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VI Volleyball Power League continues

February 14, 2017 by Admin

Source: BVI Platinum

Photo: BVI Platinum News

As this year’s volleyball season continues, teams are focused on separating themselves from the weak and climbing to the top of the charts.

Games played during the course of the weekend, February 10 and 11, recorded numerous wins from some of the strongest teams in the league.

As a result of games played last Friday, in the female category, Vixens secured a win against Black Opts, following their consistent lead in three sets.

For the men, Raw Power defeated Go Hard, with a best of three sets as well.

Games played on the Saturday saw a massive victory for VG Eagles, who scored mass point in five sets against the female Raw Power team.

Crush Dem female team also copped a win against Phoenis Ballers, after scoring the best of three sets.

For the men, Guns For Life delivered massive blows to VG Hawks, who scored terribly in the three sets played.

Click here for the schedule of games.

VIVA Power League 2017 kicks off with record start

January 30, 2017 by Admin

Source: BVI Platinum

Vixens (in turquoise) won against School Them in the featured first game of the Opening Ceremony for the VI Volleyball Association Power League 2017. Photo: BVI Platinum

The Virgin Islands Volleyball Association (VIVA) is ready to take the sport from recreational to seriously competing, now having a much bigger pool of talented athletes to choose from.

This year’s 2017 Volleyball season kicked off yesterday, January 28, at the Multipurpose Sports Complex, with a record start, registering a total of 16 teams, the most teams ever to participate in a BVI volleyball tournament.

This was great news for the local association, who will remain vigilant throughout the league, scouting for new talent for the Territory’s national team. The league will run until mid May.

Speaking to BVI Platinum News, President of the Association, Willis Potter stated that this year’s numbers are a proper indication of the impact and awareness of the sport in the Virgin Islands.

The tournament boasts of 10 female teams—5 in the lower division and 5 in the upper division, and 6 male teams, all ranging from the age of 10 to over 50 years old.

Potter said, “With these numbers, this season should be a very competitive one.”

He added, “We are about to move from just playing volleyball for entertainment, to now being serious about competing regionally. We want to move into the competition level as it was in the past.”

The president added, “So with so many persons coming in, it gives us the opportunity to build a strong team, having the chance to pull the most skilled persons from such a big pool.”

Potter further expressed that the BVI is capable of competing with any country in the region, as long as things fall in line.

“We will do that by starting with our grass roots and getting more fresh blood to take over.”

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: 2017 VIVA Power League, Virgin Islands Volleyball Association

Virgin Islands Volleyball Association elects new executive board

November 25, 2016 by Admin

By VIVA

2017 – 21 VI Volleyball Association Executive: (l-r) Willis Potter, Alquamin Nibbs, Kisheba Sprauve-Callwood, Sabinah Clement, Maria Drigo, Desirae Farrington, Henrietta Alexander and Curtis Davis. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

The election of the 2017-2021 Virgin Islands Volleyball Association (VIVA) Executive Board was held at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports conference room at 5:30pm. The new board members and their positions are as follows:

President – Mr. Willis Potter
Vice President – Mr. Alquamin Nibbs
General Secretary – Mrs. Kisheba Sprauve-Callwood
Assistant Secretary – Mrs. Anna-Belle Skelton-Malone
Treasurer – Ms. Sabinah Clement
Assistant Treasurer – Ms. Maria Drigo
Public Relations Officer – Ms. Desirae Farrington
Players Representative – Ms. Henrietta Alexander and Mr. Curtis Davis

The VIVA Executive Board thanks everyone that took time out of their busy schedule and came out to vote to make this year’s election possible.

Special thanks are extended to Mrs. Angeleta Bernard (Supervisor of Elections) and her team Ms. Alicia Paul (Tally Clerk), Mr. Jason Edwin (Tally Clerk) and Mr. Rhennie Phipps (Tally Clerk) for coming out and assisting with the election to ensure that operations were running smoothly. The Executive Board would like to thank Ms. Sabinah Clement (Past President) and her team for the outstanding work that they contributed to the sport over the years.

