Senator Cruz welcomes participants in Hato Mayor

 

HATO MAYOR, Dominican Republic, October 31, 2019 – Senator Ruben Darío Cruz, president of the organizing committee of the tenth stage of the 2019 Beach Volleyball Circuit, welcomed the participants hailing from twelve countries who attended the general technical meeting before the event on Thursday evening at the restaurant of Rancho Doña Callita, the tourism resort located in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic.

 

Senator Cruz who has been promoting national competition of beach volleyball for more than 25 years, spoke the central words during the meeting and, in addition to welcoming, he expressed that he wishes everyone at the end of the tournament to go home satisfied to have participated in a well-organized event.

 

Ramon García, president of the Dominican Volleyball Federation expressed gratitude to NORCECA for allowing his institution to host three tournaments this year and said he hopes that in the future we can expand to four and even five events.

 

Daymian Stewart, technical director, explained the competition format of four pools in each gender, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals. The competition on Friday and Saturday will be divided into two sessions, one from 9:00 to 13:00 and the second from 16:00 to 20:00.

 

Women’s segment

Pool A: ISV, TTO, USA-A

Pool B: CAN-A, CRC, NCA

Pool C: CUBA, ESA, CAN-B, DOM-B

Pool D: DOM-A, PUR, MQE, BIZ

 

Men’s segment

Pool A: CRC, DOM-A, USA-A

Pool B: DOM-B, NCA, PUR

Pool C: BIZ, CAN-A, CAN-B

Pool D: ESA, TTO, MQE, USA-B