FALL 2025 HOUSE LEAGUE is (Temporarily) full!
HL registration will re-open (anticipated week of Sept 8/15) as Competitive Club rosters are finalized
Peterborough Thunder Volleyball Club offers a house league program each year. Please check our website and Facebook Page this summer for key dates and house league season updates.
We are looking for volunteer coaches for our fall house league season. New this year: Parents who identify interest on the registration form and are willing to volunteer will have thir child prioritized for registration!
Our house League program
While most clubs focus only on competitive volleyball, the ultimate goal of the Peterborough Thunder Volleyball Club is to instill a love of the sport in as many of our youth as possible, and through that, build and maintain a competitive and successful club.
To this end, a Thunder League program was started in 2006 and is a key component of our ‘grass roots’ program. Girls and Boys between the ages of 11-15 are taught the skills of volleyball and exposed to game situations.
Details
September 17 update:
Attention all volunteer house league coaches!
A house league coaches clinic (led by Club President. Mike Richardson) will be held at Thomas A Stewart high School on Saturday September 20 from 9:30 to 11:30am.
If you indicated you are willing to help coach a house league team (or would like to even if you didn't ID on your child's registration), we will look forward to seeing you Saturday morning!
Also, if coaches want to bring their house league child athlete to the clinics, they are appreciated to help us run drills :)
Thanks Coaches- see you Saturday!
Per email update to parents this week, we will be sending out house league team rosters and schedule by Forsaynof this week- thank you for your patience while our competitive club team tryouts wrap up.
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September 5 Updates:
1) House League Registration is full! We anticipate reopening registration in the next week, as some HL athletes will attend competitive club tryouts and transition to those teams over the next couple of weeks
2) A HL parent update and supplementary questionare regarding practice date preference will be sent out this week- looking forward to strating the house league during the week of September 22!
3) A HL Coaches email will be sent out this week and a HL Coaches Clinic will also be set up over the next couple of weeks- a great opportunity to meet coaches from the club, pick up some drills for practices and get ready for a fun House League season! Thank you for volunteering!
4) A Thunder Parent Open House Meeting will be held online on September 7 at 3pm. Please join using the following link:
https://meet.google.com/wxb-cbyo-bgk
The Open House Meeting will overview feedback from our parent survey and disucss next steps for the club this season and future areas of improvement/enhancement.
Thank you for your feedback and support!
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August 30 Update: Please see the following confirmed Thunder House League practice and game day location and date/time schedule, for your information.
Season Length: 12 Weeks
Season Start: Week of September 22
First Game Day: September 27 (8:30am-1:30pm approx) at TASS
Practice Dates: Monday and Wednesday (Full Season)
- Each team will have one, 1 hour practice time per week for the full House League Season (Monday or Wednesday) at the below practice locations.
| Thunder House League Practice Schedule | One Practice Per Week | |||||
| School | Date | Time | Gym | Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 |
| St Peters | Monday | 6-7pm | Triple | 12U/13U | 12U/13U | 12U/13U |
| St Peters | Monday | 7-8pm | Triple | 14U/15U | 14U/15U | 14U/15U |
| TASS | Wednesday | 6-7pm | Triple | 12U/13U | 12U/13U | 12U/13U |
| TASS | Wednesday | 7-8pm | Triple | 14U/15U | 14U/15U | 14U/15U |
Note: The club will send out a supplemental survey to House League parents this week, to request your availability/preference for a Monday or Wednesday practice date (beginning week of September 22)
Game days will be on Saturdays at TASS (beginning September 27), per the below table.
A complete weekly schedule will be sent to parents via email- and posted on our website and Teamlinkt whan athletes are assigned teams (confirmed week of Sept 15- after club tryouts are finished, so we have complete HL athlete list).
| Thunder House League Game Days | 30-40 Min Games | |||||
| School | Date | Time | Gym | Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 |
| TASS | Saturday | 8:30am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 9:10am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 9:50am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 10:30am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 11:10am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 11:50am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 11:30am | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 12:10pm | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 12:50pm | Triple | |||
| TASS | Saturday | 1:30pm | Triple | If needed | ||
Coaches: We will be reaching out to volunteer HL coaches in the next week to confirm their practice preference/availability and set up coaching clinic date and details for the upcoming season- thank you for volunteering! We couldn't do this without you!
AND A BIG THANK YOU! for your patience while we confirmed our facility bookings- we look forward to seeing you at the Kick Off-Clinics next week!
