Constructions for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball are on time for Games in Colombia

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 6, 2005.- The volleyball tournament of the XX Central American and Caribbean Games will be played in a brand new pavilion currently under construction in Cartagena de Indias Colombia. Mr. Armando Segovia Ortiz, technical director of the event and Luis Elpidio Cumba, technical director of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization, informed of the good news during a meeting here with Nelson Ramirez, technical delegate of Norceca for the competition and Roosevelt Comarazamy, press officer of the volleyball confederation.

The facility, with capacity for around 4,000 spectators should be ready for test events on May-June of next year and will have a warm-up court and rooms for lockers, press conferences, doping control, working press, VIP lounge and others. The Games will be held on July 15-30.

The organizers also informed that two practice courts will be available for the sixteen participating teams –eight men and eight women. The main pavilion is located at a 25 minutes distance from the athlete’s village. The Beach Volleyball Tournament will be held at Playa de La Boquilla, the most popular beach of Cartagena de Indias and separated from the village by only 10 minutes. Two competition courts will be prepared as also two for warm-up.

The organizing committee is planning to have temporary facilities for the media, medical doctors, VIP and players. Twelve pairs on each gender will take part in the competition.