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ST PETERSBURG, Florida - Trinidad and Tobago made its third ever
appearance on the World Tour by participating in the St. Pete’s
Grand Slam currently taking place in St. Petersburg, Florida,
United States and remains the only English speaking Caribbean
country to have ever done so.
The TTVF driven to ensure that its athletes develop, grasped at
an opportunity given by the SPORTT, TTOC and NORCECA, for its
athletes to get much needed high level matches in preparation
for the upcoming Pan American Games and Olympic Qualifiers. The
TTVF also thanks FLOW, KFC, TDC and the THA for their
involvement in Beach Volleyball recently.
T&T was represented by Daneil Williams and Fabien Whitfield (The
Toco Boy), they were knocked out of the Qualification Tournament
by Austria’s Kunert and Dressler 21-18 21-14. The T&T female
team was made of Ayanna Dyette and young Malika Davidson making
her senior debut at the highest level, after performing
creditable in last year’s Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China
with Chelsea Ward. The ladies were knocked out by Germany’s
Bieneck/Grosner 21-8 21-10.
The TTVF President Daymian Stewart who is currently on the world
tour as the FIVB Technical Supervisor (In Training), was very
pleased by the performance and progress of the athletes and our
national beach volleyball system.
“Our athletes and Coach David Thomas have proven that they are
capable and with the necessary support we can make it,” Stewart
stated.
Stewart claims the administration of the TTVF has to improve and
become self-sufficient to support the athletes. He calls on
other agencies in sport to be realistic, understanding and
supportive for genuine attempts of small NGB’s to make a
difference.
Stewart said funding remains an issue and the TTVF remains
committed to the athletes and their pursuit of excellence.
The TTVF governs two Olympic sports and are currently the
Caribbean Champs and the highest ranked Caribbean Team in the
world for Beach and Indoor, men and Women.
The TTVF also has sixteen National Teams in training.
For the next three months beach athletes will be involved in:
NORCECA Tour 2nd Leg
in Dominican Republic June 24 to 29
Training Camp in San Diego, California June 30- July 7
Pan American Games in Toronto July 8-22
World Championships U21, U19 & U17 Qualifiers in Guatemala,
Cayman Island and St. Lucia, respectively
NORCECA Tour 3rd Leg in North Bay Toronto August 5-10
2nd Round Rio 2016 Qualifiers Men – St Lucia and Women – Jamaica
(Dates to be determined) |
