KAMLOOPS – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced on Wednesday the reception of 13 bid proposals from universities to host national championships in five different sports in 2009, 2010 and 2011, including one from Thompson Rivers University to host the men’s volleyball nationals in 2010 and 2011.

This latest round of bidding for CIS Nationals included women’s soccer (2009, 2010), men’s soccer (2009, 2010), swimming (2010), women’s volleyball (2010, 2011) and men’s volleyball (2010, 2011).

The next step in the selection process will be the bid presentations to the Selection Committee in Ottawa on June 26th. The Selection Committee will be appointed by the CIS Board of Directors and its make-up will include the following voting members: President or alternate, Vice-President Marketing or alternate, Vice-President Sport or alternate, up to four additional CIS members, and up to two external experts.

A final decision on all championships up for bid should be announced in early July, 2007.

The CIS volleyball Nationals drew interest from four institutions including Trinity Western, which bid for both the women and men’s tournaments for a two-year period (2010, 2011).

In men’s volleyball, TWU’s competition will come from Thompson Rivers, which joined CIS in 2005-06. Both schools have never hosted the championship and are hoping to attract the event to its hometown for two years in 2010 and 2011.

The men’s volleyball Nationals will be hosted by Laval in Quebec City in 2008 and by Alberta in Edmonton in 2009.

For more information, please contact:
Ken Olynyk (TRU Athletics Director) at 250-828-5273 or 250-320-4263.
Michel Bélanger (CIS Communications Manager) at 613-562-5670 ext. 25 or 613-447-6334

The CIS National Championship Bid Book, including selection criteria.