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PUNTA CANA, Dominican
Republic, April 28, 2016 – The Punta Cana Beach Volleyball
Tournament , the sixth leg of the 2016 NORCECA Circuit gets
underway on Friday with 39 matches -23 men’s and 16 women’s.
The action on the
sands kicks off on early Friday with two men’s contests at 8:00
a.m.
Trevor and Taylor
Crabb of United States-A, winners of two gold medals this
season, play the Guadeloupe’s team of Arnouts Baptiste and
Cedric Lavoye while Ryan Vandenburg and Aaron Nusbaum of
Canada-A meet Alex Medina and Wilson Marte of Dominican
Republic-B.
The women’s opening
match will see Marcela Ávalos and Laura Molina of El Salvador
against Jamaica’s Danielle Perry and Kai Wright.
The preliminary
inquiry and general technical meeting took place on Thursday
evening under the presidency of Angel Rivas, delegate of NORCECA,
and Ed Drakich, the competition director.
During the meeting the
representatives of the Dominican National Federation presented a
plaque to Mr. Francisco Javier García, Minister of Tourism of
the Dominican Republic in recognition to his collaboration for
the organization of the event. He was represented by Vice
Minister Maireni Castillo.
Ernesto Veloz,
president of the Hotels Association of Punta Cana and president
of the Organizing Committee, greeted the participants and wished
them a pleasant stay and a good tournament.
Drakich explained the
schedule of the competition and the distribution of the teams in
the four pools per gender.
Men’s Pools
Pool A:
USA-A, GDP, CAN-B, DOM-B, JAM. Pool B: TRI, HON, ISV,
CUR, CUB. Pool C: MEX, NCA, GUA, USA-B. Pool D:
CAN-A, SKN, DOM-A, CRC.
Women’s Pools
Pool
A:
ESA, JAM, CUB, JAM. Pool B:
ISV, CAN-B, CAN-A, DOM-B.
Pool C:
MEX-A, USA-B, MEX-B, USA-A. Pool D: TRI, NCA, DOM-A, CRC. |
