Our Story
North Vancouver's oldest and most well-known youth Volleyball Club!
BCO Volleyball Club is a registered non-profit youth volleyball club based in North Vancouver, BC. It was founded in 1978 by Canadian Men's National Team athlete and certified Indoor/Outdoor International referee, Mike Rockwell, and Handsworth Secondary School teacher, Neil Salkus. Mike and Neil recognized a need for a grassroots program on the North Shore to help young athletes develop the skills and experience necessary to compete at the university level and beyond. Their dream was to help as many players as possible pursue and reach their goals of one day competing at the Olympics. Based on this, they decided on the name BCO (British Columbia Olympic) Volleyball Club.
After 40 years of success, in 2019, the Club was taken over by two-time Canadian Beach National Champion and 2012 Olympic qualifier, Christian Redmann. Also assisting Christian is two-time Canadian Open National Champion, Maverick Hatch, and 2016 Beach Volleyball Olympian, Jamie Hatch (Broder).
BCO is a non-profit organization and a member of the North Vancouver Recreation Commission, Volleyball BC and Volleyball Canada. Our NCCP-certified coaches provide their expertise to assist young athletes to achieve excellence in volleyball. Our development programs prepare players for high level competition in high school, college and beyond.
Unlike many clubs, BCO’s primary focus is player development and team success follows as a consequence. The vast majority of all BCO Elite graduates have secured placement at a post-secondary institution in Canada or the USA, and eighteen graduates have played for our National Team, including current Canadian National team members Kyla Richey, Kiera Van Ryk and Sarah Chase. Many BCO Alumni have played professionally in various international venues as well. Check out our Alumni Page for a full list of our alumni success stories.
After 40 years of success, in 2019, the Club was taken over by two-time Canadian Beach National Champion and 2012 Olympic qualifier, Christian Redmann. Also assisting Christian is two-time Canadian Open National Champion, Maverick Hatch, and 2016 Beach Volleyball Olympian, Jamie Hatch (Broder).
BCO is a non-profit organization and a member of the North Vancouver Recreation Commission, Volleyball BC and Volleyball Canada. Our NCCP-certified coaches provide their expertise to assist young athletes to achieve excellence in volleyball. Our development programs prepare players for high level competition in high school, college and beyond.
Unlike many clubs, BCO’s primary focus is player development and team success follows as a consequence. The vast majority of all BCO Elite graduates have secured placement at a post-secondary institution in Canada or the USA, and eighteen graduates have played for our National Team, including current Canadian National team members Kyla Richey, Kiera Van Ryk and Sarah Chase. Many BCO Alumni have played professionally in various international venues as well. Check out our Alumni Page for a full list of our alumni success stories.
