Central Zone Youth Beach Tournament in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, May 25, 2018 – The NORCECA Central Zone Beach Volleyball Qualification Tournament granting one ticket per gender to the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina will take place in Havana on Saturday and Sunday.

A temporary scenario was set up on the sands of the elegant Havana Club for the competition for players born between 2000 and 2003. Representatives from Canada, United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and host Cuba will play in the double gender event, said Ariel Sainz, president of the Cuban Volleyball Federation.

The local girls are Thalia Enamorado (Ciego de Ávila) and Amanda Armenteros (Havana) and the boys Jorge Alayo (Villa Clara) and Miguel Ángel Ayón (Ciego de Ávila), coached by Clara Jiménez and Alain Hernández, respectively.

The girls had the opportunity to compete at the Varadero stage of the NORCECA Circuit where they finished eighth, alongside the female Puerto Rican duo and the two couples from the Dominican Republic.

With the arrival of the teams from the United States all the players are already in the capital of Cuba and on Friday they will go through the preliminary enquiry and the General Technical Meeting chaired by the NORCECA Control Committee nominated for this event.

“Everything is ready at both Havana Club and the Sport Village in Barucano where the players will has all the necessary conditions to enjoy a good event thanks to the experience acquired by our team while working over eight previous Varadero tournaments,” said Sainz.

The event will be telecasted by Tele Rebelde, the national sport channel.

Puerto Rico arrived with the duos of María González-Allanis Navas and William Rivera-Randall Santiago along with their coach Alexis Feliciano.

Both couples will be seeking the representation at the Youth Olympic Games where the boys finished fifth and the girls ninth in the previous edition held in Nanjing.