Willy Paredes of Argentina, president of the FIVB Refereeing
Commission, and José Ramón Pérez Vento of USA and Guy Bradbury of
Canada, president and secretary, respectively, of the NORCECA
Commission, were received by Ramírez at the premises of the center
in Santo Domingo.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Paredes said to be quite
impressed with the facilities of the Center and congratulated all
the staff for the quality of the organization for the course which
will play a role model for the next time this type or activity is
programmed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bradbury commented that the work carried out on
Wednesday is a proof of the quality of the center and the reason it
is considered the number one in FIVB.
Perez Vento said he hopes that with this three-day refreshment
course the NORCECA referees will continue occupying important roles
in volleyball at world level and he also paid tribute to NORCECA
and the Development Center for their effort to fortify volleyball
within the NORCECA region.
The course runs from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 of February and
besides NORCECA is supported by the Ministry of Sports, the
Dominican Olympic Committee and the Dominican Volleyball
Federation.