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Classic Ball Blasters V/ball Club preparing for UWI Tournament

Sep 27, 2015 Sports

Reeling from the absence of significant involvement in volleyball for the distaff side, several young women along with Head Coach Marlon Pearson has made a purposeful decision to correct the anomaly by forming the Classic Ball Blasters Club which is currently preparing to participate in the annual University of the West Indies (UWI) Invitational Club Tournament at Mona Campus, Jamaica.
The event will run from November 20-22 and according to Coach Pearson, the ladies are hard preparing to participate in the competition and if they do it will be the first time that a representative club from these shores will be involved in the tournament.
Speaking with Pearson during a practice session at the National Gymnasium yesterday, he told Kaieteur Sport that the formation of the club was first and foremost done to fill a gaping hole created by the absence of organised competitions for females in the sport of volleyball.
He said so far they’ve already gotten the approval of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) and the Georgetown Volleyball Association (GVA) to compete in the tournament and is now fully engaged in the soliciting funding to get to the tournament.
“We have written the Minister of Sport asking that it assist us in getting to Jamaica, while we are currently gearing ourselves to host a few fund raising events which will also help in procuring funds to offset expenses,” Pearson said.
The club which was formed in May is affiliated to both the GVF and GVA and consists of several experienced players along with a few newcomers to the sport.
He added that apart from the enthusiasm shown by some of the players, they also had a robust recruitment drive where they walked through the streets of Georgetown encouraging young girls to join them.
“One of the primary aims is to get them involved in meaningful activities in their spare time and I am grateful to those who’ve responded,” he stated.
The team continues to practice at the National Gymnasium.

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