Team Cayman U-23s get ready to hit the sand for Beach Volleyball Tournament

27 October 2022

Cayman’s Under-23 volleyball players are gearing up to hit the sand on Saturday for the first Under 23 Beach Volleyball Tournament.

Trevor Theroulde, national technical director for Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation, announced the players will be flying the Cayman Islands flag for the weekend event when he appeared on the Cayman Compass Facebook talkshow the Resh Hour Wednesday night.

There will be eight Cayman athletes competing comprising three female teams and one male team, he said, adding that the event is being hosted by Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation.

Teams from Canada, the US, Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba and Guatemala will square off with the Cayman squads at the Public Beach courts.

He said due to some teams dropping out of the event for varying reasons, the decision was taken to scale back the competition by one day, so it will run from 29-30 Oct.

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US coach and Olympic volleyball player Nick Lucena, who also appeared on the show, said he was excited for his team to showcase their skills and also learn from the other teams competing at the international event.

U-23s Team Cayman

Brianna Delapenha, 15, student at St. Ignatius School, started playing volleyball at age 14

Joanna Robinson, 15, Triple C School, started playing at age 12

Chlouie Gaetos, 22, recently graduated from university, started playing at age 12

Deajra Tulloch, 22, will graduate university in December, started playing at age 16

Declan van Dam, 16, student at St. Ignatius School, started volleyball at age 15

Jabari Powery, 21, UCCI graduate, started playing at age 20,

Lucie Finlason, 15, attends CIS, started playing at age 12,

Anjia Delapenha, 17, has been in the youth indoor and beach volleyball programmes for several years.

Theroulde said the senior team is also looking forward to the NORCECA senior tournament which will take place 11-13 Nov. and “we expect to have 40 teams competing from 16 countries”.