WC Qualification Tournament

The Belize Senior Female National Volleyball team resumed training 1 week after returning from Costa Rica as they are aiming to attend the Women's 2014 World Championship Qualification Tournament - Group J to be held in Curacao from May 9-12, 2013. We are a much stronger team now than we were in Costa Rica and we should be going up against teams just as strong. We are improving each practice, mostly dues to hard training and dedication from every single athlete. Belize will be going up against Antigua, Curacao and St. Lucia before advancing to finals. As we draw nearer to the tournament I shall be giving you more details. Until then, wish us all safe training (we already have injuries of which we hope will heal in time).

Final Result for CAG 2013

For those who don't know, CAG is short for Central American Games. Follow the links below to get full stats of the results of the games. In my world, Belize is what matters the most; hence, I will speak solely about our performance at the tournament. Belize received 4 individual awards. Jasmine Anderson from the female team received best libero and best defense. Karym Coleman and Radin Santos from the male team received best attacker and best libero respectively. The female team came very close for best server and best blocker and the males also came close for best server but didn't quite make it. Even though we only got those 4, I'm still proud of our performance! Top 3 scorers for the males in order of ranking were: Karym Coleman with 32 points, Elton Moore and Keith Castillo both with 21 points. Top 3 scorers for the females in order of ranking were: Tichele Solis and Shantell Arnold both with 25 points and Sherylee Young-Thurton with 22 points. Narrowing it down to player performance for Belize on the male team: Karym was the best attacker and blocker, Shane was the best server, Radin was the best digger and libero and Elton was the best setter. On the female team: Tichele was the blocker, I was the best server, Jasmine was the best digger, receiver and libero and Tanesha was the best setter. The male team according to the picture going from left to right starting at the back: Coach Wallace, Shane Gentle (3), Keith Castillo (7), Tarike Campbell (1), Elton Anderson (2), Marlon Salazar (13), Karym Coleman (11), Coach Humes, Radin Santos (8), Francis Usher (9), Jaleel Lino (6), Elton Moore (15) and Sheldon Arnold (17). The female team according to the picture going from left to right starting at the back: Coach Sharp, Tichele Solis (12), Zaire Garbutt (7), Marika Zuniga (11), Shantell Arnold (16), Sherylee Thurton (10), Analisa Habet (4), Precelia Hoare (3), Tanesha Encalada (13), Jasmine Anderson (1), Tisha Solis (15) and Maurissa Williams (2).

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 BELIZE SENIOR MALE NATIONAL TEAM 2013

BELIZE SENIOR FEMALE NATIONAL TEAM 2013

Honduras Vs Belize

Our final game to determine if we will move on to the semifinals. We played a really close game. It was either all or nothing at all and we all gave our all! It was a very emotional match because at the last Central American Games we defeated Honduras! Since then, they haven't gotten much better so it was a beatable game. However, they out hustled us and took the match (25-23; 25-17 and 25-20).

Belize Vs Nicaragua

Hey there my people, I'm sorry for such a late update but after the games on Tuesday and Yesterday, we went to support the male team and when we got back I was too tired to post anything.  Nicaragua is a team that has very good composition, they are used to practicing and playing with each other. From I started travelling with the National Team, Nicaragua has only changed about 4 of their players. Our team, on the other hand, lacked the experience needed to defeat this team. That notwithstanding, even though we lost in 3 straight sets, I'm proud of our performance as we improved each set. The final score was 25-13, 25-17 and 25-19. We look forward to meeting them again in May.

Panama Vs Belize

Hey there my people, in short, we lost our game but it was a battle. First set we were neck and neck and we could have won but we made a few crucial errors towards the end of that set to make a score of 25-21. Second set, the referees were blowing on everything! Half the points they got was due to the referee calling us for double contact. Hence the reason for the miserable score of 25-11 in that set. In the third set, it took a while for us to get into it and lost 25-16.  Please note that these are unofficial reports of scoring, I may be off by 1 or 2 points... Stick around and get updates about tomorrow's game... With that said, we play tomorrow at 2pm.

Safe Arrival!

Ok guys, this post is just to inform you that we have arrived safely in Costa Rica. We got here around 10:30pm, had dinner, team meeting and now I’m preparing to go to sleep. We have our first practice tomorrow morning at 9am so I won’t stay long. However, please note that the team is already in “Beast Mode” (term we used to signify how serious we are about winning) because of the treatment we are receiving. Apparently, Belize is the only team that doesn’t get to practice on the game court before our first game! They had us scheduled to practice on it today knowing full well that we would not be arriving here until late in the night. Now how much sense does that make? They are taking us for fools! So we are upset about that but we will use it to our advantage as motivation to dominate in this tournament. Wish us luck my friends! I’m off to bed J

X Juegos Centroamericanos

Ok, next week Saturday, March 9, 2013, the Belize Senior National Volleyball Teams (male and female) will be travelling to San Jose, Costa Rica to participate in the 10th Central American Games tournament. As the days go by, the anticipation builds. I can't wait to go out there and represent my country to the best of my ability! As was mentioned in the previous post, my aim is to be the Opposite for this tournament and so far, it looks like I'm accomplishing it. We have about one week of practice left and I'm sure we will make very good use of it. While over in Costa Rica, I'll try my best to update you on the statistics of each game. So far, both male and females teams are scheduled to play against Panama's male and female team on Monday, 11th March, 2013. On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, the females will play against Nicaragua and the Males will play against Guatemala. The females will play against Honduras while the males play against Nicaragua on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. To keep up with the schedule, be sure to return to my blog and find out which teams make it to the finals :-).