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ANTIGUA, Guatemala, October 24, 2009 – The XX
Congress of NORCECA Confederation approved on
Saturday to create the Eugenio George Laffita
Trophy to be presented the most outstanding
coach of the NORCECA Women’s Continental
Championship.
The proposal was submitted by the President of
NORCECA, Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, and
approved by the assembly by acclamation.
George Laffita, who was present in the meeting
as president of the Technical and Coaches
Commission, was grateful on the distinction. He
was in the company of officials Angel Iglesias,
member of the NORCECA Board of Administration,
and Raúl Diago, president of the Cuban
Volleyball Federation.
In the year 2001, George Laffita was selected by
FIVB as the Coach of the Century for his
achievements winning three gold medals at the
helm of the Cuban Womens’s Selection at the
Olympics Continental.
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