St. Kitts and Nevis crowned queens in Senior ECVA Beach

CUL- DE- SAC, St Lucia, May 4, 2025.- The St. Kitts and Nevis combination of Shajunee Gumbs and Shanicia Dyer have champed the Women’s segment of the 2025 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Beach Volleyball Championship here at the Cul- de- Sac Bay.

Gumbs and Dyer registered a 2-0 (21-14, 22-20) win over Bermuda’s Hailey Moss and Megan Hands in the gold medal match.

Before facing off in the final, Gumbs/ Dyer had overcome Clio Phillip/ Tenayestlni Joseph of St. Lucia Team Three 2-0(21-15, 21-18), while Moss/ Hands ensured that there will be a new champion, by defeating Grenada Team One of Thornia Mitchell/ Renisha Stafford, 2-0(26-24, 21-15).

However, Mitchell/ Stafford did not leave empty handed, as they got the better of Phillip/ Joseph, 2-0 (22-20, 21-13), to claim the bronze.

Elated on the country’s triumph, Dyer said: “I am very, very happy for the win, more so my partner, who is relatively new to Beach Volleyball. It is more gratifying as we learned each other’s style of play along the way”.

“We did not win any of our matches in the pool round, but we kept saying that since we can win a set, we can win a match, and we went unbeaten from the Round of 12, straight to the final”.

Magnanimous in their defeat, both Moss/ Hands believed that they are better players, after the three days of competing in the championship.        

Moss thus summed up, “ We are proud of how we played and our improvement throughout the Championships. After all, it is an improvement from last year’s showing. We gained a lot of experience, especially how to lift ourselves from the low points”

Classification Matches 5-8: Joseph/ Regis (ANT) def Pascal/ Henry (DMA) 21-10, 21-19; Prospere/Evans (SLU -1) def Neptune/ Gaspard (SLU-4) 21-19, 21-14

Rankings: Jones/Dominique (GRN-2) def. Campbell/ Matthews (VIN) 21-18, 21-19; Richardson/ Fleming (AGU) def. St Clair/ Jules (SLU-2) (forfeiture)

FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Gumbs/ Dyer (SKN) 2. Moss/ Hands (BER) 3. Mitchell/ Stafford (GREN-1) 4. Phillip/ Joseph (SLU-3)