NORCECA donates equipment to Dominican Sport Ministry

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, October 23, 2014 – Volleyball is growing more and more popular in the Dominican Republic and big boost is expected now that the women’s national team enjoyed a remarkable participation at the FIVB World Championship in Italy where they finished in the fifth position.

NORCECA Confederation and its president Cristobal Marte Hoffiz are not strange to the new trend of the sport in the country as the regional volleyball governing body continues to support the different programs developed by the national federations and government agencies.

Recently, NORCECA donated to the Dominican Republic Ministry of Sports and Recreation all the balls and sport equipment used in the Border Games, a multi-sport competition organized in the provinces with frontier with Haiti, the neighbor country that occupies one third of the Santo Domingo island.

The Games were organized under the supervision of the Minister of Sports, Dr. Jaime David Fernandez, a former vice president of the Dominican Republic (1996-2000) who is implementing a program to expand the practice of the sport in the country.

Milagros Cabral, the former captain of the Dominican team who is now Director of Sports for the National District of Santo Domingo, received the donation presented by Nelson Ramirez, general manager of NORCECA.

Cabral expressed her gratitude on behalf of the government agency saying “it is a good initiative to spread out volleyball in the island.”

Ramirez said NORCECA has a development plan directed to all the national federations and territories members that will benefit the growth of the national teams in the different levels.

“We believe in opportunities and our plan is to support as much as possible the national development programs,” Ramirez said.