Wednesday evening photoshoot added for 14U & 15U Boys – St. Paul’s HS
January 23, 2012 – Please note that a second evening of player and team shots has been added for the 14U and 15U Boys teams, at St. Paul’s HS, as per the schedule below. Remaining [...]
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16U Girls Red take Silver at 17U Challenge Cup in Ottawa
By Lindsay Dohar #6, with photos by Vic Dohar January 14, 2012 – The 16U Girls Red team participated in the OVA 17U Challenge Cup – Trillium D at Longfields Davidson Heights SS in Ottawa. [...]
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14U Girls Purple Improve Second Time Out
By Andie Ambroziak December 17, 2011 – Going into our second tournament of the season, the OVA 14U Girls Challenge Cup – Trillium F in Cobourg, my team and I were extremely nervous, but also [...]
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The 17U Fusion Girls continue climbing up the OVA rankings!
By Ann Miller, with photos from the Illingworth family January 14, 2012 – Mid-winter in Ontario can bring about most interesting driving conditions and this year’s OVA 17U Girls Challenge Cup – Championship East in Kingston [...]
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16U Boys Back on Track with Premier Bronze
By Michelle Wherret, with photos by Laureen Harper January 14, 2012 – The 16U Boys had a long snowy drive to play in the OVA 16U Challenge Cup – Premier, at Barrie Central High School. [...]
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15U Girls Bring Home Challenge Cup Bronze
By Rachel Sweezey #9, with photos by Solomon Wong January 14, 2012 – For our first tournament of 2012, the 15U Girls made our way to Peterborough to play in our third league tournament, the [...]
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Last chance to update your Athlete or Coaching Profile
January 15, 2012 – This is the last chance for all FUSION players and coaches to log in to the Member Section of the website to update their Athlete (or Coaching) Profile. Final profiles will [...]
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16U Girls Red at Challenge Cup in Kingston
By Gabriele Zitikyte #2, with photos by Vic Dohar December 17, 2012 – The 16U Red Girls rose early to head to our second OVA tournament, the OVA 16U Girls Challenge Cup – Championship East [...]
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uOttawa Gee-Gees host FUSION-Mavericks Exhibition
By the Giovanopoulos Family, with photos by the Illingworth Family and Colleen Fitzgibbons January 7, 2012 – Youth Volleyball is alive and well and with a bright future in the Nation’s Capital! Following a much [...]
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We’re Golden Baby!
By Amanda Havey and Viki Bojilova December 10, 2011 – The 18U girls headed up to Barrie for their first OVA event of the season, the OVA 18U Girls Provincial Cup – Championship East. The [...]
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Learning the ropes at 14U Championship Division
By Paul Edwards and Sue Bureau, with photos by Norbert Ghersin December 17, 2011 – After their gold medal performance in Ottawa, the 14U Red girls had earned their move up a division at the [...]
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Challenges for the 16U Boys at the 17U Challenge Cup
By Michelle Wherrett, with photos by Laureen Harper December 17, 2011 – The 16U Boys had a nice short drive to Kingston to play an age division at the OVA 17U Boys Challenge Cup – [...]
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FUSION Blog: Learning to Migrate
#2/2 by Yasmeen Dawoodjee ’11 December 30, 2011 – Someone once said that college is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. Whoever said this has clearly never experienced a [...]
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A hard-earned 4th place for the 15U Boys in Richmond Hill
By Rickey Situ December 17th, 2011 – The 15U Boys headed back to Richmond Hill for the OVA 15U Boys Challenge Cup to try and improve from their last tournament. Their first match was against [...]
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15U Girls Head Back to Trenton for the 16U Challenge Cup
By Megan Kuciak, with photos by M. Hasley and S. Wong December 17, 2011 – The 15U girls were back in Trenton – this time to play up in the 16U division – at our [...]
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Rough start to the OVA season for the 18U Boys
By Linda McAlpine, with photos by Ron Wheatley December 10, 2011 – After a silver in Sherbrooke, the 18U Boys were looking forward to their first OVA event, the OVA 18U Boys Provincial Cup – [...]
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17U Girls Achieve Silver and Championship Promotion at 18U Trillium
Written by the Bodoni Family, with photos from the Illingworth Family December 10th, 2011 – Our team arrived at The Loyalist Collegiate Vocational Institute in Kingston for the OVA 18U Girls Provincial Cup – Trillium [...]
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Nine FUSION Boys Named to Region 6 OWG Training Team
December 16, 2011 – OVA Region 6 has announced its 2011-2012 Boys Regional Training Team. After an exhausting day of open tryouts, the selection committee has identified 14 athletes who will be permitted to participate [...]
