{"id":19731,"date":"2024-05-20T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19731"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:35:12","slug":"georgetown-volleyball-academy-aims-to-expand-youth-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-volleyball-academy-aims-to-expand-youth-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Volleyball Academy Aims to Expand Youth Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Coach Alicia Davis of the Georgetown Volleyball Academy is on a mission to increase awareness and participation in the sport among young people in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent interview, she highlighted the academy&#8217;s efforts and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2022 with the support of Minister of Sport, Honorable Charles Ramson, the Georgetown Volleyball Academy aims to raise awareness of the sport and cultivate a larger pool of talented players in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis emphasized the importance of increasing the number of athletes involved to enhance the country&#8217;s competitiveness and produce quality players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis expressed satisfaction with the turnout and progress of the academy, noting that several players have already represented Guyana in international competitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the academy&#8217;s success in producing athletes who have participated in events like the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), with hopes of expanding Georgetown&#8217;s representation and impact on the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary goal of the program is to develop young talent and expand the pool of volleyball players across Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis encouraged individuals interested in joining the program to visit the National Gymnasium for registration or contact the academy directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Georgetown Volleyball Academy continues its efforts to promote the sport and nurture young talent, Davis remains committed to creating opportunities for youth participation and advancement in volleyball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reporting for NCN News, Tyriq Walters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Alicia Davis of the Georgetown Volleyball Academy is on a mission to increase awareness and participation in the sport among young people in Guyana. In a recent interview, she&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19733,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731\/revisions\/19733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}