleyball was set up at all three events showcasing the latest clothing and gear, along with booths from Athletes in Action and Vancouver Sports Pictures.

18 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Club Provincial Championships

Age Category Number of Teams Provincial Champion

12U Girls 8 Thunder (Vancouver)

13U Girls 45 Coquitlam Ducks

13U Boys 13 Victoria Chargers

14U Girls 63 FVVC (Langley)

14U Boys 21 Victoria Chargers

15U Girls 49 Force (Surrey)

15U Boys 19 Seaside (Surrey)

16U Girls 49 Force (Surrey)

16U Boys 25 FVVC (Langley)

Team Academy 17U Girls 33 (White Rock)

18U Girls 24 Coquitlam Ducks

17/18U Boys 19 FVVC (Langley)

Total Teams 368

19 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report 14U Western Nationals

Volleyball BC in coordination with Volleyball Canada, hosted the 2017 14U Western National Championships at TRADEX in Abbotsford from May 12th. With 102 teams registered, breakdown of teams by provinces showed: British Columbia (49), Alberta (31), Manitoba (19), Northwest Territories (2), and Saskatchewan (1), Playoff matches on a set court were live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

20 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Youth Beach Volleyball T he 2017 youth beach volleyball Age Category Provincial Champions season kicked off in June, with three seperate High School Beach 13U Girls Lee-Pii/Ingram Open tournaments all taking place on the same weekend in 14U Girls Pemberton/Needham Vancouver, Parksville and Penticton. 13/14U Boys De Geeff/Mafia The events made up one of the largest weekends of youth beach 15U Girls Soeller/Grewal , with a combined 352 teams taking to the 15U Boys Ventresca/Battad sand. Other youth beach tournaments throughout the summer include, 16U Girls Boddington/Hill several Sand Series events, Vancouver Open, and the Big West Volleyfest 16U Boys Klassen/Loewen (Provincial Championships). 17/18U Girls Huberts/Bontkes

17/18U Boys Bratsberg/Marthinsen

21 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Indigenous Volleyball

Volleyball BC serves on the volleyball committee with the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (iSparc) to help coach development and to promote volleyball within the Aboriginal community. Three teams (16U & 19U Girl’s, 19U Boy’s) were sent to compete in Toronto, Ont. at the 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), July 16 - 23, 2017. The boy’s team was coached by Ren Baskin, and the girl’s team was coached by Jeff Ross. The 16U girl’s team placed second, while the 19U boy’s and girl’s placed fifth and fourth.

22 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Team BC High Performance

Every year Volleyball BC runs a variety of high performance programs for the best players in the province. The purpose of the Team BC High Performance Programs are to identify, select and train a group of young athletes (14U-to-20U) who have future National Team or Post-Secondary potential. Team BC Programs work to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for future Canadian Olympic Teams.

23 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Team BC

Team BC 14U — Baden Cup The 14U Baden Cup brings together the top players in the province who are under the age of 14. Athletes tryout in their region for the right to earn an invite to the Baden Cup. The event is a four day camp, which takes place in Richmond and Vancouver and allows players to develop skills for both indoor and beach volleyball with players from all over the province. The 2017 camp had 160 athletes attend.

Team BC 15U — Zone Championships The 15U program focuses on brining together the top players in the eight regions throughout B.C. Occurring during non-BC Summer Games years, Zone Championships hosts the province’s top 15U male & female teams in a two-day tournament. Athlete’s tryout for the zone team and then train to compete during the July 21-23 championships at Harry Jerome Sports Centre, Burnaby. 13 zone teams (seven female teams, six male teams) competed at the Championships and the finals were live streamed on Facebook.

24 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Team BC 16U National Team Callenge Cup An athlete’s first experience selected as a Team BC athlete to compete against Canada’s top provincial teams at National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC). Athletes from all over the province attended regional selection camp. Over 270 athletes participated in the selection camp, where after competition at the 16U Baden Cup, 60 athletes (two female teams, two male teams) were selected to train at Thompson Rivers University in preparation for the NTTCs. The female teams compet- ed in Richmond, B.C., where BC Blue placed second and BC Red placed third. The male teams competed in Gatineau, Que., where they BC Blue placed fourth and BC Red sixth.

Youth & Select National Team Volleyball Canada’s Youth & Select National Team included four female and three male 16U athletes from B.C. All teams competed at the 2017 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), a tournament typically for 17U-18U teams, Team Canada Youth Females finished 10th of 16 teams, while the Select males finished 18th of 24 teams.

