LAST Sunday, when the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports staged its One Guyana President’s Cup Volleyball tournament, it was Demerara Junior and senior teams that came out on top.
It was a battle of the U-19 Academy teams in the three-sets affair with the Demerara ladies showing fitness and endurance to come out on top at the National Gymnasium over the weekend.
Demerara, facing arch-rivals Berbice, showed their strength as they took a 25-23 win in the first set.

The ladies from the Ancient County, didn’t relent after the early set-back as they made some adjustment to hit another stride to pull the contest back by levelling the scores with a blowout second set win 26-16.
The Berbice comeback left the match evenly poised for an entertaining finish as the third set went for 15 points.

The Berbice ladies left empty-handed after the conclusion of the final game as Demerara put in strong display, to record a commanding 15-7 victory to close out the match two sets to 1.
The best setter award went to Demerara Academy’s Chrystal Melville with the best attacker and MVP going to her teammate Chelsea Bandoo.
In the Under -19 males, Demerara again defeated Berbice in 3 straight sets, 34-32, 25-22 and 25-17.

Best attacker was DeAndre Alecee while David Blair won the best setter and MVP, all of whom came from Demerara Academy.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, The Demerara Volleyball Association romped home to victory in the Inter-County category of the competition.
The senior Demerara Female team opened with a 3-0 defeat of Berbice 25- 17, 25-23, and 25- 13.

Demerara’s Leanna Miller copped the best setter trophy, while Liam Davis received the best attacker and MVP trophies.
In the senior male category, Berbice went down in five sets 3- 2, 25-17, 14- 25, 19-25, 25-21 and 15- 9.
Best Setter Levi Nedd Junior of Berbice, Best Attacker Devendra Latchman of Berbice.

The MVP was Kerwin Richards of Demerara. The volleyball tournament was a part of the One Guyana President’s Cup, which featured six sporting disciplines.