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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 11, 2015 - One decade after
staging and winning the inaugural Junior Caribbean Volleyball
Championships, Barbados launched the 10th edition with the
promise that "Generation Next" would bring tremendous exciting
and victory in the December 7th to 14th event.
In an impressive ceremony held at Barbados Beach Club, Maxwell
Coast Road and which was attended by president of the Caribbean
Zonal Volleyball Association, CAZOVA, Mushtaque Mohammed,
president of the Barbados Volleyball Association, John Griffith,
Manager of Operations of the Barbados Olympic Association, Glyne
Clarke and many of the junior players, commitment was given that
all systems were on stream for a successful tournament.
Clarke praised the BVA for repeatedly achieving success in
hosting various regional and international events while
subscribing to the Government's suggestion that a big sporting
event should be staged in Barbados every year.
President Mohammed expressed pride that Barbados saw volleyball
and the hosting of a volleyball championship as a big event
since many regional groups did not consider that volleyball was
a big sporting affair. Mohammed reminded the large gathering
that the 1995 senior CVC which was held in Barbados still
remained as the biggest and best ever held and that he and the
region looked forward to seeing a repeat in December.
In a touching scenario, Barbados held a passing of the legacy
where former national team greats Andrew Culpepper and Andy
Jordan "passed the ball" to their off-springs Andriy Stapleton
and Ashley Jordan respectively who will be key members of the
Barbados junior teams.
In their time at the podium both Jordan and Stapleton asked all
of Barbados to come out and give support to the yellow, black
and blue as the next generation of volleyballers seeks to regain
glory in CAZOVA. Barbados won the boys' title in 1997, 2005 and
2013. Martinique are the girls' defending champions.
Martinique is the only nation to have won both the boys' and
girls' title with the boys reaping success in 1999. The
Netherland Antilles join Barbados boys with three crowns while
the Trinidad &Tobago girls are by far the most successful nation
having won the title a whopping six times with four of those
victories occurring in succession.
The women’s teams taking part are: Barbados, Curacao,
Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad & Tobago and the U. S.
Virgin Islands. The men’s teams are: Barbados, Aruba, Curacao,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, The Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago and the
U. S. Virgin Islands. |
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