Vancouver – Under sunny blue skies and in front of thousands of spectators, champions were crowned yesterday at that ClearlyContacts.ca Open. Congratulations to Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter for taking the prize on the mens side and to Leah Allinger and Liz Cordonier for winning to womens tournament. Youth champions were Dunn/Neil (16U Girls), Bauer/Te (14U Girls), Koslowski/Loewen (16U Boys), and Johnson/Staal (14U Boys).
Volleyball BC would like to thank again our title sponsor ClearlyContacts.ca for their support throughout the preparations and tournament weekend- we can’t wait to work with them next year on the 2014 ClearlyContacts.ca Open!
A shout out also to Nothing but Volleyball, Donnelly Group, Vega, Red Rain, 6Pack Beach, Granville Island, Impulse, Good Life Fitness and Subway for helping us to run such an exciting event – thank you!
For full results please click here and don’t forget to check out the Volleyball BC Facebook page for a preview of the amazing shots taken by Derek Stevens at www.SportFoto.ca!
Press Release:
Vancouver, Canada, July 15, 2013 – The ClearlyContacts.ca Beach Volleyball Open drew to a close on Sunday to bring an end to three days of exciting beach volleyball action at Kits Beach.
On the men’s side 2012 Canadian Olympian Josh Binstock and his partner, former U21 World Champion Sam Schachter added to their resumes with an impressive 2-0 win over Ontario’s Matt Zbyszewski and Jessie Lelliot. It was Schachter’s 2nd Open victory, having won the same event last year with former teammate Maverick Hatch. On the way to the final Schachter and Binstock defeated hometown favourites Maverick Hatch of Comox, BC and Jared Krause of Langley BC.
Meanwhile on the women’s side, Leah Allinger-Pezer and Liz Cordonier won the 2013 ClearlyContacts.ca Open title by defeating defeating Andrea Peterson and Kathleen Brownlee 2-0 in the gold medal match. Earlier on Sunday morning, Allinger and Cordonier narrowly defeated upstarts Nicole and Megan McNamara. The twin sisters, both 16 years of age and entering grade 11 this fall, were able to recover to claim the bronze medal shortly after their semi-final loss and will move on to represent BC at the Canada Games in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
“It was a great tournament” said 2013 champion Josh Binstock, “the crowds were bigger than I have ever seen at Kits Beach. My partner Sam deserves the credit for our victory as he made some great plays in the finals.”
Volleyball BC will host the Youth and Adult Beach Volleyball National Championships at Spanish Banks August 23-25 and many of the same players will be back looking for National supremacy.
About ClearlyContacts.ca
ClearlyContacts.ca is the leading manufacturer and online retailer of eyewear products offered through a family of world class websites. Established in 2000, the ClearlyContacts.ca family of brands provides customers with an extensive, in stock selection of prescription eyewear, contact lenses and sunglasses. ClearlyContacts.ca’s vision is to provide our customers with stylish high quality eyewear quickly, so they can see everything life has to offer. For more information about ClearlyContacts.ca (TSX:COA), visit www.clearlycontacts.ca.
About Volleyball BC
Volleyball BC is the Provincial sport governing body that actively encourages and enables all residents to enjoy, participate and excel in the sport of volleyball. VBC runs youth club tournaments, adult leagues, coaching certification and skills clinics throughout the province. Go to www.volleyballbc.org for more information.
2012 Olympian Josh Binstock in action on Center Court.