Top T&T women's beach volleyball pair, Ayana Dyette and Nancy Joseph will make their return to the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit when they compete eight-leg to be played at the Central American Stadium in Boqueron, Puerto Rico from today until Sunday.
The local women missed out on the sixth and seventh legs of the tour in North Bay, Canada (July 9-14) and Varadero, Cuba (August 20-25), after participating in four of the first five stops.
So far this season, Dyette and Joseph were 12th in the fifth leg on the sand courts of Huixquilucan, Toluca, Mexico in June; months after starting off with an 11th-placed finish in the Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands followed by 12th in Guatemala City and a best so far of seventh, in Antigua Guatemala during the third leg.
Despite not being involved on the tour over the last month, Dyette and Joseph stayed in top form by securing a ticket as T&T's lone representative to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games carded for Mexico, in November when they won their best-of-two series against Elki Phillip and Pauline Woodroffe at Saith Park Chaguanas, Beach Volleyball Facility last month.
And speaking ahead of their departure for San Juan, Puerto Rico today, said they would be using the remaining tournaments on the tour as their main preparations for the CAC Games as they were currently without a coach because of the financial restraints of the T&T Volleyball Federation.
She said: "We have not had a coach in months, so Nancy and I basically train ourselves.
"Fortunately in preparation for CAC Games we managed to source sponsorship from Nancy's job, Atlantic for a training camp in the USA for three weeks, with Brazilian coach Joao Carlos Campos."
A total of 16 teams will participate with Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Mexico, USA and US Virgin Islands playing in both genders.
Dominican Republic, Honduras and T&T will take part in women's competition only, while Aruba, Guadeloupe and Nicaragua will play only with men's teams.
Following the conclusion of the eight-leg in Puerto Rico, the remaining legs take place in Chula, Vista, California, USA (October 1-6); Vera Cruz, Mexico (October 15-20), Costa Rica (October 22-27) and the final leg for a third straight year, in T&T, Pigeon Point to be exact from November 12 - 17.