CAZOVA aim to develop beach volleyball
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, May 28, 2018 - CAZOVA held
their annual Board meeting in NORCECA headquarters in the
presence of President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz. Apart for
receiving and adoption the annual reports for the ZONAL
activities for 2017 and the audited financial statement, the
Zonal Development plan was discussed. It was felt that the 14
countries in CAZOVA zone should concentrate more on beach
volleyball development.
President Marte was concerned that most of the CAZOVA members
are not accessing the beach volleyball rotating fund which is
designated to assist teams to participate in the NORCECA Beach
Tour. A proposal was made to have a training camp/workshop with
National teams from each member to assist promote and develop
players. Also, on the drawing board was a CAZOVA Under-19 beach
tour for both genders.
President Marte indicated that while he was satisfied that a lot
of progress was made with the zonal members he still believes
that there is great potential among the countries to do better.
He highlighted the fact that some leaders in the region and
acting selfish and not allowing the full potential to be
realized.
He was very satisfied with the great progress made by the Haiti
national Federation seeing that they are participant al all
levels with their national teams. Cayman Islands National
Federation received his praised as they have successfully held
over 10 NORCECA beach tour which is equivalent to one of FIVB
2-star event.
The major challenge identify was the large cost for national
teams to travel to participate in the zonal events as in some
cases it involves overnight stay while in transit depending on
which country is hosting a tournament. Another challenge is that
national federations depends on government funding of almost
100% of their activities and as such there are many delays and
last-minute withdrawals from tournament when the grants are late
or denied.
As part of the future development plan, it was identified that
attention must be paid to development of programmes to assist
National Federation board with the management and
administration. The formulation of National Development and
strategic plan will be part of the process with the hope that a
more professionalized will be achieved.
The meeting ended with President Marte presentation of the
NORCECA president’s report and activities which was well
received by the board members. |