***Attention All Members***

Due to the anticipated move to our new home at 145 Pacific Avenue, there will be a few disruptions with our communication capabilities in the coming week:

• Wednesday, February 10th - There will be no phone service in our office (could be just a few hours or all day)
• Thursday, February 11th - We will NOT have access to email, but the phone lines should be working
• From February 5th to February 16th, we will not have access to fax, please contact us via email or phone for further instruction
• We will be up and running in our new location: Room 412-145 Pacific Avenue as of Tuesday, February 16, 2010

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we will do what we can to make sure we are meeting the needs of our members in this time.

UPCOMING EVENTS:(click on event for further info)

MANDATORY 2010 AGE CLASS MEETING (Winnipeg):

• Tuesday, February 9, 2010   
• Location: Melrose Park Community Club,  480 Kimberly Avenue, Winnipeg 7pm-9pm   

MANDATORY 2010 AGE CLASS MEETING (Brandon)

• Thursday, February 11, 2010
• Location: King George School, 535 Park Street (Upstairs Room #9), Brandon 6pm-8pm

• Please bring PERFORMANCE BOND CHEQUES ($150/team)
• All teams and/or clubs must have at least ONE representative present. 
• Absence will result in losing a portion of performance bond
• Questions or Concerns?  Contact Catherine Peters 925-5785

PROVINCIAL ID CAMPS

Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ KELVIN HIGH SCHOOL, 155 Kingsway AVenue

16U Girls 12:30pm-3:00pm; 17U Boys 3:00pm-6:00pm

Camp Registration Fee: $30

Please download REGISTRATION FORM and return to MVA office no later than Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Volleyblast - March 26-28 at the U of M IGAC. For more information click here!

Level 1 NCCP Technical Clinic - January 29 & 30, 2010

                                                          Location - River Heights School: 1350 Grosvenor Ave

                                                                            Friday 29th, 6pm -  10pm

                                                                            Saturday 30th, 9am - 500pm

                                                         - February 19 & 20, 2010 in Winnipeg

                                                         Location - Hastings School: 95 Pulberry Street

                                                                           Friday 19th, 6pm - 10pm

                                                                           Saturday 20th, 9am - 500pm

                                                         - February 26 & 27, 2010, TBA

                                                         - March 5 & 6 , 2010, Winnipeg

                                                        - March 12 & 13, 2010, TBA

For the level 1 Clinics to run there must be a minimum of 7 participates or the clinic will be cancelled.                

Level 2 NCCP Technical Clinic - Will not be offered until the 2nd or 3rd week of March and run till mid April. For more information please check the website in early March.

2010 Dr. Dale Iwanoczko Scholarship Winners

(From L-R: Jenna Moffat, CAmilla Thorne-Tjomsland, Devyn Plett, Brett Young)

Please see our 'Top Stories' on the right of our Home Page for more information

Volleyblast is Coming!

This March 26-28 will mark the first edition of 'Volleyblast', a youth girls club tournament being hosted by the Winnipeg based National Women's Volleyball Team in conjunction with the Manitoba Volleyball Association. The tournament will be held at the University of Manitoba Investors Group Athletic Centre and will involve competitions in four age divisions: 14U, 15U, 16U and 17U.

For more information click here...

Manitoba Volleyball Association is on the Move!

As of December 18, 2009 the MVA office at 200 Main Street is closed.  We will be moving into the New Sport Manitoba Centre at 145 Pacific Avenue by the end of February.  For the interim we will temporarily be operating out of 1271 Sargent Avenue until the final move into the Sport Manitoba Centre.

We appreciate your patience and understanding throughout the move.

New Registration System For Volleyball in Canada Now Open!

The Manitoba Volleyball Association is please to announce that the new National Registration System for Volleyball in Canada is now open.  Individual player registration and team registration are now being accepted.

All senior league players are encouraged to log into the system and register themselves prior to the team contact's creation of the roster for the leagues.

For step by step instruction on how to do individual player register please click here!
For step by step instruction on how to do team registration please click here! 

 If you have any issues or problems during the registration process please call 925-5783.

Click on the Blue Registration Bar at the top of the Page!

TEAM MANITOBA WINS GOLD IN PEI!

Team Manitoba ended off the 2009 Canada Summer Games in PEI with the womens team claiming gold!

The Manitoba women's team was victorious as they defeated Ontario to take the gold. Ontario was looking strong at the top of the match, taking the first set, but Manitoba came back strong in the last three sets, taking the match 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-21). Lisa Barclay of Brandon, MB led the team with 32 points, and Kristi Hunter of Roblin, MB contributed 29 points. 

After two weeks of exciting beach and indoor volleyball action Manitoba teams all had a chance at a medal. Our men's and women's beach teams along with the men's indoor team all finished fourth.   

The Manitoba Volleyball Association would like to congratulate and thank all the coaches, athletes and parents for being a part of Team Manitoba.  You all represented Manitoba very proudly!

Spectator Code of Conduct!

The Manitoba Volleyball Association in an effort to ensure a safe and enjoybale competitive environment for athletes, coaches, officials and spectators has developed a Spectator Code of Conduct.  All spectators at any MVA sanctioned event will be held to this code of conduct.  The Manitoba Volleyball Association knows we can count on the support of the volleyball community in Manitoba to adhere to this guideline while continuing to offer great support to our teams while they compete Provincially and Nationally.

To view the Spectators Code of Conduct Click Here!

Volleyball Long Term Athlete Development Model

In December of 2004, over 60 of the most prominent and experienced volleyball coaches, players and administrators in Canada gathered in Toronto to discuss the current state of our sport, the desired state and what we need to do in order to achieve the desired state. Following this meeting, Volleyball Canada in partnership with Sport Canada made a strategic decision to embrace and implement the LTAD model. LTAD offers a pragmatic and scienti?c approach to developing our athletes. To date, competition was not de?ned for volleyball it ¡°just happened¡±.

LTAD represents a systematic, integrated system that is built around developing athletes and identifying appropriate levels of competition at each stage. LTAD is about ¡°volleyball for life¡±.  Over the next year MVA will be taking a look at our existing programming and new initiatives and determining how they best fit in the new LTAD model.  We will as a province determine what we need to do to help acheive the goals of LTAD for the development of volleyball in Canada.  As the first step to that process we are making available the LTAD Model to our members and volleyball community within Manitoba to help you understand LTAD and better prerpare you for what lies ahead.

Please feel free to download and /or forward the LTAD Model to anyone who may be interested.