MEMOS
Saint Lucia Volleyball Association is pleased to announce that our secretary Ms. Jean Morrile was selected for the Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management (MEMOS) programme sponsored by the International Olympic Committee.
MEMOS is an executive masters in sports management offered by a network of universities. Each course is conducted over a period of one year, and consists of modules focusing on a specific facet of sports management (governance and strategic planning; financial management; marketing; communications and social media; human resources; and project and event management). The key element of the course is the development of a project aiming to improve an aspect of the management of the participant’s organisation.
Each participant is assisted in this endeavour by an assigned tutor, with whom he or she remains in contact throughout the year. The course concludes with a project defence in front of MEMOS examining boards, followed by a public presentation of the successful projects.
New Beach Coaches
The Saint Lucia Volleyball Association (SLVA) in its quest to increase its capacity in terms of beach volleyball coaching selected two individuals, in the persons of Terry Verdant and Elvin Germain to be trained as certified beach volleyball coaches.
Mr. Verdant is no stranger to coaching, holding a PASO Continental level 11 coaching accreditation, and having attended an FIVB accredited Beach volleyball Seminar once dubbed Sizzling Sands in Barbados. Mr. Verdant led Saint Lucia’s beach athletes at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas this year.
Mr. Germain is also well accomplished within the sport himself. Holding a FIVB level 11 Coaching designation, Mr. Germain is also an international beach referee.
SLVA intends to have those gentlemen use their newly gained knowledge to further spread and strengthen the sport islandwide.
Athlete – Lisa Casimie
National Player and current junior at University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Lisa Casimie continues to shine and place her country and national federation on the map.
For the second time in as many months Lisa has been listed as the best new comer of the SWAC- South Western Athletic Conference. This month she also took home the top honors of offensive player of the week.
Lisa put away a combined 53 kills over three matches, averaging a .278 attack percentage over that span. The junior attacker had two matches where she hit better than .400, as she averaged 4.42 kills per set. Versus Southern on Nov. 2, she made 16 kills to go with seven digs, four service aces and four blocks in a five-set loss. She followed that with another 16-kill effort versus Texas Southern, hitting .433 and making six digs as UAPB swept the No. 3 seed Lady Tigers. The Babonneau School alumna capped her week with 21 kills and eight digs during a four-set win over Prairie View A&M, hitting .415 in the match.
BOSL/Guy Brown Memorial League Volleyball Continues This Weekend
THREE matches are on the card this weekend as volleyball action resumes in the 2017 Bank of Saint Lucia-sponsored Guy Brown Memorial League now into its second week of competition.
On Saturday in the ladies division, from 4:00 p.m., Team 758 (Windward School Team) will play Le Club 2 at Vide Boutielle Secondary School while 758 Phoenix will look to continue their winning ways when they meet Le Club 1 at the Laborie Court at 4:00 p.m.
In the men’s division, 758 Team (Windward School Team) will play Le Club at Vide Boutielle Secondary School.
The tournament will take a break on Sunday for Jounen Kweyol activities.
Meanwhile, last Saturday, in ladies action, Dig Set Point Volleyball Team defeated Team 758 Volleyball (Windward School Team) 3-1. In the first set, DSP nosed ahead 25-16, but Team 758 Windward School Team bounced back to win the second set 25-13. From there, it was all DSP as they went on to win sets No. 3 and 4 by 26-24 and 25-22.
Dig Set Point’s male team, like their female counterparts, made a clean sweep as they breezed past Team 758 (Windward School Team) in straight sets: 15-25, 25-15, and 25-15.
Le Club 2 female had the better of South Stars Volleyball 3-0 while in the male division it was sweet revenge for South Stars as their male team defeated Le Club 3 by 3-1.
Jetsetters Volleyball defeated 758 Phoenix Volleyball 3-1, taking sets No. 1 and 2 by 25-20 and 25-23, but 758 Phoenix rallied their troops together as they powered their way to a 17-25 win in the third set. Jet Setters, the more experienced of the two teams, regrouped going into the fourth set to defeat 758 Phoenix 25-8 and win the match.
Last Sunday, Jetsetters Volleyball female defeated Dig Set Point female 3-0. Set scores: 25-10, 25-17, 25-17.
In the men’s showdown between Jet Setters and Dig Set Point, Jet Setters had the better of their rivals 3-1 despite DSP winning the first set 22-25. Going into the remaining sets, Jet Setters proved too strong as they went on to win the next three sets 25-22, 25-10 and 25-20.
In ladies action, 758 Phoenix Volleyball finally got their range right as they defeated South Stars Volleyball 3-2.
758 Phoenix, under the watchful eyes of team captain Asher Hunt, and including players such as Carmille Clerice, Abigail Charles, Sherri Charles, Trisha Charles, Carmi Talbert, Elika Hunt, Sherrea Hunt, Aniah Polius and Kerissa Thomas, had first win in this year’s tournament.
South Stars were on fire as they opened their account with a 25-23 win in the first set, but 758 Phoenix were determined as they captured sets No. 2 and 3 with scores of 25-23 and 25-20. However, South Stars came back to win the fourth set 29-27 in a ding dong battle. Going into the final set, 758 Phoenix kept their confidence to win it 15-12 and the match.
Meanwhile, in the battle for bragging rights between Le Club Volleyball 2 and Le Club Volleyball 1 female teams, Le Club 1 was made to work hard for their 3 -0 win. Set scores: 25- 8, 25-23 and 25-27.
Volleyball: BOSL/ Guy Brown League Second Round Action
VOLLEYBALL action continues in the Bank of Saint Lucia-sponsored Guy Brown Memorial League this weekend with a series of matches at two venues.
