News Archives: Hammer Will Travel
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
October 17, 2018
by ACAC Sports Writer Curtis J. Phillips
The Chiko Roll, inspired by the Chinese spring roll, is to Australia what Poutine and Bannock is to Canada.
It is a culturally iconic food.
It was created by Frank McEncroe of Bendigo, a city in Victoria, Australia.
No doubt James Haythorne, a 6-foot-5 outside hitter with the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves' men's volleyball team, has tasted a few during his 21 years on the planet...for you see...Haythorne is also a native of Bendigo.
A graduate of Girton Grammar School, Haythorne is entering year No. 3 of Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) play after latching onto the northern Alberta school in what was rather quick fashion.
"After taking a year off from high school, working mainly in the hospitality industry, I attended the Greater Melbourne Volleyball Academy (GMVA) ," recalls Haythorne, who is enrolled in University Transfer Kinesiology. "It was in Melbourne and it was an eye opener. It was like having a routine job. Every morning you had to be in uniform for practice and had to be there at a certain time and conduct yourself professionally on-and-off the court.