Club Volleyball Program 2025-26

Welcome to VAC club volleyball program. Each team will consist of minimum of 9 players and up to (coaches discretion). These teams will be operated by individual coaches and fees will be assessed based on the programming selected by each coach. Some teams will be participating in Volleyball Alberta premiers and provincials and others will be playing in tournaments and exhibitions. A tryout process will be used to select the team. Days will be posted on the website and/or sent out by the coaches as to when tryouts will be. The majority of the tryouts will happen in the fall with a secondary tryout in winter if needed. 

IN ORDER TO TRYOUT:

STEP 1: Use the following PDF guide to register your son or daughter for tryouts. 

*PLEASE NOTE: The Youth Development Player – Tryout membership must be purchased by going to the Volleyball Alberta Membership Portal – click to “Register to Volleyball Alberta” as shown in the screenshot above. This membership is for athletes to participate in a tryout. Once selected to a team that will participate in club hosted tournaments, premiers, provincials, or national events, this membership will need to be upgraded to the Competitive Player membership and added to their club’s Sportlomo portal for the season. https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Youth-Player-Registation-Guide-2026-2026.pdf

Step 2: There is a tryout fee collected by volleyball Alberta that is non refundable. 

Step 3: Please fill out the Vikings Athletic Club Tryout form. (To speed up the tryout registration process).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLnIB8B6cDn6xKrytFhshTQaSUH36q8GOQjvFLGTrLXcL3jA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=114134680798502410004

Try outs are For more information please email: vikingsathleticclub@gmail.com

Notice to Tryout:

Athletes are allowed to try out for a division above, however they must tryout in their own age group as well. Athletes must inform coaches on both teams the intention to tryout for a higher level. An athlete will not be allowed to tryout in an older age grouping if it affects the team in their own age classification. Coaches reserve the right to not allow an athlete to tryout in a higher division. There will be a non-refundable fee of $250 when the LOI is signed. This fee will be part of your season fees.

2025-26 Club Volleyball Tryouts and Open Gyms

U14 Boys - Coach: Owen Rasmussen

Tryouts: September 28 - 5-7pm

U15 Boys - Head Coach: Travis Rott

Tryouts: September 14 - 7-9pm, September 21 - 3-5pm

Location: Jack Stuart School

U16 Boys - Head Coach: Christie Chrunik

Open Gym: September 7th 1-3pm

Tryouts: September 14th 1-3pm

Location: Sacred Heart School Wetaskiwin

U17/18 Boys - Head Coach: Jordana Tigchelaar

Tryouts - September 7th: 5-7pm, 

September 14 - 11-1pm

Location - Jack Stuart School

U12 Girls - TBA

U13 Girls - Head Coach: Carleen Nelson

Tryouts: TBA

U14 Girls - Head Coach: Jerrit Brandt

Tryouts: September 28th 3-5pm

Location: Jack Stuart School

U15 Girls - Head Coach: Ryoko Raymond

Tryouts - September 14th 5-7pm, September 21 - 1-3pm

Location - Jack Stuart School

U16 Girls - Head Coach: Donnie Badry

Tryouts - September 14th 3-5pm

Location - Jack Stuart School

U17/18 Girls - Head Coach: Colby McFeely

Tryouts - September 7th: 3-5pm, 

September 14 - 1-3pm

Location - Jack Stuart School

2025 – 2026 Age Categories

12U Athletes born from September 1, 2013 to Dec 31 2014 (16 months)
13U Athletes born from September 1, 2012 to Dec 31 2013 (16 months)
14U Athletes born from September 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2012 (16 months)
15U Athletes born from September 1, 2010 to Dec 31 2011 (16 months)
16U Athletes born from September 1, 2009 to Dec 31 2010 (16 months)
17U Athletes born from September 1, 2008 to Dec 31 2009 (16 months)
18U Athletes born from September 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008 (16 months)

Please see below for Volleyball Alberta’s official rules and guidelines for age categories for the 2025/26

Players Signed to Date:

16U boys

Josh Chrunik

Riley van Petten

Joshua Wilm

Rory Russell

Bryce LaForge

Nathan Diploma

17U Girls

Adison Maron

Addison Ross

Annie Huard

Ainsley Campbell

Amelia Ruzika

Kate MacKinnon

Rachel Herder

Memphis Bamford

Shelby Sardoff

Sofia Rotelletti

Vikings Athletic Club Volleyball Tournaments

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