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INTERNATIONAL
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
COMES TO KINGSTON
KINGSTON,
Ont. - (June 19, 2009) Team Canada will take on the national men’s
team from Australia in the Bartlett Gym at Queen’s University on
Wednesday July 22, 2009. Game time is set for 7:00pm
with doors opening at 6:00pm
Canada begins a new quadrennial with a young and extremely talented
team and is very optimistic about its chances for 2012. Currently
ranked 21st in the world, Canada looks to move up when it takes on
the Aussies, who currently sit in the 14th position in the world.
The Cauncks will use the exhibition series with Australia as
preparation for the 2010 World Championship qualification tournament
that is being held in Cuba in early August.
This
match will be a homecoming for one member of Team Canada – Adam
Simac. Simac is a former member of the Queen’s Gaels who
hails from Ottawa. The 6’8” middle player led Queen’s to
the 2006 OUA Championship and a fifth place finish in the CIS
men’s volleyball championship. From 2006 to 2008, Simac
played professional volleyball in Austria before joining the Olympic
program, full-time.
This is the first international men’s volleyball action to come to
Kingston since Canada played Argentina in 2002, and is part of a
three-city tour, with matches also being held in Ottawa on July 21st
and Sherbrooke on July 25th.
“We are so pleased and excited to welcome Team Australia to
Canada,” said head coach Glenn Hoag. “This will be a great
opportunity for both teams to prepare for the upcoming season, as
Australia will be heading to the FIVB World League after its stop in
Canada”.
Tickets for the Kingston match are $10.00 each and are available
on-line at www.volleyball.ca
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