TT women defend v-ball title in Martinique

CARIBBEAN volleyball queens Trinidad and Tobago have been drawn in Group B for this year’s fourth edition of the Caribbean Volleyball Tournament. The Trinidadians are grouped with Netherland Antilles, Aruba and Antigua in a round-robin phase. Hosts Martinique, Barbados, Bahamas and Jamaica will meet in Group A of the tournament which serves off on July 20. The Martiniquans, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and newcomers Dominica will match up in Group A in the  men’s category, with defending champs Netherland Antilles, Bahamas, Jamaica and Barbados contesting in Group B. St Lucia, the dominant force in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Suriname, the 2001 hosts, will miss the tournament which is scheduled to close on  July 27.