Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2014 – The Haitian Volleyball Federation made history recently when it hosted its first Volleyball Cooperation Programme away from the capital, in collaboration with the FIVB Development Department.
The five-day Volleyball Cooperation Programme course took place in Ouanaminthe in the north of the country, with the focus firmly on young players and was set up under the auspices of the Haitian Federation and its president Margarette C. Graham and her team, who attended the course every day.
French instructor Andre Glaive visited the Caribbean nation to lead the coaching of the 27 girls and 35 boys, who were selected to take part. He was assisted by six local coaches who put the young players through their paces and worked on all their skills, in attack and defence, serving, reception and tactics.
The FIVB has been committed to helping the development of volleyball following the earthquake of 2010 which measured 7.0 in magnitude, killed between 230,000 and 316,000 people and displaced over 1.5million people.
Since then the FIVB has donated courts and court equipment for volleyball and beach volleyball that will be used in the new Olympic Park that the Sports Ministry and sports federations are on the point of finalising.
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Modern volleyball facilities under construction in Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 26, 2014 – The Olympic Center of Haiti, a sport complex that includes one indoor gymnasium with all the standard specifications to play volleyball plus two multi-purpose practice courts, will be inaugurated at the end of May or early June.
Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA Confederation, made the announcement at the conclusion of the annual meetings of all the commissions of the continental volleyball and beach volleyball governing body.
The opening date is being coordinated by the International Olympic Committee’s cabinet and that of the President of Haiti, H. E. Michel Martelly.
“The height of the indoor gymnasium was redesigned, to our request, in order to comply with all the international specifications to play volleyball,” Marte Hoffiz explained. “That is a key step towards developing volleyball in the country bringing some international competitions of NORCECA.”
The complex also includes outdoor multi-purpose courts as well as beach volleyball courts and Marte Hoffiz informed that three outdoor Sport Court volleyball playing surfaces have been donated by NORCECA Confederation this year in addition to one provided in 2013.
The synthetic playing surfaces in the multi-purpose practice halls will be laid as of mid-March with the one in the indoor gym expected to be completed by the end of April or early May.
Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA Confederation, made the announcement at the conclusion of the annual meetings of all the commissions of the continental volleyball and beach volleyball governing body.
The opening date is being coordinated by the International Olympic Committee’s cabinet and that of the President of Haiti, H. E. Michel Martelly.
“The height of the indoor gymnasium was redesigned, to our request, in order to comply with all the international specifications to play volleyball,” Marte Hoffiz explained. “That is a key step towards developing volleyball in the country bringing some international competitions of NORCECA.”
The complex also includes outdoor multi-purpose courts as well as beach volleyball courts and Marte Hoffiz informed that three outdoor Sport Court volleyball playing surfaces have been donated by NORCECA Confederation this year in addition to one provided in 2013.
The synthetic playing surfaces in the multi-purpose practice halls will be laid as of mid-March with the one in the indoor gym expected to be completed by the end of April or early May.