A total of 31 teams including Bermuda began competing in the Under 23 Tournament as part of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
In this event, 4 places per gender will be up for grabs for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.
The Bermuda Men’s team of Alexander Southern and Braedon Cooke, and the Women’s pairing of Kaylee Trott and Hailey Trott took to the courts for Day One.
Southern and Cooke are in Group B, they would fall in both matches on the day, they were defeated 21-8, 21-17 by Julian Bristol and Clerique Ward from St. Kitts and Nevis, Southern and Cooke were then defeated by Damián Gómez and Eblis Veranes from Cuba 21-8, 21-5.
Trott and Trott also went down in both matches on the opening day, playing in Group D, they would fall 21-8, 21-8 in their opening match to Laura Molina and Aliza Aguilar from Costa Rica. Trott and Trott then went down 21-4, 21-10 to Emma Cudmore and Sophie Hancock from Canada.
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