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Sharonda Pickering commits to Florida Gulf Coast University

November 17, 2016 by Admin

Source: VINO

Sharonda A. Pickering has signed to join Florida Gulf Coast University and ended her time at Hillsborough Community College with a pick for the All Conference Volleyball 1st team. Photo: HCC

Virgin Islands’ volleyball talent, Sharonda Pickering has signed to join Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and ended her time at Hillsborough Community College with a pick for the All Conference Volleyball 1st team.

Pickering joins a 20-win FGCU team during its most successful season.

“Sharonda has worked so hard and come so far,” said Coach Larkin. “We are so proud of her and know she will continue to grow under Coach Botsford.”

Pickering was also named 1st Team All-Conference, after her final game for the HCC Hawks, a 3-set win over Webber International JV.

The Hawks were led by Abbie O’Ferrell’s 16 kills, Brianna Stowell’s 39 assists, Pickering’s .800 hitting percentage, and Larra Bickelhaupt’s 2.9 serve reception. Madara Bajare chipped in 5 kills and had a highlight crosscourt swing.

HCC finished the season being ranked 12th nationally in the final NJCAA poll and playing their best volleyball.

“It’s a little sad,” reflected Captain Brianna Stowell. “This team is so talented and tough. I love these girls, and I’ll never forget our time together.”

The Lady Hawks conclude the season 21-9, 5-3.

HCC finished #12 in the last NJCAA national poll but concluded the conference season with a heart-breaking loss to Polk State. The loss knocks HCC to 3rd place, missing the FCSAA tournament.

HCC lost two sets 24-26 on way to a 1-3 defeat.

“The volleyball was intense and high level,” explained Larkin. “A break here or there and who knows…”

The Lady Hawks got 14 kills and 3 blocks from Pickering.

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: BVI Volleyball, FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Sharonda Pickering, Volleyball

VI Volleyball Association to hold AGM and elections

October 4, 2016 by Admin

By Virgin Islands Volleyball Association

The Virgin Islands Volleyball Association (“VIVA”) is hereby informing the public of its Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 at 6 pm at Department of Youth And Sports Conference Room.

The AGM and Elections process will be governed by the following rules:
• The Officers to be elected to the Executive Committee are the President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Public Relations Officer and Two (2) Players Representatives.

• Each Team is entitled to nominate a maximum of two (2) person for each post on the Executive Committee.

• Any person elected to the Executive Commitee, shall hold office for four (4) years or until their successors have been duly elected.

• All Teams should decide on a list of nominees for appointment to the Executive committee.

• All nominees MUST communicate acceptance of their nomination to the Association prior to the AGM.

• ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO bvivolleyball@yahoo.com BY 25TH OCTOBER, 2016. NO OTHER FORM OF NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED, NO EXCEPTIONS.

• All Teams registered in the VIVA domestic league during the election year, and is in good standing, shall be entitled to be represented at the AGM by two (2) delegates, both of whom shall be eligible to vote and hold office.

• Teams currently not in Good standing should submit payment of registration fees to the Association by October 14th, 2016 in order to be entitled to the privilege of participating in the election process.

• Each delegate of a Team shall be entitled to one vote per office.

• Voting shall be done by way of secret ballot.

• A nominee who is absent from the AGM but has previously communicated consent to being nominated remains eligible for nomination to the Executive body.

• There shall be no voting by proxy.

• All votes shall be tallied and announced at the AGM.

Any individual seeking further information or clarification of the aforementioned rules can contact the Ms. Kisheba Sprauve, Secretary or Sabinah Clement, president at bvivolleyball@yahoo.com.

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: Virgin Islands Volleyball Association

VI Volleyball Association Scouting New Talent

September 27, 2016 by Admin

By: BVI Platinum

DYAS Industrial Volleyball Tournament Photo Credit: BVI Platinum News

DYAS Industrial Volleyball Tournament
Photo: BVI Platinum News

The Virgin Islands Volleyball Association (VIVA) is monitoring the participants of this year’s Industrial Volleyball League, which was officially declared open on September 22 at the Multipurpose Sports Complex.

The tournament, which is a collaboration between the association and the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, kicked off with a total of 12 teams from both the private and public sectors.

