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The Bermuda Junior National Girls Volleyball team participated in the annual Tournament in the Hartford, Connecticut.
This was the second year that the Junior Girls team have participated in this event, the Winterfest is a great experience for the girls as they get to play against challenging competitors from various regions of New England.
The team included veterans of the competition, co-captains Melissa Fiddick and Amber Lopes, in addition to, Ciara Rego and Jade Weaver. A strong cast of new comers to the competition included Erica Balcombe, Kinda Bassett, Alyssa Cardoso, Hashema Heyliger, Beth Parker, and Sharri Weldon. The girls were coached by Donna Smith, Stacey Madeiros-Cooke, Rebeka Matthews Sousa and former Junior player, Michaela Eberly.
The tournament included approximately 170 teams with categories ranging from Under 14 to Under 18. Team Bermuda was the only international team represented at the competition and the girls were true ambassadors of their country.
They played in the Under 17 and faced 6 different teams within the first two days of competition.
They proved that despite being smaller in stature their hearts and team spirit would rise throughout any challenge.
Bermuda went down 25-8, 25-5 to the ME Juniors 17 Gold, they then went down 25-8, 25-7 to Smash Under 17’s. RSV Under 17 Orange was the next opponents for Bermuda, with Orange winning in straight sets 25-2, 25-13, Bermuda then went down 25-7, 25-11 to Xtreme Under 17 Black.
Bermuda next went down in straight sets 25-17, 25-8 to CT Velocity Under 17 Silver, they then faced off against Aviator Under 17 Black going down 25-13, 25-14.
Bermuda then captured their only win of the tournament defeated Alliance 16 Lightning in three sets, Alliance won the first set 25-23, before Bermuda came back to win the next set 25-12 and then won the third and final set 18-16.
Bermuda closed out their tournament going down in straight sets 25-11, 25-21 to the AllStarr Under 17 Blue.
The girls having gained valuable experience, they will continue to train with the remaining team members in preparation for the upcoming Bermuda Open and Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association tournament this summer.
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