Home team, UWI A (female) and the Deacons (male) from Barbados celebrated victory on Sunday evening after capturing the female and male championship titles at the 6th Annual UWI Pelican International Invitational Tournament held at the UWI gymnasium at the Mona Bowl from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November.
Top regional and international volleyball teams from Trinidad, Bahamas, Barbados and the USA will begin arriving on the island on Wednesday afternoon for the 2011 staging of the annual UWI Pelican International Volleyball Competition this weekend at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus. The tournament slated for November [...]
The Jamaican Duo of Dellan Brown and Namarie Gordon played their first game on Monday October 17th 2011, against Puerto Rico, where they went down in two sets 21- 11 and 21-13.
Serving for the first time in the capacity General Secretary, Barrett who was quite enthusiastic pointed out, “Jamaica is more known for its local and international Track and Field performance. I want to see volleyball rise… and become appreciated as much as Track and Field is. My heart’s desire is to see the day when we have our own indoor arena and state of the art facilities that can cater to regional and international audiences”.
The current JaVA elected Executive consists of President Major Warrenton Dixon, Secretary, Lawrence Nelson and Treasurer Tamika Pennicott. The elected members are complemented by a cadre of Managers, appointed to oversee various aspects of the sport’s development.
Brown believes more intensive coaching would have helped significantly. “I think we could’ve done better if we had more coaching. What we also need to work on is our fitness. The players in Cuba are all professional beach volleyball athletes; we have to juggle the sport and work.”
The Jamaican contingent are part of the 64 teams from 16 Countries that will be competing in this two-day matchup which serves as a qualifier for the upcoming Olympic, Pan American and Central American and the Caribbean Games. Other competing nations include Canada, the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Cayman Islands, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Cuba.
The approximately thirty (30) children who participated in the one-day clinic showed great enthusiasm and aptitude for volleyball. Coach Steve Davis was not surprised that although a large percentage of the children were being introduced to volleyball for the first time they caught on very quickly. “Jamaican children are very athletic and intelligent. They only need good instructions and they will apply themselves,” said Davis. Davis further stated that the enthusiasm of the children was characteristic of the other children who were introduced to volleyball when JaVA launched its inaugural Primary/Prep School Volleyball Programme during the 2010/2011 academic year.
Kingston, Jamaica – The Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) will join forces with Mystic Rhoads Productions (M.R.P) to host a volleyball clinic for 25 Youth, ages 8-14, at Falmouth All Age on Friday August 12. The clinic will aim at introducing volleyball to students unfamiliar with the sport. M.R.P, a social [...]
The Barbican Beach facility was the venue for the final tournament in the 2011 Business House Volleyball Season, and it was the JDF who stamped their class by not just winning the tournament, but by also finishing second with their ‘B’ team. Rounding out the top six were AMECO’s B [...]
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