BULLETIN No.4 17 Jan 2010
POSICIONES FINALES FINAL RANKING
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BEST PLAYERS NO.
NAME
CODE
Best Spiker
9
Ellis, Stephan
CUR
Best Blocker
9
Ellis, Stephan
CUR
Best Server
3
Melens, Jurcham
CUR
Best Defensive
6
Anthony, Quinten
CUR
Best Setter
1
Blades, Ramon
BAR
Best Receiver
6
Anthony, Quinten
CUR
Best Libero
9
Goodridge, Jabarry
BAR
Best Scorer
2
Browne, Kyle
BAR
Most Valuable
9
Ellis, Stephan
CUR
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CAZOVA YOUTH BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP CURAร AO 15-17 JAN 2010
ROUN ROBIN No. Fecha
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Result per set (Points)
Equipos
Set
1
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OPENING CEREMONY
18:00 1
15/01/10
19:00
Barbados
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3-0
25-18 25-17 25-15
2
15/01/10
21:00
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Antillas Holandesa
3-0
25-20 25-18 25-21
3
15/01/10
18:00
Barbados
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Antillas Holandesa
3-0
25-11 25-15 25-13
4
15/01/10
20:00
Curaรงao
3-0
25-11 25-6 25-10
5
15/01/10
16:00
3-1
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6
15/01/10
18:00
15/01/10
20:00
vs. Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago vs. Barbados
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Antillas Holandesa Curaรงao
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AWARD AND CLOSING CEREMONY
POSICION
5 1-
CURACAO
2-
BARBADOS
3-
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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Date
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Teams BAR CUR BAR CUR TRI BAR
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1 25-18 25-20 25-11 25-11 11-25 21-25
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Total Points 75- 50 75- 59 75- 39 75- 27 86- 78 84- 98
Time
Spectators
1:13 1:15 1:06 1:03 1:26 1:57
200 240 150 250 275 350
TEAM RANKING Round Robin Rank Code 1 2 3 4
CUR BAR TRI AHO
Country Curacao Barbados Trinidad And Tobago Antillas Holandes
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Total 3 3 3 3
Matches Won Lost 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 3
1/17/2010 20:56
Pts 9 6 3 0
Won 248 234 163 176
Points Lost 170 187 228 236
Ratio 1.459 1.251 0.715 0.746
Won 9 7 3 1
Sets Lost 1 3 7 9
Ratio 9.000 2.333 0.429 0.111
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Rk No Name 1 2 Browne Kyle 2 9 Ellis Stephan 3 4 Legal Brandon 4 3 Meulens Jurcham 5 11 Vrutaal Fharay 6 4 Anthony Raphael 7 5 Inniss Ramon 8 6 Anthony Quinten 9 2 Barry Rachid 10 6 Stuart Jerome 10 5 Bushe Akim 12 7 Merite Trevis 13 10 13 5 Mota Ernaldo 13 5 Perez Hernandez Frankli 16 3 Samuel Shervon 17 3 Janzen Clayton 17 12 Leonora Carensley 19 6 Neptune Herdel 19 12 Joseph Tevin 21 2 Seadji Sukino 22 1 James Stephan 22 13 Callender Nicholas 22 14 Trim Kersen 25 14 Barrow Kohbia 26 9 Sambo Shurby 26 4 Eugenia Brayen 26 1 Blades Ramon 29 6 Eduardo Nichelson 30 7 Deonath Tarandath 30 1 Marchena Raynold 30 7 Thompson Klode 33 2 Edwards Tyrell 33 7 35 4 Daantje Robin 35 8 Sint Jago David 35 10 Meulens Djuricson 35 11 Isebia Raison 35 12 Angela Christepher 35 9 Bannantyne Bryan 35 10 Victor Denish 35 11 Spencer Abasi 35 8 Barker Shaquille 35 9 Goodridge Jabarry 35 10 Alexander Leshon 35 1 Pieternella Quentin 35 8 Christina Christeffer 35 13 Total tournament
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 567), © 1992-2009 FIVB
Best Scorers Team BAR CUR TRI CUR AHO BAR BAR CUR CUR BAR TRI CUR AHO CUR AHO TRI AHO AHO TRI TRI AHO TRI BAR TRI BAR AHO AHO BAR AHO TRI CUR BAR TRI AHO CUR CUR CUR CUR CUR TRI TRI TRI BAR BAR BAR AHO AHO AHO
