Tortola, British Virgin Islands, October 9, 2013 - The International Course for Physical Education Teachers, which opened in Tortola last Friday under the auspices of the NORCECA Confederation through the Regional Development Center in Dominican Republic, has been completed.

There were 21 teachers who finished the course, hailing from Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Belize, Curazao, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, St Vincent & Grenadines and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The four day course comprised practical and theoretical sessions focusing on the way to initiate students into the practice of volleyball, teaching them basic technical and tactical fundamentals.

The closing ceremony held on Monday, took place in the presence of Sabinah Clement (President of the British Virgin Islands Volleyball Federation), Tony Westman, (FIVB Course Instructor), Serwin Scatliffe (Director of the local Phsyical Education teachers) and Yohanna Mota Moreno (Vice-Director  of the Regional Development Center).

On the last day of the course 120 children took part in the morning lectures, where the teachers practised new drills and competition formats.

The seminar was part of the development plan of the NORCECA Confederation in coordination with the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).