VOLLEYBALL

Diego Martin-born duo, Ayana Dyette and Malika Davidson kept T&T women hopes of a top eighth place finish at the 12-team double-elimination NORCECA Continental Cup Beach Volleyball qualifiers to the Rio de Janiero Olympic Games alive with a “Golden Set” win over Jamaica at Guayman, Sonora, Mexico, yesterday. T&T played Guatemala in a losing semi-final last night.

T&T men’s beach volleyball team will depart for Guaymas, Mexico today where they will contest the Fourth Round of NORCECA Inter-Continental Men’s Olympic Beach Volleyball qualifiers to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.

A new five-star structure for the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour will be used between 2017 and 2020, it has been announced.

The recently concluded $240,000 Flow-sponsored T&T Volleyball Federation Premier Division League has been described as a resounding success by Daymian Stewart, president of the local body.

The overseas-based quartet of Darlene Ramdin, Channon Thompson, Sinead Jack and Krystle Esdelle head a group of 30 players who began training with Cuban-born T&T coach and T&T Volleyball Federation, Director, Francisco Cruz on Monday at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, for the 15th Pan American Volleyball Cup in Santo Domingo, from June 30 to July 11.

Glamorgan made a sweep of the men and women titles when the Flow sponsored T&T Volleyball Federation Premier Division League concluded at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo on Sunday night. In the women's decider Glamorgan trounced previously unbeaten and round-robin winners with a 12-0 record Technocrats 3-0 while in the men's final Glamorgan also spoiled another unbeaten campaign of BIG South East Port of Spain 3-1.

T&T’s men beach volleyball team stayed in the hunt for a spot at the Rio Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament when they trounced St Kitts/Nevis 3-0 in their main draw double elimination quarterfinal of the Third Round of the NORCECA Inter-Continental Men’s Beach Volleyball Olympic at Pigeon Point, St Lucia, yesterday.

BOTH teams from the Southern United Volleyball Academy (SUVA) advanced to the semi-finals of the FLOW Premier League Thursday night at Jean Pierre Complex, Wrightson Road, Woodbrook.

REMAINING two quarter- final round matches in both the men and women’s division of the Trinidad and Tobago Volleyball Federation’s Flow Premier League serves off at Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, today from 2 pm.