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August 27 Update: Thunder Kick Off Volleyball Clinics (pre-season opportunity for house league and competitive club athetes, including kids playing for the first time!) will be held on the following dates at the Trent University Athletic Complex:
Sept 2 - 4
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6:00 – 7:00pm
10$/pp
12/13U Boys & Girls
15U Girls & Boys (6-8pm)
12/13U Boys & Girls
7:00 - 8:00 $10/pp
14U Boys & Girls
14U Boys & Girls
8:00 – 10:00
15$ pp
18U Girls
(8:15 start)16/17U Girls
16/17/18U Boys
(8:15 start)
Register Here to attend the Pre-Season Kick Off Clinics, hosted by Trent University's Varsity volleyball Athletes and Thunder Coaches!
Kick-Off Clinic Cost: 10$ (12U-15U) and 15$ (16U-18U), paid directly to Trent represenatives at each clinic session attended (cash or debit).
Registration is Required to attend (brief online form- Click on registration link and select "2025 Clinic and Tryout Form" from the drop down menu.
Thank you for your patience with House league season team and schedule information. We can post updates this week, now that KPR Public School Board facility bookings were secured/finalized on Aug 26.
Stay tuned for more house league season details- and see you at the kick off clinics next week!
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Aug 26 Update: Pre-Seaon Kick-Off Clinics will begin the week of September 3!
With our facility bookings confirmed and secured, clinic dates and season practice and game information will be posted on August 29. See you in September!
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2025 OVERVIEW:
Aug 3 Update: House League Registration is now open!
Per update below, we have a wait list each year, so register early- and volunteer to help coach to prioritize your registration!
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to U12 (born in 2014), U13 (born in 2013), U14 (born in 2012), U15 (born in 2011/10) age groups - all are welcome!
- No experience necessary! :)
PRACTICE AND GAMES
- One practice 1 + hours Mon at St Peters and Wed evenings at TASS (TBC depending on registration numbers); and
- Game Days on Saturday am (8:30-1/1:30pm) at TASS
COST
- Registration fee: $150 for the 12-week program
(Includes a team t-shirt, all practices and games- and alot of fun!)
- New this year: Registration payment will be made online through a Teamlinkt/Stripe online payment (no etransfer to peterborough THunder email this year). Registration will be deemed complete, once full payment is made.
- Refunds will be available the first week of House League (early/mid September)
WHAT TO BRING
- Indoor running/court shoes
- A refillable water bottle
- Knee pads are recommended, but not required
House LEague REGIStration
Please note that each season since 2010, we have been forced to cap registration due to gym availability and the number of volunteer coaches. To avoid disappointment, early registration is strongly recommended.
Volunteer coaches are needed and appreciated- please express your interest/willingness to support a team on your athletes registration form!
We look forward to seeing Thunder house league athletes on the court for the fall session!
Aug 1 Update: Per our previous update, the club did not receive necessary gym space bookings from the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland County Catholic (PVNCC) School Board this year, so we have been waiting for the Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) School Board (and other facilities) to open their booking windows before opening up house league registration.
In July, the KPR board opended 2 (o f 5) gym booking dates, however, we are limited to only 1 facility booking on each date, so we won't have a complete set of confirmed gym spaces until later in August.
Good News-Bad News-Good News Sandwich...
Good News!: We have been able to secure Saturday gym time for our House League Game Days with our first KPR bookings (will be held at TASS).
Not So Great News: We havent been able to secure enough Tuesday to Thursday gym space at KPR or PVNCC to date, but we do have weekly Monday and Friday gym times avaiable to us so far.
More Good News!: As we have our Saturday space confirmed, we we will be opening House League registration this week! Note: House League practice dates will be confirmed later in August, when we complete our gym booking efforts, so families will need to be flexible and patient with confirmation of practice night dates, which could be on Wed, Thurs or Fri evenings.
Please register ASAP once the house league registration window opens, as space is limited. We have a wait list every year!
Important Note- The Thunder House League registration form will include a field that ID's parents who are willing to help coach. Athletes with parents willing to help coach a house league team will be prioritized/moved to the top of registration for the upcoming season.
ALSO- We will be sharing a Thunder Parent Survey and hosting an Open House for house league and competeitive club families this summer, to collect your feedback on what we are doing well/not so well and suggestions on how we can improve the Volleyball experience for kids in Peterborough. We look forward to your feedback!
Stay connected (here and on FB) for Thunder House League registration opening this week and more information on the Thunder Parent Survey and Open House in the near future!
Thanks for your patience and support! :)
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June 4 Update: We did not receive the necesary gym space bookings from the Peterboorugh Catholic Board, so we are waiting for the public board to open school booking window (date tbd) before we can confirm our house league program details for fall 2025 and open registration.
We are receiveing a large volume of requests and may not be able to respond to email questions/messages at this time. Please check our website and social media for updates.
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