Club News/Camps & Clinics/General Information

June 10, 2010

"JUMPING WITH JOCELYN"
Volleyball skills and fitness camp

With Jocelyn Blair, former member of the University of Alberta Pandas volleyball team, 3-time All-Canadian, 2-time member of Team Canada’s Universiade team

Who: 12-14 Female volleyball players of high school age

When: Entire month of July (dates: July 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29) Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm

Where: St. Albert Catholic High School

• 2 hour training sessions
• 1.5 hours of volleyball
• 0.5 hours of volleyball-specific fitness training
• Initial and final individual fitness assessments
• Initial and final individual skills assessments

How much? The cost of the camp is $175 per athlete

Contact: Jocelyn Blair
jlblair@shaw.ca
780-238-7249

The RSVP deadline is June 25th

There are limited spots available, so please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested!

May 18, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS!
The St. Albert Volleyball Association congratulates Erminia Russo on becoming the new head coach of the NAIT Womens Volleyball Team. A local St. Albert resident, Erminia has been helping many of our players reach their potential and NAIT is very fortunate to have Erminia's expertise. Good luck NAIT in the 2010-2011 season!

May 2010

As the season winds down, congratuations to the 2010 Saints teams for another excellent year of club volleyball. We all enjoyed watching you at the recent provincial and national tournaments in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Abbotsford.

U14 Boys Team at Nationals in Saskatoon, SK!

February 2010

U16 Saints Attend Adidas NW Jrs. in Seattle, USA
Tradition brewing* as U16 group attends for second year
(*Home of Starbucks!)

U17 Saints Attend Las Vegas Classic
Sun, Pools, the Strip, Rides & Shows and top-tier US volleyball to top it off

The U17 Women's team spent a week in Las Vegas.
With 480 teams, it was an experience the girls will not forget!

This definitely isn't February in Edmonton!

U17 Saints warm-up against a team from Southern California
at the International Tennis Centre.

Vegas at night

December 2, 2009

INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND TEAM STRATEGY CLINICS
With Erminia Russo - Technical Director of Coaching

Team-specific sessions will occur starting on January 8, 2010
Attendance will be limited to 12 or less players per session to ensure individual attention!
SAINTS Teams: Check your times

Complete details are on the clinics page

November 6, 2009

2010 CLUB SEASON TRYOUT SCHEUDLE POSTED

October 11, 2009

5-Week Conditioning Camp
(With Jocelyn Blair & Sam Wojtkiw)

44 Girls attended the 2009 pre-season conditioning camp. Thank you to all of those that attended. We hope you enjoyed it. Please send any feedback to saints.volleyball@yahoo.ca

April 11, 2009

The U16 Saints hosted an Easter Camp with some of the St. Albert and Morinville residents currently playing for the University of Alberta Pandas. Thank you to St. Albert residents Jocelyn Blair, Daryll Roper, Krista Zubick and Morinville resident Samantha Wojtkiw and their teammates Jen Restall and Stacy Robertson for attending our two day clinic in St. Albert.

February 16, 2009: The U16 Saints attended the 2009 Addidas/Northwest Juniors Presidents' Day Tournament in Seattle, Washington. With over 70 teams from all over the USA, the Saints exceeded expectations as they won consolation silver.

To save on gas, we only rented one vehicle. Just kidding!

Questions? email: saints.volleyball@yahoo.ca

St. Albert, Alberta

The Saints Volleyball Club, Saints Beach League and our camps and clinics are run with the support of the City of St. Albert and are directed by our executive - the St. Albert Volleyball Association.

Interested in coaching?

Saints Volleyball offers:

• NCCP coaching certification support,
• honourariums,
• a great management team,
• and other coaching supports.

Email us for more information

› We welcomed Jocelyn Blair to our coaching team for the 2010 club season. Jocelyn, a UofA Panda alumnus, recently competed at the Universiade games for Team Canada. She was the head coach for our U15 girls team.

› We welcomed back Erminia Russo to our coaching team as the Technical Director of Coaching for the club. Eriminia was the UBC womens VB coach and CIS coach of the year. She has provided VB clinics to our senior teams and will continue to assist our club as permitted with her new duties as the NAIT Womens VB head coach.

› We welcomed Anthony Wong to our coaching team for the 2010 club season. Tony has coaching experience at the club, high school and college level and brings a wealth of experience to our club. He was the head coach of our U16 girls team.