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Canham Soaring High in Volleyball
By Todd Anderson Hamilton. At the Ontario Summer
Games we won six out of eight
ean, tall, and athletically-gifted,
matches, but didn’t qualify to move
LAvonmore’s Jordan Canham
on. It was a great experience.”
has made good use of his frame and
abilities to take his volleyball game A Grade 11 student at Tagwi
to new heights. Secondary School, Canham had the
opportunity to represent his school
A talented athlete in many sports,
at last year’s all-star game held at La
Canham excels in volleyball. In
Citadelle in Cornwall.
eastern Ontario, hockey dominates
the winter, and soccer or baseball are “I was pleased to be chosen to
the sports most youngsters enjoy in represent my school, especially since
the summer months. For Canham, I was only in Grade 10,” he says. “I
early influence directed him to watched my brother play the two
volleyball. previous years and thought it would
be a good experience.”
“My parents both love playing
volleyball. I started playing when Another highlight Canham is
I was young on family trips. My fond of was winning the Award
older brother, Gregor, also enjoys of Excellence last year with the
volleyball and played competitively Mavericks. It capped off a brilliant
as well. At a young age, I started year for the team as they won silver
doing volleyball camps like Spikes in in Sherbrooke QC, Cornwall, and
Cornwall and played on elementary Toronto, and gold in Oshawa.
school teams. In Grades 8 and 9, Before becoming more involved
I played for the Cornwall Vikings in volleyball, Canham played AA
Volleyball Club where I learned a hockey for two years while playing
lot. I then decided to try out for the volleyball in Cornwall.
Mavericks High Performance team
“I liked playing hockey but the Avonmore’s Jordan Canham is reaching new heights in volleyball. He
in Ottawa.” calls blocking and spiking the best parts of his game. This picture is a
changes in the hockey environment,
Now at age sixteen, and 6’4”, it’s playing with (players) two years clear indication of why. Submitted photo: Barb Canham
with the U17 Ottawa Mavericks older at the midget level, was not BARBARA’S TRAVEL TPI presents...
where Canham has taken his game to something I was interested in playing.
the next level. With the Mavericks, I loved playing volleyball and had
Canham practises five times a week success so I have kept on playing.” Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights
in Ottawa. He also participates
Canham also competes in most high October 7-13, 2017
in three gym sessions, two hours
school sports including basketball,
each, per week, and trains at Capital
badminton, soccer, and track and
Strength twice a week. There’s some
field. His aspirations in volleyball
game action along the way as well, of
are to reach the university level.
course. Canham and the Mavericks
will compete in four U17 Ontario
Volleyball Association tournaments
and another four U18 events in
Quebec. A trip to the provincials and
possibly the nationals in the spring
are also on Canham’s mind.
This past summer Canham
partnered up with Mavericks
teammate Alec Deschamps at the Book Now
Ontario Games beach volleyball & Save
competition. The duo competed in $ 200
five other beach tournaments prior to
per person
the Games in Toronto.
“I wanted to play with Alec. We For more information contact
have played indoors together for
two years and he and I communicate Avonmore’s Jordan Canham and Barbara Bouvier
well. We trained with the Mavericks partner Alec Deschamps won 1916 Pitt Street, Cornwall
beach program twice a week and we six of eight matches at the 2016 613-936-9100
Ontario Summer Games beach
came in second in two of the Ottawa
volleyball tournament. barbaratravel@on.aibn.com
tournaments and third in one in Submitted photo: Barb Canham
