… Tournament to run November 7-9
BEHIND full sponsorship from Guyoil, the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) launched its 3rd Annual International Invitational Volleyball Club Festival at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) High Street Georgetown headquarters. Reggie Bhagwandin, Guyoil’s Operations Manager, said that for the company, supporting the sport of Volleyball comes as first nature and the tournament is one of importance since it allows locals to match their skills with other top players, primarily from the Caribbean – something he says locals don’t get to do often.
Guyana will host teams from Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Roraima State) for the tournament that runs from November 7 to 9.
Bhagwandin, who also served as president of the GVF from 1995 to 2000 pointed out that Guyoil will always be happy to lend support to the GVF; a sentiment that was echoed by the company’s Finance Controller Rosalyn Franklin.
Franklin said the tournament is one that sits high on the Volleyball Federation’s calendar of activities for the year and as such, Guyoil will ensure it remains affixed for as long as possible.
The cheque, valued a little over $2M was handed over to the GVF in the presence of several of its key officials, including the president, Captain John Flores, who lauded the efforts of Guyoil for staying on board with sponsoring the tournament again.
Flores said that the tournament is one that players from various clubs look forward to, calling it the ‘holy grail’ of tournaments in Guyana.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard Captain said that not often teams can afford to leave the shores of Guyana to participate in tournament overseas, owing to lack of finances.
(Rawle Toney)