Victoria Volleyball Association

Reminder for 15U Girls, applications will close on Friday at 5pm. APPLY HERE: http://www.volleyballbc.org//2021-club-season-athlete-app/ Thanks to all who have already submitted their application!

Our January newsletter is now available. http://bit.ly/VVAJan2021

Registration is now open for one 15U Girls team! Please share! Athletes can apply directly through Volleyball BC's online application form (make sure to select Victoria Volleyball Association as the club).... APPLY HERE http://www.volleyballbc.org//2021-club-season-athlete-app/ You can also find details on the registration page of the VVA website: https://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/athlete-registration/

Update from Volleyball BC confirming the current restrictions will remain in place until at least Feb 5th. Thanks to all VVA players, coaches, and team managers who are adopting our COVID-19 measures for the first time as practices kick off this week. Great to be back on the court in any capacity!

Happy New Year to the whole VVA community! We are busily preparing for the 2021 season and wanted to share a few updates: - Teams are being finalized this weekend with a goal of having first practices for many teams starting the week of Jan 4. Some families may have already heard from their coaches, others should hear by next week.... - The club has managed to secure enough gym space for each team to have 2 practices per week! This is great news, as most of our usual facilities are not available for community use at this time due to COVID. As a result, expect the locations and times of practices to be different from past seasons, including some weekend slots. That said, we are extremely lucky to have been able to maintain a full training schedule for all teams. - A reminder that we are currently in Phase 2 of the Volleyball BC Return to Play plan. This means all practices will be conducted with physical distancing and other preventive measures in place. In accordance with provincial sport guidelines and requirements of our host facilities, we are implementing a COVID-19 screening process for all players and coaches. We have published the VVA COVID Safety Plan on our website with more details. Our priority is to ensure the health and safety of our community while maximizing the opportunity for players to participate in sport. - We don't yet know what the season will look like this year, so we are doing our best as a club to prepare for different scenarios. We expect to have more information to share after the next Provincial Health Order is updated on January 8th and our governing bodies ViaSport and Volleyball BC have had a chance to roll out their respective updates. We are excited to get players back on the court and getting some touches, and we are energized to make the best experience we can for the 2021 season!

Get those applications in by Nov 27th! We are consolidating the received applications and expect to start making roster offers starting Nov 30th. If you have not yet submitted your application please do so in the next few days. A reminder, we are doing everything we can to prepare for volleyball in the new year. However, if we cannot secure facilities we will not be able to run programs.

We have opened our registration process for the 2021 season. We will be filling roster spots by means of the VBC "Application" process. Please see our website for full details. :)

Notice of AGM As noted in our recently posted November newsletter, our AGM will be held Dec 7th, 7:30 pm. Please be advised that our AGM will be held as an online meeting this year. Meeting invitation links will be sent by email to families that were registered for our past season - Jan 1 to March 15, 2020. Stay safe and stay healthy.

Thank you to all who participated in our fall survey, your input was very valuable! Please see our November Newsletter for a summary of results and an update on our preparations for the 2021 season. https://www.victoriavolleyball.ca//VVA-Newsletter-November We will be posting further content soon, both on our web-site and here as we further develop our plans for registration and team selection. Stay safe and stay healthy.

Hi Players and Parents, The club is getting prepared for the coming season, and we are hoping that you may consider participating again this year. Here is what we know so far: * We can run Club programs (train and play) that adhere to the current viaSport and VBC "Phase 3 guidelines" from now through Dec. 15.... * There can be no team tryouts until Jan 2nd at earliest. * In the new year, Volleyball BC will place teams in "cohorts" of a maximum of 8 teams per cohort (assuming that we stay at "Phase 3"). Please respond to the following survey, and indicate if you are considering participating this season. Please respond by Thursday, October 8th. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MMJ99BG Volleyball this year will be different than it has been, but we are committed to providing the best volleyball experience that we can to Victoria area youth given the current circumstances. We will use the results of this survey to gauge the interest and demand for the upcoming season. Based on both the survey results, and our call for coaches --- we hope to be able to open up registration by late October or very early November. We will be posting to our website and this Facebook page with updated information.

Congratulations to VVA boys 16U 2019 BC Champions and Tier winners at Nationals!

Watch some of our favourite moments from Weekend 3 of the 2019 Club Provincial Championships! Thanks again to all the players, coaches, officials, staff, volunteers and supporters for making another memorable year of Club Provincials. #vbcclubprovincials

Any volleyball coverage is good for Vva. 15U boys off to Regina!