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Six FUSION Girls Named to Region 6 OWG Training Team
December 16, 2011 – OVA Region 6 has announced its 2011-2012 Girls Regional Training Team. After an exhausting day of open tryouts with upwards of 3 dozen girls in attendance, the selection committee has identified [...]
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13U Girls move up the ranks in North Bay
By John Peter Guy, with photos by Kathy Watt December 10, 2011 – The 13U Girls competed in their second tournament of the season, the OVA 13U Girls Provincial Cup – Zone E, which was [...]
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FUSION well represented at OWG Region 6 team tryouts in Barrhaven
Photos by Paul Edwards December 11, 2011 – FUSION girls were out in force on Sunday at tryouts for the 2012 Ontario Winter Games Region 6 team at St. Joseph’s HS in Barrhaven. Roughly a [...]
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Synergy finishes up fall session with game day scrimmage
Photos by Eva Edwards December 10, 2011 – The fall Synergy Development Volleyball Camp finished up this Saturday in Nepean. All participants ended up their 8-week session with a lively scrimmage, with some of the [...]
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Cathy O’Doherty takes home OVAtion Achievement Award
By Paul Edwards December 3, 2011 – The Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) hosted its OVAtion Bi-Annual Awards Banquet to honour those volunteers and corporate partners that have distinguished themselves through the years by providing their [...]
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The 17U Girls start off their OVA season with bronze
Written by the Giovanopoulos Family, with photographs from the Illingworth Family November 26, 2011 – The 2011-2012 season-opening tournament for the 17U FUSION Girls, the OVA 17U Girls Provincial Cup – Trillium D, was scheduled [...]
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First Tournament for 16U Girls Purple – Provincial Cup in Trenton
By Emily Magel, with photos by Leah De Leo November 19, 2011 – We went into our first tournament, the OVA 16U Girls Provincial Cup – Trillium F, with a lot of mixed emotions… fear, anxiety, [...]
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Sitting Volleyball with 14U Girls Purple
By Meera Nagpal December 4, 2011 – My team and I got the opportunity to play sitting volleyball. Sitting volleyball is very similar to volleyball; but there are a couple changes, such as, everything below [...]
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Toronto 2012: Not your average National Championships
September 26, 2011 – This season, Volleyball Canada has pulled out all the stops for National Championships. Every single championship event, at every age level, in both Boys and Girls divisions, will be staged at [...]
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18U Boys take Silver at Omnium du Québec in Sherbrooke
By Liz Hart, with photos by Ron Wheatley November 6, 2011 – The FUSION 18U Boys travelled to Sherbrooke for the Omnium du Québec 18U – Vert et or compétition. Being our first tournament of [...]
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17U Girls at Omnium du Québec in Sherbrooke
By Maren Hansen November 6, 2011 – It has been an exciting fall for the team with a great team building trip, lots of hard work in the gym, some exciting guest coaches, and learning [...]
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15U Girls’ First Tournament: Provincial Cup – Championship East
By Kara Hayes, with photos by Janet Bullbrook and Katherine Wong November 26, 2011 – The 15U girls made their way down to Trenton this past weekend for their first OVA tournament of the 2011-2012 [...]
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16U Boys in Barrhaven – Starting Off the Season with Gold
By Michelle Wherrett, with photos by Tracy Lamb November 19, 2011 – The 16U Boys had their first taste of tournament action this weekend in the OVA 16U Boys Provincial Cup – Zone C. Unlike [...]
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16U Red’s Season Off to a Good Start
By Myranda Bingham #3 November, 19, 2011 – The 16U Red girls woke up early to drive to Casselman for our first tournament of the season, the OVA 16U Girls Provincial Cup – Championship East. [...]
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Welcome to 18U – at the Omnium in Sherbrooke, Quebec
By Ashley Arbour November 5, 2011 – The Omnium du Québec in Sherbrooke officially kicked off our 18U season. Over blasting iPods, endless stories, occasional homework, and even Nintendo DSs, the road trip to Sherbrooke [...]
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15U Boys Provincial Cup: The Season Opener
By Rickey Situ November 12, 2011 – The 15u Boys travelled to Richmond Hill to their very first tournament, the OVA 15u Boys Provincial Cup – Championship East. They were full of energy and ready [...]
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Gold medal performance to start the season for 14U Red in Barrhaven
By Paul Edwards, with photos by Eva Edwards November 19, 2011 – The 14U Girls Red team joined their Purple sisters (as well as their 16U brothers) at the OVA 14U Girls Provincial Cup – [...]
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13U Girls Provincial Cup in Markham
By Caroline Shaw, with photos by Kathy Watt November 12, 2011 – The Fusion 13U Girls made their way westward to Markham on Friday, Nov 11th for their first tournament together as a team, the [...]
