NEWS RELEASES

15/06/10 - SUMMER CAMPS 2010
Camp Brochure (pdf)
Registration is now OPEN !!

16/06/10 - TEXAS TECH PLAYS VIU !!
The NCAA Division 1 Texas Tech Raiders will play our VIU Mariners on August 14th at 5:30pm in the VIU Gym. The Raiders will also play UBC and UFV while touring the province. More details to come.

16/06/10 - HIGHSCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS
The dates are set and registration is open.
See Brochure (pdf) for all the details.

27/05/10 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL SIGNS THREE STARS
VIU Mariner Athletics would like to welcome ....
Braden O'Toole a 6'5" right side player from - Canmore Collegiate High School, Canmore, Alberta
Rylan Brouwer a 6'2" a left side hitter - G.P. Vanier Secondary School, Merville,BC and Mark LeMercier a 6'5" Middle from Kalamalka Secondary School, Vernon, BC.
Read more ...

19/05/10 - CONGRATS VI BASEBALL INSTITUTE !!
Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:06 The Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners went undefeated in the 2010 CCBC Championship tournament to take the title.
Complete tournament info visit www.bcpbl.com
In the final, they defeated the defending champion TRU WolfPack 7-4 with winning pitcher Myles Ethier throwing 6 strong innings allowing three runs, just one earned. Myles threw 15 innings in the tournament picking up two wins. The Mariners had a 7 run lead after four innings. In the semi-final game, the WolfPack defeated the Okanagan College Coyotes 12-8. Read more in the NDN or In the NNB

09/05/10 - WOMEN'S SOCCER WELCOMES NEW TALENT
The VIU women's soccer program is pleased to announce the following soccer talent has choosen to play for the Mariners next season. Jessica Smith-CARIHI, Jessi Weninger-Kelowna High, Bronte Fitzsimmons-Oak Bay High, Shelby Walker-Spectrum, Carley Lawless-Cowichan High, Jordan Tufnail-Courtenay/UVIC, Mariah Wadham former Mariner, Mary Shaw-NDSS, Ashlee Allbury-Dover Bay.
Player profiles

16/05/10 - HIGHSCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS
The dates are set and registration is open.
See brochure (pdf) for all the details.

03/05/10 - GRADES ARE IN !!
The 09/10 season has come to an end, all the final exams have been written and the grades are posted. Congratulations to the Women's soccer team on achieving the highest GPA of all teams with a 6.8, almost a B+ average. The women basketball team and the badminton team placed second and third with GPA's over a B.
Andrea Strebel (photo on left) of the women's soccer team takes the top overall student GPA title. Making the Mariner Academic Excellence list are 35 student-athletes!! Complete list (pdf) From this list several names will go forward for a national scholar award announced in June ...

03/05/10 - DISCOUNT CARDS $$ last chance !!
A few remain and they do expire August 31st, but there are some great savings to be had. 2 for 1 golf at Cottonwood, 25% off any food order at the Old City Station Pub, 2 for 1 laser tag or mini golf at Cybercity and much more.
Only $15 and all the proceeds go to Mariner Athletics. See Claudette Dodd upstairs in the Gymnasium, call 250-740-6419 or e-mail at claudette.dodd@viu.ca

12/04/10 - GOLF FUNDRAISER A HUGE SUCCESS !!
The first VIU Mariner Golf Fundraiser Tournament ran last Friday with almost 100 participants. With some help from Bruce Williams the A-News weatherman and also a member of the tournament organizing committee, the snow avoided the Nanaimo Golf Club and the sun was shining for most of the day. The event raised approx. $21,000 for Mariner Athletics !!
A big thanks to the organizing committee of Ed McDonald, Wahid Ali, George Hyrabowych, Bruce Williams, Dave Hammond, Mike Stefan and Bruce Hunter. PHOTOS
Winning team was from Harris Mazda with a score of 10 under!!
PHOTOS
More details will be posted soon.

12/04/10 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACHES HIRED
Rob Barcelos and Dr. Abe Avender will be the new coaches of the VIU men's volleyball team.
Both Rob and Abe are former Mariners and have been assistant coaches with the program, they will take on this new role as Co-Coaches .
Former head coach Chris Densmore has taken on an assistant coach postion with the UBC Thunderbirds. Read more on the ISN

08/04/10 - MARINERS CELEBRATE !!
The VIU Mariners celebrated another aggregate title, wednesday night at the Coast Bastion Inn.
Major individual
award winners included Andrew Kaban and Aileen Holder winning athletes of the year, with freshman athletes of the year going to Shenise Power and Robbie Cochrane.
Read more in the NNB
Bob DeBuyssher was inducted into the Wall of Fame. Bob was instrumental in developing mariner athletics and physical education programs at Malaspina, he also coached the golf team to three provincial titles.
Three Academic All-Canadians were announced Jacqueline Doleman, Rafal Korkowski and Andrew Kaban. Achieving this award requires excellence in the classroom and being named a league all-star. PHOTO GALLERY
Receiving the VIU Mariner Academic Excellence award for top academics over the past three term went o Patrick McCarthy and Andrea Strebel.Three $500 scholarships were presented by Bruce Condie of the International Education Department, they went to International student-athletes Mike Wohlers (USA), Kryzsztof Orman(Poland) and Aki Ishimine (Japan).
Once again Mira Laurence from A News emceed, adding her sparkle to the event as she has for the past four years.
More details on all the winners posted later today !!
Read more in the NDN
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17/03/10 - ONCE AGAIN VIU IS THE TOP ATHLETIC PROGRAM !!
For the fourth consecutive year the VIU Mariners have won the Provincial BCCAA Aggregate title.
The Aggregate Champion is the institution with the most accumulated points by each of the teams they field over the course of the competitive season.
VIU won silver medals in women's volleyball, men's basketball, badminton and men's soccer. A bronze medal went to women's basketball and for the first time in many years all Mariner teams qualified for provincials.
It was extremely close between VIU and UBC-Okanagan, just a few points made the difference.
Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches !!

Continued ... starting Sept 2010