Breakers 16U take Silver at Canadian Nationals Volleyball Tournament

Team members include: front row (left to right) Chloe Leguard, Ryleigh Tessier, Hannah Potts, Marie-Pier Rood
back row ( left to right) Greg Kernan, Emilie Leneveu, Breanne Scheerhoorn, Jessica Kernan, Emily Hoekstra

The Breakers 16U girls volleyball team competed at The Canadian East Nationals in Sherbrooke Quebec where they played teams from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The team finished the tournament with a 6 – 3 record losing in the finals to the Vision Volleyball Club from Ontario. Each girl contributed to the team success from Emily Hoekstra and Emilie Leneveu’s net play to Breanne Scheerhoorn and Marie-Pier Rood’s attacking, Jessica Kernan’s setting, Hannah Potts digging and Ryleigh Tessier and Chloe Leguard’s defensive efforts. A great end to the season!

Thanks to Sponsors: Bill Patchett, Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn and Stallwood Homes

 
 

14U Breakers Boys Capture Tier 2 Gold at Nationals Championships

(back row)Max Dickinson(asst. coach),Owen Kernan, Zachary McMahon,Brandon Wright,Noah Moelker,Chris Wieringa,Noah Dickinson, Laurie Kernan(coach), Volleyball Canada Representative (front row) Hugh Daignault, Dimitri Speksnijder, Jack Waller

 
 

Breakers Capture Silver at Provincial Championships

Team members (back row l – r) Maia Farrow, Kaylee Thistlethwaite, Breanne Scheerhoorn, Emilie Leneveu, Jessica Kernan, coach Greg Kernan
front row – Ryleigh Tessier, Marie-Pier Rood, Michelle Wark, Emily Hoekstra, Hannah Potts

The Northumberland Breakers 16U Girls travelled to Waterloo to compete in the Ontario Volleyball Associations Provincial Championships on April 13 & 14.

The Breakers entered the Championships playing their best volleyball of the season and continued their strong play throughout the weekend and advanced to the Division 1 (Tier 2) Championship game on Sunday where they faced the Cambridge Scorpions. The Breakers played well but were unable to match the Scorpions strong attack and lost in the finals 23 – 25 and 15 – 25.

The team entered the tournament ranked 25th in the province and with their excellent effort moved to 18th.

Thanks to team sponsors: Best Western Inn Cobourg, Bill Patchett, Stallwood Homes

 
 

Gold in Championship !!!!!

 
 

2013 Beach Volleyball registration

2013 Beach Volleyball Flyer
2013 Elite 2s Registration FORM
2013 Competitve 2 Registration FORM
2013 Senior Elite 2s Registration FORM
2013 Medical documentation
 
 

Applications Being Accepted
for the Position of Breakers Beach Coordinator
for May to August 2013

The Board of Directors is looking for a Beach Coordinator for the 2013 Beach season. This is a paid position lasting 14 to 16 weeks. The work schedule involves days, evenings and weekends and totals about 30 hours/week.
The successful candidate will be a mature college or university student with exceptional leadership and communication skills, a thorough understanding of competitive beach volleyball and must enjoy working with children of all ages.
Interested applicants must email a letter of interest along with their c.v. to Mark Essak, President, Northumberland Breakers Volleyball Club at messak@nfht.ca by March 22nd, 2013. Only candidates selected for an interview will be notified by March 25th, 2013.
Mark Essak
President, NBVC
messak@nfht.ca
 
 

Winter 2013 House League
will be back on March 22nd …

The house league on the 1st, 8th and 15th of March
has been cancelled
 
 

Gold for the 16U Breakers girls

Team members: back row (l – r) Kaylee Thistlethwaite, Breanne Scheerhoorn, Emily Leneveu, Emily Hoekstra, Jessica Kernan, coach Greg Kernan front row (l – r) Ryleigh Tessier, Michelle Wark, Maia Farrow, Marie Pier-Rood, Hannah Potts

The Northumberland Breakers 16U Girls Volleyball Team won gold in their final OVA event of the season on Saturday February 23rd at the Cobourg Community Centre. The team went undefeated all day beating teams from Casselman, Kingston, Durham, Belleville and the Ottawa region. The girls played excellent defensively competing for every point and not allowing the opposition to score on uncontested rallies. Offensively the team passed the ball exceptionally well which led to many varied attacks. The team has now medalled in the final two events of the regular season and is on a roll heading into the provincial championships!

