The Northern Mariana Islands Volleyball Association is putting on a beach volleyball youth clinic with some visiting professional players from the U.S., Japan, and New Zealand today on Fiesta Resort & Spa\u2019s sand courts from 4pm to 6pm.<\/p>\n
Some of this year\u2019s guests of honor include Japan\u2019s Hiroyo Kenada and Mengumi Murakami with their coach Tsuyoshi \u201cGo\u201d Mochizuki, Ty Loomis and John Carlucci of the U.S., and New Zealand\u2019s Kurt Peters.<\/p>\n
The seasoned pros will be featured in the upcoming Marianas Cup Pro-Am Tournament this weekend.<\/p>\n
Notably, Mengumi won the women\u2019s division last year with teammate Remi Sudo, while Kenada bagged a second place showing in 2010 with her partner Mitsumi Ozaki.<\/p>\n
The free clinic is open to all players of ages 10 to 21; NMIVA membership is not required to participate.<\/p>\n
By tradition, aside from Carlucci, the other four players will be featured in a professional exhibition match, for national bragging rights, scheduled for 5:30pm this Friday at Fiesta. <\/p>\n
After conclusion of the expo, the foursome will find out who their respective amateur partners will be in the weekend main event via a raffle drawing at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n
All three events, in addition to last weekend\u2019s Inaugural Junior Marianas Cup tournament held in Guam, are part of the NMIVA\u2019s 20th Annual Marianas Cup Beach Volleyball Festival. The festival concludes with the 5th Annual Marianas Kids Cup on March 4, held also at Fiesta Resort.<\/p>\n
Details of last week\u2019s Junior Marianas Cup event will be released later this week. <\/p>\n
Email nmivolleyball@gmail.com or visit www.nmivolleyball.org for more information about any of the events listed above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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