JaVA Welcomes New Member to Executive

New member of the Jamaica Volleyball Association, Colleen Barrett says she is full of ideas and ready to take on her role as General Secretary for the Association. Barrett was elected to the post last week Saturday 1st October 2011 at the MICO University College when the Association staged its Bi-annual General Meeting where it voted in members of the Executive for the upcoming term.......More

The G.C. Foster College Volleyball 4 on 4 Tournament

The G.C Foster 4 on 4 Volleyball tournament will be held at the college gymnasium on October 8 2011 at 9 am.

Playing Rules and Scoring
All FIVB rules will apply except as noted below
1. A team consist of four players playing on the court at one time
2. The normal 4 player team may consist of :
a.3 men players and one woman
b. Two member of each gender
c. 3 women player and one man
3. An unlimited number of substitutions maybe made during each game a player may substitute into any position on the court.
4. If a ball is played 3 times on a single side, a female must make one of the plays
5. There will be one 15 seconds time out allowed per team per set.
6. Team may line up in any order they wish.

Please see flyer below for more details.

Jamaica Volleyball Association Gears up for Elections

The Jamaica Volleyball Association is getting its members and affiliates ready as it gets set for the 2011 Annual General Meeting scheduled for October 1. This being a voting AGM, the association has sent out a memo to its members in an effort to ensure that as many of them as possible clear up outstanding financial matters which will render them eligible to vote at the gathering. The contents of the memo are detailed below.

OFFICIAL MEMO

To: All Affiliates/ Ordinary Members
From: JaVA Executive
Date: September 13, 2011
Re: Eligibility to vote at AGM to be held on October 1, 2011

Message:

To be eligible to vote at the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Volleyball Association each affiliate/ ordinary member must have paid the annual fee or any other fee stipulated in the By-laws of the Ja.V.A.
These fees have been determined to be the Affiliation fees for the financial year November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011 and all fees relating to prior years.

As at September 12, 2011 the following affiliates/ ordinary members are eligible to vote at the annual general meeting to be held on October 1, 2011.

Affiliates
1. Dee Side All Stars Volleyball Club
2. G.C. Foster Volleyball Club
3. JDF Volleyball Club
4. Jamaica Volleyball Referees Association
5. Titans Volleyball Club
6. UWI Volleyball Club
7. Venus All Stars Volleyball Club

Ordinary Members
1. Rudolf Speid

Other affiliates/ ordinary members may obtain eligibility status by paying the required fees on or before September 30, 2011. Payments may be deposited directly to NCB, New Kingston Branch, account number 35-185-7501 and the supporting documents e-mailed to javasecretariat@gmail.com.

Alternatively, the payments may be made at the office of the Jamaica Volleyball Association located at:

The Annex, National Arena
Independence Park Complex
Kingston 6

Please note that no payments will be accepted on the date of the AGM.

The current JaVA elected Executive consists of President Major Warrenton Dixon, Secretary, Lawrence Nelson and Treasurer Tamika Pennicott. The elected members are complemented by a cadre of Managers, appointed to oversee various aspects of the sport’s development.

Cayman Volleyball Federation President Visits

Welcome to the President of the Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation. It is nice to have you visiting with us here in JA.

Congratulations 2011 Club Champions:

FEMALE - Venus All Stars, and MALE - Vikings Volleyball Club. Well fought.

Female Venus MOSA Venus 3:2 25 -12, 25 -10, 18 - 25, 31 - 29

Male Vikings Venus Vikings 3:0 25 - 23, 25 - 20, 25 - 22

ARRIVAL SCHEDULE FOR COMPETING TEAMS

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 21, 2011

The 8th Annual Caribbean Junior Men’s Volleyball Championships will take place during the period Saturday 23rd of July – Wednesday 27th of July 2011 at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium, University of Technology.   A total of approximately two hundred (200) officials, volunteers and players will participate in the event.  Teams from seven countries will be vying for the title including Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Tobago, USVI, and Curacao.
The Preliminary Round games start at 1pm each day Sat. July 23 – Mon. July 25,  with the Quarter Finals at 8 and 10am, and the Semi Finals at 5 and 7pm on Tues. July 26, and the final set of games on Wednesday at 8am, 2pm, 4pm with the Championship Finals at 6pm.

For further information contact volleyjamaica@yahoo.com or call 470 2192

RADIO JAMAICA STEPS INTO THE RING

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27, 2011

The Radio Jamaica Group joins fellow newcomers Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) along with PanCaribbean Bank and Hillel Academy today, Sunday May 29, for the third and final one day rally in the Reggae Jammin Business House Volleyball Competition at the UWI Gymnasium.

Fielding a fledgling team, RJR will be hoping to get a foot in the door ahead of the start of the indoor league next week. The new teams will be testing their skills against the likes of defending champions and current leaders Bank of Jamaica, as well as Guardian Life, UWI, AMECO and the National Water Commission.

According to Paula-Anne Porter Jones, organiser of the tournament, the addition of the new teams is a shot in the arm for the seven year old league and by extension, for volleyball in Jamaica.

“We are very happy to have the new teams. From the outset, the league has been a developmental one, to introduce the sport to new players, and what this shows is that more persons in the workplace are interested in playing volleyball. We hope that we will be able to start attracting teams from different parts of the island as well.”

Some 40 plus matches will be contested on Sunday, with BOJ Gators looking to dominate once again in the Mixed and Male team categories. More importantly, the team will be aiming to extend their lead in the overall season rankings since close rival Guardian Life is breathing down their necks, just five points behind in the standings.

Not to be outdone, the NWC Liquidators will be looking to gain ground on the front runners before the Indoor league phase of the season gets underway in June.

The UWI females will also be looking for another rally victory having gotten the better of BOJ in the second rally final.

In addition to the games on court, team members will also be attempting skills challenge tasks, as they take advantage of the final practice session before the real skills challenge competition starts in the June league.

The Reggae Jammin Business House Volleyball competition is also sponsored by Supreme Ventures Ltd., Unilever Jamaica, Matate Holdings and Kingston Mini Cakes. The competition is organised by CNIS Limited.