The Central American Beach Volleyball Championship games kicks off tomorrow at the Marion Jones Stadium. The Six teams that will be participating in the three day tournament are Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. President of the Belize Volleyball Association - Allan Sharp told 7news more.
Allan Sharp, President - Belize Volleyball Association
"This morning we had the official practices for the teams to come and know the court. That started this morning at 8:30 and now we are finishing up because this afternoon we are going in meeting with them to check passports and that sort of thing."
Monica Bodden
"How many teams?"
Allan Sharp, President - Belize Volleyball Association
"So far that have arrive are Guatemala, Costa Rica, Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua and Honduras are on their way, they are supposed to arrive late this afternoon. Panama will not be coming. The games start tomorrow at 9am - 5pm. We have a match per hour - we have 8 matches per day; Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This evening there will be the draw to know exactly times each teams play. This is the second time that we have held the Central American Beach Volleyball Championship, we did it in 2006. Every year the sports and every year Belize is doing better as well, so to me it's a great event for Belizean sports in general to be hosting a tournament at this level."
The games will be played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the championship and award ceremony being held on Sunday. The matches will be held on two courts simultaneously - male matches on one court while the female matches on the other court. Approximately 10 matches each for male and female will be held per day. Tickets to enter the tournaments are 5 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for children.
The draw was concluded just minutes ago and tomorrow Belize's two female teams will play at 9 am, 11 am, 12 pm and 2 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm.
The male schedule is not ready yet…..
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