In ISSA U-19 Volleyball action yesterday, Muschette High scored their second consecutive win against Old Harbour High, at Old Harbour, beating them 3-2. With this victory, they take the lead in Group D, and are all but assured of a spot in the semi-finals of the ISSA Under-19 Boys volleyball tournament.
In other results yesterday:
Wolmer’s Boys beat Knox College 3-1
St. Jago beat Camperdown 3-1
Mannings beat Campion College 3-0
The Girls quarter-finals continue this afternoon with four more matches. Wolmer’s Girls’ vs. Camperdown at Wolmer’s, Old Harbour vs. Muschette at Old Harbour, St. Jago vs. Knox at St Jago, and Alpha vs. Mannings at Alpha. All matches start at 2:00 p.m.
In ISSA U-19 Volleyball action yesterday, Wolmer’s Girls’ stretched their unbeaten record in the tournament to 13 games, after they defeated Old Harbour High 3-1 in their opening Group A quarter-final match which was played at Wolmer’s.
Other results yesterday:
Camperdown beat Muschette High 3-1
St. Jago beat Alpha High 3-2
The boys’ quarter-finals begins today with four matches – Wolmer’s vs. Knox at Wolmer’s, Mannings vs. Campion College at Mannings, St. Jago vs. Camperdown High and Old Harbour vs. Muschette.
On the weekend of October 31 to November 1, the MOSA Volleyball Club will host its tournament called the ‘MOSA Classics’, at the G.C. Foster College in St. Catherine.
Team entry forms are now available and should be completed and returned to the MOSA Volleyball Club on or before September 28 … along with the requested deposit …. on Mondays or Wednesdays (5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.) at the MICO gym.
The Jamaica Amateur Volleyball Association (JAVA) is actively seeking to secure the long-term development of the volleyball in Jamaica, by getting younger players involved through a league that involves local Primary and Preparatory schools.
President of JAVA, Wayne Robertson, said recently: “We are hoping to introduce volleyball at the primary/preparatory school (level) in 2010. The sport needs to be expanded and we need to introduce it to younger players and get them involved. We already have a high school league but that is not sufficient I believe the time has come for us to revise the high school league (which) is administered by ISSA (Inter-Secondary School Sports Association) and we basically just provide the oversight so to speak, but I believe that we really need to increase the number of schools that are currently playing the sport at that level.”
Currently, volleyball is largely played at the club and university / college level here in Jamaica. ISSA also administers a high school league, which acts somewhat as a feeder for the national age-group teams.
Robertson is reportedly also looking into the establishment of an Under-10 and Under-12 program to support the current Under-15 and Under-19 programs – this, as part of a comprehensive rethinking of the association’s approach to youth volleyball development. He has said however that securing financial support for this will be a challenge.
Last night at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in Barbados, Jamaica’s women’s volleyball team (aka the ‘Riddim Girls’), overpowered the Bahamas 25-23, 25-9 and 25-13 to secure a spot in Round Three of the FIVB Women’s World Volleyball Championship qualifiers.
They will now face-off with Barbados in the finals at the same venue later tonight, however both teams are already guaranteed a place in the next round which takes place in Puerto Rico.
The second round of NORCECA qualification for the Women’s World Championship continued yesterday in Barbados, with Jamaica defeating the Cayman Islands 25-7, 25-19, 25-15.
Jamaica’s female volleyball team (the ‘Riddim Girls’) last night made a winning start to the FIVB World Championship second-round NORCECA Group D women’s qualifiers.
Jamaica, who were third behind champions Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados at last year’s Caribbean Championship, outgunned St. Lucia 25-15, 25-23, 25-21 in their game last night. Captain Lecia Brown led the Jamaican charge with 13 points, including three blocks and two service aces.
Cheryl Daley (11) and Avaniki Campbell (10) gave Jamaica three players in double figures.
Jamaica will play Cayman tomorrow in the final Pool B match.
The third and final weekend indoor volleyball rally took place recently, and the Jamaica Defence Force made it three successive wins, winning 11 games and losing only once to finish with 34 points on the day and claim the overall Rally crown with 30 points.
Bank of Jamaica placed second at the rally with an 8-4 record, and also finished runners-up in overall points. National Water Commission (NWC) had a 7-5 record for third place with 26 points and 21 overall.
UWI and Guardian ‘A’ finished with identical 6-6 records and 24 points. However, UWI claimed fourth for the day with a +1 differential, compared to Guardian ‘A’s -5 point differential. Notably however, Guardian ‘A’ would get sweet revenge as they were fourth overall with 16 points, while UWI had six points at this their first and only rally of the three so far.
AMECO, who placed sixth in the Rally with a 3-9 record, were fifth overall with 10 points, while Guardian ‘B’ were last with a 1-11 win/loss record and three points overall.
The teams will now turn their attention to the Reggae Jammin Indoor League which gets underway on June 7 featuring ‘best of three’ games. The Jamaica Defence Force are the defending league champions.
After their shock defeat on Saturday to the Bahamas, Jamaica rallied yesterday at the National Indoor Sports Centre to defeat Haiti by three sets to one and clinch third place in the FIVB World Championship qualifying volleyball championship.
The Jamaicans won the first and second sets 25-22, 25-23, lost the third set 22-25, then won the fourth set 25-18 to end their disappointing campaign on a high.
Jamaica’s FIVB World Championship qualification campaign ended last night at the the National Indoor Sports Centre, when they were handed a 1-3 shock defeat by the Bahamas. Jamaica claimed the first set 25-19, but then surrendered three consecutive sets (18-25, 22-25, 22-25). Jamaica were favorites along with Mexico to get by this initial qualifying stage, but now have only the 3rd place playoff match against Haiti to look forward to.
Jamaica’s volley ballers will now turn their attention to the female qualifiers, set to happen July 6-8 at the University of Central Florida Arena.
