Eight countries chasing ECVA Senior Beach honours

CUL- DE- SAC, St Lucia, May 1, 2025: Eight countries, twenty- four teams altogether will be toughing it out in the sand in the 2025 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Beach Volleyball Championships here at the Cul de Sac Bay.

At stake is the coveted prize of champion, as twelve teams each are listed in both genders.

The teams are divided in four Pools, A, B, C and D, with three teams stashed in each pool.

Men’s Play

Pool A

St Lucia: Sheldon Descartes/ Joseph Clercent; Anguilla- Aiden Hazzard/ Da’ Qwan Frederick; Bermuda- Benjamin Barnett/ Sean Tucker

Pool B

St Vincent and the Grenadines- Ronaldo Franklyn/ Shadron Delpesche; St Kitts and Nevis- Julian Bristol/ Jedediah Pencheon; Dominica- Mervin Mingo/ Bill Frederick

Pool C

Antigua and Barbuda: Khaliq Joseph/ Cairon Davis; St Lucia- Peter Emmanuel/ Jentezen Joseph; Grenada- Zerick Walcott/ Kibose Hamilton

Pool D

Dominica- Tyrel Robinson/ Yahn Florent; Grenada- Christopher Oxford/ Isaac Nelson; St Lucia- Didllo Albert/ Lindan Clarke

Women’s Play

Pool A

St Lucia:  Denila Prospere/ Chenoa Evans; Anguilla – Lavesha Richardson/ Deandre Fleming; St Vincent and the Grenadines- Nikita Campbell/ Veronique Matthews

Pool B

Grenada: Thornia Mitchell/ Renisha Stafford; Shajunee Gumbs/Shanicia Dyer; St Lucia- Tenayestlgni Joseph/ Clio Phillip

Pool C

Dominica: Joeanna Pascal/ Zahidu Henry, St Lucia- Marie Therese St Clair/ Kurtrice Jules; Grenada- Teasis Jones/ Sienna Dominique

Pool D

Bermuda: Hailey Moss/ Megan Hands; Antigua and Barbuda - Jassania Joseph/ Rayana Regis; St Lucia- Kerin Neptune/ Erica Gaspard

Twenty- one matches, twelve in Men’s play and nine among the Women’s pools, are carded for day one.

The St Lucia pair of Sheldon Descartes and Joseph Clercent, champions in 2023 and 2024, will be looking to make it three in succession, as Men’s winners, while Grenada’s Thornia Mitchell and Renisha Stafford, are confident of retaining the Women’s title, they champed last year.