Club volleyball teams set to vie for Island titles

Volleyball B.C.’s Island club championships will be taking place all month

Black Press Media Staff Apr 4, 2017 1:30 PM Apr 4, 2017 1:48 PM

web1_vball_IMG_4248 — Olivia Ory of the Mariners Volleyball Club goes for a block, but an opponent’s kill attempt doesn’t make it over the net during action Sunday at the Volleyball B.C. U15 Super Volley tournament at the Vancouver Island University gym. (GREG SAKAKI/The News Bulletin)

Club volleyball is about ready to start determining champions.

Volleyball B.C.’s Vancouver Island championships will be taking place at various venues all month, with most tournaments taking place in Nanaimo.

Regionals for the U17-18 girls will be held this coming weekend (April 8-9) at the Vancouver Island University gym. All other divisions of girls’ and boys’ regionals will also be held this coming weekend except for the U15-U16 Island championships, which will be April 29-30.

VIU gym hosted a Super Volley U15 girls’ tournament at the Vancouver Island University gym this past Saturday and Sunday. Mariners teams finished fifth in the AA division and seventh in the A division.