The hectic schedule of events hosted by the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) for the 2013 season will conclude when the Youth (Under-18) Championship ends on Sunday at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena. Competition started yesterday.The tournament now in its fourth year for the boys and third for the girls was originally carded to be held in Guadeloupe and Martinique earlier this year, but had to be postponed due to a lack of teams.
However a few months later, the four-day event hosted by the T&T Volleyball Federation under the presidency of Daymian Stewart is set to take place still with a low number of teams involved.
The teams featuring in T&T are the host country, Barbados, Jamaica, Bahamas and US Virgin Islands boys team which will arrive on Thursday night and will play two matches on Friday due aflight problems caused by bad weather.The boys' competition will feature defending champions US Virgin Islands, two-time bronze winners and host T&T, 2007 winner and 2012 third placed finisher Barbados and Jamaica while in the girls competition, tow-time champions T&T, Bahamas and Barbados will do battle.
At the Technical Meeting held at the Le Sportel Inn, Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence on Wednesday December 4 and which involved CAZOVA president Mushtaque Mohammed, head of the Control Committee and Margaret Graham, CAZOVA Secretary and president of the Haiti Volleyball Federation and officials off all the participating teams, the round-robin format, rules and regulations as well as the points system were explained to all teams and agreed upon.In both categories each team will play each other once in the round-robin at the end of which the top two teams based on the standings will contest the gold medal match on Sunday afternoon.
Other members of the Control Committee present were Brian Charles (Referee Commission), Philippe Lirus (CAZOV Photographer Delegate); Jose Ramon Perez Vento (Referees Commission president) and Daymian Stewart (T&T Volleybal Federation president).
Tournament schedule
Yesterday
2.30pm: Opening Ceremony
4pm: BAR vs JAM (Boys)
6pm: BAH vs TTO (Girls)
Today
9am: ISV vs TTO (Boys)
2pm: BAR vs BAH (Girls)
4pm: BAR vs ISV (Boys)
6pm: JAM vs TTO (Girls)
Tomorrow
2pm: JAM vs ISV (Boys)
4pm: BAR vs TTO (Boys)
6pm: BAR vs TTO (Girls)
Sunday
Morning Session
11am: Third vs Fourth (Boys)
3pm: First vs Second (Boys)
5pm: First vs Second (Girls)
Tournament history
Past winners
Boys
Venue Year Gold Silver Bronze Fourth
TTO 2007 BAR USVI TTO
CUR 2010 CUR BAR TTO
USVI 2012 USVI CUR BAR TTO
Girls
Venue Year Gold Silver Bronze Fourth
TTO 2007 TTO USVI BAR
USVI 2012 TTO HAI USVI BAR