TT women v-ballers promoted

Newly crowned women’s regional junior volleyball champions, Trinidad and Tobago have qualified to participate in the North and Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) championships which will be held in Montreal, Canada next year. This announcement was made by Mushtaque Mohammed, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Volleyball Federation (TTVF) and Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA). Mohammed was speaking at the welcome reception held by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs at the  Piarco International Airport on Monday when the successful TT women and junior men returned from Martinique. The v-ball official disclosed that by virtue of finishing first at the just concluded CAZOVA championships Trinidad and Tobago (women) and Netherland Antilles (male) will represent the Caribbean region at the NORECA championships.

This is an historic development as it the first time that the best junior teams from these parts will match skills and strategies with their counterparts from United States of America, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico Santo Domingo, Mexico and Guatemala. Mohammed thanked the parents of all team members as well as the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and other corporate sponsors who helped to finance both teams to the biennial championships. The ministry’s Communica-tions Officer Maurisa Findley and sports officer Paul Newallo greeted the volleyballers as well as TT swimmers including the outstanding George Bovell who placed fifth in the 200 Individual Medley race at the World Swimming Championships held in  Barcelona, Spain. Finley deputised for the minister who was in Tobago. She congratulated the successful volleyballers.

“On behalf of the minister and other officers at the  Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and all of Trinidad and Tobago, I wish to congratulate all of you on your triumph. We are proud of your achievements at the Caribbean Junior Volleyball Championships and we want to wish the team other successes in future,” said Findley. Also congratulated was George Bovell Jnr “for showing the world that we have top class swimmers in this country.” Both the swimmers and volleyballers were presented with a special purified water labelled  “Water One” which is bottled locally by Oasis One Brands Limited. Among the celebrants were ace spiker KellyAnn Billingy who copped the “Most Valuable Female Player” and “Best Hitter” awards plus her Glamorgan Club teammates Jenna Ferguson who was voted “Best Libero” and Marina Camps who collected the “Best Receiver” prize.