Youth Beach Volleyballers in Aruba for CAZOVA YOG Qualifier

ORANJESTAD, Aruba, July 06, 2018 - The CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Youth Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualifier will be staged for the second time this weekend at the beautiful Eagle Beach in Aruba. The first qualifier was held four years ago at Maracas Bay, in Trinidad and Tobago.

One pair per gender will qualifier for the prestigious Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 6 to 18 this year. In 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Girls and Jamaica Boys represented the Zone at the games then held in Nanjing Olympic Sport Center in Nanjing China.

Six Countries Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands and host Aruba are expected to compete in both genders, when the games serve off on Saturday Morning from 8:30am. All the preliminary matches will be held on Saturday 7^th July and the Quarter Final, Semi Finals, Bronze and Finals will be completed on Sunday 8^th July.

CAZOVA Executive Director & Competition Director Daymian Stewart will conductor inspections on Friday 6th July with the Aruba Federation’s President Mrs. Filomena Daniel Curiel. There will also be the Preliminary Inquiry and Technical Meeting held on Friday.

Trinidad and Tobago was the first delegation to arrive in Aruba, Jamaica and Haiti are also on Island early with US Virgin Islands and Suriname due to arrive today Friday 6^th July. The teams and officials are being accommodated at the classy Tropicana Aruba Resort, Palm-Eagle Beach, Oranjestad, Aruba.

Friday 6th July

Venue Inspection, Meeting with Organizing Committee, Meeting with Referees, Preliminary Inquiry and Technical Meeting.

Saturday 7^th July

Preliminary Rounds

Sunday 8^th July

Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, Bronze, Finals and Prize Giving Ceremony