In an interview with President of VIVA, Ms. Sabina Clement, she explained that the association will be monitoring this tournament and scouting new talent. “We can’t go around handpicking volleyball athletes like other countries do, so it’s from these forums that highlight potential athletes for our national teams. It’s a great way to spot talent.”

According to Ms. Clement, “One of our mandates as the volleyball association is to foster the playing of volleyball. The more volleyball that’s played, the more involvement there is and the more people get interested in the sport.”

The tournament will see each team battle on the court every Tuesday and Thursday until the championships on November 17th.

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: Industrial Volleyball League, Virgin Islands Volleyball Association

Bronze but no progress for VI Men’s Volleyball team at ECVA World Cup Qualifiers

August 31, 2016 by Admin

Source: VINO

The Virgin Islands senior volleyballers improved in their games in the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (EVCA), first round of World Cup Qualifiers, staged in Marigot, St Marten but were unable to progress to the second round. Photo: Provided

The Virgin Islands senior volleyballers at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (EVCA), first round of World Cup Qualifiers, staged in Marigot, St Martin Aug 25 – 28. Photo: Provided

The Virgin Islands’ (VI) Men’s Volleyball Team returned home with a bronze medal from the first round of the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA), Zonal World Championship Qualification Tournament staged August 25 – 28 in Marigot, St Martin.

With only three teams participating, French St Martin, Dutch St Maarten and the VI, there was little margin for error and so it proved for the VI, who made too many unforced errors in both their games and suffered heavy defeats. The losses meant that, despite the bronze medal, the team failed to progress into the second round.

In their first game, the VI lost in straight sets to St Maarten, 25 – 14; 25- 15; 25- 15.

St Maarten jumped out to an early lead and applied constant pressure throughout the game to keep their opponents at bay.

Though highly experienced, the Virgin Islands made too many unforced errors, which were the leading cause of their demise. Despite this, the team showed they have the ability to score points and hold defense. Outside hitter, Canise Marquis was the lead scorer with nine (9) points.

Captain Frandie Martin felt his team could have played better but a plethora of fundamental errors caused them to lose their shape and game plan. Coach Stephen Payne felt his team should have done better, as they did not show their true abilities. The team must adapt to the warmer conditions, he concluded.

In the final game, French St Martin steam rolled the VI with a score of 25 – 19; 25 – 16; 25 – 13.

The VI battled hard for every point, giving a good account of themselves, but could find no way to overcome the tenacious French, who were buoyed from beating their arch rivals, the Dutch, earlier in the competition.

Although suffering with some injuries, the VI showed improvement in every department with more consistent passing, better sets and more effective hits.

Canice Marquis was the team leading scorer, producing five points.

Coach Payne indicated he was happy to see the improvement in his players over the course of the two matches and that with more practice they will do better.

The full squad included Travis Jack, Miquel Martin, Frandie Martin, Craig Glasgow, Andre Pickering, Canice Marquis, Clyde Potter and Kenny Lewis.

With a berth in round two of the FIVB World Cup qualifiers at stake, Dutch St Maarten defeated French St Martin in the final game with a score of 25-13, 22-25, 22-25, 26-24, 15-10, to progress.

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association, ECVA World Cup Qualifiers

U23 Women’s Volleyball team miss out on bronze

August 16, 2016 by Admin

By VINO

The Virgin Islands U23 volleyball team at the inaugural Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under-23 women’s Tournament, at the Vide Boutielle Secondary School’s court in St Lucia. Photo: Provided

The Virgin Islands (VI) U23 Women’s Volleyball team remained winless after suffering a 3-0 loss to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Bronze Medal match on Sunday August 14, 2016 at the inaugural Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under-23 Women’s Tournament, at the Vide Boutielle Secondary School’s court in St Lucia.

St Vincent and the Grenadines took the bronze medal by dispensing of the Virgin Islands 3-0 (25-9, 25-18, 25-22), with Alicia Glasgow the top scorer for the third successive time, as she tallied 16 points and Shernell Browne, an Outside Hitter, registered 10 points.

Shoniqua Fahie, an Outside Hitter was the VI’s leading scorer with 6 points.

St Vincent and the Grenadines led in spikes, 21-14, while topping in service aces 18-5.

