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Mushtaque Mohammed Reelected: CAZOVA Embraces Continuity
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, December 17, 2023.- TTO’s
Mushtaque Mohammed was reelected as president of the Caribbean Zonal
Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) at the electoral congress held at The
Brix Hotel, in Port of Spain on Sunday 17th December 2023.
The congress in determining the new board to guide CAZOVA
until 2027, witnessed a spirited contest between the incumbent
President, Mushtaque Mohammed of Trinidad & Tobago, and Ms. Margarette
Graham, the Treasurer of CAZOVA from Haiti.
The congress was attended by 12 of 14 National Federation
members and was held under the supervision of North, Central America and
Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) President Cristóbal Marte
Hoffiz.
The associations present included Aruba, Bonaire, Cayman
Islands, Curacao, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Barbados,
Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The members of the new executive committee include the
reelected trio of Cayman Islands' Kennedy McGowan (First
Vice-President); Bonaire's Gisette Emer (Second vice-president),
Jamaica's Jacqueline Cowan (Secretary General) and Board Member Filomena
Daniel-Curiel of Aruba along with newly appointed Bahamian Kurtwood
Green (Treasurer), and Board Member, Mark Lewis of Barbados.
In addition, Martinique's Phillipe Lirus was appointed by
the CAZOVA Board as an Honorary Board Member and TTO’s Volleyball
Federation President, Daymian Stewart also retained his post as CAZOVA's
Executive Director.
With an active calendar year scheduled for 2024, the
membership was encouraged to participate in the various events and to
consider hosting both CAZOVA Beach and Indoor competitions. There will
also be an emphasis in assisting the National Federations in improving
their administration and governance structures. In closing, the CAZOVA
members unanimously agreed to support President Marte Hoffiz in his bid
for reelection as NORCECA President, with an election to take place in
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in July 2024.
President Marte, in his remarks congratulated the new
Board and pledged his support in continuing to work with CAZOVA, to
further develop volleyball in the zone. |
