The UWI Blackbirds men easily dismissed the BDF Comanchees 25-9, 25-16 when the Goddard Enterprises Limited junior volleyball knockouts continued on Tuesday night at Cave Hill.
The superior attack of Carlos Cyrus and Adam Niles proved too powerful for the soldiers. In an earlier game Blazers stopped Advent Ballers 25-22, 25-21.
Two female games were played at Hill Road with Warrens defeating Chargers 29-27, 25-23 and Hill Road stopped Foundation United 25-8, 23-25, 15-6.
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 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.
Phoenix Security Services Carlton women rose from the ashes to score a win over Deacons and gave themselves an outside chance of making the semifinals of the Goddard Enterprises Limited junior knockouts on Thursday at the Wildey Gymnasium.
After Deacons won the first set Carlton surged to take the game in a remarkable fashion 18-25, 25-20, 15-13. Carlton can leapfrog Hill Road for the qualifying fourth spot by defeating COW Foundation United at Free Hill on Saturday August 13, 2022 .
Hill Road women can only blame themselves for being uncertain if they would qualify in the fourth position after they stumbled to DVM 22-25, 25-18, 13-15.
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.
Phoenix Security Carlton ensured that Hill Road suffered mixed fortunes when the Goddard Enterprises Limited junior volleyball knockouts continued on Sunday at the UWI, Cave Hill court.
With Tiara Johnson, Nerissa Dyer, Kianna White and setter Katelynn Clarke leading the way Carlton defeated Hill Road boasting veterans Anthazia Mason and Sharon Bovell 25-15, 24-26, 15-8. Kimisha Marshall fought valiantly to stop Carlton from scoring their third win in five matches.
Hill Road men saved the team some pride by stopping Club United 25-14, 29-27. Chargers’ men were defeated by the home side, UWI 16-25, 26-24, 26-24.
Wow Foundation also experienced mixed fortunes in their home court battles at Church Hill. The men edged Advent Ballers 22-25, 25-18, 15-7 after the women folded to Development Volleyball in Motion 14-25, 17-25.
The Bagatelle home court offered no favours to Ifill School Police. Their women were trounced by Chargers 25-9, 25-21 while the Policemen slipped against Deacons 18-25, 25-16, 4-15. Deacons’ women were defeated by Club United 25-18, 23-25, 10-15.
