SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, July 24, 2024.- After months of meticulous planning, not even the passing of powerful hurricane Beryl will stop the 2024 CAZOVA U19 Boys and Girls Volleyball Championships from getting underway at the GC Foster College in Spanish Town, Jamaica, this weekend.
The Opening Ceremony gets underway at 3:00 pm on Saturday, after which Trinidad and Tobago girls will tackle Barbados at 4:30 pm, followed by a boy’s encounter between hosts Jamaica and Aruba.
Beryl lashed parts of the island and threatened to derail plans for the tournament, but the steadfastness of the leaders and the participating teams prevailed.
Come Saturday afternoon, teams from seven countries, including the hosts, will have the opportunity to practice what has been preached to them by their diligent coaches over the years. There will be seven boys and seven girls teams serving for silverware.
Apart from striving to match their counterparts in the skills they have learned, participants will get the opportunity to experience Jamaica for nine days and meet new friends in the sport. These Championships will give the different teams a better appreciation of their quality with a view of constant improvement after the celebrations are over.
The winners will be crowned Caribbean Championships, and, importantly, they would have gotten a chance to match skills and wits with the best from the region. This is another step towards eventual professionalism.
The defending girls and boys champions are the US Virgin Islands and Suriname, respectively. The finals are scheduled for August 3.
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