In ladies division on Saturday, Le Club 2 will play Dig Set Point from 4:00 p.m. and it’s Phoenix 758 versus Le Club 1 at 5:30 pm. at the Vide Boutielle Court. South Stars will come up against Team 758 at 4:00 p.m. at the Vigie Multipurpose Sports Complex.
Also on Saturday, in men’s action, South Stars will play Team 758 at 5:30 p.m. at the VMPSC.
On Sunday, in ladies showdown from 3:00 p.m., it’s South Stars versus Le Club 1 while Team 758 play Le Club 2 at 4:00 p.m. at the Vide Boutielle Secondary School.
In the men’s division, at 5:30 p.m., Team 758 clash with Le Club 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Vide Boutielle Secondary School.
Matches continued last weekend in the male division, with Jet Setters defeating Team 758 by (3- 0) while Le Club had the better of Dig Set Point 3-2.
In the female division, Jetsetters defeated Team 758 in straight sets 3-0 while Phoenix 758 defeated Le Club 2 in straight sets (3-0).
Le Club juniors went down to Dig Set Point 3-0.
Volleyball Association hosts Long-term Developmental Programme in Districts 7 and 8
The St Lucia Volleyball Association in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Sports with the assistance of the National Lotteries Authority is hosting a Volleyball in Primary Schools Program in Districts 7 and 8.
500 estimated kids from 9 west coast primary schools are learning volleyball basic based on FIVB Cool Volley program. National lotteries assisted in part funding this developmental program. The program involves individuals from SLVA trained in the UNICEF safeguarding children in sports and PE teachers.
The objectives of this program are:
To engage young people as early as possible in high quality volleyball program.
Extend the reach and impact of the Ministry of Youth and Sports initiative of a Summer Sports Camp.
Spread the playing of Volleyball to the South and South western reaches of the island.
To help curb the rise in lifestyle diseases that seems to be affecting a lot of our young people.
To provide access to regions of the island disadvantaged by the lack of facilities, trained personnel and equipment.
The program is a developmental program over three years which seeks to track the participant’s performance and retention in the sport. SLVA see this as part of its long term athlete’s developmental program.
Youth Olympic Games
THE Saint Lucia Girls team of Zadie St. Louis and Tenayestlgni Joseph finished second in the opening round of Youth Olympics Games Beach Volleyball qualification held in Antigua and Barbuda over the weekend.
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, is a forthcoming international sports, cultural, and educational event that will be hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 6 and 18 October 2018.
Saint Lucia played unbeaten up until the final versus Dominica.
On the opening day, Saint Lucia defeated Dominica 21-17, 21-17
In their second encounter, Saint Lucia had the better of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21-16, 21-17.
Heading into the final series, the Saint Lucia pair went down to Dominica 21-19, 22-20 and 15-8.
The Saint Lucia men’s team, Noah Gaspard and Joshua Florent, were not as lucky as their female compatriots, as they finished fifth overall.
Gaspard and Florent defeated Dominica 21-10, 21-17; went down to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21-17, 21-15 and Antigua and Barbuda 23-21 and 21-16.
The Saint Lucian women played in Group B and were seeded at No.3, Dominica No.4 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No.5
In the men’s division, host Antigua and Barbuda No. 1, Dominica No.2, Saint Lucia No.3, Grenada No.4, Saint Kitts and Nevis No.5 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No.6.
In Antigua and Barbuda, the four players were under the watchful eyes of Terry Verdant Head Coach, Emmy Vitalis – Team Manager.
The team returned to the island last evening.
Good Governance
Saturday 23 June 2017, the Saint Lucia Association with assistance from the Saint Lucia National Lotteries hosted a Good Governance seminar for Executive members of SLVA and their affiliated clubs. This is part of the Associations drive to increase the technical and educational capacity of its affiliates, geared towards producing an effective national pool of leaders.
The seminar hosted at Auberge Seraphine was geared towards increasing the leadership capacity of affiliated executive members. A total of twenty five individuals attended the seminar which drew on the expertise of three presenters. Dr. Elizabeth Serieux currently an assistant professor at University of South Carolina, Ms Laurencia Cadette, a seasoned marketing and communications executive and KIttian banker Ms. Pauline Slack all imparted their knowledge to the participants.
The presentation covered areas such as leader, motivation, contingency planning as well as touching on the specific roles of the Treasurer, Secretary and PR or communications officer. The mission statement and vision statement was then presented to the participants.
The Saint Lucia Volleyball Association plans to continue its mandate of providing quality training to its members.
Saint Lucia going for gold at ECVA U20
he Saint Lucia Volleyball Association has selected a team of eight to contest the 2018 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under-20 Zonal Women’s Championship.
The tournament is scheduled to take place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8, respectively, at the Earl Merkman Sports Hall on the tiny Dutch island of Sint Eustatius.
The other participating territories are Antigua and Barbuda and the British Virgin Islands.
Saint Lucia closes in on ECVA U20
Saint Lucia are poised to take the the 2018 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under-20 Zonal Women’s Championship title, after sweeping the preliminaries. The tournament is taking place at the Earl Merkman Sports Hall on the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius.
So far, Saint Lucia has gone through Antigua and Barbuda (25-08, 25-16, 26-24), the British Virgin Islands, and the host nation (25-14, 25-22, 25-22) without dropping a set.
Saint Lucia team captain Chenoa Evans, along with coach Joseph Clercent and manager Emmy Vitalis, will be well pleased with their results so far. But both Sint Eustatius and Antigua and Barbuda have pushed the cereulean blue at times, and the Saint Lucians will have to remain on top of their game.