2006 World Championships
Confidence high ahead of Norceca men's first round tournament (FIVB)
03/16/2005
Bridgetown, Barbados – June 15, 2005 – All of the men’s teams taking part in the 2006 Men’s World Championship first round tournament - Norceca Group A expressed supreme confidence in their chances of winning the competition just hours before the action serves off at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Trainer of the Jamaican team, Dervent Clarke boldly pointed to their second placing to hosts Barbados in last year’s Caribbean Cup finals and he indicated that they have business to settle with Barbados. With an addition of two new players to the established 10 that had captured the silver last year, Jamaica have signalled that they intend to overthrow Barbados.
Pic(Left to right): Shannon Emslie, Ludger Niles, Sabinah Mason and Dervent Clarke speaking about their teams’ plans and expectations for the World Championship Qualifier in Bridgetown, Barbados

Shannon Emslie who is the coach of the Cayman Islands indicated that his country was recovering from the setbacks of a category five hurricane last September and they have set various goals for their athletes to continue the rebirth of sports in their country. Part of the Caymans’ goal is to emerge top of the group.

Sabinah Mason, the Manager of the British Virgin Islands, stated that the Qualifier was a learning experience for her players. But, they were not intimidated by being in Barbados or playing Barbados who had won the Caribbean Cup for a record nine times.

Barbados’ highly successful coach Ludger Niles declared that the Barbadian public was accustomed to nothing but the best from his team and they had no intentions of disappointing the fans. Niles boldly stated that Barbados would be the team advancing to the next round.
(Released by FIVB)