RATTLERS Recently: (updated Thurs, May 5th)

 

**SEAVC Beach Day has been rescheduled to Fri May 14th due to the wintery weather conditions

 

SEAVC Year End BBQ & Beach Volleyball Wind-up

Kin Coulee Park - Beach Volleyball Courts (West end of park)

*Friday, May 14th (4:30-7:30pm) - eat approximately 5:30-6:30pm)

  - 12U & 14U to play 1st then eat, 16U & 17/18U will eat and then play 2nd

Hot Dogs and drinks will be provided for all participants (free of charge)

 

*Athletes - please let your coach know if you plan to attend so that we can order appropriate amounts of food.

*Coaches - please let Sai Wong know how many players & coaches plan to attend.  We also hope to be able to get together as a large group after the BBQ/Beach Wind-up to review the season.

 

 

Coaches Expenses and Players Fees

Coaches - Please submit your Expense Claim form and receipts to Wes so that cheques can be written to reimburse your coaching expenses.

Player Fees - Cheques will be mailed out in the next week for those athletes/teams who had tourney schedules reduced.  The amount refunded will be proportional with the expenses saved by not attending the specified tourney. 

 

SEAVC PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

The South East Alberta Volleyball Club  (SEAVC - pronounced “see’- vick”) RATTLERS has been in operation since 1989, and has recently developed an even closer relationship with the Medicine Hat College Rattler.  Entering the club’s 22nd season, the SEAVC Rattlers have drawn 1000’s of athletes from all of the city’s Jr. and SR. high schools as well as from many of the surrounding communities throughout South East Alberta and South West Saskatchewan.  Last year, the club provided 11 teams (8 girls’ teams and 3 boys’ teams) and had 160 athletes (105 Competitive & 55 Developmental, including more than 40 athletes who were 12 years of age or younger).   

The SEAVC program is designed to incorporate “FUN” into the development of individual and team oriented volleyball skills.  The South East Alberta Volleyball Club is highly competitive with other programs in Alberta as SEAVC teams have won: 4 Provincial Tier II Championships (18W - ‘93 & ‘98, 16W – ’94, 18M – ‘06); 1 Provincial Tier I – Div II Championship (18M); 2 Div II Silver Medals (16W – ’00, 14W – ’06, 14W – ‘07) and 1 Bronze (18M – ‘98).  The club has also garnered 2 Tier I Provincial Consolation Championships (18W- ‘92 & ‘94).  SEAVC has finished second at the Canadian Western Championships Div II (16W – ‘02) and the 18U Canadian Open (18W – ‘03, 18M - '07), and 4^th at the Canadian Western Championships (14W – ’06).  We are looking forward to another successful season and an even greater turnout of athletes for 2010.  The SEAVC program is highly regarded in the province and by the Alberta Volleyball Association as one of the few programs that promotes grassroots development younger than 12 years of age and promotes maximum participation and competitive opportunities for athletes by providing developmental programs and offering as many teams as possible.

A number of former SEAVC athletes have gone on to play on Alberta Provincial Volleyball teams and for the Medicine Hat College Rattlers or other post-secondary teams.   Former SEAVC athletes who have recently played for (current MHC Rattler*) the MHC Rattlers volleyball teams include: Michelle Alberts*, Kim Andjelic, Lauren Bardahl, Alex Chesley,   Diana Davison*, Paige Dean,  Tiffany Donovan, Sage Fahlman*, Lindsay Hazelaar, Desirae Hemsing, Amanda McGarry*, Kayla Stephenson*, Julien VanTol*, Jessi Wilson*, Justin Freitag, Chris Sawicki and Brett Zinger.  Other relatively recent notable SEAVC graduates having played post-secondary include:  Cecilia Enestrom (Rochester Institute of Tech), Marie Muschiol (LCC), Cindy Black (LCC), Kristie Swetnam (LCC), Joel Schellenberg (Briercrest), Jessica Zinger (Briercrest),  Natalie Weir (College of the Rockies), Janine Merkl (Grande Prairie College), Jill Walker (Louisiana Tech), Brandie Clark (University of Buffalo); Jill Herman (University of Ottawa), Kim Stonehouse (Montana State), Sara Brunner (Rocky Mountain College - Billings), Janice-Rose Reinbolt (Minot State University).   MHC Rattlers' coaches (including current and previous years) who have coached and/or played with SEAVC include: Sharla Butler, Brandie Clark, Kim Stonehouse, Sue Edwards,  Eve Godin, Wes King-Hunter, Terry Noble and Stacey Toews.  Numerous SEAVC alumni have gone on to coach with volleyball teams at the school, club and college level, while a few  have managed to gain coaching experience at the  provincial and/or national team levels .