Media Advisory - Photo / Video opportunity - Media availability with sitting volleyball players nominated to Team Canada for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

EDMONTON, July 6, 2016 /CNW/ - On Friday, July 8, Volleyball Canada will host a media availability with the Canadian women's sitting volleyball team headed to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The 12 players and head coach Nicole Ban will make history in Rio as the first Canadian team to compete in sitting volleyball at a Paralympic Games. Women's sitting volleyball has been contested at the Paralympic Games since 2004. The Canadians qualified for Rio by winning a bronze medal at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Media interviews will be preceded by an open training session during which media will be able to take photos and b-roll.

Media contact onsite: Ian Halliday of Volleyball Canada: 403-880-9845.

When:
Friday July 8
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Where:
Saville Community Sports Centre, Court 7A
University of Alberta
11610-65^th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta

Who:
Sitting volleyball players nominated for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Nicole Ban, Head Coach, Women's National Sitting Volleyball Team, Volleyball Canada
Ian Halliday, High Performance Director-Sitting Volleyball, Volleyball Canada

SOURCE Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC)

Jackie Skender, Volleyball Canada, Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]; Alison Korn, Senior Manager, Media Relations & Communications, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Tel : [phone] x243, Cell : 613-298-4927, Email: [email protected]