25 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Canada Summer Games

Held every two years since 1967, the alternates between Summer and Winter Games with host cities rotating all around the country. Athletes competed in Winnipeg, Man. against the best in their age category from all the different provinces and territories. The Games provide a platform for athletes to develop as Canada’s future national, international, and Olympic champions. Team BC sent one male and one female indoor team comprised of 17U/18U athletes, as well as, two beach pairs to the Summer Games. On the indoor courts, Team BC females placed seventh, and the males captured Bronze over Quebec. Pairs Darby Dunn (Kelowna) and Quinci Birker (Surrey) captured Bronze over Nova Scotia (21-10, 21-14), and Nanaimo duo Jeff Webb and Isaac Bevis captured Gold over Nova Scotia (21-12, 18-21, 15-9).

26 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Grassroots Volleyball

Volleyball BC is committed to the continued growth of the sport while adhering to the Canadian Long Term Athletic Development standards. In 2016, Rosalynn Campbell continued to lead Volleyball BC’s grassroots programs - Atomic Volleyball, Atomic Jamboree’s, and Train & Plays.

Atomic Volleyball Atomic Volleyball is an age-appropriate version of volleyball, played on a smaller court with 4-on-4 play. This style of volleyball emphasizes participation, introduction to fundamental skills, and fun for all involved. Players are encouraged to work on having three contacts before sending the ball over net as a way of introducing players to the team aspect of volleyball. In 2017, Volleyball BC had 79 different Atomic programs that serviced 2,091 kids throughout the province.

Train and Play The Train and Play Program was developed for athletes between the ages of 12-and-15 years old, who are looking for instruction, guidance and coaching on the basic skills and fundamentals of volleyball. Train and Play programs are perfect for players looking to learn the game in a more relaxed environment than club volleyball. In 2017, Volleyball BC ran 28 Train and Play programs, servicing 532 teens throughout the province to help further sustain youth development.

27 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Adult Leagues

Indoor Volleyball BC offers a variety of recreational and competitive leagues for adult members to stay active in the sport for life. In 2017, Volleyball BC had 364 teams participate in four different league options, including co-ed 4s, 6s and men’s and women’s 6s leagues. Over 100 adults also partipated in indoor skills clinics.

Outdoor Grass & Beach In addition to the many indoor leagues available, Volleyball BC offers a wide variety of outdoor grass and beach leagues for adults to participate in during the spring and summer months. In 2017, Volleyball BC offered eight different grass and beach leagues. The grass and beach leagues had a total of 883 teams competing in various categories, such as, co-ed 4s and 6’s, as well as, men’s and women’s doubles.

28 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Adult Indoor Provincials

The Volleyball BC Adult Provincial Championships is an annual tournament featuring competitive club teams, adult rec teams, university alumni, and groups of intermediate-to-elite athletes interested in competing for the Provincial Championship title and trophy. As part of Volleyball BC’s commitment to support the Canadian Women’s National Team’s relocation to Richmond, the 2017 BC Adult Provincials served as a fundraising tournament for the team. The one-day tournament featured 16 men’s teams and nine women’s teams, playing at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Men’s Women’s

Gold Old Birds Scrambled Eggs

Silver New Birds Cap-a-Sun

Tie Bronze Pacbest / Grumpy Oh You Fancy, Huh? Middle-Aged Men

29 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Adult Members Exclusives

Adult Leagues Player Party Volleyball BC’s second annual social event exclusively for participating adult volleyball members to socialize and celebrate playing together was held at the Roxy Vancouver. Over 150 adult members participated while Volleyball BC ran a raffle draw for prizes including clothing, technological equipment, outdoor volleyballs, net systems, and bar tabs.

Adult Leagues Champions of League Champions Match Also in its second annual event, Volleyball BC invited the top teams from its co-ed 4s beach volleyball leagues to compete against one and other; Monday’s league champion vs Thursday’s league champion played on the Vancouver Pro Beach Volleyball Open feature court setup. The co-ed 4s teams were officiated by their regular league coordinators, and were and cheered on by the public, as well as by the pro beach athletes waiting for the Vancouver Open player’s meeting.

30 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Pro Beach Tour

Volleyball BC launched its second Pro Beach Tour in 2017, which saw pro volleyball athletes compete in five signature events from May-to-July, for a total prize purse of $25,000 dollars. Events were held in Vancouver (three times), Penticton and in Parksville. During the tour, teams compete at each event for prize money, event titles and for individual player points. To win the Pro Tour Championship Title, a player must have competed in all five tour events and have the highest accumulated points total based on their finishes in each of the five events. Points are determined on a sliding scale which sees the winning pair both earn 182 points for first place – the second place pair receives 181 points, third place pair receives 180 points and so on. At the final event of the season (Vancouver Open), Men’s and Women’s Volleyball BC Pro Tour Champions are crowned and $1,000 dollars is awarded to the individual champions. 129 womens pros and 132 mens pros participated in the 2017 Pro Beach Tour.

