Team Alberta Indoor

Over the last month top athletes and coaches in the province came together to train, grow, and learn from one another. We are incredibly proud of all our athletes and coaches whose hard work and dedication culminated in an outstanding performance at Canada Cup 2024:

17U Boys 1st place Gold Medal Finish

17U Girls: 1st place Gold Medal Finish

15/16U Boys Black: 2nd Place Silver Medal Finish

15/16U Boys Blue: 3rd place Bronze Medal Finish

16U Girls Black: 2nd Place Silver Medal Finish

16U Girls Blue: 4th place finish

15U Girls: 5th place finish

Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches, for their exceptional performance and dedication. Here's to celebrating these remarkable achievements and looking forward to the future!

Team Alberta Beach

Team Alberta Beach program athletes attended a training camp in Calgary July 29 – August 2 before competing in VA's Youth Provincials. Teams will travel to Toronto for another training camp and to compete in Beach Nationals August 16-18, 2024.

16U Women:

Aimee Layzell/Sarah Thompson

Kaitreanne Chojnacki/Esme Magus

Megan Deveaux/Ally Doty

Brooklyn Landmark/Ava Kryway

Head Coach: Isabela Lima O’Gorman

18U Women:

Tevary Robson/Laruen Robertson

Kiara Keibel/Sasha Pasloski

Ella Layzell/Maya Sikora

Erika Bang/Stella McKenna

Head Coach: Erik Peterson

16U Men:

Jakob Young/Jacob Chapman

Makai Yoo/Zephan Schmaltz

Brock Reinsch/Chase Walker

Head Coach: Camille Saxton

18U Men:

Casey Needham/Britain Ward

Jack Painter/Perrin Bazant

Liam Peartree/Ben Mangat

Head Coach: Grant O’Gorman

Community Events

This summer, Volleyball Alberta has been out at some new events in the Edmonton Area. On July 29 and 30, Volleyball Alberta staff were on-site at the First Nations Health Consortium Teepee Summit. Participation in this event is a kickoff to the Sports and Recreation Pilot that Volleyball Alberta is building with the Consortium which is scheduled to begin this Fall. For more information, visit abfnhc.com.

In August, Early Stages & Camps Coordinator, Dia Syed, has been introducing Smashball to the Healthy Active Community Kids Camps. These camps are put on through the Action for Healthy Communities, a charitable organization in the Edmonton area that supports newcomers to Alberta and Canada from a wide range of socioeconomic, cultural or linguistic backgrounds. For more information, see their website Action for Healthy Communities (a4hc.ca).

Please reach out to earlystages@volleyballalberta.ca for more information on connecting in a community near you! 

Summer Camps 6U-11U

Smashball camps were added to our summer camps schedule and we are so glad our little campers enjoyed it!

"The kids were so excited, loved their coaches and looked forward to each day!"

"My child is not good at English but coaches helped her understand the instructions. And now she loves volleyball . Thank you so much!"

"My child loved his coach and the camp"

More Smashball programs are being planned for the 2024/2025 season! Keep an eye out for program announcements on VA's website, Instagram, Facebook & Newsletters.

Summer Camps 12U-16U

That's a wrap on our 50th anniversary Summer Camps!

Held over 2 weeks of overnight camps in Sylvan Lake and 2 weeks of day camps in Edmonton, we had the most fun ever with our 265 Campers, 42 Coaches, over 20 days of camp! We played over 450 games including 8 Beach days and had an infinite amount of fun with 1,000,000 memories made!

What a summer it's been! We want to thank everyone involved in making this summer's Summer Camps the best ever! We look forward to seeing you again soon!

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GO Sports Edmonton 6U-18U

GO Sports Edmonton Fall 2024 program registration is opening on Monday, August 19th at 12:00pm.

Fall programs start the first week of October and run for 8 weeks.

Mini-Volley (ages 6-8)

Atomic 1 (ages 9-10)

Intro to Volley (ages 11-12)

Atomic 2 (ages 11-12)

Tripleball (ages 12-13)

GO League (ages 14-18)

These recreational programs are offered by Volleyball Alberta in the Fall, Winter, and Spring at the Saville Community Sport Centre in Edmonton.

For more info and to register on August 19th for the upcoming Fall session, please visit our website at: volleyballalberta.ca > INDOOR > COMMUNITY > GO Sports Edmonton page.

More Coach Development workshops are being planned for the 2024-2025 season. Please check back frequently on our website:

> Leadership tab

>> Coaches section

>>> Upcoming Courses and Workshops page.

Register early, numbers are capped to facilitate the workshop effectively. Keep an eye out for workshop announcements on VA's website, Instagram, Facebook & Newsletters.

Please visit our website www.volleyballalberta.ca > Registration > How To Register page for all your registration needs and registration guides.

2024/25 Membership Registration

New season membership registration and club approval application forms are now open. Please read the 2025 registration guides posted on our website's How To Register page.

• 2023/24 memberships expire August 31.

2025 Memberships purchased in August will have a status of future start date. Members in this status are considered registered and active. On September 1, the member status will automatically update to show the active status on the member ID card in Sportlomo profiles and will be valid until August 31, 2025. Future start date and active status members will be able to register for new season clinics (referee and coach clinics) and programs (GO Sports Programs and sanctioned club activities).

The Volleyball Alberta Membership year is September 1 to August 31 of each year. Volleyball Alberta requires Players, Coaches, Referees, and Club Personnel to become members prior to acting within the scope of their duties on behalf of Volleyball Canada (VC), Volleyball Alberta (VA), and affiliated Clubs. An active membership is required to register for any of our programs and events and must have a valid email address.

Volleyball Alberta registrations are all done online on the Volleyball Registration System (VRS) – Powered by SportLoMo since 2021/22. 

Club Presidents: Volleyball Alberta will be hosting a Zoom General Training on August 14^th at 12noon. If you and/or a club administrator would like to attend, please RSVP to the Zoom Invite sign-up link. We will review Sportlomo, Sterling myBackCheck, The Locker Coach transcript search, Insurance, Hotels and everything mentioned in the written guide for Club Administrators to help Presidents/Administrators with registrations and finding information on volleyballalberta.ca.

Insurance

As of May 3, 2024, please be advised that Volleyball Alberta has recently changed its Insurance Broker to NFP Canada Corp. The limits of liability and coverage remain the same with K&K. New certificates are available for the 2024-2025 term, expiring 2025/06/01.

We ask that clubs submit 1 form with their full list of potential gym rentals needing to be named on the COI in the initial request to lessen the number of emails we need to relay to the insurance office and to speed up the process and turnaround time. The COI request form link can be found on our website > About > Insurance > expand the COI section banner. When listing the facility, city/town, and school board (specific schools do not need to be named; naming the School Board includes all of its schools), please make sure the certificate holder’s Name, Address and Postal Code are included for each. Additional COIs may be requested throughout the season.

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