National men’s assistant coach David Camacho and senior team player and junior women’s assistant coach Saleem Ali are representing T&T at a Federation International Volleyball (FIVB) seminar for setters, which began in St John’s, Antigua, on Saturday. A total of 27 participants from the Caribbean are taking part.The seminar is under the direction of FIVB instructor Tony Westman of Sweden and forms part of the development programme sponsored by Norceca Confederation through the Regional Development Centre in Dominican Republic.
The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Chet Greene president of the Olympic Committee of Antigua and Barbuda and Winston Williams, Minister of Sports.
Wilbur Harrigan, the president of the Volleyball National Federation, was also present in the company of Yoana Mota, vice director of the Regional Development Centre. In addition to T&T, the other participants, who come from countries of the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) and the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) zones, are from Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Saint Martin, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Eustatius, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines and Suriname.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt