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Deacons’ men start with win

Deacons’ men made a predictable winning start to their defence of the Goddard Enterprises Limited division one volleyball title when the new season was served off at the Wildey Gymnasium.

Deacons’ line-up missed Akil Williams and cousins Ashe Oxley and Akeel Oxley all overseas on scholarships. Then key all-rounder Ahkeem Mayers went down with an injury in the first set against All Stars.

However, the power of attack from veteran Sheldon Roach and young talents, Nkoya Williams-Bailey and Haile Emanuel-Turney saw Deacons dismissing All Stars in straight sets 25-19, 25-16, 25-16.

The opening men’s game saw CO Williams Foundation United battling Progressive for five sets with Kadeem Morris leading Foundation to a tense victory 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-11.

Deacons are Knockout Kings

Deacons’ men are the Goddard Enterprises Limited Junior Volleyball Knockout champions. Deacons who were the defending champions from 2020 retained the crown with a 19-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-22 win over Hill Road at the Wildey Gymnasium on Sunday, August 21, 2022.

A good crowd which included the Minister of Sport, Charles Griffith turned out for the finals with tremendous support and constant chanting and cheering for the various teams enhancing the spirit of the competition. Such support was not lost on long serving coach of Deacons Andrew Culpepper who pointed to the development of a new concept of Deacons.

“In the past we suffered from a negative label and I am proud to see the new approach where we have not only been attracting dozens of new, young players but their parents have been coming along and adding to the new Deacons. The support which we enjoyed during the finals came from the parents and many junior players who have been training at Deacons.

“We used a few experienced players in the final but generally the team was made up of young players who performed really well after getting the opportunity to show their skills. This is a good thing not only for Deacons but for Barbados’ volleyball overall,” said Culpepper.

CO Williams Foundation United took third place by beating UWI Blackbirds men 25-23, 25-15.

Hill Road, Deacons Final

Hill Road men will battle defending champions Deacons when the Goddard Enterprise Limited junior knockout finals are staged on Sunday August 21, 2022 at the Wildey Gymnasium.

Hill Road reached the men’s final in a bruising 26-24, 31-33, 25-20, 27-25 win over UWI Blackbirds. That game seemed a personal battle between former Barbados setter Dale Addison who was on fire for Hill Road and an unstoppable Carlos Cyrus who previously played with Addison for Chargers. It seemed fitting that Addison in tandem with Samuel Fraser stuff blocked Cyrus to win game and match point in set four.

In the heat of the fire at the net it was almost unnoticeable that former Barbados captain Anthazia Mason played libero for Hill Road while former St. Lucian leader Dania Hamilton filled that role for UWI. Another past Barbados skipper Renier Grace suited up for UWI and Alain London who also led Barbados men turned out for Hill Road.

The other men’s semi was a high energy game which surprisingly ended in straight sets as Deacons lead by United States based Akiel Oxley stopped CO Williams Foundation United 25-18, 25-13, 25-20. Foundation as customary added excitement by celebrating every point won.

Four Teams Qualify

Overseas based Nathan Crawford-Wallis suited up to attack and helped COW Foundation cement one of the four qualifying spots in the semifinal round by dismissing Chargers 25-14, 25-23, when the Goddard Enterprises Limited junior knockouts continued on Thursday at the Wildey Gymnasium.

Deacons who qualified in the second spot among the men, needed three games to stop Advent Ballers 25-18, 18-25, 15-9. UWI Blackbirds finished in the first spot and Hill Road in the third.

UWI Men leads Group

UWI Blackbirds men outplayed Foundation United 25-22, 25-21 to maintain the lead in the group when the Goddard Enterprises Limited Junior Volleyball knockouts continued on Tuesday at the UWI, Cave Hill.

Wow Foundation women battled from a set down to edge home team UWI Blackbirds 14-25, 25-15, 15-8.

Hill Road defeated Development Volleyball in Motion (DVM) 28-26, 25-22 when veteran Dale Addison took charge of the game touching every ball entering Hill Road’s court for his team to remarkably fight back from a 16-19 defecit to surge to set point, 24-19. A slew of errors from DVM offset some great fight back efforts which saw that set and the next going beyond the distance.

The Ifill School Police women are unlikely to advance to the knockout stage after being defeated by DVM women 25-7, 25-18.

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