ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 25, 2024: Bermuda completed their sojourn in the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Men’s Championships here at the YMCA Sports Complex, with a 3-0 (26-24, 25-12, 25-13) win over the British Virgin Islands.
It meant that the Bermudans ended the championships with a 2:2 win/ loss ratio.
Summing up his team’s efforts, Head Coach of Bermuda- Michael Smith assessed: “I thought the tea played really well…We had a solid game plan coming into the tournament, just wanting work on the fundamentals, play our game, as simple game of Volleyball and I think the guys really did that”.
Looking to the future of Volleyball in Bermuda, Smith proffered: “We have a bunch of young guys coming up, their first time here, so they know what they are up against, they can go back, we would look at films and see what we need to improve on”,
On the other hand, it the British Virgin Islands, who had no wins from their four matches, but their Head Coach- Stephen Payne believes they can fix that in the very near future.
Payne thumbed, “Technically, we need to be more sound and more consistent”, but believed that in the very short term, and with the right programmes based on analyses, they will be turning the corners.
Meanwhile, Mikey Joseph, the British Virgin Islands’ Co- Captain, also sees positivity ahead.
“What we have to do is having that mindset of a higher level of play. We have been up and down, but now that a lot of the younger guys have had that experience, we will be reminding them to keep that mindset, keep that mindset”, Joseph projected.
Bermuda finished third in Pool A, while the winless British Virgin Islands ended in fifth place in the five- team pool.
