VOLLEYBALL

Top ranked local duo, Ayana Dyette and Malika Davidson will spear-head this country’s women’s beach volleyball teams quest for a spot at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in Brazil to be held in August when the Third Round of NORCECA Women’s Continental Beach Volleyball Olympic qualifiers begin.

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary S. Graça will stand unopposed for re-election for the next eight years at the 35th World Congress in Buenos Aires in October, it has been announced today.

After 36 matches of a challenging 2015-2016 Bundesliga volleyball season, the multiple champions Vfb Friedrichshafen tangled with their archrivals Berlin Recycling Volleys losing 3-1, 3-2, before surrendering their title in a tame 3-0 defeat (26-24, 25-16 and 25-21).

FABIAN WHITFIELD and Daneil Williams suffered a heart-breaking defeat when the second leg of the 2016 NORCECA (North, Central America and the Caribbean) Beach Volleyball Tour served off Friday in Guaymas, Mexico.

Former top T&T women’s NORCECA representatives Elki Phillip and Nancy Joseph turned back the clock when they topped the second of three women’s T&T Volleyball Federation beach wolleyball qualifying tournaments on Saturday at the T&TVF Beach Volleyball Development Centre, Saith Park Park, Chaguanas.

TODAY is the second of four consecutive days of action in the FLOW Premier Volleyball League at Mayaro Indoor Sports Complex. There are only women’s matches in the $250,000 tournament during the Easter weekend, and after were featured yesterday, two more will take place today.