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Punta Cana event kicks off with 39 matches

 

   

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, April 28, 2016 – The Punta Cana Beach Volleyball Tournament , the sixth leg of the 2016 NORCECA Circuit gets underway on Friday with 39 matches -23 men’s and 16 women’s.

 

The action on the sands kicks off on early Friday with two men’s contests at 8:00 a.m.

 

Trevor and Taylor Crabb of United States-A, winners of two gold medals this season, play the Guadeloupe’s team of Arnouts Baptiste and Cedric Lavoye while Ryan Vandenburg and Aaron Nusbaum of Canada-A meet Alex Medina and Wilson Marte of Dominican Republic-B.

 

The women’s opening match will see Marcela Ávalos and Laura Molina of El Salvador against Jamaica’s Danielle Perry and Kai Wright.

 

The preliminary inquiry and general technical meeting took place on Thursday evening under the presidency of Angel Rivas, delegate of NORCECA, and Ed Drakich, the competition director.

 

During the meeting the representatives of the Dominican National Federation presented a plaque to Mr. Francisco Javier García, Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic in recognition to his collaboration for the organization of the event. He was represented by Vice Minister Maireni Castillo.

 

Ernesto Veloz, president of the Hotels Association of Punta Cana and president of the Organizing Committee, greeted the participants and wished them a pleasant stay and a good tournament.

 

Drakich explained the schedule of the competition and the distribution of the teams in the four pools per gender.

 

Men’s Pools

Pool A: USA-A, GDP, CAN-B, DOM-B, JAM. Pool B: TRI, HON, ISV, CUR, CUB. Pool C: MEX, NCA, GUA, USA-B. Pool D: CAN-A, SKN, DOM-A, CRC.

 

Women’s Pools

Pool A: ESA, JAM, CUB, JAM. Pool B: ISV, CAN-B, CAN-A, DOM-B. Pool C: MEX-A, USA-B, MEX-B, USA-A. Pool D: TRI, NCA, DOM-A, CRC.