Morrsion, Blackman star in Vball openers

For­mer na­tion­al in­door play­ers Ab­by Black­man of West Side Stars and Tech­nocrats' Sean Mor­ri­son turned back the clock in lead­ing their re­spec­tive clubs to vic­to­ries when the Na­tion­al Lot­ter­ies Con­trol Board (NL­CB)/ The Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter T&T Vol­ley­ball Fed­er­a­tion Su­per League “A” Di­vi­sion com­pe­ti­tion served off on Tues­day night.

Play­ing in the open­ing match of the dou­ble-head­er at the Cen­tral Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Saith Park, Ch­agua­nas, the six-foot-five inch­es tall, for­mer na­tion­al stand­out Black­man, was the main at­tack­er and the dif­fer­ence be­tween the two teams in lead­ing West Side Stars to vic­to­ry in straight sets over To­co Youths Vol­ley­ball Acad­e­my.

De­spite the ab­sence of their mar­quee play­ers Deli­cia Pierre and Ma­li­ka David­son, Black­man led Stars to a 25-15, 25-19, 25-7 win over the op­po­si­tion which field­ed Aus­tralia-based se­nior na­tion­al women's net­ball stand­outs Saman­tha Wal­lace, and New Zealand-bound net­baller Daystar Swift.

In the men's open­ing con­test, Mor­ri­son gave an in­spi­ra­tion all-round per­for­mance to lead Tech­nocrats over the na­tion­al cap­tain Ryan Stew­art's Glam­or­gan in four close sets, 25-22, 25-14, 21-25, 25-22.

A vis­i­bly tired Mor­ri­son led the match in at­tacks and de­fence and was well sup­port­ed through­out by new­ly ac­quired for­mer na­tion­al team-mates Rus­sell Pe­na and Joshua Mo­hammed.

To­mor­row, the Su­per League 'A' Di­vi­sion ac­tion will con­tin­ue at the East­ern Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Tacarigua with a women's en­counter be­tween Glam­or­gan and La Cu­ra Sport from 7 pm.

On Sat­ur­day, six match­es are list­ed on the day's pro­gramme at Ch­agua­nas in­door and the first serve is at 10 am while on Sun­day, one match will take played at Tacarigua.

Up­com­ing Match­es

T&VF Su­per League 'A' Di­vi­sion

To­mor­row (Fri­day, Oc­to­ber 25):

Venue: East­ern Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Or­ange Grove Road, Tacarigua:

Women: Glam­or­gan vs La Cu­ra Sports, 7 pm

On Sat­ur­day

Venue: Cen­tral Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Saith Park, Ch­agua­nas:

Women:

La Cu­ra Sport vs West Side Stars, 10 am

Glam­or­gan vs Big SE­PoS, 11.45 am

Men

Tech­nocrats vs Cen­tral War­riors, 1.30 pm

To­co Youths vs South­ern Unit­ed, 3.15 pm

Glam­or­gan vs Zenith, 5 pm

Big SE­PoS vs Chal­lengers, 6.45 pm

On Sun­day

Venue: East­ern Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Or­ange Grove Road, Tacarigua:

Women: Big SE­PoS vs West Side Stars, 7 pm