Thanks to our sponsors: Bill Patchett, Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn and Stallwood Construction
 
 

14U Boys win silver medal

The Northumberland Breakers 14U Boys travelled to Kingston on February 16th to compete in the Ontario Volleyball Association McGregor Cup. The boys worked hard all day winning 4 matches on their way to the finals against the Markham Stingers. The team was ranked 4th entering the tournament, and were awarded with a Silver Medal. Congratulations boys on your first medal of the season!
Members of the Northumberland Breakers 14U Boys team are: Dimitri Speksnijder, Ben Burnside, Noah Moelker, Owen Kernan, Hugh Daignault, Jack Waller, Brandon Wright,
Zachary McMahon, Noah Dickinson and Chris Wieringa. The team is coached by Laurie Kernan and assisted by Brandon Bouwmans and Lucas Pichl.
 
 

Gold Medal a Ticket to Championship Division

Pictured are team members (front) Amber Bisset, Jamie Rosa, Chantal Pryce, Emma Taylor, Ainsley Leguard, Zoe Cortesis, (back) Mark Essak – coach, Sarah Sheils, Laura Essak, Mackenzie McMahon, Emerrie Geddes, Erin Rutherford, Andrew Mamajek –coach.

The Northumberland Breakers 15U Girls used home court advantage at the CCC to come out on top of the Ontario Volleyball Association Trillium Division McGregor Cup on Saturday, February 9th. The Gold Medal match saw the Breakers best Peterborough Thunder 25-21, 21-25, 15-4 to get the Gold Medal and move up to the Championship Division for the next tournament in March.
 
 

Northumberland Breakers Volleyball Boys U18 team wins Gold Medal in Silver Division at 2013 Rochester Can-Am Volleyball Tournament on Jan 19-20 weekend.

Photo: Back: Coach Gord Ley, Kyler Woodburne, Lucas Pichl, Andrew Dube, Brett Whitley, Blake Scheerhoorn, Ryan Sagermann, Nelson Ramsay, Asst Coach Brian Woodburne, Front: Ethan Baron, Mark Wikkerink, Forrest Chalovich.

 
 
Breakers 18u Boys teams headed south of the border for a great week-end of volleyball. The boys played against some of the best teams from both countries and after 2 days and a lot of hard work from everyone they came home with a Gold Medal in the Silver Division. Congratulations boys on a great start to the New Year!
 

Bronze Medal for 14U Breaker Girls in Peterborough

 
 

18U Breaker girls bring back the Gold

 
 
 

Silver Medal for 16U Breaker Girls at CCC

 
 

Bronze Medal for 17U Breaker Girls in Ottawa

(front, from left) Emily Hacker, Dani Carmichael, Kennedy McMahon, Hannah Potts; (back) coach Patti Ley, Leah Patterson, Meghan Egan, Breanne Scheerhoorn, Alexa Whetung, Jessica Kernan and assistant coach Greg Kernan.

 Playing in its second tournament of the indoor volleyball season, the Northumberland Breakers 17U girls team competed at the Ontario Volleyball Association’s Challenge Cup in Ottawa on Saturday.

Northumberland entered the tournament seeded second.

During pool play, the Breakers lost 25-17, 25-15 to the Maverick Trailblazers from Ottawa. They won their next game against Fusion Purple, also from Ottawa, 25-22, 25-22. The results from those two games had the Breakers tied for second place in their pool.

During the playoff round, the Breakers played their first game against the Peterborough Thunder and earned a decisive victory 25-9, 25-13 to advance to the semifinals.

In the semifinal game, they played the Maverick Outlaws from Ottawa. The Breakers lost the first set 26-24, won the second 25-10 and ultimately lost the tie-breaking third set 15-13.

Northumberland still had a shot at the bronze medal and faced the Northern Chill from Sudbury. The Breakers won the first set 25-21, lost the second 26-24 and won the deciding set 15-10.
 

Winter 2013 House League Program

Winter 2013 Flyer …Click here
 
We have registered 26 athletes for the House League Program. The winter session begins this Friday Jan 18th, 2013 evening at 6:00. I am willing to register kids that night. They can come ready to play.
 

Silver Medal for 15U Breaker Girls in Peterborough

Team Members: Front: Jamie Rosa, Ainsley Leguard, Zoe Cortesis, Chantal Pryce, Amber Bisset. Back: Mark Essak (coach), Emma Taylor, Erin Rutherford, Mackenzie McMahon, Emerrie Geddes, Sarah Sheils, Laura Essak, Andrew Mamajek (coach), Lynne Sheils (manager).

