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Nov 19, 2015 Sports
Guyana’s Top Volleyball club the Guysuco Training Centre/ Port Mourant (GTC/PM) Alumini Volleyball Club on Tuesday winged out of the country for Jamaica where they are slated to participate in the University Of The West Indies 10th annual Inter club Volleyball Tournament which will be held at the Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica.
The 21 man squad left Guyana around 23:00 hrs on Monday on an Air Jamaica flight and were expected to touch down around 01:30 hrs Tuesday morning.
Some eight teams drawn from various countries are expected to participate in the competition which is expected to get on the way on Friday 20th and conclude on Sunday 22nd. The competition is expected to feature both male and female teams.
It is the first time the GTC/PM teams will be participating in the competition which came by the way of an invitation. The tournament is expected to be launched today with a grand ceremony at the campus.
The GTC/PM Alumni Squad is made up of a number of present national players and U19 national players and is expected to give a good stewardship of their participation. The team will be captained by national player Jason Seelochan with Quacy Matheson as the Vice captain. The rest of the squad is Shemroy Ross, Adriel Moore, Luen David, Joshua Jagmohan, Xavier Lambert, Ian Bagot, Trevon McRae, Samuel Fraser, K. Rodney, Davendra Latchman, Lezon Khan, Akeem Bowling, Davendra Budhoo and Steven Varapen.
Two females will be accompanying the team in Nadeen Benjamin and Malika Jarvis. Former national captain and present national coach Levi Nedd is the coach with Rashaad Razak as his assistant. President of the Berbice Volleyball Association and former player Gregory Rambarran is the manager and will be assisting with media relations.
According to Nedd, the team have a number of players who recently represented Guyana in a number of overseas engagements. He said that the team is full of national players who are in their prime at the moment and are still improving.
Nedd expressed thanks to sponsors Guysuco, Regional Democratic Council of Region 6, Ministry Of Culture Youth and Sports, Ansa Mc Al, A. Ally and Sons, Sookpaul Gas Station, Spready’s Bakery, M and M Snackette, Sain and Son Supermarket, Poonai’s Pharmacy, Guyana Teacher Union Berbice Branch among many other sponsors. (Samuel Whyte)
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