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Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, October 12th,
2022 Seven teams are raring and ready to rumble
to see would end up on the top of the heap at
the end of the senior female ECVA volleyball
competition on Sunday 16th October.
Action starts this evening with three matches on
tap.
The home team (St. Maarten) is confident that on
Sunday’s final the crowd will see what home
court advantage really means. In speaking to the
press coach Leonardo Jeffers had this to say. “I
have multiple reasons to be confident, we had an
active season, the girls have be training for
months, we have a very serious coaching staff,
and the squad has experience and fresh legs so
yes we are definitely planning to be in the
finals.” He affirmed.
Coach Janzen Patrick of St. Eustatius believes
that 2022 is the year his team will upset the
status quo, “ Our girls have been training
relentlessly for months, with one aim in mind,
their focus is to do one better than the third
place finish they had a few years ago. We are
definitely going there with the aim of doing our
best ever.” He said.
Fitzroy Benjamin of Antigua was mindful to point
out that the senior men won over St. Lucia in a
similar competition and clearly stated that this
is a signal of the changing of the guard.” We
expect the same thing to happen in the females.
In fact we have gone as far as to formulate a
plan for the finals. This can be redound to an
overall improvement in volleyball in Antigua.
The girls have had lots of preparation time and
this is our moment”. He said.
First time Coach Omari Hamilton of Anguilla was
a little more conservative. “This is my first
time at this level and we have be preparing to
show up not back down. Once we step on that
court we not backing down. We don’t expect to
upset everybody but somebody, so lookout for
us.” He warned
Team BVI was not very optimistic. Coach Stephen
Payne explained why. “This will be the first
time competing since 2014. So it’s a return to
action for us. However the girls showed a stark
improvement in practice over the last several
months and once this improvement manifests
itself in the games it will spell trouble for
the opponents.” He noted.
Grenadian coach Staciann Lake had some spice in
her voice when she relayed her expectations
“Our girls are hungry, they have fire within and
are very talented. These along with a
determination to win are the perfect ingredients
for winning the championship. We have trained
long and hard so in this tournament the crowd
will get a good watch.” She stated
Kendall Challery coach of the defending champs
St. Lucia had the final say. “All of those teams
coming to the competition know us very well. We
intend to come as defending champs and leave as
repeat champions. This is based on the core of
players that I have confidence in to deliver.
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