Head coach, Stephen, Payne said the tournament was a good gauge of what is needed in the territory to become more competitive. “What this tournament has taught us is that our development programme back home must be more sustained, instead of just preparing for tournaments.”

Payne believes that his players should be better served from their participation in the tournament and once they stay with the sport, they would improve in all facets.

In their first game the VI battled on the court for an hour and forty minutes in a slow paced duel also against St Vincent and the Grenadines, who eventually triumphed 3-1, (25-22, 25-23, 25- 23, 25-16).

St Vincent and the Grenadines owed their win to the scoring of Outside Hitter Shernell Browne who had a game high 17 points.

For the VI, Daijha Matthews had 9 points, to be her team’s lead scorer.

On the team analysis, St Vincent and the Grenadines outstripped their opponents 25-17 in spikes.

VI Coach Stephen Payne and team captain, Daija Matthews, apportioned fatigue and unforced errors for their loss. Matthews though was satisfied with the serves, stating, “We were very good on our serve”.

She and Payne concurred that they were generally satisfied with the output of the team and vouched improvement when they met St Lucia in their next fixture.

However, S Lucia eased to a win and made it two from two, running out 3-0 winners (25-13, 25-19, 25-18), with little resistance from the VI.

St Lucia’s Yosherbel Emmanuel, a Middle Blocker and Outside Hitter- Kerin Neptune, both counted 12 points each, whilst for the VI, the top scorer was Akeela Skeete with 7 points.

Payne was bemused at his team’s performance. “I cannot explain why we played that way… They strayed away from the instructions, but all is not lost, we have Antigua and Barbuda next, and hopefully we will see a turnaround in our performance,” Payne lamented.

Unfortunately in that match up, Antigua and Barbuda needed little time and did not have to exert much energy to totally outclass the VI, 3-0, 25-7, 25-9, 25-15), leaving the girls winless from their three matches.

Filed Under: Volleyball Tagged With: BVI U23 Volleyball team, Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association, ECVA, U23 Vollyball

VI beaten by St Maarten in U23 ECVA Championship

July 12, 2016 by Admin

Photo: provided

By VINO

The [British] Virgin Islands U23 volleyball team suffered a successive defeat at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Tournament on Saturday July 9, 2016, losing to St Maarten in straight sets.

St Maarten shook off the dust of defeat in the first game against Antigua, to weather the storm and a stern test from the VI, with a 25-23, 25-22, 25-19 victory.

St Maarten’s middle player, Shaquille Rombley (8) played head and shoulders over his adversaries as he scored at will. His teammate Shawn Gumbs (4) was also very effective regardless to what position he attacked from the court.

Though the Virgin Islands lost, they showed lots of courage, fighting until the end. Team captain Mikey Joseph urged his team to do better and they responded in the positive. Captain Joseph was well supported by Paul Mourillon (1) and Tyler Jackson (5), who played like there was no tomorrow.

St Maarten felt the game was an improvement; however, they were not satisfied with the level of execution, though they passed better and the setter was able to distribute the ball more.

The Virgin Islands captain, Mikey Joseph, conceded the opposition was the superior team. The game also highlighted areas that could be worked on such as passing and offensive plays. Coach Stephen Payne indicated a short preparation time impacted team performance, barring the fact that team VI had too many unforced errors which made the difference in the match.

The Virgin Islands had lost to Antigua in their opening game, 25-15, 25-14 and 25-9.

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BVI Volleyball Team Off To ECVA Championships

July 8, 2016 by Admin

Photo by BVI Platinum

By BVI Platinum

The British Virgin Islands Under 23 Volleyball team is set to represent the Territory in the upcoming Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under 23 Male Championships.

The tournament will be held this coming weekend, July 7th-9th 2016 in St. Johns, Antigua. The team left the Territory earlier today, July 7th.

The team, which comprises of nine players–Paul Mourillon, Mikey Joseph, Marlon Burke, Clyde Potter Jr., Tyler Jackson, Ricky Singh, Lestin Wiltshire, Carldon Morton and Mortland Gordon, will play their first match against Antigua later this evening at 8:00 pm.

The team is set to also compete against St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and Bermuda for the championship.

The team is coached and managed by Stephen Payne and Assistant Coach Ricardo Wheatley.