By Colin Bynoe

CENTRAL Corentyne Secondary (CCS) male volleyball unit routed Manchester Secondary (MS) and Black Bush Polder Secondary (BBPS) in the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) 2017 Secondary Schools Tournament on Monday, while CCS female Volleyball team also registered a win to advance further in the tournament.
The games were played at the Central Corentyne Playfield adjacent to the school compound. The weather was perfect for a smooth day of volleyball and tournament organiser and president of the BVA, Levi Nedd, briefed the players on the excitement and benefits they can gain from the sport. Nedd also distributed a ball each to the three schools present.
He went on to say, “I’m looking forward that we can select players coming out of this tournament who can represent Guyana.”
The match-up involved three teams from the Central Corentyne Zone – Manchester Secondary, Black Bush Polder Secondary and the hosts Central Corentyne Secondary.
The first encounter, which started at 10:30hrs between MS and BBPS, was a see-saw battle between the two schools. BBPS showed fight throughout the match to end an enthralling contest 30-27 in favour of BBPS.

Having been defeated in the first game MS had no answer for a disciplined Central Corentyne Unit. Game two resulted in a complete one-sided affair as the hosts schooled their MS counterparts 30-7.
In the final match to determine the winner, two sets of 25 were played. Urged by a noisy bunch of CCS students the lads from the Bush Lot-based institution showed a higher level of dominance to steamroll BBPS 25-7 in the first set, and 25-8 in set two.
Evidently BBPS had a number of serving issues; CCS used that to their advantage and a number of aces resulted in many, easy scoring points for CCS.
The captain of the victorious CCS Ryan Ragnauth expressed his desire for his team to go all the way in this tournament and make his school proud.
In a female category of the day’s activity, Central Corentyne came up against Manchester Secondary. Though the females from both teams lack many technical skills in the sports, the match turned out to be just as exciting as the males’. CCS continued their winning ways when the female team outsmarted MS 30-16.
The two winners and runners-up from each zone will represent the zone in the semi-finals which will be played at a date to be announced. The various zones comprise Upper Corentyne, Central Corentyne, Lower Corentyne and New Amsterdam/Canje.