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Mibikuri Primary receives Mini-volleyball Equipment from the BVA
Headmistress of Mibikuri Primary, Ms Bonita Persaud receiving from BVA president Gregory Rambarran with the students in the background.
On Monday last, the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) in keeping with its mandate to promote and develop volleyball in Berbice, presented two (2) Mikasa Kids Volleyballs and a FIVB Development net to the Mibikuri Primary School in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.
The equipment was handed over to Headmistress, Ms. Bonita Persaud by the president of the BVA, Gregory Rambarran in the presence of the assembled students and teachers of the school.
The equipment are part of the support from the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) to provide primary school children 9 – 13 years old with opportunities to enjoy volleyball, learn new skills, acquire habits of self-discipline, learn to co-operate, make new friends, compete fairly and have fun in a motivating atmosphere.
While handing over the equipment, the BVA president remarked that he was motivated to do so after noticing two volleyball posts planted in the school’s playfield. He advised that the equipment should be used only by the primary students to play mini-volleyball.
The headmistress, in accepting the donation promised to make good use of same and revealed that there are plans to have a hard court constructed in the compound of the school which also houses a nursery section and the Black Bush Secondary School. The Mibikuri Primary School has an enrollment of 195 students.
Meanwhile, the BVA is reminding all of its affiliates to attend an important meeting on Sunday, September 16 at 9:30hrs at the All Saints Anglican Church Hall in Trinity Street, New Amsterdam. Clubs are urged to send at least two representatives and to be punctual.
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