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15U Avalanche Battle Hard in First Tournament

By • Feb 15th, 2011 • Category: Big Story, News, Tournaments

The 15U Apex Avalanche competed in their first tournament of the season this past weekend. The first day of pool play placed them against FVVC, Thunder-B and 250 Selects and went 0 – 3. On Sunday morning the girls were pumped to get out to a better start and end the tournament on a positive [...]



UBC Volleyball Club Night

By • Feb 2nd, 2011 • Category: Big Story, News, Upcoming Events

On Friday night, the UBC Men’s Volleyball team will honour graduating fifth-year senior and Apex 17U Boys coach Blair Bann, as well as setter Ryan Zwarich. Friday and Saturday will mark the last two matches of Blair’s career, as his eligibility is up following this season. Blair is the reigning and 2-time CIS Libero of [...]



Ice Breaker Skate

By • Dec 18th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News, Upcoming Events

Attention all members of the club! We are holding our annual Ice Breaker Skate event at the Killarney Community Centre Ice Rink on Wednesday, December 29, from 3:00PM – 4:30PM. There is no cost to skate, but you will need to rent skates if you don’t have any. Skate rental is $2. Also, please bring [...]



Apex Meeting Times

By • Dec 15th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News

All meetings to take place in Gym C at Killarney Secondary School. Please bring all your signed material as well as your money to confirm your spot. If you are unable to make the meeting, please contact your coaches, or come at any time between 4:00PM and 9:30PM to drop off your documents. 4:00PM – [...]



18U and 17U Boys Tryouts: TIME CHANGES

By • Dec 13th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News

As a result of the lockdown at Gladstone Secondary last Thursday, some school basketball games have been postponed to this week, affecting Apex tryouts. Please note the following changes: 18U Boys Tuesday, December 14 – 6:30-8:00PM – Gladstone (was 5:00-6:30PM before) Wednesday, December 15 – 5:00-6:30PM – Gladstone (was 6:30-8:00PM before) 17U Boys Tuesday, December [...]



17U Girls Roster Announced

By • Dec 11th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News

Thank you to everyone who came and tried out! Each year for the past three years that I have run tryouts for this age group, the competition has gotten better and better. If you did not make the team, again, we invite you to try out for next year’s club and wish you much success [...]



16U Boys News

By • Dec 7th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News

The following athletes have been invited back to the last tryout that will be taking place the week of December 13-17. Thank you to all who came out to tryouts and best of luck to you in the future. If you have any questions, you can contact Coach Derek at dereklai88 (a) hotmail.com. Albert Tang [...]



Blair Bann Joins Apex to Coach 17U Boys

By • Nov 14th, 2010 • Category: Big Story, News

Apex VC is proud to announce that UBC Thunderbirds captain and Team Canada member Blair Bann will be coaching the 17U boys team this upcoming season. Currently in his fifth and final year at UBC as the member of the Thunderbirds, Blair brings a wealth of knowledge, as well as a passion of the game [...]



Van Tech and David Thompson Senior Boys’ Teams in Local Media

By • Oct 21st, 2010 • Category: Big Story, High School, News

Two of the top senior boys’ high school teams battled for the top spot in Division A this past Monday. Van Tech, coached by Apex President Ken Li won in a marathon match 3-2 (24-26, 25-20, 25-17, 28-30, 15-3). The Vancouver Courier was on site and covered the match. The article can be seen at [...]



U16 Assault Bring Home the Gold

By • Jun 9th, 2010 • Category: News, Tournaments

It was a tough season full of long practices three nights a week in gyms and churches, training camps, coaching specialists and team bonding activities. However, the newly formed U16 Apex Assault team came out on top. This extremely talented group of girls came together this year not having played together before and put it [...]