Congratulations to VVA boys 15U on their 3rd straight BC Championship! Good luck at Nationals in Regina!

Well done to our VVA boys 16U Red team on their BC Championships Tier 2 Bronze Medal! Congratulations!

Don't forget to register now for Fall clinics for boys born 2005-2007. Groups fill every season and space is limited!

Great advertisement for VVA in today's Times Colonist!

Congratulations to VVA's 15U boys on their 2nd Super Spike championship of the 2019 season!

Congrats Savannah!!!!!!

Club Volleyball tryouts start this week - kicking it off with the 15U Girls TONIGHT at Royal Oak Middle School!! REGISTER NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/tryouts/

Club Volleyball tryouts are only a few weeks away!! REGISTER NOW online - its fast and easy here: http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/tryouts/

CLUB VOLLEYBALL tryout dates announced!!! Register now for the 2019 Victoria Volleyball Association Club season

VVA 14U boys.... BC Champs 2018....good luck at nationals in Edmonton

Congratulations to Victoria 17u Black on winning the Bronze Medal at the 2018 VBC 17u Provincial Championships!!! Well done to all the athletes and coaches and we wish you the best of luck as you enter the 2018 National Championships hosted in Edmonton, Alb

VVA Boys 14 U enjoying being Island Champions.

VVA Boys 14 U enjoying being Island Champions...

Victoria 17U Black are your 17/18U Girls Island Champions! Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches on the exciting effort! #hardworkpaysoff #classactkids

VVA Boys 14 U Mainland Super series champions.

VVA 14U.. Island super series champions.

Have you volunteered yet?! Sign up today! Join the team that will make the 2018 CCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP fun for everyone attending! Volunteers will receive an event t-shirt, free admission to competition when they are not on shift (where available) and will be fed when on duty; plus invitation to a post-championship Thank You event.

Watch some of the best volleyball that you'll ever see in Victoria. Give back to the sport that you enjoy. Be an integral part of the 2018 CCAA Men's Volleyball Championship, March 7-10. VOLUNTEER!... See link in attached post.

Club tryouts start THIS WEEK!! Complete your online registration NOW: http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/athlete-registration/

2018 Club Volleyball tryout registrations are now open! Check out the website updates, and register TODAY here - http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/athlete-registration/

One of our former VVA players making a difference in her first PACWEST season. Way to go Lauren!!!

Worth the effort. The worst they can do is say no thanks, not this time.

"Errors happen" Some great insights from VVA alumnus, Jamie Broder, her beach partner, Sophie Bukovec, and Maverick Hatch, former beach national team player.

Congrats to our own Luke De Greeff!!!

Hello School and Club Volleyballers!!!! If you would like to play some more volleyball, come check out 'Vic High's 1st Annual High School Grass Volleyball Open'. Full details below.

The City of Victoria is asking for input on facilities for upgrading Topaz Park.... wouldn't a couple or four beach volleyball courts be a welcome addition? Please take the time to get involved with the City's information gathering!!!! Look at the following, and spread the word...beach courts are sadly missing in Victoria! Community Open House at Topaz Park on Tuesday, May 30, 3 p.m.- 7 p.m.... 'Pop Up Engagement Stations' at Caffe Fantastico and Quadra Village Community Centre - Thursday, June 1, 3 p.m.- 7 p.m A stakeholder meeting for sports teams will be held in June. Email your ideas to [email protected] or call the Parks office at 250.361.0600. See more

A memorable weekend at Volleyball Canada Nationals held in Calgary, where our Victoria Volleyball 16U Black Girls played their best, and brought home the Div 2 Teir 1 NATIONAL SILVER MEDAL! Way to go ladies!

Volleyball Canada 16U gold.

Boys 16. Winners of tier 3 gold. Fight back from distractions of day 1 concussion and day 2 blood.. Who says vball is a non contact sport!

Congratulations to the Victoria 16U Black girls who at Volleyball Canada Nationals secured a spot in the Teir 1 Playoffs to be played Monday morning! On Saturday VVA setter Emma Letkeman was recognized as "Player of the Wave" and Sunday it was awarded to Jocelyn Sherman! Congratulations ladies!

