Productive meeting of Beach Volleyball Organizers

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 16, 2013 – The organizers and promoters of the different tournaments comprising the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit held a one-day meeting in Santo Domingo to review the previous season and to discuss the key points in preparation for this year’s campaign.

“It was a very productive meeting in anticipation of what we hope will be a successful beach volleyball season,” Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA, said. “We had the opportunity to exchange the experiences of last year and improve the organization of our tournaments in all the aspects.”

The sites of ten were confirmed while five other hosts are still to be decided before the end of the month.

For the fifth consecutive year, the season will begin in Cayman Islands on March 20-25 followed by the event in Guatemala on April 17-22.

The tour then continues in Toluca, Mexico (June 5-10, Varadero, Cuba (August 21-26), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (September 5-8), Mazatlán, Mexico (September 11-16), San Diego, USA (October 2-7), St. Lucia (October 9-14), Punta Arenas, Costa Rica (October 30-November 4) and Trinidad and Tobago (November 13-18).

The four hosting countries for the first phase of the qualification process towards the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, were also decided on Saturday.

The ECVA event will be in St. Lucia while Trinidad and Tobago will organize the event of CAZOVA. The tournament of AFECAVOL will take place in Nicaragua and the one corresponding to the Central zone will be in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.