 
With one tournament under their belts the Northumberland Breakers 15U Girls travelled to Peterborough on Saturday for their regional OVA Provincial Cup tournament with an eye on a medal. Several teams from their November tournament at the CCC would be there and the Breakers were seeded third. The girls narrowly missed out on a medal in their first event after losing the semi-final by two points in the third game and then losing the bronze medal to DRVC Orange, seeded one spot above the Breakers this time, also in three games.
 
The morning started out with a tough match against a strong Markham Stingers 14U team playing up a division. The match went three games with the Stingers prevailing 15-13 in the third. After watching the Markham team beat the host Thunder the Breakers took to the court and also beat the Thunder by scores of 25-19 and 25-22. This set up a quarter-final match with DRVC Orange to start the afternoon play.
 
The Breakers and DRVC were well acquainted having played each other twice during the last tournament and more recently having played an exhibition match over the holidays. With a one and one record going into the match both teams knew it would be competitive. On the line was a semi-final match with the number one seed, Durham Attack Red.
The match didn’t disappoint the fans with close games of 25-20 for the Breakers and 26-24 for DRVC setting up a third game to decide the outcome. The score was close throughout the game with the Breakers pulling away at the end to win 15-11 putting them into the medal round again.
 
The semi-final match against the Attack started out a close one but DA pulled away to win the first game 25-17. The Breakers kept the second game closer and after several tense moments the Breakers prevailed 26-24 and then carried the momentum they pick up into the third game winning 15-6 and taking the match. This guaranteed the Breakers a medal but they would have to beat the 14U Stingers to get gold and the Stingers hadn’t dropped a match all day.
The Breakers played their best and with every player seeing some action the Stingers were too strong and took the gold medal with scores of 25-20 and25-13. At the end of the day the Breakers were proud of their silver medal and look forward to their next tournament in February.
 
 

Breakers 15U Boys Take Bronze at OVA Challenge Cup

 
 
 
On Saturday, January 12 the Breakers 15U Boys travelled to Ottawa to compete in the Ontario Volleyball Association Challenge Cup. The day started well with a confident victory over Kingston Pegasus winning the match in 2 straight sets, 25-13, 25-15. It was a good start to a day that would have its ups and downs with the team showing a balanced attack, confident serving and contributions from everyone on the squad.
 
The next match was against a surprisingly strong Markham Wasps whose skills belied their 7th place tournament ranking. The Breakers fell to the feisty Wasps in 2 straight sets, 25-14, 27-25. This loss put the Breakers in a tough spot to get a more favourable draw in the playoffs since they now faced the Markham Stingers to finish off their round-robin play. The Stingers lived up to their no 2 ranking by handing the Breakers their second loss for the day as they dropped them in 2 sets, 25-15, 25-19.
 
The Breakers took advantage of a break to prepare for their quarter final match against the STVC Thunder. Fresh from a Pre-quarter match victory, the Thunder roared to an early lead going ahead by 6 points. The Breakers were left playing catchup and although they settled into a better groove they found themselves facing a 21-12 deficit. The Breakers then got the serve back and Riley Wolters of Trenton went on a 13 point serving spree and led the team to a surprising 25-22 first set victory. In the second set the Thunder rallied back to take an equalizing victory 25-22. This led to the deciding 3rd set which the Breakers handled confidently by a score of 15-10.
 
After this exciting, hard-fought match the Breakers had to now face the Markham Stingers again in a semi-final to decide who would go on to the Gold Medal match. The Stingers dominated with physical play defeating the Breakers 25-8, 25-17. Undeterred, the Breakers prepared to take on the tournament hosts the Maverick Wildcards in the Bronze medal match. In spite of the recent loss, the Breakers played with confidence and dealt the Wildcards a 2-0 set defeat with scores of 25-19 and 25-20 to take home their first piece of tournament hardware this season.
 
A great result from a total team effort that only serves to increase the team’s confidence for future success.

Winter 2013 House League Program

Winter 2013 Flyer …Click here
 
We have registered 26 athletes for the House League Program. The winter session begins this Friday Jan 18th, 2013 evening at 6:00. I am willing to register kids that night. They can come ready to play.
 

REGISTRATION FORM

House League Registration Form

 

FORMS

House League Athlete Code of Conduct
House League Parent Code of Conduct and Authorization Code
House League Medical Form

 
 

 
 

16U girls capture Gold at the Markham Stingers 17U Invitational Tournament on November 17th