Canterbury Beach Squad 2024/2025

Spend a summer on the sand.  

Come and join Canterbury's best junior volleyball players in a group training environment led by experienced coaches.  A great way to make new friends, play against your school and club mates and develop your all around skills. 

Purpose of Canterbury beach squad – is to provide a holistic athlete-centered development environment to encourage long term involvement in the game.   

The beach squad environment offers athletes the opportunity to develop the physical, mental, and emotional skills and knowledge to go on to play, coach, manage or be involved in whatever level of adult beach volleyball they choose. Emphasis is placed on quality engagement with coaches and players, positivity, support, encouragement and improved volleyball skills and game development.  Results are a by-product of the overarching purpose and not the priority. 

Squad Trial Information:

8th of September - Pioneer Stadium
U17 Girls: 10.30am-12noon
U19 Girls: 9am-10.30am
U19 Boys & U17 Boys: 10.30am-12noon

Age brackets for 2024/2025 season are:

U17 - born 2009 or later
U19 - born 2007 or 2008

Registrations are now closed.

Cost: $370

includes:

• Squad t-shirt

• 1 1/2 day camp (15-16 November 2024)

• 1 day camp (10 January 2025)

• Training days & times:  
  2024: 23 October-18 December: Wednesday (6pm-8pm) and Sunday (4pm-6pm) 
  2025: 7 & 8 January (6pm-8pm), 19 January (4pm-6pm), 22 January (6pm-8pm)
  (note - younger athletes may only be able to train once a week in term 4 due to indoor commitments)

• coaching from our Canterbury coaches

• entry to 4 x Christchurch tournaments -16-17 November, 14-15 December, 11 January 2025,

•    25-26 January 2025 (Canterbury Open) 

What isn't included:

- playing singlet for our local tournaments (additional $25)