Attention youth Volleyball athletes in Victoria! Former VVA Alum Josh Howatson is back in Victoria after another successful season playing professionally in Switzerland. As in years past, he's again teamed up with Ernest Friesen and MAX Volleyball, and will be leading a variety of youth training sessions for Boys and Girls born 2000 - 2006. To learn more about reserving your space, costs, times and locations please visit http://raws.ca/home/max-volleyball/

A great Saturday night for Victoria Volleyball Association as the boys 13U (pictured) AND boys 14U won BC Championships! 2 great teams!

With some heading for 15/16 provincials and others preparing for Nationals, a little Monday inspiration from VVA and Team Canada alumnus Josh Howatson. His Swiss League team Volley Amriswil won the Swiss league championship on the weekend. For those that don't know Josh, he is the setter, #2 on the blue team.

Victoria 16U Black on picture day...! #sunnydays #thegoodstuff

Check out this epic rally featuring one of Victoria Volleyball's very own Alumni - Josh Howatson (#2) - playing in the CEV Volleyball Champions League. This match features two powerhouse teams in Amriswil (Switzerland) vs Perugia (Italy)

Victoria Volleyball Association is pleased to announce that online athlete registrations are now open! Please visit the website and complete registration here - http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/athlete-registration/ NO ONLINE PAYMENT REQUIRED to register. Tryout fees will be collected at the first athlete evaluation. (Checks must be made out to 'Victoria Volleyball Association')

Watch and enjoy this clip featuring a team who celebrated TOO EARLY and another team who makes an incredible save to keep the ball in play and score a point. VOLLEYBALL TIP: Always wait for the whistle! Video By: instagram.com/number.one.volleyball/

HEY VOLLEYBALL'ers in CANADA!! Share and share the pride! Let them 'HEAR' you all the way in Japan! A Shout Out to the guys playing tonight for a shot to go to the Olympics.... The country is behind you! Oh Canada! Go Volleyball Canada men! #Rally4Rio

Wow! The "energizer bunny" of rallies and match points! It keeps going, and going, and going... Never give up!... (Notice the Aussies were 4 points down and facing match point when it started) See more

After losing a tough semi-final 25-20, 20-25, 13-15 to Gold medal winners, Seaside, our VVA Chargers 15U boys regrouped to defeat Fraser Valley 22-25, 25-23, 15-9 to win the Bronze Medal match. Congratulations boys!

Registration for Championship Clinics is filling for boys born 2003-2005. Have your son's potential get a jump start to becoming a member of one Victoria Volleyball Association's club teams for the 2016/7 season!

Congratulations to VVA 13U boys 2016 BC CHAMPS!!!!

Chargers 15U boys on their way to 2nd place finish at Island Super Series on April 10.

Agility for volleyball players isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. Here's 6 exercises to try: http://ow.ly/ZMvsY

This volleyball injury survey, being done with the support of Volleyball Canada, is open to all club athletes that playing club volleyball this year or last year. Survey completion gets a chance to win a Gavin Schmitt jersey autographed by Team Canada. Please feel free to share the link.

Fraser Valley super series! Time for team dinner with these beauty's! #bestpals #victoriavolleyballassociation #18UBlack #volleyballbc

Club gear now available to view and order! Talk to your coaches, the Passion Sports / Victoria Volleyball Association store is open for business! http://store.passionsports.ca/vva/

Not to be outdone, a big Congratulations to Thana Fayad on being selected #1 in the BC Girls Volleyball Poll of 2015!

Congratulations to Nick Mickelberry on being selected #1 in the BC Boys Volleyball Poll of 2015!

From VVA to the Olympic Games? Impossible is nothing! Go Jamie!

Good luck to all athletes and coaches who will be participating in the Sr Volleyball Provincials Championships this weekend!!!

Congratulations to the Belmont Jr. Girls Volleyball Team for capturing the Provincial Championships this past weekend. Way to go team!!!

Good morning Victoria Volleyballers!!! The Club season is almost here. Tryout times are posted. Make your tryout evening easier. Please complete your online registration which takes less than 2 minutes and you do not have to pay online (bring the $20 fee to your try out) Register Now!

Hey everyone - Athlete registration NOW OPEN for the 2016 Victoria Volleyball Club season! Complete the registration here http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/athlete-registration/ (*NO Online payment required)

Hey all - check out the brand new look of our Victoria Volleyball website. Comment with your thoughts http://www.victoriavolleyball.ca/

Victoria Volleyball's own executive member and Oak Bay Sr Girls coach Scott Millington in the news this week - #TimesColonist #VictoriaHSVolleyball