Premier Coaches and Volunteers
The club is run by dedicated volunteers and fuelled by many of the province’s
premier coaches. Our volunteer
coaches contribute more than 16,000 hours to the community each season.
Our goal is to bring volleyball to the youth of Durham while teaching them
integrity, dedication and commitment, as well as skills necessary for
success both on the court and in life. The mandate "developing
character through the pursuit of excellence" is at the core of all that we
do as a club, from players to coaches to parents. As a volleyball
community, the success of each member is shared by all as together we are
able to achieve more.
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Recreational
Attack runs the most comprehensive
recreational program in the province, with more than 800 players in
2007-2008. Our competitive athletes are the foundation of the
program as they invest more than 1,000 hours each season to transfer their
skills, knowledge and passion for the game to developing players.
The recreational program includes
both the youth house leagues and summer camps. We
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SPIKES program for players age 6-12. The Volleyball Canada
award-winning
House
League program combines skill development with game situations.
Consistent with the Canadian long term athlete development model
LTAD, the
Summer
Camp program follows the same format, emphasizing fun and
development over competition at the early age levels. Players are taught individual skills
and given opportunities to apply them in game situations. We
expanded our camps in 2008 with a fifth week in Lindsay and in 2009 hope
to offer our camps to other communities as well.
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2007/2008 Provincial and National Medalists
Our elite
program provides players an opportunity to play against the best
volleyball players in North America, and continues to breed success! |
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2007-2008 Girls Tier 1 Championships |
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Ontario: 4
Gold, 2 Bronze
National: 2 Gold, 1 Bronze |
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In the
2007-2008 season, the club fielded 13 girls and 7 boys elite teams.
Our girls teams repeated their success at Nationals again winning Tier 1 15U and 17U National Championships.
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Provincially,
our girls won four Provincial Championships. We were in the top 3
teams in Ontario in every age group, winning the Ontario Tier 1 Gold medal in 14u,
15u, 16u and 17u, and Tier 1 Bronze medals in 13u and 18u.
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2008 Beach
Season
While Durham Attack does not run a Beach program, many of our athletes
play with various coaches in the GTA.
With
more and more of our athletes playing Beach their success on the sand has
soared. Attack players were prominent at the 2008 Beach Provincial Championships:
Taylor Simons (16u Gold), Sara Horne & Becky Wilson (14u Gold), Dani Vortisch (16u Silver), Nareesa Nathoo & Courtney Chiasson (12u
Silver), Jordyn Moloney & Ali Goc (18u Bronze), Jen Cross (16u
Bronze). And at Beach Nationals Becky Wilson and Sara Horne
took the 14u Silver medal and Taylor Simons took 16u Bronze.
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2006/2007 Provincial and National Medalists
In the
2006-2007 season, the club fielded 11 girls and 7 boys elite teams.
Our girls teams repeated their previous year's success at Nationals East
again sweeping the Tier 1 14U, 15U and 16U National Championships. |
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2006-2007 Tier 1 Championships |
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Ontario: 1
Gold, 5 Silver
National: 4 Gold, 1 Bronze |
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Our
18U girls team won a Tier 1 National Bronze medal in Abbotsford,
the best showing for an Ontario team in many years.
Our 16U Black
girls team also repeated their previous year win of Nationals West in
Calgary to make it 5 Tier 1 National Championships in 3 years,
and along with their win of the OVR National Challenge in the U.S. had
a perfect 16U 60-0 match record for the season. |
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Our boys'
teams came within a few points of winning three Ontario Championships,
winning Ontario Silver medals in 16U, 17U and 18U.
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2005/2006 Provincial and National Medalists
In the
2005-2006 season, the club fielded 12 girls and 6 boys elite teams. In 2006
our girls teams earned five Ontario Championships (12U/15U/16U/18U/20U),
an Ontario Silver Medal (14U), an Ontario Bronze medal (17U), one
Quebec Championship (14U), and four National Championships (14U,
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2005-2006 Girls Tier 1 Championships |
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Ontario: 5
Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Quebec: 1 Gold
National: 4 Gold |
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Our boys teams earned a Provincial Silver medal.
What a brilliant season for the club!
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Provincial and National Teams
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As a club
Durham Attack has achieved a tremendous amount of success in a short period of
time. Players and coaches have been constant features in the Regional,
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Durham Attack
players Kaila Janssen, Pat Johnston and Hayley Todd with Premier Dalton
McGuinty at a reception for athletes from Canada Summer Games, where
five Attack players and coach Hoi Leung led Team Ontario to two volleyball
medals |
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Many of our
alumni are
competing in Canada and the United States on university scholarships.
Durham
Attack is very proud of these athletes for representing our club at these
elite levels.
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For more
information about Durham Attack, try the links below.
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