Teams Overview

The club volleyball season is January through April. Practices are weekday evenings. Tournaments are on weekends. The season culminates in the Provincial Championships which all teams participate in in mid to late April.

Players compete in divisions according to their birth year, not their grade. Volleyball players must attend the open tryouts for their own age division and gender if they want the opportunity to play for Thunder. Tryouts occur in late November and early December.

Thunder has both Club and High Performance (HP) club teams. Both Club and HP teams provide excellent training in the fundamentals of technical and tactical volleyball skills. Both Club and HP teams participate in volleyball tournaments organized by Volleyball BC. The difference is that the HP teams are more competitively focused. Club teams practice once or twice a week, and participate in at least 5 weekend tournaments. HP teams practice 2 or 3 times a week, and participate in at least 5 weekend tournaments several of which are out of town. Most HP teams also strive to place highly at the Provincial Championships and many go the National Championships. The club fees and travel costs are more expensive for players on a HP team.

Players must be regularly available for both weeknight practices and weekend tournaments. All schedule conflicts must be discussed with the club, and may or may not be acceptable.

Team fees for the 2010 club season is still being finalized and vary depending on age group.  The fees include:  Season organization, coaching, gym rentals, minimum one practice per week, minimum five tournaments, including Qualifiers and Provincial Championships, uniform top, Thunder gear, and Volleyball BC membership.  Fees *do not* include:  Black uniform shorts or travel related costs, such as transportation (vehicle/van, ferries., etc.) hotel and  food.

There are a limited number of bursaries available for players who require financial assistance. Email the volleyball club for more information.

2010 Thunder Teams

We are still finalizing practice times as we attempt to secure gym space, and we may not be able to provide that info until after tryouts.

The other teams and coaches are as follows:  [Name (Recent teams coached)]

18U HP – Beathen Thomas (Asst. Coach–UBC Thunderbirds, Hugh Boyd), Joanne Ross (Asst. Coach–UBC Thunderbirds)

18U Club – Zack Mason (Kitsilano)

17U HP – Chris Berglund (Asst. Coach–UBC Thunderbirds, Crofton House), Roy Dario (Crofton House, Team BC Baden Cup 16U)

16U HP – Paul Watton (Templeton, Team BC Baden Cup 15U), Kristina Pavlovic, Michelle Collens

16U Club – Juan Arnold, Sachi K.

15U HP – Fred Setterington (Thunder 15U HP), Danelle Joe (Thunder 15U Club)

15U Club – Steve Lane (Thunder 16U Club), Jenny Lane (Thunder 16U Club), Vanessa Sung

14U - Jake (Thunder 14U), Danielle Van Huizen (Thunder 14U)

14U - Pascal Gray, Woo Kim

13U – Brady Page (Thunder 14U), Jacqueline Robillard

13U – Boris Tyzuk, father of Katie Tyzuk (Point Grey, various Thunder teams), Veronika Farnell (University Hill, various Thunder teams), Rhonda Leung (various Thunder teams), Roy Dario (Thunder 17U HP, Crofton House, Team BC Baden Cup 16U)