1/17/2010 20:55
Spike 41 27 35 15 18 16 17 16 7 15 9 8 11 8 5 6 7 7 6 4 7 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 306
Block 1 15 0 2 2 3 0 1 9 1 7 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 2 3 0 2 3 5 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
Serve 3 1 3 9 4 4 5 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
Total 45 43 38 26 24 23 22 21 19 16 16 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 435
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Best Spikers Limit: 15.00%
Rk No Name
Team
1 9 Ellis Stephan 2 2 Browne Kyle 3 4 Legal Brandon 4 6 Stuart Jerome 5 6 Anthony Quinten 6 5 Inniss Ramon 7 11 Vrutaal Fharay 8 3 Meulens Jurcham 9 5 Mota Ernaldo - 5 Bushe Akim Total Tournament
CUR BAR TRI BAR CUR BAR AHO CUR CUR TRI
Team
1 9 Ellis Stephan 2 2 Barry Rachid 3 5 Bushe Akim 4 14 Trim Kersen 5 3 Samuel Shervon 6 7 Merite Trevis 7 13 Callender Nicholas 8 14 Barrow Kohbia 9 4 Anthony Raphael 10 12 Joseph Tevin Total Tournament
CUR CUR TRI TRI TRI CUR BAR BAR BAR TRI
11 6 2 5 3 8 3 6 16 5 117
Total Attempts 31 21 15 16 10 14 8 13 28 12 279
Avg. by set 1.50 0.90 0.70 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 3.80
Serve Hits 42 28 37 22 26 15 37 27 11 13 654
Total Attempts 58 35 47 33 40 26 41 34 23 21 813
Avg. by set 0.90 0.50 0.50 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.20 2.65
Shots
27 41 35 15 16 17 18 15 8 9 306
9 18 30 10 8 14 15 13 13 7 214
14 24 30 17 21 17 26 27 13 14 368
34.46
Kill Blocks 15 9 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 76
Faults
Rebounds
5 6 6 6 3 3 2 4 9 4 86
Best Servers
Rk No Name
Team
1 3 Meulens Jurcham 2 5 Perez Hernandez Frankli 3 5 Inniss Ramon 4 6 Anthony Quinten 5 4 Anthony Raphael 6 11 Vrutaal Fharay 7 2 Barry Rachid 8 2 Browne Kyle 9 4 Legal Brandon 10 12 Leonora Carensley Total Tournament
CUR AHO BAR CUR BAR AHO CUR BAR TRI AHO
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Succ. % 54.00 49.40 36.84 35.71 35.56 35.42 30.51 27.27 23.53
Faults
Best Blockers
Rk No Name
Total Attempts 50 83 95 42 45 48 59 55 34 30 888
Spikes
Aces
1/17/2010 20:55
9 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 53
Faults 7 2 5 7 10 7 1 4 9 6 106
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Best Diggers
Rk No Name
Team
1 6 Anthony Quinten 2 4 Daantje Robin 3 2 Browne Kyle 4 9 Goodridge Jabarry 5 9 Bannantyne Bryan 6 3 Meulens Jurcham 7 9 Sambo Shurby 8 11 Vrutaal Fharay 9 9 Ellis Stephan 10 4 Legal Brandon Total Tournament
CUR CUR BAR BAR TRI CUR AHO AHO CUR TRI
18 17 14 11 11 10 10 7 4 4 136
Team
1 1 Blades Ramon 2 2 Barry Rachid 3 5 Perez Hernandez Frankli 4 6 Neptune Herdel 5 7 Deonath Tarandath 6 1 Marchena Raynold 6 5 Bushe Akim 8 1 James Stephan 8 10 - 1 Pieternella Quentin Total Tournament
BAR CUR AHO TRI TRI CUR TRI TRI AHO AHO
15 18 14 13 27 17 11 11 9 13 378
Total Attempts 44 45 38 32 56 34 35 26 15 22 699
Avg. by set 1.80 1.70 1.40 1.10 1.10 1.00 1.00 0.70 0.40 0.40 6.80
Still Sets 145 141 140 106 71 15 4 3 2 1 737
Total Attempts 197 186 170 120 77 17 6 4 3 1 896
Avg. by set 5.10 4.00 2.60 1.30 0.40 0.20 0.20 0.10 0.10
Receptions
11 10 10 8 18 7 14 8 2 5 185
Running Sets 51 40 26 13 4 2 2 1 1 140
Faults 1 5 4 1 2 19
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Rk No Name
Team
1 6 Anthony Quinten 2 9 Goodridge Jabarry 3 4 Daantje Robin 4 9 Bannantyne Bryan 5 4 Legal Brandon - 9 Sambo Shurby - 2 Browne Kyle - 5 Inniss Ramon - 3 Meulens Jurcham - 11 Vrutaal Fharay Total Tournament
CUR BAR CUR TRI TRI AHO BAR BAR CUR AHO
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Rk No Name
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1/17/2010 20:55
36 50 30 36 15 11 23 23 15 9 304
Faults 1 5 2 8 4 4 2 2 1 4 52
