About The Port Volleyball Clinics

Mission Statement

  • Give young athletes in rural areas access to more competitive beach volleyball training
  • Build a lifelong love for the sport of volleyball
  • Develop a positive community of volleyball players
  • Show young athletes the importance of giving back to the community

The Port Volleyball Clinic Leadership Award 

This award will be given to a student at Rideau District High School who has participated in The Port Volleyball Clinic and is playing volleyball at the post-secondary level and/or has been a  consistent positive influence on the volleyball culture at RDHS through playing and/volunteering. 

Our History

           Chris and Lauren Hartley met playing volleyball at Trent University. Chris has coached at the high school level for 20+ years. The Hartley's loved teaching volleyball to their own kids and hoped to encourage other players to improve in order to see more success at the high school level in Eastern Ontario.  The first year of the clinics started in 2022 with a 1.5 hour clinic with 20 athletes from grade 7-10. The  next summer, the Hartley's increased to two clinics with two age divisions (grade 7-8, grade 9-12) with 55 athletes. By year three, the Hartley's added another clinic specifically for 2's. By the end of the third year, there were 70 athletes coming out for beach volleyball in tiny Westport, Ontario.