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| *Ecoflag at The Cuban Volleyball Tournament |
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The Cuban Volleyball Tournament took place at the November 19th Sports Facility on Pinar del Rio.
The event took place as an official meeting of the best of the Senior Volleyball players on 20-25 January. This time the tournament was quite different as the Ecoflag was flying in the center high seats, calling the attention of spectators, athletes and trainers.
GSA Team Captain Lic. Fernando Emilio Valladares Fuente seized the chance to talk about the need of preserving fair play and the sustainable management of sports in the territory.
This event is carried out yearly. 14 teams participate each time. They are played in 3 provinces (The western: Pinar del Rio, the Central: Villa Clara, and the Eastern: Santiago de Cuba). This tournament was sponsored by the Cuban Federation of Volleyball.
In the photo appears Lic. Ariel Sainz Rodriguez, the Technical Director of the Federation and our Cuba GSA Captain as a symbol of compromise between the practice of sports and the environmentfs care.
Report by Lic Fernando Emilio Valladares Fuente |
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We started the 2007-2008 season at the World Aids Day on 01 December
2007 at the ISD (International School of Dakar). There were 100
participants. After an awareness on AIDS session, we played volleyball
all day.
We will continue our program on 09 December 2007 with the day under
the theme "Sport Environment," where we will have 1,000
athletes (football players and volleyball players).
Gerard Sambou, GSA Dakar Team Captain |
| *Burwood
Beach Volleyball Tournament 2007 |
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The 4th annual Burwood Beach
Volleyball Tournament took place on October 20th. The event is organized
by the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency. 18 teams from across
Jamaica competed in 3 separate categories; men's professional, women's
professional, and amateur.
Proceeds from tournaments have provided for the construction of garbage
containers in an effort to keep this public beach clean. Traditionally,
the event is coupled with a beach cleanup where students from local
high schools come for a day to rid the beach of trash and debris.
This year a newcomer to the tournament, All Out (Westmoreland), took
the championship beating Garden Boys (Ocho Rios), as the sun set
on BBVT '07. |
| *Volley
for a Better World |
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In a Volleyball
preparatory class, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, some athletes gather
to express their
concern about the environment and engage themselves in carrying out
some actions to contribute to the Ecoflag mission. They have kept
their
court clean and safe from pollution and work to keep the grass in
good condition, after they were adversely affected by the long rains.
The members of this group are : Aniuska, Roxana, Victor, Zulena,
Jose Raul, Marisel, Leyisel, Eyenis, Frank, Livan, Osniel, Osmel,
Yasmany, Jose A, Ernesto, Wilker, Maideyis, Yariel, eddie, Yamir,
alejandro and Rolando
Report by Fernando E. Valladares Fuente |
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A women’s beach volleyball
competition took place at the Goshikihime Coastal Park volleyball
courts in Iyo
City, Ehime Prefecture on 9-12
August. The Ecoflag was flown and environmental messages shared with
spectators and players.
Aichi Beach Volleyball Federation |
| *Beach
Cleaning (AQUA Kisarazu) |
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Our team took place in
a beach clean up on the Onjuku Central Coast on 25 August, sponsored
by the Onjuku Tourist Association and Japan Tobacco.
Joining a host of beach-goers, we flew the Ecoflag and combed the beach
for garbage under the slogan “You’ll love your town if you
clean it up!” |
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