Chargers perfect again in B.C. girls volleyball
When you win three championships in a row the word “dynasty” comes to mind, and that’s exactly the legacy the Victoria Chargers have developed.
Last weekend in Abbotsford, the Chargers won the Under-16 girls title at the B.C. Volleyball Championships, making it the third provincial title in a row for the squad from Victoria.
The three-peat came after a thrilling 25-18, 27-25 win over Team Academy Black from White Rock in the gold-medal match. The victory capped off an undefeated weekend for the Chargers, which included a 25-18, 25-23 victory over the Coquitlam Ducks in the semifinals.
Victoria’s Savannah Purdy was named the tournament’s MVP, while teammates Taylee Pomponio, Erin Mutch, Gracie May, Sydney Belton, Hannah May and Miranda Cyr all had strong tournaments.
Skier Langridge a Special Olympian
Michael Langridge has a trip to Austria planned for next spring thanks to an impressive showing at the recent 2016 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook, N.L.
Langridge won three gold medals in Corner Brook and this week the alpine skier was named to the Canadian team for the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Schladming, Graz and Ramsau.
More than 3,000 athletes from 110 countries will compete in World Winter Games March 14-25 in Austria, including 110 from Canada.
Starting with training camps this month in Ontario, the Team Canada athletes train for 10 months leading up to the Austria Games.
Volleyball players off to Pan Am Cup
Two Island volleyball players continue to climb the national ladder.
On Tuesday, Brad Gunter of Courtenay and Casey Knight of Salt Spring Island were named to Canada’s national B team, which will compete in the 2016 XI Pan American Cup competition May 19-26 in Mexico.
Gunter and Knight were selected from a recent tryout camp in Gatineau, Que. Danny Grant of Chetwynd and Jordan Or of Burnaby were the only other B.C. athletes to make the national team.
Canada finished fourth at last year’s Pan-American Cup.