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Teams decided for final stages of BVA Inter school volleyball Competition
After the completion of the playoff stages in the four different zones, schools have been selected to advance to the final stages of the competition.
BVA president Levi Nedd (left) receives some of the trophies to be used during the tournament from Brian Andre Smith of the Department of Sports and NSC.
The schools were divided into four zones with the top two teams in each zone advancing to the quarter finals stage of the tournament. The quarter, semi and final will be played on a date to be announced at Port Mourant.
The playoffs began with schools in the Upper Corentyne zone taking to the field at the Skeldon Community Center Ground.
The schools in the Central Corentyne area then match skills at the Bush Lot Secondary School Court. Schools in the Lower Corentyne catchment area then vied for supremacy at Port Mourant Training School Court.
The schools in the New Amsterdam/ Canje zone then competed at the Berbice High School venue to round out the playoffs.
The schools making it to the final stages are in the male category – from New Amsterdam/ Canje zone are Berbice High School (BHS) and New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary (NAMS), Lower Corentyne – Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary (CCSS) and Port Mourant Secondary (PMSS), from Central Corentyne Central – Central Corentyne High (CCH) and Black Bush Secondary (BBS), while the Upper Corentyne will be represented by Tagore Memorial and Skeldon High.
In the female department the schools making it through are –NAMS and BHS for NA/ Canje, CCSS from Lower Corentyne, Manchester Secondary and Central Corentyne Secondary from Central and Skeldon High and Line Path Secondary representing Upper Corentyne.
According to coordinator and President of the Berbice Volleyball Association, Levi Nedd, the tournament is also being used to begin selection of a Guyana U18 team to represent the country at the Inter Guiana Games 2018.
The top teams in the competition along with outstanding individual performances will be presented with trophies and other incentives compliments of the BVA and Director of Sports Christopher Jones and the National Sports Commission. (Samuel Whyte)
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