Volleyball Canada has really launched its 2025 shoreline volley ball nationwide group lineup Wednesday, with 5 of the 6 2024 Olympians going again to the workforce.
Leading the tactic for the aged girls’s group will definitely be Paris Olympic silver medallists Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes The 2 Toronto residents will definitely be signed up with by Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec, each of whom likewise accomplished in Paris final summer time season.
The males’s facet features two-timeOlympian Sam Schachter The 34-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., will definitely return to face for the maple fallen go away for another yr, signed up with by Tynan Gannett, Luke de Greeff, Martin Licht, Steven Abrams, Jonny Pickett, and Guillaume Rivest.
Schachter, an expert on the males’s aged workforce, will definitely search to enhance his earlier Olympic expertise. Rivest, Pickett and Licht all deliver further firepower after engagement within the RBC Training Ground’s “Future Olympians” program.
ENJOY l Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson achieve silver for Canada at Paris Games:
Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson made silver medals within the girls’s shoreline volley ball final on the Paris Olympics after being up toNo 1-ranked Ana Patricia and Duda of Brazil in 3 collections.
As Canada’s celebrities stay to ascertain the criterion on the worldwide section, the longer term technology of skill prepares to tip up. The Canadian NextGen group has really had present platform success on the NORCECA Tour.
Volleyball Canada’s main sporting exercise policeman Kerry MacDonald shared optimistic outlook in regards to the group’s ongoing development.
“This year’s roster features an exciting blend of veteran talent and emerging stars,” MacDonald acknowledged.
“Building on the incredible achievements of Brandie and Mel in Paris, along with the strong performances of our NextGen teams, 2025 is shaping up to be a remarkable year for Canadian beach volleyball.”
Amy Ozee, a gold medallist on the sixth give up of the NORCECA Tour in Honduras in October, goes again to the women’s NextGen group along with newbieEmily Anderson Marie-Alex Belanger, that wager Canada’s inside nationwide group from 2017 to 2022 and gained 2 NORCECA silver medals for the NextGen group within the earlier 3 years, likewise returns together with Lea Monkhouse.
While the aged employees member will definitely contend for components and money prize on the Beach Pro Tour in March, Volleyball Canada has really stored in thoughts that further summer time season skilled athletes will definitely be launched at a later day.
Roster
- Brandie Wilkerson (Toronto)
- Melissa Humana-Paredes (Toronto)
- Heather Bansley (Waterdown, Ont.)
- Sophie Bukovec (Toronto)
Next Gen (Women)
- Lea Monkhouse (Mississauga, Ont.)
- Amy Ozee (Maui, Haw.)
- Marie-Alex Belanger (Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Que.)
- Emily Anderson (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Next Gen (Men)
- Sam Schachter (Richmond Hill, Ont.)
- Tynan Gannett (Dartmouth, N.S.)
- Luke de Greeff (Victoria)
- Steven Abrams (Georgetown, Ont.)
- Martin Licht (Toronto)
- Jonathan Pickett (Wiarton, Ont.)
- Guillaume Rivest (Saint- Félix-de-Valois, Que.)
