DEL BIANCO TO COMPETE AT FIVB YOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Nick Del Bianco

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (ANNOUNCEMENT)
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
FIVB YOUTH WORLDS

DEL BIANCO TO COMPETE AT FIVB YOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western University’s Nick Del Bianco is set to take on the world.

The Surrey, B.C. product, who will join the Spartans this fall, is in Espinho, Portugal for the 2010 FIVB Youth Beach Volleyball U-19 World Championships that run from July 28 – Aug. 1.
 
Del Bianco, along with his new playing partner Garrett May of Toronto, Ont., will enter the competition as Canada’s number one team and best hope for success.

"I am really excited and anticipating a great tournament," Del Bianco said. "I believe that we have everything it takes to become world champions and I can't wait to prove that to the rest of the world."

This will be Del Bianco’s second crack at the youth world championships, but his first with May. Last year, the future Spartan entered the tournament with long-time partner and friend Ben Chow. This year, however, Volleyball Canada deemed Del Bianco as the top blocker in the country and matched him up with May, who is considered the country's best defender.

"Switching partners was definitely a big change because I've been with the same partner for the past 4 years," Del Bianco said. "As anyone could imagine, to begin with it was a little weird, but I went into the situation with a positive attitude and I believe it has helped me mature as a player and as a person in general."

Last year, Del Bianco and Chow finished ninth at the championships in Turkey.

Of the four teams Canada is sending to the championships (two men’s and two women’s), Del Bianco is the lone player from Western Canada. Five of his teammates are from Ontario and two others are from Quebec.

Canada’s second men’s team consists of Grant O’Gorman (Ont.) and Aaron Nusbaum (Ont.). Canada’s top women’s team is made up of Jennifer Cross (Ont.) and Melissa Humana-Paredes (Ont.) while the second women’s tandem has Catherine Larose (Que.) teamed with Sara Robichaud (Que.).

About TWU:

Trinity Western University, located in Langley, B.C., is a not-for-profit Christian liberal arts university enrolling over 4,000 students this year. With a broad based, liberal arts and sciences curriculum, the University offers undergraduate degrees in 41 major areas of study ranging from business, education and computer science to biology and nursing, and 17 other graduate degrees including counselling psychology, theology and administrative leadership. For more information, visit TWU's Official Athletics site at gospartans.ca.

About Canadian Interuniversity Sport:

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.

About CWUAA:

"Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 13 schools, from Manitoba to B.C., the CWUAA produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in events such as the Olympics or Universiade Games."

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Last Updated: 2010-07-28
Author: Mark Janzen