Third leg of NORCECA Circuit start today in El Salvador
The President of El Salvador National Sport Institute (INDES) declared officially open the third leg of the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in a ceremony that took place Thursday night at Los Cebollines restaurant.
Mr. Jorge Hernandez Isussi welcomed the teams from thirteen countries participating in the event which take place throughout this weekend. He expressed the satisfaction of the official authorities of El Salvador for hosting this competition and praised the efforts of the directors of the National Volleyball Federation and the support of the NORCECA Confederation.
Dr. Manuel Lozano and Prof. Nelson Ramirez, President of the National Federation and Executive Director of NORCECA respectively, also pronounced words of welcome to the players.
Members of a local school performed a traditional dance at the end of the ceremony and deserved a big round of applause from the audience.
Before the opening ceremony, the authorities of NORCECA held the General Technical Meeting in the presence of Prof. Ramirez and Dr. Lozano plus Arnaldo Sanchez (Technical Director), Miguel Ramirez (Referee Delegate), Dr. Bernard Nau (Medical Delegate) and Dr. Roosevelt Comarazamy (Press Delegate).
Fourteen teams have been registered in the men’s division while twelve will play in the women’s field. The matches start on Friday at 8:30 a.m. local time (10:30 EDT).