Tournament Men Women

Kits Classic Galloway/Casey Wooding/Chow

Jim Clive Cup LeBourdais/Wiskar Chow/Thomas

Parksville Pro Casey/Orman Worsley/Finan

Penticton Pro Gandy/Belezay Chow/Lepp Vancouver Open O’Gorman/Plantinga Thomas/Cockrell

31 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Vancouver Open

This year marked the 26th anniversary Results for Volleyball BC’s biggest summer event – the Vancouver Open. Men's Results Women's Results This a three-day event, featured Mike Plantinga/ Tammy Thomas/ the best pro beach volleyball 1 1 players from Canada, North America, Grant O’Gorman Rachel Cockrell and destinations worldwide. The Gabe Burlacu/ Lea Monkhouse/ 2 2017 tournament included past 2 Jake MacNeil Molly McBain Vancouver Open Champions and Matt LeBourdais/ Caleigh Cruikshank/ Volleyball BC Hall of Fame Athlete 3 3 Liz Cordonier, along with 2016 Rio Maverick Hatch Tessa Davis Beach Olympians Martin Reader and Josh Binstock, and 2016 Rio Indoor Olympians Blair Bann and Steven Marshall. The event takes place at the famous Kits Beach in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. and offers the largest pro beach volleyball purse in Canada with $15,000 dollars in prize money. The top 24 men’s and women’s pairs are qualified for the Main Draw based on their past Pro Beach Tour and international results, while the remaining eight spots are determined by a qualifier tournament held on the Friday prior to the tournament. There is also a 14U and 16U division beach tournament that runs with a similar format. Along with the outstanding volleyball action, the Vancouver Open features music, a beer garden, and multiple contests for spectators.

32 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Big West Volleyfest

Big West Volleyfest — Presented by Age Category Provincial Champions Dunbar Cycles – is the youth and adult Beach Provincial Championships and is 13U Girls Lee-Pii/Ingram the largest tournament in B.C. The event has been running since the ‘90s. 14U Girls Pemberton/Needham This event features eight different tournaments taking place over three 13/14U Boys De Geeff/Mafia days at beautiful Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver B.C. 15U Girls Soeller/Grewal In 2017, we had 130 youth pairs and more than 70 adult pairs participate in 15U Boys Ventresca/Battad the event. Competition formats included were 13U-18U doubles, Adult Pro dou- 16U Girls Boddington/Hill bles, and Adult Amateur 2’s. Match high- lights were posted on Facebook. 16U Boys Klassen/Loewen

17/18U Girls Huberts/Bontkes

17/18U Boys Bratsberg/Marthinsen

Adult Men’s Amateur Hsu/Hsu

Adult Women’s Amateur Tanaka/Enriquez

Adult Men’s Pro LeBourdais/Wiskar

Adult Women’s Pro Chow/May

33 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Volleyball BC In The Community

Over 60+ tournaments are coordinated throughout the province during the club season from January-to-May. In 2017 Volleyball BC not only ordered and awarded various prizing to tournament winners, but they also donated a significant amount of items back to their host communities. In partnership with Your City Socks (YCS), ev- ery pair of socks ordered by Volleyball BC was matched by the company, and the matched pairs were donated to homeless shelters around the tournament locations. Through YCS’s “Buy One, Give One” model, Volleyball BC was able to help donate 830 pairs of socks to six communities in B.C. Clubs and athletes were notified that their tournament registrations and participation played a major role in Volleyball BC’s ability to give back at a larger scale. Volleyball BC will continue to purchase socks from YCS in 2018 as tournament prizing for teams who place third in Super Series events. Supporting WeCoBeVo

The West Coast Beach Volleyball Society focuses on raising the status and competition of Western Canadian beach volleyball athletes. With their goals of having more Western Canadian athletes representing Canada at the national/international stage (of 24 on the national team, two are from BC), Volleyball BC was in support of a number of WeCoBeVo’s events throughout 2017, including a scrimmage match of Rio Beach Olympians, and a gala fund- raiser. 34 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report BC High School Championships

For the third year in a row, Volleyball BC has donated their time in assisting tournament operations for the BC High School Boys Volleyball Championship. The four-day AA and AAA Senior Boy’s High School Championships took place on Nov, 29th to Dec, 2nd at the Langley Events Centre (LEC) in Langley, B.C. in 2017 saw the AAAA Senior Girl’s event also take place at the LEC – the first time the three age/gender categories were played all in the same building. A total of 52 high school teams participated in the event.

