Canadian Women’s National Volleyball Team is in offing – Volleyball latest
The Women’s Volleyball Team of Canada is in offing, as the Volleyball Canada is supposed to run the official team selection camp today, Monday, May 16, 2011.
The team selection activity will be conducted at the Frank Kennedy Centre in University of Manitoba. In the first place, Canadian Women’s Senior Team roster will be finalised.
The senior ‘A’ Team will represent Canada at the international events in the running year and the same team will vie for berth in the 2012 London Olympics. Secondly, athletes will be selected for the development ‘B’ Team of Canada. The Team B will represent
Canada at the 2011 World Universiade Games, which will take place in coming August.
Athletes from the following universities of Canada will show up at the selection camp:
University of Alberta University of Calgary University of British Columbia University of Manitoba University of British Columbia Trinity Western College University of New Brunswick Colorado State University University of Montreal University of Virginia Lakehead University Queen’s University Arizona State University McGill University Syracuse University Eastern Washington University
The Team Selection Camp will be kicked off at 09:00 am today. First session will be continued for three hours and aspiring athletes will undergo different drills until midday. The activity will resume at 03:00 pm. and it will go on until 6 in the evening.
The Volleyball Canada Selection Committee has worked out a complete plan for the participants. After completing the opening-day session, athletes will earn points and different grading. The successful candidates will advance to the next-day camp.
The schedule of the selection-camp will experience a little change on Tuesday. The first session is scheduled to complete its run from 9-10:30, while the second session will be longer one. It will start at 1330 and will be continued until 18:00.
Third day of the camp will involve the longest assembly, which will run from 9am to 6pm. The training camp activity will be round off on Thursday and team rosters of both ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams will be revealed. The Frank Kennedy Centre’s Gold and Brown Gym will
accommodate the participants of the camp.
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