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Port Mourant TC, Force XI females of Orealla take top honours in outreach Volleyball
Be it on the coast or in the interior, the Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC)
The winning PMTC 1 team poses with their silverware along with Toshao David Henry (stooping left), President Nevi Nedd (standing left) and Assistant Organiser Kishan Persaud (standing right).
volleyball club continues to show that they are one of the best in the country.
The team showed their prowess as they overpowered their opponents to win the history making Orealla Outreach Volleyball Competition which was played over the weekend in the riverain community of Orealla on the Corentyne River.
To compete in the competition, the team undertook the arduous journey with some five other teams, four males and one female from the coastland that took them more that 100 miles with over 60 miles being on the Corentyne River. The PMTC contingent made sure that their laborious undertaking was not in vain as they took top spot by steamrolling fellow coastlanders De Edward 3 Door Strikers in the final 20-13, 20-7. The PMTC’s only blemish was a loss to Albion United in a preliminary game, while for their part, 3 Door Strikers’ only loss was to PMTC in the finals. The other coastland team was No.53 Survivors.
From the onset of the final the PMTC boys were in control, led by some power hitting and set plays by Captain Davendra Latchman, Adrel Moore, Joshua Jagmohan, Ian Bagot, Trevon McRae, Luen David and Tevon Khan as they completely blew open the Strikers’ door before they could have shut it for the easy win.
Earlier, PMTC smashed past Falcon of Orealla 20-10 in their semi final game, whilst Three Door Strikers had to pull out all the stops to edge past Siparuta 20-19 in a thriller.
PMTC had defeated Reggae Boys A, Force X1 B, Force X1 A and Siparuta, losing to Albion
The Force X1 A and B teams pose with the silverware with Toshao Henry (centre back row), BVA President Nedd (right) and Assistant Organiser Kishan Persaud (left) enjoying the moment.
at 13-15, with Siparuta ending runner up in that group, while 3 Door had played unbeaten with victories over No.53 Survivors, Force X1C, Reggae Boys B and Falcons, with Falcons being the runner up. Some 11 male teams participated with seven from the Orealla Siparuta area.
The female segment saw two Orealla teams forcing their way into the final with Force X1 A defeating Force X1 B 15-10, 15-4 to win with ease. Five other female teams namely Siparuta, Reggae Girls A and B, Falcons and the lone coastland team, Black Birds, participated and were earlier blown away in the round robin segment.
At the end of the competition the winning PMTC team and runner up 3 Door Strikers were presented with their trophies by Toshao David Henry and President of The BVA Levi Nedd.
The winning female Force X1 ‘A’ team and runner up Force X1 B teams were presented with their accolades by Toshao Henry, Nedd and assistant organiser Kishan Persaud.
There was also an U19 male competition which was won by PMTC as they defeated both Orealla and No.53 Survivors. Earlier, PMTC defeated a combined Orealla/ Siparuta male team in an exhibition game, while the combined Orealla/ Siparuta female team won against Black Birds in a female exhibition match to get the activity started. There were also exhibition games for the females U19 and U15 males with Orealla/ Siparuta taking on their counterparts from the coast.
The occasion was dubbed as history making by Toshao Henry, President Nedd and the hundreds that gathered.
Toshao Henry served the first ball and also represented one of the teams in the competition. (Samuel Whyte)
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