{"id":1182,"date":"2019-05-22T17:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpms1.humber.smartmanagedservers.com\/sweatmag\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2022-11-17T21:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:14:01","slug":"off-the-bench-from-east-to-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/off-the-bench-from-east-to-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Off The Bench: From East to West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Pasha Ormerod, Durham Lords Women\u2019s Volleyball<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My journey began in high school in British Columbia, in grade\nnine, playing school and club volleyball. This led to playing club volleyball\nfor the Northwest Rage. Northwest Rage was a team of only six to eight girls.\nBut even though we were a small team, we won provincials during club season,\nattended nationals every year, and played almost every weekend out of town,\ngetting ready for the big city teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We practiced five times a week, on top of school, and most of our\nteam was getting tired of volleyball, with the number of weekends spent away.\nWe also had to drive a minimum of six hours to find a good team to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought my career with volleyball would be over after playing\nwith the Rage, but at nationals in Edmonton I met Tony Clarke. He came up to my\nparents and I, and spoke to me about taking my volleyball to the next level\nwith him and the Durham Lords. After a period of thinking I accepted the\nscholarship at Durham College and started my journey in Ontario that following\nSeptember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being in Ontario, our volleyball season began against New York. We\nslowly began winning game by game, over time. We trained through practice and\nwith Elite Training Systems, as often as we could, which lead us to provincials\nat the end of the season. We came in third overall, not losing a game during\nthe regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After provincials I headed home to British Columbia to collect the\nPremier\u2019s Award for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport. I was also given a\nregional award in Ontario when I was named to the OCAA women\u2019s volleyball\nall-rookie team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have played at the North American Indigenous Games in 2017 for\nthe B.C. volleyball team and on the basketball team for the Junior All Native\nTournament in 2018, as well as in tournaments every weekend with my school and\nclub team. Looking back on my journey here, with these experiences I have\nlearned to be a leader and a teammate, when both are needed to support my\nteammates during our games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a first-year player everything was different for me,\nacademically and sports-wise. It was a great experience learning with a new\nteam in a new part of the world, moving onward with my volleyball career and\nacademics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am very happy that I changed my mind\nabout playing sports at the next level, as it is an experience that not many\npeople get to have. I would not change my decision on playing for anything and\nI am proud to be a Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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