“One Guyana” male & female volleyball tournaments rated a great success

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) has successfully hosted a “One Guyana” male academy volleyball tournament and a female extravaganza tournament at the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Training Centre at Port Mourant on Saturday April 22nd and Sunday April 23rd, 2023.
Teams that contended for the male academy were Falcons of Orealla, #47 Challengers, GTVPM 1, GTCPM 2 and Berbice High School. GTCPM1 and Falcons of Orealla played in the finals, after a two-zone playoff. Due to inclement weather and bad light, the final was reduced to a 30-point battle, for which Falcons drew first blood at 30-27 in a thrilling final.

First- and 2nd place trophies and medals were presented accordingly. The best libero trophy went to Staffon Lewis of GTCPM; best setter trophy went to Acaduan Andrews of GTCPM; the best defense trophy was awarded to Ronaldino Felix of Falcons; the best spiker’s trophy went to Lawrence France of Falcons, as did the MVP trophy.
In the female extravaganza, Orealla Seniors, Orealla ‘B’, Orealla Under-16, Hopetown Ninjas, Rollers Females and GTCPM Females were the participants. The games were played in two zones, after which the Orealla Females defeated GTCPM in yet another thrilling final.

First- and second-place trophies and medals were presented accordingly. The best setter’s trophy went to Amisha Mohabir of GTCPM, while the best spiker’s trophy as well as the MVP trophy went to Arianna Herman.
The tournament was held to select under-16 male and female squads, a senior female squad and an under-17 male squad to represent Berbice in national tournaments.
The BVA President, in his invited comment, lauded Berbice for the bold venture taken, and highlighted that youths are the vanguard in development of volleyball in Guyana. He also thanked the National Sports Commission (NSC); the GuySuCo Apprentice Training Centre; Poonai’s Pharmacy; Anil, proprietor of Circuit Centre Store; the Region 6 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), and Spready’s Bakery for their sponsorship and support.
The next tournament will be an inter-school tournament to be held in Region 6, with both male and female secondary school teams participating in three zones.