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PRESS RELEASE 24/09/2009


Baja California Beach Volleyball kicks off on Friday

TIJUANA, Baja California, September 25, 2009 – Mexicans Mayra Garcia and Bibiana Candelas in the women’s side and Juan Virgen and Aldo Miramontes in the men’s bracket lead the local teams participating in the Baja California Beach Volleyball tournament, the fifth stop of the 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit.

 

Mexico will be represented by four pairs in each gender during the competition to be staged in the beach volleyball venue at Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR) in Tijuana.

 

Mr. Saul Castro Verdugo, general director of the Sports and Physical Education Institute, pronounced the welcome words to all the participants during the technical meeting held on Thursday.

 

The other Mexican women teams taking part are Diana Estrada-Martha Revueltas, Yesica Brambila-Diana Ramirez and Alin Acero-Rosalinda Heredia.

 

First ranked USA is represented by Briana Hinga and Laura Ratto, while Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro will play for number 2 Costa Rica. The eight-team bracket is completed by Cuba’s Ion Canet and Milagros Valle and Nancy Joseph and Elki Phillip of Trinidad & Tobago.

 

The three other Mexican men teams are Lombardo and Ulises Ontiveros, Ramon Meza and Carlos Ayala and Oscar Castillo and Juan Carlos Almeranza.

 

Fourteen pairs will compete in the men’s tournament with first ranked Puerto Ricans Orlando Irizarry and Roberto Rodriguez leading the pack.

 

The other participants are:

Ivan Mercer-Jason Wight (USA), Yoendry Kindelan-Yunieski Ramirez (CUB), Andres Lopez-Bryan Monge (CRC), Jorge Bolanos-Erick Garrido (GUA), Ahren Cadieux-Martin Reader (CAN-1), Daniel Dearing-Chaim Schalk (CAN-2), Giovannu Medrano-David Vargas (ESA), Winston Calderon-Omar Lopez (NCA) and Daniel Williams-Fabian Whitfield (TRI).

 

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