Glamorgan ready for
Black City women v-ballers

TRINIDAD and Tobago triple-crown champions Glamorgan women are ready to continue their dominance when they play Point Fortin Slammers in the opening Grand Champions Cup today at the Tacarigua Indoor Sports Arena from 5 pm.

Glamorgan are led by national senior stars Aisha Sealy (captain and setter), power smasher Kelly-Ann Billingy (outside hitter), Madonna Bedenoch (outside hitter), Melissa Tang (blocker/outside hitter), Danya Augustus (middle blocker), Jenna Ferguson (libero) and Marina Camps (universal).

They are  all members of the TT team which collected silver medals at the ninth  Caribbean Volleyball Championships held here last year July and will make Glamorgan  unstoppable in their pursuit of the first major title in the new season.

Coached by Macsood Ali and his son Saleem Ali, Glamorgan copped the unique triple crown last year—- winning the women’s national senior league title, “Big Four” and Knockout competition in convincing fashion.

National senior player Elke Phillip and her “Black City Girls” must show vast improvement in their overall game strategy to stop the Glamorgan, which has been strengthened with the inclusion of promising players Ayana Dyer, Karina Moore, Qwando Gloudon, Kemba Noel-London and Aisling Camps.

Southern United, led by veteran star Nigel Purcell, are the defending champions of the “Big Four” title and although the name has been changed to the Peter Mungal Grand Champions Cup, the southerners will be seeking to retain bragging rights.

Purcell is very confident of inscribing their name on the new trophy especially with the inclusion of two players — Greg Ouditt and Mark Honore of Starlings who are appearing as guest players.

Honore is a middle blocker and he will team up with Adrian Ayers who copped the “Best Blocker” award at the CVC championships last year.

Ouditt was the most outstanding in the trials but was inexplicably omitted from the national team. He is definitely one of the better all-round players and playing as an opposite hitter will add real power to the Southern force marshalled by Purcell and Kesley Romain with Kerish Maharaj as the libero.

National vice-captain Nolan Tash, his brother Gideon Dixon and David Camacho, will lead SEPOS.