AFTER months of waiting, Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) finally received the green light to resume action following a successful meeting with Minister of Sport Charles Ramson Jr. It was a lengthy time-off for the fraternity since their return from French Guiana prior to the COVID-19 outbreak back in late February. Recently, president GVF Levi Nedd along with vice-president Rodney Fredericks and other executives met with Minister Ramson. Until recently, after the pandemic wreaked havoc when a number of strategic planning were conducted globally to ensure live sports can indeed be hosted within a safe environment, volleyball had been quiet. Nedd was vocal about the inactivity with hopes of a swift change before the end of 2020.

Now with the recent engagement between GVF and the Minister of Sport, a number of the federation’s planned initiatives – such as making the sport more widespread among schools, countrywide coaching programmes for beginners and experienced coaches as well as more emphasis on structuring the national men’s senior team as well as the ladies’, were endorsed by Minister Ramson. Both parties also focussed on future plans to ensure that more prospects have facilities accessible to them for training and games purposes. Nedd had indicated to this newspaper a few months back that 2021 will be a huge year for the sport; barring COVID-19 with major plans set for all three counties to further improve the level of play and production.