PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, April 24, 2008.- Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA and Technical Delegate for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball of the the 2009 Caribbean Games’ tournaments, conducted the first inspection on the venues for those competitions.

This inspection was the first to be conducted for any sport to be contested in the Games. Mr. Marte Hoffiz also met with the Chairman of the Board of the Organizing Committee, Mrs. Dennise Demming, and the Secretary of Caribbean National Olympic Committees, Mr. Elton Prescott, while in Trinidad and Tobago.

His report on the volleyball and beach volleyball facilities was of excellent standard for the sport. One observation was that the Organizing Committee has to install training courts at the beach volleyball site.

The venue for volleyball will be the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus Volleyball Gymnasium where the 2005 Continental Women tournament was held. Training venues will be the Tacarigua Indoor and Maloney Indoor Facilities. The beach volleyball will be staged at the Saith Park Sand Court Facility in Chaguanas.

Mr. Marte announced at the Press Conference that NORCECA will supply all the equipment necessary for Beach Volleyball and Volleyball and is also ready to assist further to make the event a success.