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Nov 20, 2012 Sports
Brazil’s Roraima proved too strong for their opponents by winning the Junior Female, Male and Senior Male titles when the Confederation of South America Volleyball (Northern Zone) championship ended in the wee hours of Monday morning at the National Gymnasium.
They overcame a spirited Guyana 3 games to 2 (25-11 25-17 20-23 24-26 13-8) in the Junior Female final.
The locals also suffered at the hands of their neighbours in the Junior Male final 3 games to 1 (25-17 25-17 21-25 25-19). In the Senior Male final, the South Americans overcame Big Sepos of Trinidad and Tobago 3 games to 1 (25-15 21-25 28-26 25-20).
Meanwhile, Big Sepos got the better of Port Mourant Training Centre of Guyana 2-0 (25-18 25-21) while Roarima overpowered Suriname’s Lyzeck by a similar score line (25-22 25-22) in the Senior Male semi finals.
In the other preliminary games which were contested earlier on Sunday, Roraima went down to Lyzeck 2-1 (18-13 14-18 16-17); Young Achievers of Guyana lost to Big Sepos 2-0 (10-17 10-20) and Port Mourant Training Center defeated their Guyanese counterparts Castrol 2-1 (12-15 17-16 21-10).
The first and second place finishers in the junior divisions received trophies. Awards were also given to PMTC (4th), Lyzeck (3rd), Big Sepos and Roraima in the Senior Male category. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Roraima Under-17 Coach George Pereira thanked the Guyana Volleyball Federation for hosting the tournament and Tradewinds Tankers, Digicel and Ansa Mcal Trading for their sponsorship.
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