04th Feburary 2010
And the award goes to…
Anthony De Beauville

The St. Lucia Volleyball Association held its 6th annual recognition ceremony at the Glen Castle Hotel in Gros Islet. The 2009 junior and senior male and female volleyballers of the year and other outstanding volleyballers, the championship teams, and sponsors for 2009 were recognized.
In attendance were the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Transformation, Youth and Sports Donavan Williams, the executive members of SLVA, former renowned cricket commentator Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira, well wishers and members of the media.
On an evening that was all glitter in his brief address to those present President of SLVA Brian Louisy said, “The hosting of this annual recognition by SLVA is one of the most important activities in our calendar as one of our principles, and principle strategies is for us to be “Lavish in our Approbation and Praise” as we recognize the talented athletes and young persons who participate in our sport. Yes, they are extremely rare and talented and as such they must be so treated and acknowledged”
Lousy went on to say, “2009 was a good one for St. Lucia: As a nation we re-established our dominance in the OECS now referred to as the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) where we dominated in both male and female divisions. St.Lucia won two World Championship Pools it hosted and moved to the second round. The home team played well, but not good enough in round two. Our players showed they can compete at that level and have the potential to play even at a higher level”
“Also SLVA in 2009 was able to get two of its Referees Terry Faisal and Wendell Jn Baptiste to successfully complete the FIVB International Referee Candidate Course in the Dominican Republic. Interestingly our two Beach Volleyball Pairs are on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 CAC Games to take place in Puerto in July. At the youth level SLVA continues to see progress of the youth team under the guidance of Roberto Garcia as they won the Volleyball Section of the Windward Islands Secondary School Games.” Louisy stated.
“The presence and input of Garcia has been excellent and our coaches who have taken the opportunity and time to work with him learned much, and the players are starting to appreciate the impact of Roberto. We, however, understand that when National Duty calls, this will mean that Roberto Garcia is not likely to be back with us. This highlights, the quality, respect and regard with which he is held in Cuba and Globally. SLVA does hope a replacement will be available sooner rather than later.” The former national volleyball player went on to say.