{"id":22013,"date":"2024-09-02T23:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22013"},"modified":"2024-09-02T23:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:38:49","slug":"georgetown-u19-girls-volleyball-team-triumphs-in-inaugural-presidents-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-u19-girls-volleyball-team-triumphs-in-inaugural-presidents-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown U19 Girls\u2019 Volleyball Team Triumphs in Inaugural President\u2019s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In an exciting conclusion to the inaugural President\u2019s Cup Volleyball Tournament, the Georgetown U19 Girls&#8217; Academy outclassed their Berbice counterparts with a thrilling performance at the National Gymnasium over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match began with intense competition, as Georgetown narrowly edged out Berbice in the first set with a 25-23 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the setback, the Berbice team rallied and showcased their strength in the second set, winning decisively 25-16 to level the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third and final set proved to be the decider. With both teams eager for victory, Georgetown, supported by a small but passionate crowd, demonstrated superior teamwork and determination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They dominated the final set, securing a 15-7 win to claim the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alica Davis<\/strong>, Head Coach of the Georgetown Volleyball Academy, commented on the victory: <em>\u201cIt was an excellent match coming up against a team like Berbice under 19 girls who would have represented Guyana. We definitely did not expect to win, but I knew the girls had the fundamentals of volleyball down to the core. We didn\u2019t have much attack, so we based a lot of our play on defending the ball.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volleyball tournament was one of six sporting disciplines featured in the President\u2019s Cup, highlighting the growing talent and competitive spirit across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exciting conclusion to the inaugural President\u2019s Cup Volleyball Tournament, the Georgetown U19 Girls&#8217; Academy outclassed their Berbice counterparts with a thrilling performance at the National Gymnasium over the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22013","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\/22013","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=22013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22014,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013\/revisions\/22014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}