For more information visit http://www.volleyballbc.org/2017-bchs-recap/

35 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report #SPIKEBullying Campaign

In conjunction with viaSport's #ERASEbullying initiative, Volleyball BC introduced a new campaign in 2017 to bring awareness to bullying in sport. Volleyball BC athletes were invited to share their thoughts on the issue and what it meant to be a good teammate. A photo/video contest was set up for club teams to share their content, and Vernon’s Sky Volleyball 16U girl’s team won $300.00 dollars to use on their next team building activity. In just a few short weeks we posted almost 40 social media messages on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Those posts were shared and liked throughout the entire Volleyball BC community. Our Facebook #SPIKEbullying campaign reached almost 8,000 people. On Twitter, we surpassed 17,600 impressions and had almost 500 total engagements. The Instagram numbers saw us almost hit 30,000 impressions and reach just over 23,000 people. Combine that with Volleyball BC’s #SPIKEbullying pink t-shirt give away to over 200 refer- ees — and you can see that we definitely had all of viaSport's ERASE bullying bases covered.

Original article posted at http://www.volleyballbc.org/spikebullying-contest-winner-announced/

36 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report New Playing Surface

As part of the Canada 150 initiative, Volleyball BC received a grant from the Canadian Government to rejuvenate its playing surfaces at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre (HJSC) in Burnaby. The six-week project saw all six volleyball courts’ SportCourt tiles removed from the 32,000 sq.ft playing surface, and replaced by Pulas- tic sport flooring which is made with more rubber properties instead of the plastic from SportCourt. The tiles were first installed when Volleyball BC moved into HJSC in 2000. The courts were closed for renovations for six weeks, and were back open in late August 2017. A renovation time-lapse video was recorded and posted on Volleyball BC’s Facebook and YouTube page.

Click to watch the 60 second timelapse of HJSC floor

37 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Sponsors

GENERAL SPONSORS HOTEL PARTNERSHIPS Canuck Volleyball Sandman Hotel Adup Accent Inn Baden Best Western Abbotsford belairdirect Best Western Kelowna GLC Solutions Best Western Country Meadows Executive Hotel Burnaby CLUB PROVINCIALS SPONSORS Manteo Resort Hotel Ltd TRADEX Ramada Plaza High Street Shopping Centre Travelodge Nanaimo Abstract VB Athletes in Action VANCOUVER OPEN SPONSORSHIP Born3Eggs Dunbar Cycles Richmond Olympic Oval Vancouver Island Brewery Imperial Trophies Subway White Spot EVO University of British Columbia 6 Pack Indoor Beach Trinity Wester University My Matcha Life Travis Dodds Physio MVMT labs Vancouver Sports Pictures Jolyn Clothing

BIG WEST VOLLEYFEST SPONSORS Dunbar Cycles Travis Dodds Physiotherapy

38 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Board of Directors

Volleyball BC anounced some new appointments to the Board of Directors for 2017 to 2019. The policy governing board will be accountable to the membership of the organization. Read more of the announcement HERE.

BORIS TYZUK RAYEL BAUSENHAUS President Member at Large

ROB HILL BRIAN MCASKILL Treasurer/Secretary Member at Large

LIES REIMER RYAN GANDY Athlete Representative Member at Large

DORAMY EHLING Member at Large

39 2017 Volleyball BC Annual Report Staff

CHRIS DENSMORE – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICIER ADRIAN GOODMURPHY – DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ALEX PAPPAS – YOUTH PROGRAM MANAGER BETHANY TOOKE – ADULT PROGRAM MANAGER CHRIS DAHL - DIRECTOR OF COACH DEVELOPMENT CLAUDIA COVELLI - VICTORIA REGIONAL MANAGER DAN DREZET – REGIONAL COORDINATOR NORTHERN REGION DEREK STEVENS – HARRY JEROME SPORTS CENTRE MANAGER GLENN WHEATLEY – REFEREE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IAN ESPLEN - MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER JACKIE TOEWS – REGIONAL MANAGER OKANAGAN AND KOOTENAYS JAMIE BRODER – BEACH DEVELOPMENT COACH JAY TREMONTI – TECHNICAL DIRECTOR KYLE DONEN – REGIONAL MANAGER FRASER VALLEY LORRAINE WONG – OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR MATT NG – MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR ROSALYNN CAMPBELL – REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER STEPHEN EPP – REGIONAL MANAGER VANCOUVER ISLAND TAMARA ROSENLUND – REFEREES AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

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