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) |