Night Volley

Wednesdays are "activities night" down here at the TCI Center. And for the last two weeks we've held volleyball tournaments. We've been able to field 5 teams each time, 4 student teams and one made up of only staff. The team names are the best part. There's Team Narinari (after the scientific name for Eagle Rays, Aetobatus narinari), Team CapistratASS (a modified version the scientific name for the Foureye Butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus), Team Cricket Invasion (after some incident involving crickets), and Team S.T.A.F.F. (or Super Awesome Terrific Faculty and Friends).


Despite an upset loss in the finals last week, the STAFF team is solidly the best. We've been playing together longer and we get a lot more practice. After our loss last week, we were sure to have no mercy last night and handily took first place. That makes us the team everybody wants to beat, and inspired one of the student teams to change their name to the more pointed, "Staff Infection."


There's talk now of expanding our competition to an island-wide tournament. I think our staff team is ready for the big leagues and a challenge of the island's allstars up at High Point. The Indian construction workers there dominate the South Caicos volleyball scene and will make a formidable opponent.