Serve Receptions 18 25 19 39 29 27 14 14 16 18 334
Total Attempts 55 80 51 83 48 42 39 39 32 31 690
Eff. % 63.64 56.25 54.90 33.73 22.92
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Rk No Name 1 2 3
9 Goodridge Jabarry 4 Daantje Robin 9 Bannantyne Bryan
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Best Liberos Team
Excellents
Faults
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BAR CUR TRI
61 47 47
13 12 26
38 37 66
1/17/2010 20:55
Total attempts 112 96 139
Succ. % 54.46 48.96 33.81
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Rk Team
Best Spikers Limit: 15.00%
Rk Team 1 CUR Curacao 2 TRI Trinidad And Tobago 3 BAR Barbados 4 AHO Antillas Holandes Total Tournament
Rk Team
Serve Hits 202 187 136 129 654
Total Attempts 242 227 178 166 813
Avg. by set 2.00 1.40 1.40 0.50 2.65
Total Attempts 185 168 197 149 699
Avg. by set 5.50 3.10 2.70 2.30 6.80
53 50 61 50 214
82 94 92 100 368
Best Blockers Kill Blocks 32 24 14 6 76
Faults
Rebounds
17 25 24 20 86
Best Servers 20 14 14 5 53
Faults 20 26 28 32 106
Best Diggers Digs
1 CUR Curacao 2 BAR Barbados 3 AHO Antillas Holandes 4 TRI Trinidad And Tobago Total Tournament
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 567), © 1992-2009 FIVB
Avg. by set 3.20 2.40 1.40 0.60 3.80
95 82 66 63 306
1 CUR Curacao 2 BAR Barbados 2 AHO Antillas Holandes 4 TRI Trinidad And Tobago Total Tournament
Rk Team
32 24 30 31 117
Total Attempts 81 73 68 57 279
Shots
Aces
Succ. % 41.30 36.28 30.14 29.58 34.46
Faults
1 BAR Barbados 2 CUR Curacao 3 TRI Trinidad And Tobago 4 AHO Antillas Holandes Total Tournament
Total Attempts 230 226 219 213 888
Spikes
55 31 27 23 136
1/17/2010 20:55
Faults 41 36 64 44 185
Receptions 89 101 106 82 378
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills Cazova Youth Boys Championship 2010
Rk Team 1 BAR Barbados 2 CUR Curacao 3 AHO Antillas Holandes 4 TRI Trinidad And Tobago Total Tournament
Rk Team
Best Setters Running Sets 51 42 27 20 140
2 6 6 5 19
Still Sets 168 172 196 201 737
Total Attempts 221 220 229 226 896
Avg. by set 5.10 4.20 2.70 2.00 7.00
Best Receivers Limit: 25.00% Excellents
1 CUR Curacao 2 BAR Barbados 3 TRI Trinidad And Tobago 4 AHO Antillas Holandes Total Tournament
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 567), © 1992-2009 FIVB
Faults
81 98 72 53 304
1/17/2010 20:55
Faults 5 10 16 21 52
Serve Receptions 54 55 103 122 334
Total Attempts 140 163 191 196 690
Eff. % 54.29 53.99 29.32 16.33 36.52
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January 16, 2010
Curacao to meet Barbados for ticket to Mexico
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, January 16, 2010 – Curacao crushed Trinidad & Tobago 25-11, 25-6, 25-10 in the second day of action of the CAZOVA Youth Boys’ Championship at Errol Rooi SDK of Curacao. The boys from Curacao were superior in blocking and serving outmatching their opponents 12-6 at the net and 6-1 from the service line. The match lasted only 57 minutes. Curacao will meet Barbados in the decisive match on Sunday with the winners advancing to the NORCECA Continental Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico next April. Anthony Quentin and Stephan Ellis each scored 8 points for the winners and Rachid Barry and Jurcham Meulens added 7 apiece. Brandon Legal and Akim Bushe had 5 apiece for the losers. Exhibition game In the other match of the second day, Barbados defeated Netherlands Antilles 25-11, 25-15, 25-13 in exactly one hour of play. Kyle Browne and Ramon Innis recorded 13 and 11 points for Barbados and Raphael Anthony added nine. Fharay Vrutaal scored 10 points for Netherlands Antilles. On Sunday Netherlands Antilles meets Trinidad & Tobago in an exhibition match before the gold medal contest.
