The end of the volleyball season brought with it the first graduating class in K-W Predator history. Most of the players on the two 18U girls have ended their Youth Club careers and many will be moving onto post-secondary education. The graduating class include Chanel Barros, Tea Bertanjoli, Justine del Mundo, Jaki Ellis, Kelly Frittenburg, Naomi Fukudome, Laura Klein, Kaitlyn Krizmanich, Becky Pavan, Samantha Reolofsen, Emily Roth, Marina Signer, Samantha Stevens, and Christina Sutton. Four of our athletes have secured positions with univerisity teams. The list includes, with the university that they will be playing for

Jaki Ellis - University of Alberta
Kelly Frittenburg - University of Calgary
Laura Klein - University of Waterloo
Becky Pavan - University of Kentucky

Best of luck to all the girls as they move on to the next phase of their life.

The KW Predators Volleyball Club are very proud to announce that a number our athletes have been invited to tryout for the Canadian Junior National Team and the Ontario Provincial Team. In addition, 5 of our athletes have been selected to represent Region 3 at the Ontario Summer Games in Ottawa this summer.

Jaki Ellis and Becky Pavan will be traveling to Winnipeg on June 28 in hopes of securing a spot on the Junior National Team. The JNT will be competing in Mexico on July 20-28 at the NORCECA championships, hoping to help Canada qualify for the World Championships next summer.

Tory McCutcheon, Kelly Frittenburg, Laura Klein, Jaki Ellis and Becky Pavan have all been selected to attend the High Performance Camp at Humber College on July 2-7. From this camp, the Ontario Provincial teams will be selected. The Provincial teams will be competing in the NTTC tournament later this summer. Ellis and Pavan will only attend if they do not make the JNT.

Congratulations go out to a number of girls who have already been selected to high performance teams. Kaitlyn Krizmanich, a member of our 18U girls team, has been selected to the Ontario Provincial Beach team. She will be training throughout this summer and next summer in preparation for the Canada Summer Games in 2009.

Five girls from our 16U team, coached by Corinne Williams and Kelvin Hui, have been selected to the Region 3 team this summer. The girls include Kaitlyn Skinner, Meaghan Loveday, Mikaela Klie, Ariel Berkeley and Brieanne Gallant. As mentioned previously, these girls will be representing our region in the Ontario Summer Games later this summer.

Anyone wishing to join the KW Predators or needing more information about our club can phone Paul at 519-570-2977 or send an e-mail to the Predators by clicking on this link.

The KW Predators Volleyball Club put the final touches on a successful first season by holding a club banquet at the Beach Blast sand court facility in Toronto. With fifteen courts at their disposal, the Predators' players, coaches and parents enjoyed a full day of volleyball with everyone being involved in an age level tournament. After pool play, a barbecue dinner was served followed by the tournament playoffs. Tournament winners received Predator shirts supplied by Mojosports. The list of tournament winners include:

14U Girls - Elizabeth McLellan, Kayla Gaudette, Abbey McLellan
16U Girls - Mikaela Klie and Daniela Lazarevic
18U Girls - Daphne Andre-Morin and Becky Pavan
18U Boys - Ian Roberts and Steve Brodie
Coaches - Pat Daniels, Wayne Rabley and Alison Domm
Parents - Judy George, Steve McCutcheon, Denyse, Bill, and Matt Krizmanich

It was very fitting that an outstanding day ended an outstanding season.

The 2008 dates for the 13th annual Waterloo County Volleyball Camp have now been set. The Club Camp for athletes that play volleyball for a Volleyball Club will run on July 21-25 while the Overall Skills Camp for athletes ranging in ages 9 to 18 will run on July 28 - August 1. The camps be held at local high schools througout the region by a coaching staff that ranks with the best staffs in the province. Register either online or by mail. For more information visit our website at www.wcvbc.ca, call Paul at 519-570-2977, or call Russ at 519-893-3705.

June 1 - Predators Prepare For Inaugural Banquet
May 4 - Predators Show Well at National Championships
Apr. 28 - Three Predator Teams Prepare For National Championships
Apr. 21 - Preds Capture Three Medals at Provincial Championsips
Apr. 1 - Predators Set To Launch Youth League
Mar. 29 - Predators Bugarski Cup Results
Mar. 1 - 13U Preds Impress at 14U Bugarski Cup
Feb. 26 - Predators Dominate High School Volleyball
Feb. 23 - 13U Girls Surprise Everyone at Zone A Bugarski Cup
Feb. 3 - Waterloo Sports Medicine – Workshop Success!
Dec. 31 - Preds Break For Holidays After Successful First Half
Dec. 16 - Strong Performance by U17 Girlsh
Dec. 9 - 16U Predators Go Undeated in Debut
Dec. 2 - Bronze Medal for U17 Girls in U18 Tier 2
Nov. 22 - Little Volleyball Predators Have a“Fun” Debut!
Nov. 8 - Predators Get Out To A Fast Start
Oct. 24 - BodySense Comes to the Kitchener- Waterloo Region