All the Scorpion teams came to play on the last weekend of the OVA Volleyball Championships. There were strong performances by the Scorpions 13U Girls White , 15U Girls Synergy and 15U Boys teams played strong.

Two teams however raised their games to another level. The 16U Shockwave team, beat last years National champions Durham Attack, before losing to the number ranked provincially ranked London Forest City in a close three set battle in the Quarter finals. The Scorpions Shockwave finished tied for 5th place in Division 1 Tier 1, the highest division of volleyball in Ontario.

The 13U Scorpions White team, who had already claimed a provincial medal in the previous 14U provincial tournament, started slow on Friday and Saturday. They came alive however on Sunday winning the Silver medal by defeating the Kitchener Predators in straight sets.

Congrats to all the teams!. 

The Scorpions Youth Volleyball Club is pleased to announce the hiring of David Kay as competitive team head coach.

WireService.ca Press Release (04/12/2016) Cambridge, ON - The Scorpions Youth Volleyball Club from Cambridge Ontario currently has 14 competitive teams and 500 youth in their indoor programs. The need for coaches is critical to the continuing success and growth of the club.

The Scorpions are proud to announce that David Kay has agreed to join our indoor volleyball competitive coaching staff.

​David has over 17 years of coaching experience at the college level. Some of his coaching highlights are:

• Fully certified Level 3 coach
• Seventeen years of coaching in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
• Five time Alberta Colleges Athletic Association women’s volleyball coach of the year, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2000.
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association coach of the year, 2000
• Guest Coach, Canada’s National Women’s Team, Spring Camp 1993 Regina, 1997 Winnipeg
• Alberta Volleyball Association, Post secondary coach of the year, 1993
• Guest coach, University of Calgary women’s volleyball team, tour of Italy, 1985

Paul Langan, founder of Scorpions Youth Volleyball Club states, "We are looking forward to having David in the club. He is a veteran coach that will have an immediate, positive impact on the club. We realize the importance of having quality coaches. The addition of David Kay to our coaching staff further strengthens the Scorpions coaching team."

For more information please visit our website http://www.scorpionsvolleyball.ca
You may also contact Paul Langan at 519-654-0089 or by email at scorpionsvolleyball(at)yahoo.ca.

The Scorpions teams came into the second week of Ontario Volleyball Association provincials championships ready to play hard. They did and we are so proud of them.

Our 15U Girls Synergy finished in Division 1 Tier 1 in  9th place out of 114 teams!! Our 15U Strikers team were on fire on Saturday and Sunday winning 4 matches in a row before losing a close three set match. Our boys 14U team played with energy all weekend and showed the rest of Ontario that our boys program is on the rise..

Our 14U Scorpions Fuzion team played up in 15U Division 3 Tier 1. They won GOLD for the second week in a row. Amazingly they won all 12 matches winning 30 sets and losing only 5 sets on their way to the GOLD medal.

Congrats to all our Scorpions Teams. You represented Scorpions Nation well. 

Scorpions Volleyball player Amy Cureton, a 6'4" outside hitter and middle blocker, has signed with the Brock  University Badgers women's varsity volleyball team.

WireService.ca Press Release (04/07/2016) Cambridge, ON - The Scorpions Youth Volleyball Club is proud to announce that Amy Cureton will be playing varsity volleyball in fall 2016.

Amy Cureton, from Cambridge, Ontario, has decided to attend Brock University and accept a scholarship to play for the Brock University Badgers women's team.

Amy has played with the Scorpions her whole youth volleyball career. She started in the grade 8 house league program and played competitive up to this year on the 18U Scorpions competitive girls team.

Paul Langan, Founder of Scorpions Volleyball Club states, "Amy walked into the gym five years ago a shy young girl. She leaves the club as a leader whose commitment to the team and the club was exceptional.

Coach  Dale Melnick and the Brock Badgers are getting not only a high quality player but also a person whose understands that loyalty is an important human virtue. We will miss her and her family."
 
For more information on the Scorpions Volleyball Club call 519-654-0089 or visit their website- http://scorpionsvolleyball.ca
 
For more information on the Brock University volleyball program visit
http://gobadgers.ca/index.aspx?path=wvball
 
For a full size photo of Amy -  Click Here.

The Scorpions Volleyball Club from Cambridge, ON won 3 medals recently at the first weekend of the Ontario Volleyball Championships.

​WireService.ca Press Release (04/04/2016) Cambridge, ON.... 6 teams from the Scorpions Volleyball Club travelled to Waterloo to participate in the first weekend of the Ontario Provincial Volleyball Championships.
The club which has 500 youth in their indoor program and 14 competitive teams, All teams battled hard over the three day tournament. 3 teams captured medals during the weekend. They are:

• 14U Girls Scorpions Fuzion  won Gold in 14U Division 1 Tier 2 winning 8 matches and losing only 2 over the three day tournament
• 16U Girls Scorpions Shockwave won Silver in 17U Division 1  Tier 4, winning 5 matches and losing 4 matches
• 13U Girls Scorpions Green  won Silver in 14U Division 3 - Tier 1 winning 6 matches and losing 4 matches 

Paul Langan, founder of the club states," All the teams represented the club well. It was a long weekend with no easy games. These teams have set the bar very high for the next two weekends at provincials for our other teams to meet and perhaps exceed. I am so proud of all our players, coaches and board members that make our club strong."
For more information on the club go to http://www.scorpionsvolleyball.ca or call Paul Langan at 519-654-0089.