Bonaire to host CAZOVA First Ever Senior Beach Tournament

BONAIRE, Bonaire, October 30, 2024.- The beautiful island of Bonaire records history as it will host the first ever Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Senior Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Rudy Boezen complex on Thursday October 31.

Eleven teams will compete (6 male and 5 female) for the CAZOVA title, earning FIVB points and also compete at  the seventh stage of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Tour to take place here in Bonaire  from November 1-3.

CAZOVA President, Mushtaque Mohammed, was delighted to explain to the participating teams during the general technical meeting, that they are making history “you are all being part of CAZOVA’s history as the first teams to be part of the milestone for our zonal association and taking this important step in making this event a reality that has the full support of the NORCECA Confederation”.

Gisette Emer, Vice-president of CAZOVA and President of the Bonaire National Volleyball Federation, addressed the meeting with welcoming words, “I am glad to see you all here, some of you I already know, and others are first timers in which is our first ever CAZOVA Senior Beach Volleyball tournament. I thank you for being part of this new challenge, which will make us greater and better”.

In her greeting, Emer added “lets have fun, lets play, support each other and keep the ball flying to strengthen CAZOVA; enjoy the games”.  

The male teams have been distributed in two pools, with Pool A consisting of Aruba, Barbados and Bonaire-1, and Pool B with Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Bonaire-2.

The two top places in pool-play will play a crossover semifinal to determine the teams to contest for the bronze and gold medals.

The five teams in the women’s division will play a round-robin round to determine the final standing.

The one-day competition starts at 9:30.

Male Teams: Eddy Toro Maldonado/Thelion Jahim Coutinho (ARUBA); Haile-Emmanual Turney/Dominic Durant (BARBADOS); Emmanuel Montenegro Sanchez/Josue Leonel Mejia Navarro (BONAIRE-1); Luiyi E. Morales Monsalve/Savyo Antonio Benjamin Verolme (BONAIRE-2); Ethwinson Luis/Dimanche Elsevijf (CURAÇAO); Stephen Enile/Joel Issac Theodore (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO).

Female Teams: Dei Padmore/Serena Edwards (BARBADOS); Valeria Villa Morales/Oscairys Maria Medina Jimenez (BONAIRE-1); Orlianys Gabriela Ramirez Centeno/Maria Fernanda Becerra Caicedo (BONAIRE-2); Lakisha Hous/Dyveke Brugman (CURAÇAO); Asma Charles/Kristianna Richards (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO).