Some twenty primary and secondary school teachers and Youth Sports Officers are expected to participate in a volleyball Course for Teachers, to be held under the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB’s) Volleyball Cooperation Programme (VCP).

The course, which will be conducted by FIVB Instructor Mr. Chuanlun LIU will be held from April 5th to 9th, at the Saint Mary’s Academy, from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Level 2 Volleyball Coach and International Referee Candidate Marcus Blondel, as well as Japanese Volunteer coach Yosuke UNO will assist the FIVB Instructor.

The Sports Division is collaborating closely with the Dominica Amateur Volleyball Association in the exercise, in an effort at equipping teachers and youth sports officers with the knowledge and skills required to support its volleyball and minivolleyball programme in the schools.

The Sports Division recently concluded its 2010 Secondary Schools Volleyball Tournament, in which several schools participated, with both girls and boys teams. Several of the promising young players who participated in the tournament have been selected by the DAVA, to form the core of national Youth and Junior teams that will undergo training in preparation for regional and continental tournaments.

Several of those young players have been incorporated in teams and are currently participating in the LIME 2010 National Volleyball League.

MARCH 31, 2010 - Japanese volunteer volleyball coach assigned to the Dominica Amateur Volleyball Association (DAVA) by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr. Yosuke UNO, handed an assortment of volleyball equipment to the President of the DAVA at a brief presentation ceremony held at the Dominica Office of the JICA this morning.

The equipment which included balls, net, antennae, skipping ropes and knee pads, was collected by students at the Zama City Higashi High School in Japan, in response to an appeal made by Mr. UNO under a JICA programme “Smile for All in the World”, which was introduced in 2003.

Under that programme, Japanese volunteers in developing countries identify needs of the communities in which they serve, and seek assistance from groups in Japan to help meet those needs.

The DAVA President thanked Mr. UNO for the valuable donation which he said will be used to support the schools volleyball programme which Mr. UNO has been assisting with for almost two years now.