Team Belize Attending The Central American Female Junior U-18 Volleyball Championship

PRESS RELEASE

August 1^st, 2011

THE CENTRAL AMERICAN FEMALE U-18 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Belize will be attending the Central American Female Junior (U-18) Volleyball Championship to be held in Costa Rica from this Wednesday, August 3^rd 2011, to August 10^th, 2011.  Belize will be featuring most likely the youngest team with players ranging from 12 to 17 and one player that participated in the last junior championship two years ago.  The Belize Volleyball Association is proud to announce the team members:

Kaitlyn Woods as the Libero

Sherika Burton

Kadijah Broaster

Nandi Sabal

Nayala Tun

Leandra Betson

Xiomara Quan

Alina Scott

Briany Staine

Kevanna Sebastian

Jahshema Sauders

Analisa Habet as the Captain

The coaching staff is headed by Ms. Lupita Quan and assisted by Ms. Sherlene Johnson.  The team manager is Ms. Rosanni Pariente and Mr. Ken Vasquez is the physiotherapist.

The BVA is grateful to its sponsors in providing the training requirements, uniforms, and travel for the team.  We wish Team Belize a very successful tournament and look forward to the good results.

Belize Volleyball Association

P.O. Box 1839, 1 Hyde’s Lane,

Belize City, Belize

Tel: (501) 223-1725/02   Fax: (501) 223-0738/3533

Email: BelizeVB@yahoo.com

Website: www.belizevolleyball.org

Belize Hosted the 2011 Central American Beach Volleyball Championships

It was that time of year again when Central American countries sent their male and female beach volleyball teams to represent their pride and glory. The Belize Volleyball Association was host this past weekend to this years XI Central American Beach Volleyball Championships.

The venue for this years beach volleyball event was the Marion Jones Sporting Complex with 2 brand new beach volleyball courts. The sun was out the sand was ready as the beach volleyball fans were in attendance to support their teams.

The teams that were known as a dominant force going into this years volleyball competition in the female division was El Salvador and Guatemala and in the male division was Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

The beach volleyball teams were fully prepared to take on the task of representing their home countries which included Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

Beach Volleyball excitement began on Friday the 22nd of July and continued through Sunday the 24th with teams battling for this years Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The fans roared as the players concentrated on every service, reception, set, spike, block and dig. There were some real nailbiting games where teams rallied back and forth set after set.

In the end there could only be one one team victorious for the gold, silver and bronze in both the mens and womens beach volleyball divisions.

For more photos of the 2011 Central American Beach Volleyball Championships you may visit the facebook page of the photographer, Will Moreno.

Final Results of the Central American Beach Volleyball Championships!

Mens Division:
Costa Rica - Gold Medal, Gatemala - Silver Medal, Nicaragua 1 - Bronze Medal.

Female Division:
Costa Rica - Gold Medal, Guatemala 1 - Silver Medal, Guatemala 2 - Bronze Medal.

The Teams and Players for the 2011 Central American Beach Volleyball Championships

Male Division:
Belize 1 - Arvid Arnold and Ernest Broaster
Belize 2 - Tico Requena and Juan Marin

Guatemala - Andy Leonardo Blanco and Erick Garrido Ruiz

El Salvador 1 - Jeovanny Medrano Valle and David Vargas Correa
El Slavador 2 - Carlos Leiva Mata and Carlos Escobar Talavera

Nicaragua 1 - Gerald Lopez Umana and Danny Alvarado Lopez
Nicaragua 2 - Winston Calderon Urbina and Francisco Castro

Honduras - Walter Montoya Sanchez and Ruben Miller
Costa Rica - Esteban Escobar and Bryan Monge
Female Division:
Belize 1 - Barbara Cadle and Jasmine Anderson
Belize 2  - Emma Hoare and Rebecca Rath

Guatemala 1 - Susana Gomez Alvarado and Anna Lourdes Ramirez Sarti
Guatemala 2 - Maria Jose Arrelana Aragon and Ruth Guzman Gomez

El Salvador 1 - Diana Romero De Leiva and Marcela Avalos Pineda
El Salvador 2 - Kathya Vasquez Menjivar and Ma Fenanda Vargas Claros

Costa Rica - Ingrid Morales Munoz and Natalia Alfaro Paniagua

Escabeche Recipe - Belizean Style

Escabeche is a delicious and very flavorful meal most commonly made in Belize on the weekends when families most often gather to have a communal meal.
Some refer to this delcious meal as onion soup because the flavorful broth is filled with onions that have been cooked therein.

Here is a popular escabeche recipe brought to you courtesy of:
Platinum International Real Estate

Escabeche

Ingredients:
3-4 pounds of chicken
2-3 tablespoons white vinegar or to taste
10 Spice seeds
2-3 Jalapenos
3 pounds white onion, sliced
10 dried oregano leaves or 1 Tbsp of crushed dried oregano leaves
1 head of roasted garlic
black pepper and salt to taste

Method:
Boil spices in water, upon boiling add chicken and cook until tender.
Remove chicken and keep the chicken broth.
You may bake the chicken at 400 degrees or you may fry the chicken to create a delicious and crisp brown outer layer.
Add white vinegar roasted garlic and jalapeno peppers to the chicken broth.
Add sliced onions and cook until tender (approximately 5 minutes)

Best served hot with fresh corn torillas.

Enjoy this tasty Belizean Escabeche Recipe!

Brought to you courtesy of:
Platinum International Real Estate
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