Monday, August 04, 2014
Bump Bump Kill!
I am quite certain
that I do not differ greatly from other scribes when I say that I am gratified
when a story literally falls onto the pages.
I have been
motivated, in the past week or so, to write about the following: The Rogers
Cup, and the success of Vasek Pospisil and Milos Raonic in Washington at the
ATP Championships; the recent success of the Toronto Blue Jays, notwithstanding
their struggles in Houston; the Commonwealth Games; the Canadiens’ signing of
P. K. Subban, and the fact that he is now paid more than Sidney Crosby; Aussie
Rules Football on TSN; Hall of Fame Football Inductions in Canton, Ohio; and
the new arrivals to the Buffalo Bills.
All of those
suggestions were overruled when I met Landis Doyle and Brendan Wong. They are
staying with her parents in our house rental next door, and they presented me
with a column that I had to write.
Both are successful
volleyball players. It is not a stretch to say that volleyball is most
important to them. Consider this: every morning, Brandon
sets up 97 nets for the City of Toronto for
volleyball players to play in the parks and beaches in Toronto College Hospital
in Toronto
They met at Humber College ,
in Toronto Dunbarton
High School Durham Ontario Basketball Association skills
development program, and played Club basketball for the Mississauga
I watched in awe as
they practised for a couple of hours on the back lawn. I cemented pipe to hold
the net posts, and hauled out the old net for them. I think they were amazed at
my preparation. They came well prepared themselves, with their own net, and a
bag of balls. Think tennis practice. Serves, kills, smashes. You really don’t
want to wander all over the acreage for one or two balls, when you are gearing
up for an event. Better to bring at least half a dozen.
Brendan is working
towards his next event in Las Vegas ,
Nevada North America . Nine players on the court, instead of the
usual six. In terms of nationality, one must be one-sixteenth Chinese, he told
me. I questioned the nine man idea. Landis told me: “It’s really a fast game.
Most kills are saved, due to the number of players on the court.”
Landis set up kills
for Brendan, one after another. They even put out the old hockey net on the
service line, as a target for the smashes!
They were both highly
skilled players, making their mark with the great game of volleyball, in the
sunshine of Prince
Edward County
James Hurst
Sportslices.blogspot.com
August 4, 2014.
# posted by James Hurst @ 9:15 AM 