January 15, 2010
Barbados enjoyed winning effort WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, January 15, 2010 - The defending champion Barbados enjoyed a successful start in the CAZOVA Youth Boys’ Championship by scoring a 25-18, 25-17, 25-15 victory against Trinidad & Tobago. It was a very nervous Trinidad and Tobago Team which took the court and was unable to give a good pass in the beginning. However as the game progressed both teams improved their attacking and blocking. Kyle Browne had 14 and Anthony Raphael had 8 for Barbados while Brandon Legal had 12 points and Captain Akim Bushe added 11 for TTO. Exhibition game In the second game Curacao defeated Netherlands Antilles also in straight sets 25-20, 25-18 and 25–21. Both teams playing to their home crowd were equally motivated to give a good showing in front of the crowd. It was Curacao who played the better game and emerged with victory. Both teams had good fire power and defence. Stephan Ellis of Curacao scored 13 spikes in his 16 points from 30 attempts and Jurcham Meulens contributed 10 points. Derwin Colina scored 11 points for AHO. Tomorrow Barbados will come up against Netherlands Antilles in an exhibition game while Trinidad and will face the tournament favourite Curacao.
Coaches sound excited about chances in Curacao
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, January 15, 2010 - The General Technical Meeting of the CAZOVA Youth Boys’ Tournament was held on Friday at Hotel Savannah in Willemstad before the start of the four-team competition. President of CAZOVA, Mushtaque Mohammed explained the Martinique team had some difficulties and would not be able to attend the tournament. However, the Netherlands Antilles will participate in the tournament with a team since at the last NORCECA Congress held in Guatemala, Curacao was approved as a separate territory and can participate in official tournaments. Mushtaque also, explained that the tournament is the Caribbean Qualification for the Olympic youth tournament where the winner will go forward to compete in the Continental Tournament in April in Mexico. NORCECA will cover the air transportation for the winning team to participate in that event. The coaches had their say at the first press conference as follows: Peter Mungal, of Trinidad and Tobago: “We are looking forward to a great competition. It is not possible to evaluate the standard since at the youth level the teams are not full exposed to each other. We hope to become champions and represent the Caribbean at the continental level. Good luck to all.” Rvin Leito, of Curacao: “We are hoping to win at home. The motivation of the team is high and we hope to give a good effort to become champions at home”. Frank Almendariz, of Barbados: “It is important for the young players to develop skills in this tournament so that they can graduate to the junior and senior national teams. Our team is expected to have a great tournament since the preparation was good and we are expecting to become champions. Roderick Wilson, of Netherlands Antilles: “We are the underdogs in this tournament but we hope to be the surprise team.”
January 15, 2010
NORCECA mourns the death of Mrs. Joachim among tens of thousands Haitians
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, January 14, 2010 - The NORCECA Confederation is in mourning after the tragic events developed in Haiti and the death of Mrs. Philomene Durant Joachim, the wife of Mr. Jacques Joachim of Haiti, one of the founders of the institution and honorary member of its Executive Committee. NORCECA has been informed that Mrs. Joachim was among the tens of thousands that have lost their lives during the catastrophic earthquake that devastated Haiti last Monday. “We in NORCECA, like the rest of the world, are in terrible shock after the terrible news of the situation generated in Haiti following the natural disaster and in particular for the loss of the beloved wife of Mr. Joachim”, said Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA Volleyball Confederation. “In the middle of the painful and calamitous situation, we want to express our deepest condolences to the Haitian people, to Jacques Joachim, the National Volleyball Federation, the Haitian Olympic Committee and the whole sport family for the loss of so many precious lives,” said Marte Hoffiz, currently in Lausanne, Switzerland.