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17U Girls Team Building Retreat
By Charlotte Illingworth The 17U FUSION Girls started off the season with a team building retreat in Dunrobin at YMCA/YWCA camp Bonnenfant. The day started off cold and windy, but we began to warm up [...]
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13U Girls attend an Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s volleyball match
By J.P. Guy November 3, 2011 – Just to begin, this is about the 13U Girls team… The Rookie Team! “Rookieness” is about the whole player and parental package – rookie players and rookie volleyball [...]
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Saunders Farm Adventure with the 16U Purple Girls
November 3, 2011 – When the 16U Purple Girls went to Saunders Farm, we were ready to be scared silly! The first attraction we went into was the barn of terror. A few of the [...]
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Fusion Kicks Off another exciting season in Barrhaven
Photos by Eva Edwards November 1, 2011 – FUSION began 2010-11 with a great evening of speeches, food, togetherness – and a touch of volleyball celebrity – at the club’s 3rd Annual Fusion Kickoff at [...]
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Let Our Final Year Begin!
By Amanda Havey, 18U Girls November 1, 2011 – The 18U Girls headed into university life a year early for some delicious treats, team bonding and a chance to take in some great volleyball. We [...]
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Winning with your team’s web page
October 25, 2011 – We are very proud of the work we do here at FUSION in our goal to publish one of the sport’s best club websites. There is less value in doing all [...]
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Synergy and Jr. Fusion Fall Camps are in session!
Photos by Eva Edwards October 22, 2010 – Fall camps season kicked off at St. Paul’s CHS this weekend, as Jr. Fusion and Synergy sessions began in earnest. Fusion coaches and veteran players led the [...]
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Low-light action photography: A primer for anyone with a digital SLR camera
By Paul Edwards, with photos by Eva Edwards September 27, 2011 – Many of us have invested in a relatively expensive digital SLR camera – one with the capability to take huge 8-12 mb images [...]
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Join in our Ottawa Senators ~ Ottawa Fusion Fundraiser!
September 27, 2011 – Fusion has teamed up with the Ottawa Senators to offer our members and their friends access to discounted tickets for the following home games this season. A portion of the face [...]
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FUSION Blog: Yazzie takes her skill to McGill
#1/2 by Yasmeen Dawoodjee ’11 September 23, 2011 – As they would say here in Montréal, Québec, “Salut Fusion!” This past weekend I noticed there was something different in the air, a certain shift in [...]
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My Team Ontario Experience, 2011
By Maren Hansen, Fusion 17U Girls Coach September 14, 2011 – I was thrilled to hear that I had been named a head coach with Team Ontario for the 2011 season. After having coached boys [...]
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Fusion girls crack open a new season at first tryouts
September 17, 2011 – The girls took their turn at strutting their stuff before coaches, assessors, parents and their future teammates at St. Paul’s CHS in Nepean on Saturday. Everyone was pleased with the turnout, [...]
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18U Boys launch tryout season for Ottawa Fusion
Photos courtesy Eva Edwards September 14, 2011 – The OFVC held its first tryout session with the 18U Boys at St. Pius X HS in Ottawa. This year’s coaching staff of Craig Johnston and Dan [...]
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Big Results come from Big Dreams
September 9, 2011 – Here is a story for anyone who dreams big. Any of our 2009 female alumni will surely recognize these two ladies – Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes – a couple of [...]
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Welcome to the new OttawaFusion.ca!
By: Dan Wolfenden September 8, 2011 – Welcome to Ottawa Fusion and the launch of our new 2011-12 web site! The club has been very active throughout the summer, planning and working in the background [...]
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A conversation with National Team star Gavin Schmitt
By: Fusion staff September 6, 2010 – The life of a volleyball player after high school and club is different for every player. Some move on to other challenges outside the sport; some enjoy their [...]
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Congratulations to our 2010-2011 Fusion Grads!
By: Fusion staff September 6, 2011 – We felt it right that we celebrate the achievements of our graduating players this season, and wish them all the best in both their studies, and, for those [...]
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Canada Punches Ticket to World League
Story courtesy Volleyball Canada – www.volleyball.ca KINGSTON, ON – Canada’s Men’s National volleyball team has secured a spot for themselves in the 2012 FIVB World League with a decisive 3-0, 25-19, 25-14 and 25-19 on [...]
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A Year in the Life of the Gee-Gees
September 6, 2011 – Those of you who are interested in playing the sport at the varsity level might find this uOttawa Gee-Gees fansite of interest. Watch the Gee-Gees, in pictures, as they make their [...]
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